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Keren
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"Sweet Everlasting" by M. T. Anderson
Climax is a peak for a reason---whoever reaches it must, necessarily descend. If they do not, if they must forever remain at this great height, it will lose all of its luster. So be careful what you wish for! Pleasure cannot last forever, there must be pain and discontent; otherwise, there is no pleasure after all.
— Nov 23, 2025 05:00PM
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Climax is a peak for a reason---whoever reaches it must, necessarily descend. If they do not, if they must forever remain at this great height, it will lose all of its luster. So be careful what you wish for! Pleasure cannot last forever, there must be pain and discontent; otherwise, there is no pleasure after all.
Keren
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"A Recording for Carole Before It All Goes" by Jason Reynolds
Collecting memories, the everyday ones & the big ones, can so powerfully change the experience of losing someone. In this story, a young person collects stories for their grandmother who is forgetting things slowly due to Alzheimer's, and while, ostensibly, they're doing it for Grandma, it's also a powerful way to keep her even when she's gone.
— Nov 23, 2025 05:14AM
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Collecting memories, the everyday ones & the big ones, can so powerfully change the experience of losing someone. In this story, a young person collects stories for their grandmother who is forgetting things slowly due to Alzheimer's, and while, ostensibly, they're doing it for Grandma, it's also a powerful way to keep her even when she's gone.
Keren
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"We Are Looking For Home" by A.S. King
For contentment, for belonging, for acceptance, for uniqueness. We so often fail, doomed in our efforts by inner doubts and demons that lie and bully and mislead. We covet confidence and surety, and that same confidence and surety leads to self doubt. It's hard to break out of this loop, but home is on the outside.
— Nov 20, 2025 06:28PM
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For contentment, for belonging, for acceptance, for uniqueness. We so often fail, doomed in our efforts by inner doubts and demons that lie and bully and mislead. We covet confidence and surety, and that same confidence and surety leads to self doubt. It's hard to break out of this loop, but home is on the outside.
Keren
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"Pool Bandits" by G. Neri
It's a 1970's summer, heat visible in the air and not a raindrop in sight. Kids roam the streets, the beaches, the ditches, and the backyards of people on vacation. There's freedom in sneaking into fences, draining pools to share the bowl...full days of trying and failing until you can fly.
— Nov 19, 2025 08:04PM
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It's a 1970's summer, heat visible in the air and not a raindrop in sight. Kids roam the streets, the beaches, the ditches, and the backyards of people on vacation. There's freedom in sneaking into fences, draining pools to share the bowl...full days of trying and failing until you can fly.
Keren
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"La Concha" e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
A collection of jars, of titles, of small moments together in a closet of the self, protected from His abuse and a mother's seeming death. This one reflects life and poetry. Beautiful.
— Nov 18, 2025 07:43PM
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A collection of jars, of titles, of small moments together in a closet of the self, protected from His abuse and a mother's seeming death. This one reflects life and poetry. Beautiful.
mazzy of silence
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La Concha це відбірна травма і скло, я рада, що все закінчилося так, як закінчилося. Не перше оповідання про аб'юзерів у збірці, але однаково боляче щоразу. Дуже хочеться обійняти авторів
— Nov 18, 2025 02:56AM
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Museum of Misery змусила мене дивитися на читалку з різних боків, перевертати її боком, вверх ногами та почуватися незатишно. Оповідання у вигляді виставки у музеї, змінює перспективу, якщо в когось вона ще не змінена, дуже креативно
— Nov 17, 2025 03:14AM
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Сумна історія про піроманіячку у Ring of Fire про колекцію спогадів про маму
— Nov 17, 2025 02:56AM
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Щемка історія від Девіда Левітана з небінарними персонажами — цукерочка🤌🏼
— Nov 16, 2025 01:34PM
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mazzy of silence
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Так дивно бачити, що ніхто не оцінив друге оповідання, White Saviour, бо воно ще краще за перше! Цікаво бачити, як пишуть "нічого не зрозуміло, дивне", коли прямим текстом автор говорить про бажання бути героями, колонізаторів та систематичне пригнічення "країн третього світу". Прямим текстом, Карл! Сам текст як серія серіалу про супергеройку, щиро рекомендую
— Nov 16, 2025 03:57AM
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Keren
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"Take It From Me" David Levithan
It's interesting to think about the things people collect and the emotion it brings them. David's collection, I think, made then feel connected to people and the world around him, while his friend's box of doubts served the same function as a journal. I wonder about my own collections, real or figurative, and what they give to me.
— Nov 15, 2025 10:01PM
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It's interesting to think about the things people collect and the emotion it brings them. David's collection, I think, made then feel connected to people and the world around him, while his friend's box of doubts served the same function as a journal. I wonder about my own collections, real or figurative, and what they give to me.
mazzy of silence
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Play House by Anne-Marie McLemore в найкращому сенсі дивна. Расизм, патріархат та неможливість протистояння. Насправді, це дуже жасне оповідання, бо в будинок до матері і її доньки приходять всі чоловіки-сусіди, ніби "охороняти їх, поки вдома немає чоловіка". Просто приходять і займать кухню, вітальню та набухуються там, розглядаючи жінок і розповідаючи, яку добру справу роблять.
— Nov 15, 2025 01:14PM
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Keren
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"Play House" by Anna-Marie McLemore
I grew increasingly more tense as the men arrived and grew in number, there to "protect" but, in fact, a threat to the two lone and beautiful women too polite to refuse to play hostess. I felt the threat in my bones, wanting to pull the protective circle of other women together, while in the story, the other women ripped the vulnerable women apart with their eyes.
— Nov 12, 2025 06:00PM
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I grew increasingly more tense as the men arrived and grew in number, there to "protect" but, in fact, a threat to the two lone and beautiful women too polite to refuse to play hostess. I felt the threat in my bones, wanting to pull the protective circle of other women together, while in the story, the other women ripped the vulnerable women apart with their eyes.









