The End of a Dream – Giuseppe Pennasilico , c.1908
Italian, 1861-1940
Oil on canvas,
99.5 x 145.4 cm
Placing this here after having just read “The Bloody Chamber” by Angela Carter.
Tag: short fiction
Short Horror Stories for the Season
I’m striving to read another 31 spooky short stories in October. I thought it’d be neat to share the stories I’ve collected from previous years since I often find myself wishing for lists like this as I research new stories and authors.
I’m not a devout genre reader so it’s a mix of stories that may not fall into traditional horror categories, but are still intense reads or appropriate to the moods of the season.
I’ve made sure to include more than just white men from the United States and Western Europe.
There’s a line from each story as well to get a sense of what’s in there.
Some stories contain disturbing, violent, and/or sexual content, so fare thee warned.
—
- “His Face All Red” by Emily Carroll – “This man is not my brother.”
- “The Vampyre” by John Polidori – “His peculiarities caused him to be invited to every house…”
- “Lost Souls” by Clive Barker – “Hell possessed a genius for deceit.”
- “The Striding Place” by Gertrude Atherton – “Weigall did not believe for a moment that Wyatt Gifford was dead…”
- “Dracula’s Guest” by Bram Stoker – “Ah! I see, a suicide. How interesting!”
- “I am Anjuhimeko” by Hiromi Itō – “That’s right, how could anyone possibly have karma as bad as mine?”
- “Patient Zero” by Tananrive Due – “So I guess I’ll never have a chance to talk to the President again.”
- “If you meet a strange, confident woman, she may well be a witch” by pelsmith – “By the end of the third victim, I slept like a lamb.”
- “The Things” by Peter Watts – “I am being Blair. I escape out the back as the world comes in through the front.”
- “In the Court of the Dragon” by Robert W. Chambers – “Poor devil! whoever he was, there seemed small hope of escape!”
- “The Specialist’s Hat” by Kelly Link – “Claire is better at being Dead than Samantha.”
- “I want you in my mouth” by lovejoyman – “The first thing Frank noticed, of course, were her breasts…”
- “A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman – “I am selfish, private and easily bored. Will this be a problem?”
- “The Ghost in the Mill” by Harriet Beecher Stowe – Wal, I know lots o’ strange things…
- “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” by H.P. Lovecraft – “And why is everybody so down on Innsmouth?”
- “From a Farther Room” by David Gilbert – “Alert the media: unhappy, middle-aged white man on the loose.”
- “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol – “The young officials laughed at and made fun of him, so far as their official wit permitted.”
- “Harold” by Alvin Schwartz – “Now and then the doll grunted, but that was all.”
- “The Complete Gentleman” by Amos Tutuola – “When he reached where he hired the left foot, he pulled it out…”
- “Der Erlkönig” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, composed by Franz Schubert – “Father, don’t you see the Erl-King?”
- “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates – “He wagged a finger and laughed and said, ‘Gonna get you, baby.’”
- “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor – “Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?”
- “Peter Rugg, The Missing Man” by William Austin – “I have heard it asserted that Heaven sometimes sets a mark on a man, either for judgment or a trial.”
- “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner – “Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care…”
- “Ted the Caver” by Ted – “He said it sounded like rock sliding on rock. Sort of a grinding sound.”
- “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe – “The fury of a demon instantly possessed me.”
- “Death and Transfiguration of a Teacher” by Maria Teresa Solari – “I took off her sock and bit into the heel.”
- “Who Will Greet You At Home” by Lesley Nneka Arimah – “Her mother had formed her from mud and twigs…”
- “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong – “…the rankness of his thoughts leaves a stain in the air.”
- “Whole” by firmuhment – “When I first noticed the hole, it was small, really small.”
- “A Distant Episode” by Paul Bowles – “The sound of the flute came up from the depths below at intervals…”
- “The Apparition of Mrs. Veal” by Daniel Defoe (1706) – “If the eyes of our faith were as open as the eyes of our body, we should see numbers of angels about us for our guard.”
- “The Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving (1824) – “He was, in a manner, a literary goul, feeding in the charnel house of decayed literature.”
- “The Phantom Coach” by Amelia B. Edwards (1864) – “Against what superstition have they waged so long and obstinate a war, as against the belief in apparitions?”
- “The Soul of the Great Bell” by Lafcadio Hearn (1887) – “All the workmen wrought their tasks in silence; there was no sound heard but the muttering of the fires.”
