Have you ever read a story that actually kind of changed the way you think about things? Because I just did. That story was “Smartening Up,” the first story in an anthology called Where The Wild Ladies Are, written by Aoko Matsuda and translated by Polly Barton.
First, a shoutout to my younger sister, who got me this book as a Christmas gift. She knows me too well.
Also, as a content warning: the story does have a mention of suicide.
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As you are probably already aware, it’s Christmas next week, so I’m feeling a little festive. So let’s take a peek at Isaac Asimov’s story “Christmas on Ganymede.”
This story was originally published in 1940, and can be found in the anthology Christmas on Ganymede, and Other Stories. Alas, however, I believe that the book is out of print, since i had a very hard time finding it.
Anyway, let’s get into it.
Hello, friends! Today, I’ve decided I wanted to take a look at a story about some very serious things with a very silly title. That story is “May Your Government Be the Center of a Smelly Dung Sandwich,” by Justin Short.
I couldn’t find a copy of the story online, but it can be found in the anthology Recognize Fascism, edited by Crystal M. Huff.
Today’s story is probably going to sound familiar to you if you’re a fan of early 90s Arnold Schwarzanegger movies. That story is “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale,” by the hilariously named Phillip K Dick.
So let’s dive in, shall we?
Hello, again! As we continue our Halloween mini-tour, I’ve decided to take a look at another story by Junji Ito. This one, like the one I talked about before, is also from the short story collection Shiver.
Today we’re going to discuss the first story in the anthology, “Used Record.”
Hello, again all! Continuing with this month’s spooky theme, I’ve decided to dip back into the well of Edgar Allan Poe, and talk about another one of his most popular stories, “The Pit and the Pendulum.”
It involves that which no one expects: the Spanish Inquisition.
There’s something kind of creepy about hotels. Even if nothing particularly bad happens to you there, they’re kind of home but not home at the same time. Personally, I tend to have trouble falling asleep in hotel rooms.
But what if the hotel room you’re in tried to eat you?
On that note, let’s talk about Stephen King’s “1408,” from the anthology Everything’s Eventual.
Hello, friends. Now that October is upon us I’ve decided to make things a little bit spooky around here. To that end, each Short Story Saturday up until Halloween will cover a horror story. Which, admittedly, isn’t all that different to most of my posts.
Anyway, today we’re going to take a look at “Lacrimosa” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, originally published in 2015.
So, this week I’m going to be taking a look at another Ray Bradbury story, one that’s a little more obscure than the previous one I wrote about. That story is the 1951 tale, “The Last Night Of The World.”
Be warned, though, it is kind of a bummer.
Most of you probably know the basics of this story, since it was adapted into, y’know, one of the most beloved films in Disney’s animated canon. A lot of you probably also know that the original story was a great deal darker and sadder than pretty much any Disney movie is allowed to be.
So let’s discuss “The Little Mermaid,” written by Hans Christian Andersen and published in 1837.
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