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  • The Cafeteria In The Evening And A Pool In The Rain by Yoko Ogawa

    The Cafeteria In The Evening And A Pool In The Rain by Yoko Ogawa

    October 19, 2022

    Many writers say this: Stories emerge from the imagination when two different ideas come together in a new way. So it is in the title of this story. What do cafeterias and pools have in common? Evenings and rain? Moving into a new house? “The Cafeteria In The Evening And A Pool In The Rain” […]

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  • The Lagoon and Other Stories by Janet Frame

    The Lagoon and Other Stories by Janet Frame

    October 18, 2022

    If you’ve seen Jane Campion’s biopic about New Zealand’s most accomplished author, Janet Frame, you’ll already know that “The Lagoon and Other Stories” saved the author’s life.

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  • Asexuality Reading List: Non-fiction

    Asexuality Reading List: Non-fiction

    October 17, 2022

    You don’t understand sexuality until you understand asexuality. Asexuality is not an absence of sexuality. Rather it is a ‘self-contained sexuality’.

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  • Transphobic Urban Myths

    Transphobic Urban Myths

    October 15, 2022

    Do urban legends seem unanimously ridiculous to you? Good. Because there’s a new one doing the rounds.

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  • Red Card by S.L. Gilbow Short Story Study

    Red Card by S.L. Gilbow Short Story Study

    October 15, 2022

    “Red Card” is a 2013 short story by American writer S.L. Gilbow. If you enjoy the creepy suburban tales of Shirley Jackson, you’ll like this one.

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  • Hack Wednesday by Margaret Atwood Short Story Analysis

    Hack Wednesday by Margaret Atwood Short Story Analysis

    October 12, 2022

    Margaret Atwood has a knack for writing prescient feminist pieces which remain relatable over decades. I wish she wouldn’t. I wish, for once, that Margaret Atwood were wrong about something (in fiction).

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  • Kiss Me Again, Stranger by Daphne du Maurier Short Story Analysis

    Kiss Me Again, Stranger by Daphne du Maurier Short Story Analysis

    October 11, 2022

    “Kiss Me Again, Stranger” by Daphne du Maurier (1952) is as supernatural as a story gets without actually being supernatural.

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  • Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood

    Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood

    October 10, 2022

    “Wilderness Tips” (1991) is an ecological short story by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, full of duplicity, doubles and dark humour.

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  • “Home” by Shirley Jackson and the Gossiping Busybody Archetype

    “Home” by Shirley Jackson and the Gossiping Busybody Archetype

    October 10, 2022

    In “Home”, Shirley Jackson takes the urban legend of the ghost hitch-hiker and turns it into something new.

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  • The Shadows On The Wall by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

    The Shadows On The Wall by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

    October 8, 2022

    There’s a subcategory of carnivalesque stories about visitors who outstay their welcome. These stories explore a deeper, broader human fear: The fear of home infiltration.

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  • The Little Photographer by Daphne du Maurier Short Story Analysis

    The Little Photographer by Daphne du Maurier Short Story Analysis

    October 6, 2022

    “The Little Photographer” (1952) is a short crime story by British author Daphne du Maurier. Find it in The Birds and Other Stories, previously published as The Apple Tree collection. Like Rebecca, people of rank are shown to be capable of terrible things.

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  • Paranoia by Shirley Jackson Short Story Analysis

    Paranoia by Shirley Jackson Short Story Analysis

    October 5, 2022

    “Paranoia” is a noir short story by American writer Shirley Jackson (1916-1965). A man is followed home by a stalker. Or is he?

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  • The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson

    The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson

    October 4, 2022

    “The Possibility of Evil” is a short story by American author Shirley Jackson (1916-1965). Find it in several collections: Dark Tales and Just An Ordinary Day. The story was first published in The Saturday Evening Post a few months after Jackson’s death.

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  • The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier Short Story Analysis

    The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier Short Story Analysis

    October 4, 2022

    “The Apple Tree” is a long short story by British author Daphne du Maurier, better known for “The Birds” and Rebecca. But who doesn’t like a Christmas ghost story? There’s not much ‘Christmassy’ about it if, by Christmassy, you think family, fun and celebration of Christ. Nope, this is a revenge tale. This is “Rip…

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  • The Rocket by Ray Bradbury Short Story Study

    The Rocket by Ray Bradbury Short Story Study

    October 2, 2022

    Also known as “Outcast of the Stars”, “The Rocket” is a short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, included in The Illustrated Man collection (1951). It’s basically a science fiction re-visioning of famous English fairytale “Jack And The Beanstalk”. WHAT HAPPENS IN “THE ROCKET” A TIME OF LATE CAPITALISM Fiorello Bodoni lives in a future…

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