- “The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce (1898) – “All seemed to be waiting for something to occur; the dead man only was without expectation.”
- “Afterward” by Edith Wharton (1910) – “The sunny English noon had swallowed him as completely as if he had gone out into Cimmerian night.”
- “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen (1945) – “You have no time to run from a face you do not expect.”
- “The Lonesome Place” by August Derleth (1948) – “What do they know about a place and time when a boy is very small and very alone, and the night is as big as the town, and the darkness is the whole world?”
- “A Visit” (prev. “The Lovely House”) by Shirley Jackson (1952) – “A tile is missing from the face of Margaret, who died for love.”
- “The Tower” by Marghanita Laski (1955) – “There was nothing left in her brain but the steadily mounting tally of the steps.”
- “Night Surf” by Stephen King (1969) – “He said his name was Alvin Sackheim. He kept calling for his grandmother.”
- “Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier (1971) – “How to replace the life of a loved lost child with a dream?”
- “Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” by Clive Barker (1984) – “If one has given oneself utterly, watching the beloved sleep can be a vile experience.”
- “███████” by Joyce Carol Oates (1998) – “Each of us had one, in our bowls. Warm and pulsing with life and fear radiating from it like raw nerves.”
- “In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)” by Caitlin R. Kiernan (2000) – “Fresh wound, these walls, this abscess hollowed into the world’s thin skin.”
- “Vampire Princess” by Ryuki Mao (2004) – “The human will want to take you into the light, saying it’s for your own good.”
- “Cruel Sistah” by Nisi Shawl (2005) – “One singing note, which he raised and lowered slowly. High and yearning. Soft and questioning. With its voice.”
- “The You Train” by N.K. Jemisin (2007) – “All the defunct lines, the dead lines. I think they never really go away.”
- “Wet Pain” by Terence Taylor (2007) – “It doesn’t matter whether you believe in ghosts if they believe in you.”
- “Hello, Moto” by Nnedi Okorafor (2011) – “It always felt so good to take from people, not just their money but their very essence.”
- “Monstro” by Junot Díaz (2012) – “Motherfuckers used to say culo would be the end of us. Well, for me it really was.”
- “Pearls” by Priya Sharma (2012) – “All because you couldn’t have me.”
- “Bugs” by Ageha (2013) – “Hey, pinky promise you’ll play with me.”
- “Out of Skin” by Emily Carroll (2013) – “A heap of wet skin and decaying cloth, crowded inside a dark pit I’d never seen before.”
- “The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis” by Karen Russell (2013) – “Yolk came oozing out of the mystery, covering all our hands, so that we became involved.”
- “How to Get Back to the Forest” by Sofia Samatar (2014) – “The smell in the bathroom was terrible now–an animal smell, hot; it thrashed around and it had fur.”
- “None of This Ever Happened” by Gabriela Santiago (2016) – “Someone has to write Uhura looking out the window and dreaming of home.”
- “Wish You Were Here” by Nadia Bulkin (2016) – “Hopefully, by the time the world ends, you’ll be gone.”
- “Sixteen Minutes” by Premee Mohamed (2016) – “I felt its breath in the night sometimes, like the warm, moist breath of my son when he’d crawl into bed with us.”
- “The Taming of the Tongue” by Russell Nichols (2016) – “You don’t know what this boy wants you to see way out here, but ain’t nothing worth getting eaten alive for.”
- “A Diet of Worms” by Valerie Valdes (2016) – “Hell, maybe you’ll even stay and watch the movie.”
Short Horror Stories for the Season
I’m striving to read another 31 spooky short stories in October. I thought it’d be neat to share the stories I’ve collected from previous years since I often find myself wishing for lists like this as I research new stories and authors.
I’m not a devout genre reader so it’s a mix of stories that may not fall into traditional horror categories, but are still intense reads or appropriate to the moods of the season.
I’ve made sure to include more than just white men from the United States and Western Europe.
There’s a line from each story as well to get a sense of what’s in there.
Some stories contain disturbing, violent, and/or sexual content, so fare thee warned.
—
- “His Face All Red” by Emily Carroll – “This man is not my brother.”
- “The Vampyre” by John Polidori – “His peculiarities caused him to be invited to every house…”
- “Lost Souls” by Clive Barker – “Hell possessed a genius for deceit.”
- “The Striding Place” by Gertrude Atherton – “Weigall did not believe for a moment that Wyatt Gifford was dead…”
- “Dracula’s Guest” by Bram Stoker – “Ah! I see, a suicide. How interesting!”
