The Masque of the Red Death. The Fall of the House of Usher. Rappacini's Daughter. The Gift of the Magi. The Ransom of Red Chief. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Clarke's The Nine Billion Names of God. Avram Davidson's Or All the Seas with Oysters.
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Jan 16, 2008 12:32:22 pm PST #3714 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Cashmere - Jan 16, 2008 12:34:46 pm PST #3715 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Rikki Tikki Tavi. Microcosmic God. Harrison Bergeron.
Daisy Jane - Jan 16, 2008 12:35:55 pm PST #3716 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Northerners Can be so Smug, A Good Man is Hard To Find
Scrappy - Jan 16, 2008 12:36:07 pm PST #3717 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Basically all of Flannery O'Conner's stories. Good Country People is my fave.
Daisy Jane - Jan 16, 2008 12:36:47 pm PST #3718 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Harrison Bergeron
What was that Ayn Rand story that HB always reminded me of?
Scrappy - Jan 16, 2008 12:38:03 pm PST #3719 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I adored O Henry when I was about 11 or so. Plus Sherlock Holmes.
Cashmere - Jan 16, 2008 12:39:38 pm PST #3720 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
DJ is it We the Living?
-t - Jan 16, 2008 12:40:34 pm PST #3721 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Repent, Harlequin, Said the Tick-Tock Man
Ginger - Jan 16, 2008 12:41:17 pm PST #3722 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Sherlock Holmes, particularly The Speckled Band and The Five Orange Pips. The Purloined Letter. Asimov's The Ugly Little Boy.
-t - Jan 16, 2008 12:42:39 pm PST #3723 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
A Christmas Carol.