My students have had strong responses to Bloodchild by Octavia Butler and Toddler Hunting by Taeko Kono. There are some Angela Carter stories that definitely hit the spot too. Please, let me know what you end up teaching! I’d love to read along.

I read a lot of short story collections but I can’t think of any that are fucked up enough for this syllabus, but maybe a practitioner can @hughsheehy.bsky.social @maeganpoland.bsky.social @leeches.bsky.social

🚬🐀✨ thank you, that really means a lot!

Thank you!

You would be so lucky if that happened to you. The stars would be in your favor! You’d make cool art and have neat friends.

Anyway, here’s my schtick: embrace “bad” literature! Not everything that you read has to be “excellent” or “good” to be worth your time. What is the worst that can happen? You’ll be infected? You’ll let the stink of bad taste accumulate inside you and ooze out your pores? We’ll all smell your sins?