- “I am Anjuhimeko” by Hiromi Itō – “That’s right, how could anyone possibly have karma as bad as mine?”
- “Patient Zero” by Tananrive Due – “So I guess I’ll never have a chance to talk to the President again.”
- “If you meet a strange, confident woman, she may well be a witch” by pelsmith – “By the end of the third victim, I slept like a lamb.”
- “The Things” by Peter Watts – “I am being Blair. I escape out the back as the world comes in through the front.”
- “In the Court of the Dragon” by Robert W. Chambers – “Poor devil! whoever he was, there seemed small hope of escape!”
- “The Specialist’s Hat” by Kelly Link – “Claire is better at being Dead than Samantha.”
- “I want you in my mouth” by lovejoyman – “The first thing Frank noticed, of course, were her breasts…”
- “A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman – “I am selfish, private and easily bored. Will this be a problem?”
- “The Ghost in the Mill” by Harriet Beecher Stowe – Wal, I know lots o’ strange things…
- “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” by H.P. Lovecraft – “And why is everybody so down on Innsmouth?”
- “From a Farther Room” by David Gilbert – “Alert the media: unhappy, middle-aged white man on the loose.”
- “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol – “The young officials laughed at and made fun of him, so far as their official wit permitted.”
- “Harold” by Alvin Schwartz – “Now and then the doll grunted, but that was all.”
- “The Complete Gentleman” by Amos Tutuola – “When he reached where he hired the left foot, he pulled it out…”
- “Der Erlkönig” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, composed by Franz Schubert – “Father, don’t you see the Erl-King?”
- “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates – “He wagged a finger and laughed and said, ‘Gonna get you, baby.’”
- “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor – “Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?”
- “Peter Rugg, The Missing Man” by William Austin – “I have heard it asserted that Heaven sometimes sets a mark on a man, either for judgment or a trial.”
- “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner – “Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care…”
- “Ted the Caver” by Ted – “He said it sounded like rock sliding on rock. Sort of a grinding sound.”
- “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe – “The fury of a demon instantly possessed me.”
- “Death and Transfiguration of a Teacher” by Maria Teresa Solari – “I took off her sock and bit into the heel.”
- “Who Will Greet You At Home” by Lesley Nneka Arimah – “Her mother had formed her from mud and twigs…”
- “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong – “…the rankness of his thoughts leaves a stain in the air.”
- “Whole” by firmuhment – “When I first noticed the hole, it was small, really small.”
- “A Distant Episode” by Paul Bowles – “The sound of the flute came up from the depths below at intervals…”
- “The Apparition of Mrs. Veal” by Daniel Defoe (1706) – “If the eyes of our faith were as open as the eyes of our body, we should see numbers of angels about us for our guard.”
- “The Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving (1824) – “He was, in a manner, a literary goul, feeding in the charnel house of decayed literature.”
- “The Phantom Coach” by Amelia B. Edwards (1864) – “Against what superstition have they waged so long and obstinate a war, as against the belief in apparitions?”
- “The Soul of the Great Bell” by Lafcadio Hearn (1887) – “All the workmen wrought their tasks in silence; there was no sound heard but the muttering of the fires.”
- “The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce (1898) – “All seemed to be waiting for something to occur; the dead man only was without expectation.”
- “Afterward” by Edith Wharton (1910) – “The sunny English noon had swallowed him as completely as if he had gone out into Cimmerian night.”
- “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen (1945) – “You have no time to run from a face you do not expect.”
- “The Lonesome Place” by August Derleth (1948) – “What do they know about a place and time when a boy is very small and very alone, and the night is as big as the town, and the darkness is the whole world?”
- “A Visit” (prev. “The Lovely House”) by Shirley Jackson (1952) – “A tile is missing from the face of Margaret, who died for love.”
- “The Tower” by Marghanita Laski (1955) – “There was nothing left in her brain but the steadily mounting tally of the steps.”
- “Night Surf” by Stephen King (1969) – “He said his name was Alvin Sackheim. He kept calling for his grandmother.”
- “Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier (1971) – “How to replace the life of a loved lost child with a dream?”
- “Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” by Clive Barker (1984) – “If one has given oneself utterly, watching the beloved sleep can be a vile experience.”
- “███████” by Joyce Carol Oates (1998) – “Each of us had one, in our bowls. Warm and pulsing with life and fear radiating from it like raw nerves.”
