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Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 189 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.12 — 555,815 ratings — published 2002
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,461,419 ratings — published 1915
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.14 — 317,803 ratings — published 1994
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 89 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.95 — 342,276 ratings — published 2009
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.09 — 204,013 ratings — published 2000
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.11 — 154,021 ratings — published 1985
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.21 — 499,812 ratings — published 2020
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.94 — 402,824 ratings — published 1925
After Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.74 — 191,193 ratings — published 2004
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.80 — 311,401 ratings — published 2014
The Hearing Trumpet (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.99 — 12,794 ratings — published 1974
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.06 — 613,630 ratings — published 1871
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.45 — 341,271 ratings — published 2019
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,117,645 ratings — published 1967
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,495,383 ratings — published 1969
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.28 — 428,815 ratings — published 1967
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,224 ratings — published 1967
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
by (shelved 47 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.94 — 142,932 ratings — published 1982
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,109,260 ratings — published 2011
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.46 — 99,254 ratings — published 1959
Nadja (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.53 — 13,446 ratings — published 1928
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.60 — 103,306 ratings — published 2018
Dance Dance Dance (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.04 — 100,813 ratings — published 1988
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.99 — 741,103 ratings — published 1987
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.65 — 403,202 ratings — published 2007
The Strange Library (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.54 — 70,533 ratings — published 2005
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.01 — 660,133 ratings — published 2013
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.01 — 113,490 ratings — published 1979
The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.90 — 79,737 ratings — published 2009
Fever Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.72 — 54,152 ratings — published 2014
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,702 ratings — published 2017
The Woman in the Dunes (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.88 — 40,125 ratings — published 1962
Story of the Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.64 — 25,831 ratings — published 1928
The Blind Owl (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.95 — 35,355 ratings — published 1937
Sputnik Sweetheart (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.83 — 183,311 ratings — published 1999
The Memory Police (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.69 — 144,454 ratings — published 1994
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,515,200 ratings — published 1943
Ubik (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.11 — 124,628 ratings — published 1969
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.10 — 994,673 ratings — published 2001
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.91 — 76,868 ratings — published 1926
The Elephant Vanishes (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.82 — 58,763 ratings — published 1993
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.50 — 206,221 ratings — published 2016
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.06 — 381,518 ratings — published 1971
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.13 — 788,685 ratings — published 2002
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,032,980 ratings — published 1979
Uzumaki (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.45 — 90,263 ratings — published 1998
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.99 — 441,616 ratings — published 1865
Ficciones (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.40 — 80,408 ratings — published 1944
Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.09 — 98,637 ratings — published 1972
“The Bad Halloween: A Crazies Night Chronicle by Stewart Stafford
I'm Rich—ambulance medic on Crazies Night,
Demented chariot driver in the mediverse,
Skeleton crew for swarms of ailing impostors,
Our dashboard crucifix, buffeting every curse.
Jittery, side-burned Jeff riding shotgun,
I tease his grumbling about missing fun:
"A toast with your Pumpkin Spice Latte!
Breakfast on me when our shift is done."
Behind us, a female living portrait groaned—
Drunk or high, headfirst, she kissed the road.
Mona Lisa frame unmounted for treatment,
delirious spoilers dropped for The Da Vinci Code!
Death's Reaper stood daring us in our path;
graveyard shift, centre line, gleaming scythe.
Brakes jammed, sirens blared, the prank waned—
This gothic vigilante traffic cop waved us by!
We dropped Patient Moaner at the hospital,
Jeff smoked, and I ate canteen Colcannon,
Our "bat signal" crackled, flashed in the cab:
"Cosplay brawl at the Hotel Shannon."
We drove off for more Boo-Boo Bus Bedlam
to hit our Gotham's streets and tend the injured.
Catherine wheel jack-o-lantern through windscreen;
The Pumpkin Bomber’s cackle went unheard.
Ears temporarily-deafened, thumbs up given;
Faces, hands, arms burned—scarred medics.
Flying glass cuts on our cheeks and necks:
Carers now mummified patients: sideline critics.
The first cracks of dawn chase shadows away;
A Grand Grimoire yielding to Grey's Anatomy,
Our carriage—the repair yard's hollow gourd,
All-Saints sunrise feast to shed All Hallows' agony.
On the Lord of Death's night, we didn't die:
Weary defiance met coffee and pumpkin pie.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
―
I'm Rich—ambulance medic on Crazies Night,
Demented chariot driver in the mediverse,
Skeleton crew for swarms of ailing impostors,
Our dashboard crucifix, buffeting every curse.
Jittery, side-burned Jeff riding shotgun,
I tease his grumbling about missing fun:
"A toast with your Pumpkin Spice Latte!
Breakfast on me when our shift is done."
Behind us, a female living portrait groaned—
Drunk or high, headfirst, she kissed the road.
Mona Lisa frame unmounted for treatment,
delirious spoilers dropped for The Da Vinci Code!
Death's Reaper stood daring us in our path;
graveyard shift, centre line, gleaming scythe.
Brakes jammed, sirens blared, the prank waned—
This gothic vigilante traffic cop waved us by!
We dropped Patient Moaner at the hospital,
Jeff smoked, and I ate canteen Colcannon,
Our "bat signal" crackled, flashed in the cab:
"Cosplay brawl at the Hotel Shannon."
We drove off for more Boo-Boo Bus Bedlam
to hit our Gotham's streets and tend the injured.
Catherine wheel jack-o-lantern through windscreen;
The Pumpkin Bomber’s cackle went unheard.
Ears temporarily-deafened, thumbs up given;
Faces, hands, arms burned—scarred medics.
Flying glass cuts on our cheeks and necks:
Carers now mummified patients: sideline critics.
The first cracks of dawn chase shadows away;
A Grand Grimoire yielding to Grey's Anatomy,
Our carriage—the repair yard's hollow gourd,
All-Saints sunrise feast to shed All Hallows' agony.
On the Lord of Death's night, we didn't die:
Weary defiance met coffee and pumpkin pie.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
―
“Uma nêspera
estava na cama
deitada
muito calada
a ver
o que acontecia
chegou a Velha
e disse
olha uma nêspera
e zás comeu-a
é o que acontece
às nêsperas
que ficam deitadas
caladas
a esperar
o que acontece.”
― Novos Contos do Gin
estava na cama
deitada
muito calada
a ver
o que acontecia
chegou a Velha
e disse
olha uma nêspera
e zás comeu-a
é o que acontece
às nêsperas
que ficam deitadas
caladas
a esperar
o que acontece.”
― Novos Contos do Gin
