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I've had a hard time focusing lately, and long form books are off the table for me for the time being. However, this has let me dive back into the wonderful world of short stories, which I haven't kept up with in a long time. Let's share some of our favorites! Links to text video/audio readings are welcome, nay, enthusiastically requested! To start things off with a text suggestion, I'd like to suggest my (so far) favorite short story "Hell in Bottles" by Kyūsaku Yumeno, translated in the link from the Japanese by Sacha Idell. https://as.vanderbilt.edu/nashvillereview/archives/14612 quote:To the Institute for Oceanographic Research: The rest of the story is the contents of those three bottles, and lemme tell ya it's a wild ride. It's one of those stories that captures so, so much of the human condition it's eerie. I could spend hours sitting with friends sharing a joint and dissecting the themes of this story. In all it's about a 20 minute read. Highly recommended and super happy to discuss with anyone interested. For audio, I'd recommend "Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff read by my favorite YouTube reader (who hasn't updated in three years, damnit) Thee Landstander https://www.youtube.com/c/TheeLandstander The story is only 11 minutes and shares the last moments of a flaming dickweed of a person as he, at the last exact moment of existance, finds the moment that defined him. Absolutely brilliant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtcQ_Uk47MI Short stories! We love 'em, so share 'em!
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