- “In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)” by Caitlin R. Kiernan (2000) – “Fresh wound, these walls, this abscess hollowed into the world’s thin skin.”
- “Vampire Princess” by Ryuki Mao (2004) – “The human will want to take you into the light, saying it’s for your own good.”
- “Cruel Sistah” by Nisi Shawl (2005) – “One singing note, which he raised and lowered slowly. High and yearning. Soft and questioning. With its voice.”
- “The You Train” by N.K. Jemisin (2007) – “All the defunct lines, the dead lines. I think they never really go away.”
- “Wet Pain” by Terence Taylor (2007) – “It doesn’t matter whether you believe in ghosts if they believe in you.”
- “Hello, Moto” by Nnedi Okorafor (2011) – “It always felt so good to take from people, not just their money but their very essence.”
- “Monstro” by Junot Díaz (2012) – “Motherfuckers used to say culo would be the end of us. Well, for me it really was.”
- “Pearls” by Priya Sharma (2012) – “All because you couldn’t have me.”
- “Bugs” by Ageha (2013) – “Hey, pinky promise you’ll play with me.”
- “Out of Skin” by Emily Carroll (2013) – “A heap of wet skin and decaying cloth, crowded inside a dark pit I’d never seen before.”
- “The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis” by Karen Russell (2013) – “Yolk came oozing out of the mystery, covering all our hands, so that we became involved.”
- “How to Get Back to the Forest” by Sofia Samatar (2014) – “The smell in the bathroom was terrible now–an animal smell, hot; it thrashed around and it had fur.”
- “None of This Ever Happened” by Gabriela Santiago (2016) – “Someone has to write Uhura looking out the window and dreaming of home.”
- “Wish You Were Here” by Nadia Bulkin (2016) – “Hopefully, by the time the world ends, you’ll be gone.”
- “Sixteen Minutes” by Premee Mohamed (2016) – “I felt its breath in the night sometimes, like the warm, moist breath of my son when he’d crawl into bed with us.”
- “The Taming of the Tongue” by Russell Nichols (2016) – “You don’t know what this boy wants you to see way out here, but ain’t nothing worth getting eaten alive for.”
- “A Diet of Worms” by Valerie Valdes (2016) – “Hell, maybe you’ll even stay and watch the movie.”
New Fiction 2020 – October
“The Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving (1824)
He was, in a manner, a literary goul, feeding in the charnel house of decayed literature.
“The Apparition of Mrs. Veal“ by Daniel Defoe (1706)
If the eyes of our faith were as open as the eyes of our body, we should see numbers of angels about us for our guard.
“Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” by Clive Barker (1984)
If one has given oneself utterly, watching the beloved sleep can be a vile experience.
“The Soul of the Great Bell” by Lafcadio Hearn (1887)
All the workmen wrought their tasks in silence; there was no sound heard but the muttering of the fires.
“In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)” by Caitlin R. Kiernan (2000)
Fresh wound, these walls, this abscess hollowed into the world’s thin skin.
“The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce (1898)
All seemed to be waiting for something to occur; the dead man only was without expectation.
“A Visit” (prev. “The Lovely House”) by Shirley Jackson (1952)
A tile is missing from the face of Margaret, who died for love.
“Night Surf” by Stephen King (1969)
He said his name was Alvin Sackheim. He kept calling for his grandmother.
“The Lonesome Place” by August Derleth (1948)
What do they know about a place and time when a boy is very small and very alone, and the night is as big as the town, and the darkness is the whole world?
"The Phantom Coach” by Amelia B. Edwards (1864)
Against what superstition have they waged so long and obstinate a war, as against the belief in apparitions?
“Afterward” by Edith Wharton (1910)
The sunny English noon had swallowed him as completely as if he had gone out into Cimmerian night.
“The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen (1945)
You have no time to run from a face you do not expect.
“The Tower” by Marghanita Laski (1955)
There was nothing left in her brain but the steadily mounting tally of the steps.
“Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier (1971)
How to replace the life of a loved lost child with a dream?
“███████” by Joyce Carol Oates (1998)
Each of us had one, in our bowls. Warm and pulsing with life and fear radiating from it like raw nerves.
“Vampire Princess” by Ryuki Mao (2004)
The human will want to take you into the light, saying it’s for your own good.
