“What did he have to report?”: “Paranoia” by Shirley Jackson
Jackson’s story of the commute from hell is one of her most nerve-shattering, Kafkaesque tales.
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Jackson’s story of the commute from hell is one of her most nerve-shattering, Kafkaesque tales.
The Prussian author’s 1816 tale is an early 19th century progenitor of the modern horror story.
First published in 1934, Langston Hughes's story throws a spotlight on racial violence that continues in America today.
Zadie Smith's controversial story is a dystopian satire about call-out culture.
Nancy Hale's story about the dangers of poisonous political ideologies is surprisingly relevant to our current moment.
Bryan Washington's story is about a veteran drug dealer who becomes a kind of surrogate father to an undocumented Guatemalan teen.
Binyavanga Wainaina's story is about the performative cultural roles people are expected to play.
Adrian Michael Kelly uses a train ride as a means to examine a character who is much less upright than he at first appears.
Ray Russell's 1961 modern Gothic tale has lost none of its power to shock its reader.