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Let’s share some other great works that are out there! Please share anything else that has affected you, even in a small way.
Worth The Read
Gustave Caillebotte - Paris Street, Rainy Day - A short article on one of the most famous paintings of Paris.
An Ode to Coffee - “The lines in the old man’s skin, weathered from years under the sun, seemed to tell their own stories of ancient traditions. These traditions made life manageable and predictable.
On one particular day, as the sun lazily dipped beneath the horizon, Kaldi noticed something that made him stop in his tracks: one of his goats was jumping up and down, bouncing here and sprinting there. These were decidedly un-goatlike behaviors.”
The Moleskine Notebooks: Bordeaux - “At the age of 15, Eleanor inherited the Duchy upon the death of her father, and was soon married to King Louis VII, seeing her lands joined to the Kingdom of France. After 15 years of marriage and two daughters, Eleanor pushed for an annulment so she could upgrade and marry the King of England, Henry II, instead.1 This brought Bordeaux under the English crown, a move made wildly popular among the Bordelais when the region was given tax-free status by the King. This led to a boom in the wine trade as wine was exported for the first time. Over the next three centuries, the English taste for Bordeaux claret created a huge expansion in the region’s vineyards, many of which still exist today.”
With My Own Eyes - “In all three cases, the German teens, London paparazzi and global selfie-takers only peripherally engaged in the activity museums were built to facilitate — the personal encounter between viewer and artwork. Instead, the building and its paintings became the background, sometimes literally, for another activity. In all three cases, the artwork in question was seen at a remove, through an iPhone screen.”
33 Writing Tips for Non-Fiction Authors - By Tucker Max and just like it sounds in terms of content.
Tossing Shade At Decision Trees - “I do not expect you to agree with me, nor do I need you to. We each make our own deals with the hidden universe and peer with our own eyes into those strange, wonderful, little cracks and crossroads where that universe chooses to reveal itself to us. Or, chooses not to. It’s never the same for any two souls. Your deal is different than my deal. We came for different lessons, have been and will continue to be dealt different cards.”
Lewis Carroll's Playful Notes - The actual notes of Lewis Carroll.
Thanks For The Ladder - “I pulled my 13-year-old son out of school last December. He tried very hard for seven years. He became defined by everything he wasn’t good at. I knew he was smart. I knew it wasn’t his fault.
I registered a homeschool with the state, “The Parker-Morales Homeschool,” named after Peter Parker and Miles Morales, his favorite Spider-Men.”
May your life be full of some tricks and many treats!
-Mike
Really cool work you all are doing to promote the short story format. I wish you all the best!
There are some very remarkable pieces of writing tagged in this post, which sees to be a one off for the normal Short Story Statistics post. Also, no winner was revealed for this months submissions. Anyway, in keeping with request to share writing that moves us, I would like to lift up a story recently posted on KindlingHorror substack by Shaina Read called If Anything Happens. It is a cautionary tale about personal choices and resisting parental advice. I found it very impactful! Find it at - https://open.substack.com/pub/kindlinghorror/p/if-anything-happens?r=2elvn8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email