“Cruel Sistah” by Nisi Shawl (2005)
One singing note, which he raised and lowered slowly. High and yearning. Soft and questioning. With its voice.
“The You Train” by N.K. Jemisin (2007)
All the defunct lines, the dead lines. I think they never really go away.
“Hello, Moto” by Nnedi Okorafor (2011)
It always felt so good to take from people, not just their money but their very essence.
“Pearls” by Priya Sharma (2012)
All because you couldn’t have me.
“Monstro” by Junot Díaz (2012)
Motherfuckers used to say culo would be the end of us. Well, for me it really was.
Hey, pinky promise you’ll play with me.
“The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis” by Karen Russell (2013)
Yolk came oozing out of the mystery, covering all our hands, so that we became involved.
“Out of Skin” by Emily Carroll (2013)
A heap of wet skin and decaying cloth, crowded inside a dark pit I’d never seen before.
“How to Get Back to the Forest” by Sofia Samatar (2014)
The smell in the bathroom was terrible now–an animal smell, hot; it thrashed around and it had fur.
“Sixteen Minutes” by Premee Mohamed (2016)
I felt its breath in the night sometimes, like the warm, moist breath of my son when he’d crawl into bed with us.
“Wish You Were Here” by Nadia Bulkin (2016)
Hopefully, by the time the world ends, you’ll be gone.
“A Diet of Worms” by Valerie Valdes (2016)
Hell, maybe you’ll even stay and watch the movie.
“None of This Ever Happened” by Gabriela Santiago (2016)
Someone has to write Uhura looking out the window and dreaming of home.
“The Taming of the Tongue” by Russell Nichols (2016)
You don’t know what this boy wants you to see way out here, but ain’t nothing worth getting eaten alive for.
“Wet Pain” by Terence Taylor (2007)
It doesn’t matter whether you believe in ghosts if they believe in you.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season dev. Telltale Games, Skybound Games (2018-2019)
Maybe we’ll learn to fly together, someday.
“Black Box” dir. Monica Garrison (2010)
I felt so special that they had invited just me for a visit that day.
Splice dir. Vincenzo Natali (2009)
You never wanted a normal child because you were afraid of losing control.
In the Tall Grass dir. Vincenzo Natali (2019)
The field doesn’t move dead things. It makes them easier to find.
Fright Night dir. Tom Holland (1985)
The master will kill you for this! But not fast. Slowly! Oh, so slowly!
Near Dark dir. Kathryn Bigelow (1987)
Howdy. I’m gonna separate your head from your shoulders. Hope you don’t mind none.
Don’t Look Now dir. Nicolas Roeg (1973)
This one who’s blind. She’s the one that can see.
The Ritual dir. David Bruckner (2017)
It’s the bit they don’t show you in the nature documentaries.
Thirst dir. Park Chan-wook (2009)
He loved helping the hungry. He’d offer me his blood if he wasn’t in a coma.
Hush dir. Mike Flanagan (2016)
Too many endings. They are all the same.
A Tale of Two Sisters dir. Kim Jee-woon (2003)
As much as you hate it, I’m the only one in this world you can call mother.
The Invitation dir. Karyn Kusama (2015)
I am different. I’m free. All that useless pain, it’s gone.
Bird Box dir. Susanne Bier (2018)
If you look, you will die.
Jennifer’s Body dir. Karyn Kusama (2009)
How could I ever be insecure? I was the Snowflake Queen.
Bee and PuppyCat – Season 1 (2014-2016)
My payment was supposed to be the sweet release of death, and a permanent home for the soul.
The Twilight Zone – Seasons 4-5 (1963-1964)
The others thought about joining the army, or flying to Mars. They finally grew up and they forgot their dreams; I didn’t.
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
To truly love another person is to accept the work of loving them is worth the pain of losing them.
New Fiction 2020 – October
“The Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving (1824)
He was, in a manner, a literary goul, feeding in the charnel house of decayed literature.
“The Apparition of Mrs. Veal“ by Daniel Defoe (1706)
If the eyes of our faith were as open as the eyes of our body, we should see numbers of angels about us for our guard.
“Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” by Clive Barker (1984)
If one has given oneself utterly, watching the beloved sleep can be a vile experience.
“The Soul of the Great Bell” by Lafcadio Hearn (1887)
All the workmen wrought their tasks in silence; there was no sound heard but the muttering of the fires.
“In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)” by Caitlin R. Kiernan (2000)
Fresh wound, these walls, this abscess hollowed into the world’s thin skin.
