Tetiana’s Reviews > Walking Alone: Short Stories > Status Update

Pool, Air Conditioning, Free HBO. Twin Peaks vibes, but way less quirky and more malevolent. But I liked this one.
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The Train. Being a parent is a true nightmare.
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A Random Thought From God's Day. ???
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Under Midwast Skies. Can sheep be evil? Can they have a hive me mind? Can they consume the flash of men? The answers are not what you think.
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Pictures of Huxley. A very melancholy one and ethereal, like the emotional residue of an unremembered dream.
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My College Admission Essay. Babies crying are indeed very much annoying, but THAT much? No, thank you. Also, the dad's clown friends? Creepy.
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Schoolgirls. Ultraviolence is not my kind of thing.
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The Maid. Don't be rude to waiters, unless a waiter is really rude to you. I didn't really like this one much.
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The Smell of Overripe Loquats. When there's a humanoid figure made of things figures usually aren't made of, you can expect trouble.
This one is a kind of Lord of the Flies and Children of the Corn crossover, but with excessive Catholic guilt. Nothing's ever free unless you earn it.
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Sticky Note. What's up with this man and the issue of marriage infidelity? These ones where it's thematised are really sad ones.
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The Silence of Trees. I have suspicions that the protagonist here is the same one as in The Piano Player Has No Fingers: Phoenix, supernatural investigation, friends with Hispanic people.
Overall a decent one, with indigenous tribes in the northern Mexico involved. I would like more evil trees.
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Mona Retrospective, Los Angeles. Supposedly, a fun one ridiculing snobby nu-art enjoyers. It didn't sit well with me, though.
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Black Friday. Black Friday is evil, but not in the way you'd expect it to be.

Apt Punishment. A surprise one 🫢

Also, The Man Who Watched Cartoons is dated 1999, and this one is 2016, so I wonder just what had been happening during these 17 years.