might be too specific, but the signalman fucked 8 year old me up
I'm collecting a list of Short Stories That Fucked Us Up As Children. reblog and tell me what I'm missing.
here's the list so far:
the yellow wallpaper
all in a summer day
fever dream
the lottery
hey come on out
by the waters of Babylon
the most dangerous game
flowers for Algernon
a good man is hard to find
skin
to build a fire
silent snow secret snow
bartleby the scrivener
i have no mouth and I must scream
harrison bergeron
lamb to the slaughter
the cask of amontillado
the telltale heart
the vampyre
where did you come from, where did you go
the monkey's paw
I'll add a poll in case it helps haha
me, rereading the secret history yet again:
Following the ridiculous and inhumane news out of the UK yesterday, two out of the top 3 petitions on the UK parliament petition site relate to trans rights:
Let me point you in the right direction!
Sign here
See graph of signatures here
Deadline: 28 July 2025
Signatures so far: 24,709 of 100,000
Sign here
See graph of signatures here
Deadline: 12 June 2025
Signatures so far: 22,107 of 100,000
Anyone living in the UK, regardless of citizenship
UK citizens living anywhere in the world
I love you characters who dug themselves out of their own graves. I love you characters who won't let the narrative kill them. I love you characters who won't stay dead. I love you unburied gays I love you metaphors for transness I love
On every god damn occasion
boy, i am a sucker for the 'dysfunctional family goes on a roadtrip' trope
being the funny friend and being the sad friend are mutually exclusive. it’s called having grown up watching robin williams movies
i love hannibal and his little head tilts. does will’s haunted psyche seem clearer to you at a 45 angle boy
If you went to a primary school in the UK in the 2000s I hope you didn't forget this absolute girlboss of a cow, she deserves to be remembered. Worshipped even.
It's not Sci fi until there's a woman with a cunty fuck ass bob as far as I'm concerned