“The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce (1898)
All seemed to be waiting for something to occur; the dead man only was without expectation.
“A Visit” (prev. “The Lovely House”) by Shirley Jackson (1952)
A tile is missing from the face of Margaret, who died for love.
“Night Surf” by Stephen King (1969)
He said his name was Alvin Sackheim. He kept calling for his grandmother.
“The Lonesome Place” by August Derleth (1948)
What do they know about a place and time when a boy is very small and very alone, and the night is as big as the town, and the darkness is the whole world?
"The Phantom Coach” by Amelia B. Edwards (1864)
Against what superstition have they waged so long and obstinate a war, as against the belief in apparitions?
“Afterward” by Edith Wharton (1910)
The sunny English noon had swallowed him as completely as if he had gone out into Cimmerian night.
“The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen (1945)
You have no time to run from a face you do not expect.
“The Tower” by Marghanita Laski (1955)
There was nothing left in her brain but the steadily mounting tally of the steps.
“Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier (1971)
How to replace the life of a loved lost child with a dream?
“███████” by Joyce Carol Oates (1998)
Each of us had one, in our bowls. Warm and pulsing with life and fear radiating from it like raw nerves.
“Vampire Princess” by Ryuki Mao (2004)
The human will want to take you into the light, saying it’s for your own good.
“Cruel Sistah” by Nisi Shawl (2005)
One singing note, which he raised and lowered slowly. High and yearning. Soft and questioning. With its voice.
“The You Train” by N.K. Jemisin (2007)
All the defunct lines, the dead lines. I think they never really go away.
“Hello, Moto” by Nnedi Okorafor (2011)
It always felt so good to take from people, not just their money but their very essence.
“Pearls” by Priya Sharma (2012)
All because you couldn’t have me.
“Monstro” by Junot Díaz (2012)
Motherfuckers used to say culo would be the end of us. Well, for me it really was.
Hey, pinky promise you’ll play with me.
“The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis” by Karen Russell (2013)
Yolk came oozing out of the mystery, covering all our hands, so that we became involved.
“Out of Skin” by Emily Carroll (2013)
A heap of wet skin and decaying cloth, crowded inside a dark pit I’d never seen before.
“How to Get Back to the Forest” by Sofia Samatar (2014)
The smell in the bathroom was terrible now–an animal smell, hot; it thrashed around and it had fur.
“Sixteen Minutes” by Premee Mohamed (2016)
I felt its breath in the night sometimes, like the warm, moist breath of my son when he’d crawl into bed with us.
“Wish You Were Here” by Nadia Bulkin (2016)
Hopefully, by the time the world ends, you’ll be gone.
“A Diet of Worms” by Valerie Valdes (2016)
Hell, maybe you’ll even stay and watch the movie.
“None of This Ever Happened” by Gabriela Santiago (2016)
Someone has to write Uhura looking out the window and dreaming of home.
“The Taming of the Tongue” by Russell Nichols (2016)
You don’t know what this boy wants you to see way out here, but ain’t nothing worth getting eaten alive for.
“Wet Pain” by Terence Taylor (2007)
It doesn’t matter whether you believe in ghosts if they believe in you.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season dev. Telltale Games, Skybound Games (2018-2019)
Maybe we’ll learn to fly together, someday.
“Black Box” dir. Monica Garrison (2010)
I felt so special that they had invited just me for a visit that day.
Splice dir. Vincenzo Natali (2009)
You never wanted a normal child because you were afraid of losing control.
In the Tall Grass dir. Vincenzo Natali (2019)
The field doesn’t move dead things. It makes them easier to find.
Fright Night dir. Tom Holland (1985)
The master will kill you for this! But not fast. Slowly! Oh, so slowly!
Near Dark dir. Kathryn Bigelow (1987)
Howdy. I’m gonna separate your head from your shoulders. Hope you don’t mind none.
Don’t Look Now dir. Nicolas Roeg (1973)
This one who’s blind. She’s the one that can see.
The Ritual dir. David Bruckner (2017)
It’s the bit they don’t show you in the nature documentaries.
Thirst dir. Park Chan-wook (2009)
He loved helping the hungry. He’d offer me his blood if he wasn’t in a coma.
Hush dir. Mike Flanagan (2016)
Too many endings. They are all the same.
A Tale of Two Sisters dir. Kim Jee-woon (2003)
As much as you hate it, I’m the only one in this world you can call mother.
