SHORT STORY CLUB

[shiels]

better than the book club we never do for obvious reasons.

rules: read story and review and reflect and show off, the person with the best response is chosen by story sharer to choose next one

“A Shooting in Rathreedane”

“Dylan Judge was from Ballina town. He was what you would call ‘known to the police.’ ”

www.newyorker.com

 

[shiels]

@jenks and @you may have already read this one so feel free to start

 

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Good luck, everyone

 

[shiels]

Good luck, everyone

Get over yourself and get involved you pretentious cunt

 

[shiels]

That’s really pissed me off

 

[shiels]

Imagine being as clever as he is and spending your time demeaning alcoholics with pithy one liners on a dead forum, for twenty years

 

[shiels]

You’re a sad bastard craner

 

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Sorry Shiels

 

[hmg]

I asked Claude to recommend a couple of short stories and it came back with The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (le Guin) and The Lottery (Jackson), both short tales about individuals who suffer for the Greater Good. Poor Claude.

 

[ver$hy ver$h]

Is Claude your butler?

 

[shiels]

Sorry Shiels

boring and patronising. You and Luke trade on this forum legacy but isn’t cool… you’re literally 50 years old lads act accordingly

 

[hmg]

I like Rick Bass' short stories and strongly recommend The Hermit's Story from the collection of the same name, The Cave (also from that collection).

 

[shiels]

Has anyone read kevin Barry @droid

 

[hmg]

Is Claude your butler?

Yes, about £18 month.

Claude

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

www.anthropic.com

 

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boring and patronising. You and Luke trade on this forum legacy but isn’t cool… you’re literally 50 years old lads act accordingly

You're right

 

[hmg]

boring and patronising. You and Luke trade on this forum legacy but isn’t cool… you’re literally 50 years old lads act accordingly

As a 50 year old man, I'm ordering you to go fuck yourself, and to do so real quietly.

 

[ver$hy ver$h]

Short-lived club.

 

[hmg]

Stalking around in here spilling lager on the ladies, twitching and sniffing in your Stone Island. Tsk.

 

[hmg]

Tried reading some Murakami short stories, but they are shockingly twee. Do not recommend.

 

[shiels]

The first person collection? I bought it and also hated it