k the book itself probably isn’t that short but it’s a collection of short stories that have a stranglehold on the weird online rn
if you’re looking for a quick read, the first story “The Feminist” is avail on n+1
Oct 21, 2024
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Theres something so nice about being able to sit down and finish a book in under 30
minutes. Time that would have otherwise been spent scrolling mindlessly on a random app is instead spent enriching my brain and taking me on a little journey from beginning to end.
Sometimes I don’t want to read the same book for a week or two. Sometimes you just want to scratch an itch and be done.
I’m not ashamed to include a 17 page book in my total count for the year, and you shouldn’t be either!
Anyways, The Ritual was just that, so 10/10, I recommend not only this book if you’re looking for a little sampler of holiday horror, but ANY little novella you can get your hands on.
Dec 24, 2024
A tiny collection of micro stories that are all, in their own way, dark, irreverent, hilarious sick, rhizomatic, and just plain fun.
The final short story in the book got me strangely emotional.
Feb 11, 2025
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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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give yourself a twelve-week elective! make it a bird course if you want but do all the assignments you give yourself
Feb 6, 2024
i remember this article being everywhere when it was published in 2021. still so incisive. pairs well with Mark Greif’s Against Exercise.
May 2, 2024
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look out for each other 🙏
May 29, 2024