The Invitation dir. Karyn Kusama (2015)
I am different. I’m free. All that useless pain, it’s gone.
Bird Box dir. Susanne Bier (2018)
If you look, you will die.
Jennifer’s Body dir. Karyn Kusama (2009)
How could I ever be insecure? I was the Snowflake Queen.
Bee and PuppyCat – Season 1 (2014-2016)
My payment was supposed to be the sweet release of death, and a permanent home for the soul.
The Twilight Zone – Seasons 4-5 (1963-1964)
The others thought about joining the army, or flying to Mars. They finally grew up and they forgot their dreams; I didn’t.
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
To truly love another person is to accept the work of loving them is worth the pain of losing them.
When you’re reading a horror story and then suddenly…
(”None of This Ever Happened” by Gabriela Santiago)
When you’re reading a horror story and then suddenly…
(”None of This Ever Happened” by Gabriela Santiago)
New Fiction 2018
The year started with Friends after watching too much of it during my December 2017 holiday. It ended with The King’s Speech on New Year’s Eve. I began the year with MoviePass and ended it with AMC Stubs A-List, ensuring I had my fill of the latest movies in theaters. I sold my car some months ago and the journey to the movie theater took on greater meaning in the last couple of months.
A lot of the reading on here came from my American Literature II class in which we studied twentieth century literature. Most, but not all. Some was just random nibbles on the train when I wasn’t consumed with my new-found fascination with podcasts. I include the Selected Shorts podcast to reduce the guilt of engaging in so much non-fiction.
Kwaidan was the most interesting, I think, if I have to pick one. It just feels like a daring creation of its time and place, with each horror story more compelling than the last. My interest in horror from 2017 appears to have legs and I hope to continue seeking out good, interesting horror stories.
I think I’ll do this monthly in 2019. It’ll give me a chance to reflect in short bursts instead of attempting to comprehend a year’s worth of fiction.
Short Stories
- “In the American Society” by Gish Jen (1987)
- “Claire’s
Lover’s Church by Teri Ruch (1984) - "Where
We Are Now” by Ethan Canin (1986) - “The
Incorrect Hour” by Debra Spark (1986) - “Conviction”
by Tama Janowitz (1986) - “Sparks”
by Susan Minot (1987) - “Last
Night” by Dennis McFarland (1984) - “In
Christ There Is No East or West” by Kent Nussey (1986) - “The
Things That Would Never Be Mine” by Michelle Carter (1987) - “Jillie”
by Ehud Havazelet (1985) - “Hands”
by Gregory Blake Smith (1983) - “Cuisinart”
by Fred Leebron (1986) - “The
River” by Tori Cárdenas (2018) - “View
from Kwaj” by Patricia MacInnes (1985) - “Ten
Cents a Dance” by Joseph Ferrandino (1987) - “Three
Maids’ Children” by Mona Simpson (1987) - “Massé”
by Leigh Allison Wilson (1986) - “Flight”
by Linda Svendsen (1985) - “Daisy
Miller” by Henry James (1894) - “The
Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain (1865) - “The
Soft-hearted Sioux” by Zitkala-Sa (1921) - “The
Sculptor’s Funeral” by Will Cather (1905) - “Petrified
Man” by Eudora Welty (1939) - “Sexy”
by Jhumpa Lahiri (1998) - “Lullaby”
by Leslie Marmon Silko (1981) - “The
Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Connor (1955) - “Medley”
by Toni Cade Bambara (1974) - “Gallatin Canyon” by Thomas McGuane (2003)
- “Weekend”
by Ann Beattie (1976) - “The
Balloon” by Donald Barthelme (1966) - “The
Most Girl Part of You” by Amy Hempel (1990) - “Sportsman”
by Amy Hempel (1997) - “The
Dog of the Marriage” by Amy Hempel (2005)
Audio Shorts
- “Benefactor”
by Greg Ames (2017) - “Dog”
by Richard Russo (1996) - “Tobermory”
by Saki (1911) - “Take
It from Cats” by Helen Ellis (2014) - “Roslyn’s
Dog” by Arthur Bradford (2002) - “The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" by Henry Slesar (1961)
