Do not allow yourselves to be deluded by the abstract word ‘freedom’. Whose freedom? It is not the freedom of one individual in relation to another, but the freedom of capital to crush the worker. Marx, On the Question of Free Trade 1848 The American West is more than a place. It’s a super powerful…
The urban legend about the babysitter goes like this: Teenage girl is babysitting one night when she gets a menacing call. When she calls authorities, she is told that the call is coming from inside the house.
“An Ounce of Cure” is a short coming-of-age story by Alice Munro, included in her first collection Dance of the Happy Shades (1968).
An urban legend is typically told as a true story. These stories are not true at all, but often have a factual basis. They may begin with a real incident, but they may entirely fictional. They share similarities with tall stories.
“The Office” is a short story by Canadian author Alice Munro, first published in Dance of the Happy Shades (1968).
People have been using Goosebump covers as spoofy templates for years. They look great wrapped around a hokey family photo. These are also great fun wrapped around an AI generated image because Stable Diffusion is very good at creating wacky, sci-fi worlds where something is just a little off.
Let’s make some spoof paperback book covers! Today, Sweet Valley High and the middle grade spin-off, Sweet Valley Twins.
“Dance of the Happy Shades” is the titular short story of Alice Munro’s first collection, first published in 1968.
Misery (1990) is one widely considered of the best Stephen King film adaptations.
“The Shining Houses” is the second story of Alice Munro’s first short story collection, Dance of the Happy Shades, first published in 1968.
“The Parsley Garden” is a short story by Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer William Saroyan (1908 – 1981).
“Miles City, Montana” is a short story by Alice Munro, and first appeared in the January 14, 1985 edition of The New Yorker.
Tone: How someone expresses a feeling or attitude. In everyday interactions, we us speech and body language. Writers use different tricks.
Today’s film makes a lot more sense when you sit back and accept it’s not supposed to make sense at a surface level. However, it does sense if you read the story at a metaphorical level.
You’ve probably noticed that ‘theme’ in everyday English means something different from how people use the word when talking about literature.