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Anthropomorphic RootsAnthropomorphic Roots by delgaudm (cc by)

oooooh! GenjiandProust offers a collection of weird fiction anthology podcasts, complete with description (including content warning info, where known), average running times, tone, existence (or not) of significant LGBTQ characters and elements, plus the number of stories or episodes, with direct links for each anthology (where possible). Nice!

07/03/21
by taz

Mysteries, puzzles, and problems

And a small child ...And a small child ... by Counselman Collection (cc by-sa)

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And the lion shall lie down with the lamb. It's in the Bible, right? Well no, Isaiah 11.6 says the wolf will lie down with the lamb. Why do I and so many other people remember it as a lion?

What was a petrified animal doing in this tree?

Can someone explain to me why my non-stick pans are still greasy, even after I thoroughly wash them?

Marine biologists, what was that thing I saw all the time in Bermuda?

WTF Abe Lincoln Ephemera, ISO uncanny things related to Abe Lincoln

What's making this creepy noise in the woods?

How is this street performer just sitting there, balancing his bike on the front wheel?

How does the icing get on black and white cookies?

What could have killed a shrub/bush in one day?

How to completely prevent solicitors from coming to my house?

07/31/16
by taz

The Fun gnaws away at itself and shows The Fear within

The ClownThe Clown by astio (cc by-nc-sa)

there's something elementally unnerving about the sort of unrestrained jouissance that clowns represent. I'm not quite willing to say it's universal, but we go way out of our way to set limits to enjoyment, pleasure, happiness, joy—and you don't have to agree with me, but this doesn't strike me as absurd. Every primal force is terrible. At some point silliness and happiness and fun and joy start to transgress itself and display its horror...

mr-o waxes philosophic on the primal paradox of the creepy clown problem.

08/04/14
by taz

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