Step into the garden...
Welcome to my home on the web, inspired by a childhood spent admiring lovingly coded personal blogs and websites sharing art and slices of their lives to whomever stopped by. Enjoy your walk in the garden, stop and smell the roses, and feel free to take a button on your way out.
A small wooden garden shed, stacked high with books. It seems the gardener has curated a small library for visitors. A handwritten note on the door reads: A collection of titles you can read online in part or in full, for free.Literature
Sci-Fi
If I have a book in hand, there is a 99.9% chance it's fiction. I love learning about the real world, but what I love most is getting lost in fictional worlds. Around 2020, I became obsessed with science fiction (Le Guin at first, then the genre at large) and the weirdlit subgenre: Vandermeer, Miéville, Murakami and others.
Science fiction lets us imagine all possible futures. Not just on our current trajectory, but futures with different political ideologies and even alternate biologies and evolutionary trajectories.
The Ones Who Walk Away From OmelasAuthor: Le Guin, Ursula K.
Year Published: 1973
Rating:
Themes: The unseen cost of creating a utopian society
Length: 5 pp.
Horror
A genre I've more recently grown to love, from H. P. Lovecraft to Thomas Ligotti. Horror literature explores our deepest fears, from the real to the irrational.
The CroningAuthor: Barron, Laird
Year Published: 2012
Rating:
Themes: Cults, dark family secrets
Length: Limited preview. Full text: ~300 pp.
The Imago SequenceAuthor: Barron, Laird
Year Published: 2007
Rating:
Themes: Psychological horror
Length: First 3 stories. Full text: ~230 pp.
There Is No Antimemetics DivisionAuthor: qntm
Year Published: 2020
Rating:
Themes: Psychological horror, the horror of the unknown
Length: Online reading. Physical edition: ~220 pp.