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Angelus van Engelen's avatar

I do have a tip. Short stories by an author from the time of Dangerous liasons and just as vicious with a touch of Baudelaire and Poe: Les Diaboliques/ She-devils from Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.

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Angelus van Engelen's avatar

And another one: Peter Schlemihl: The Shadowless Man. In the story, Schlemihl sells his shadow to the Devil for a bottomless wallet, only to find that a man without a shadow is shunned by human societies. The woman he loves rejects him, and he himself becomes involved in guilt.

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Draxtor™'s avatar

Thank you Angelus! I will look into it and line up readings. Wonderful. But alas: you have suggested I also pick up (FINALLY) Proust so perhaps NOBODY will hear ANYTHING from me in the next three months hihihihi :)

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Angelus van Engelen's avatar

Well, life is all choices and challenges ;-)

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Angelus van Engelen's avatar

And the write of Peter Schlemihl is Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838). He was a German writer of French Romantic origin who was also a zoologist, botanist and explorer. Most writers at that time were of nobility and had plenty of time to pursue all sorts of hobbies and disciplines. From me, all nobility can be abolished immediately, but fine. I must admit that there were remarkable figures among them. Like the Polish Count Jan Potocki (1761- 1815 who was a scholar, writer, but also a diplomat, world traveller, adventurer, physicist, ethnologist, linguist, educationalist, member of parliament and one of the world's first balloonists. In 1815 he committed suicide by filing the silver knob of his mother's teapot so that it would fit in his pistol. His frame story and adventure fairy tale with horror elements Manuscript found in Zaragoza was not fully recovered until 2006. It is reminiscent both of Canterbury tales, as Don quichote and Tales of a Thousand and One Nights, but also has gothic elements.

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Catseye (Katsii Tennen)'s avatar

Yep

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Draxtor™'s avatar

Sorry Katsii dang there is never a perfect time but alas I am recording everything of course. I am torn IRL timewise with multiple obligations that were dumped on my plate so this early morning Europe / midnight SLT seemed a time I can commit to!

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rick harsch's avatar

how did i get here with code 5 something six and a one somewhere?

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Draxtor™'s avatar

because like i said = you are the KING OF ALL PUBLISHING :)

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Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam's avatar

There’s this short story called “Fruiting Bodies” in the collection of the same name by Kathryn Harlan. Not an indie press but a newer author, and it’s amazing!

(Also my debut novel, Grim Root!)

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Draxtor™'s avatar

I like and I shall put into list!

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Kelvin D. Olson's avatar

But why such an ungodly hour? Bedtime stories for Alaskans & Hawaiians?

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Draxtor™'s avatar

Well you got me Kelvin: this is an ELABORATE SCHEME to show the middle finger to the Hawaiian cousins who said "Uncle, are you gonna read for us again ever?" hihihhi huhuh hahahaha but anyways Kelvin you did not even LIKE the original post so the algorithm police department (APD) will come after you :)

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Kelvin D. Olson's avatar

True. But I liked THIS one.

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Deborah "Mercury"Rossavik's avatar

he*s kinda known but very anti estab. Micheal Moore's Stupid White Men

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Draxtor™'s avatar

I respect Michael highly, his docs have been important for developing my own aesthetic. As a Revolutionary Marxist I would not call him anti establishment necessarily but that is mincing of words I admit. His work certainly is touching on themes ignored by the consent manufacturing machine. For my reading series here I am going to pass because the emphasis is on shorts and indie publishing.

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