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i’m convinced we’re currently living in the apotheosis of the short story, the writers writing short stories today have perfected the form and I’m excited about it.
shoutout to the drift (featured in pi!!) they publish so many good ones and this one, maud by noor qasim, in particular I adore.
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Here are a few examples of when that has happened recently:
--Arnie Robles Jr by Paul Soto in nplusone
--That Girl by Addie Cichens in The New Yorker
--Social Promotion by Elijah Bailey in The Paris Review
--Ahegao by Tony Tulathimutte in The Paris Review
Jun 14, 2024
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underrated. its more than just prose or poetry but not as much of a longform commitment as a novel. sometimes a story only needs 10 or 20 or 30 pages. great for people to practice writing, great to write for the sake of writing, can read one in a car ride, so much freedom in short stories. I resent the sentiment that they’re somehow lesser or lower brow than poetry or novel.
specific ones I recommend, at least to start:
The Fall of the House of Usher (or anything by Poe, he’s kinda the goat)
The Scarlet Ibis
The Metamorphosis
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
The Lottery
The Most Dangerous Game
Sep 3, 2024
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Just finished the hole and absolutely loved it and have only had positive experiences with the 100 page or less books I’ve read
Anyone who has read the hole I would love to hear your interpretations of it but talking about short books on the whole im endlessly impressed by authors of anything because I truly can not write for the life of me no matter how much I would like to so I just love that there are people who can create such engaging stories and convey everything they want to successfully in only 100 pages I just love it so much (i love longer novels as well and am just as impressed and in awe of people who can write longer stories but something about a short story is just super impressive to me!)
It’s also just so nice to buy and own and read a story that feels like you’re just holding a pamphlet or brochure
Any short story recs would be greatly appreciated!
Apr 6, 2024
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It’s funny being alive in the early rubbish days of AI.
Listened to my Wrapped Ai podcast on Spotify and got to experience my artificially-generated bodyless soulless ‘host’ chuckle and say ‘I can just imagine you strutting down the street listening to the BRAT album’
Dec 4, 2024