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.
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.
A very short story, a poem from a collection, a short chapter from a novel, a review of something you love, something small that will focus your eyes and invite your mind to wake, that you can then finish, put down, and move along.
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