- "Head Over
Knees” by Eric Schlich (2016) - “Dornicka and the St. Martin’s Day Goose”
by Helen Oyeyemi (2016) - “Watkyn,
Comma” by Joan Aiken (1990) - “The Suitcase”
by Meron Hadero (2015) - “The Bridge” by Daniel O’Malley (2017)
- “The Great
Silence” by Ted Chiang (2016) - “Breadman” by J. Robert Lennon (2015)
- “Yancey” by Ann
Beattie (2015) - "The Mappist” by
Barry Lopez (2000) - "The Orange” by Benjamin Rosenbaum (2001)
- “The Man, The Restaurant, and the Eiffel Tower” by Ben Loory (2017)
- “I, Gentile” by David Gordon (2014)
Novels
- Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987)
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (2006)
Plays
- Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill
(1956)
Comic Single Issues
- “Futurama
Comics #57” by Jesse McCann, John Delaney, Andrew Pepoy, Robert
Stanley, Karen Bates, Bill Morrison (2011) - “Strangers
in Paradise XXV” by Terry Moore (2018) - “Gary: Book One” by Tyrell Cannon (2010)
Graphic Novels/Trades
- Megahex by Simon
Hanselmann (2014) - Blacksad by Juan
Díaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido (2010) - Bottomless Belly Button
by Dash Shaw (2008)
Video Games
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
by Naughty Dog (2017) - Star Wars Battlefront II
by EA DICE (2017) - Catherine by Atlus
(2011) - SPACEPLAN by Jake
Hollands (2017) - Mega Man by Capcom
(1987) - Mega Man 3 by
Capcom (1990) - Mega Man 4 by
Capcom (1991) - Super Mario Bros.
by Nintendo Creative Department (1985) - Super Mario Bros. 2
by Nintendo R&D4 (1988) - Spider-Man
by Insomniac Games (2018) - Little Nightmares
by Tarsier Studios (2017) - Red Dead Redemption 2 by
Rockstar Studios (2018) - Minit by JW, Kitty,
Jukio, and Dom (2018)
Shorts
- “About
face” dir. Graham Annable (2017) - “Dekalb
Elementary” dir. Reed Van Dyk (2017) - “My
Nephew Emmett” dir. Kevin Wilson Jr. (2017) - “The
Eleven
O’Clock”
dir. Derin Seale (2016) - “The
Silent Child” dir. Chris Overton (2017) - “Watu
Wote” dir. Katja Benrath (2017) - “Garden
Party” dir. Théophile Dufresne, Florian Babikian, Gabriel Grapperon,
Lucas Navarro, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Claire (2016) - “Negative
Space” dir. Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata (2017) - “Revolting
Rhymes” dir. Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer (2017) - “Achoo”
dir. Elise Carret, Camille Lacroix, Charlotte Perroux, Lucas Boutrot,
Maoris Creantor, Pierre Hubert (2017) - “Lost
Property Office” dir. Daniel Agdag (2017) - “Weeds”
dir. Kevin Hudson (2017) - “Maybellene" dir. Graham
Annable (2018) - "Out
of Water” dir. Simon Duong-Van-Hyuen, Joël Durand, Thibault Leclercq,
Valentin Lucas, Andrei Sitari (2018) - “Chapped
Lips” dir. Kelsi Phụng, Fabien Corre (2018) - “Breathless”
dir. Pierre-Marie Adnet, Jean-Luc Dessertaine, Guillaume Pochez, Tristan
Poulain, Vincent Rouzière, Alessandro Vergonnier (2018) - “The
Tree” dir. Han Yang, Basil Malek (2018) - “I’m
waiting for the night” dir. Arthur Chaumay (2018) - “Ostrich
Politic” dir. Houhou (2018) - “Lorenzo”
dir. Mike Gabriel (2004) - “The Little Matchgirl” dir. Roger Allers (2006)
- “How to Hook Up Your Home Theater” dir. Kevin
Deters, Stevie Wermers (2007)
Movies
- The
Iceman dir. Ariel
Vromen (2013) - Bright dir. David
Ayer (2017) - The Whole Nine Yards
dir. Jonathan Lynn (2000) - Trading Places
dir. John Landis (1983) - Hostiles dir. Scott
Cooper (2017) - Black Panther dir. Ryan
Coogler (2018) - Phantom Thread dir. Paul
Thomas Anderson (2017) - Lady Bird dir. Greta
Gerwig (2017) - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri dir. Martin McDonagh (2017)
- Long Day’s Journey Into Night dir. Sidney Lumet (1962)
- Darkest Hour dir. Joe
Wright (2017) - Call Me By Your Name
dir. Luca Guadagnino (2017) - The Post dir. Steven
Spielberg (2017) - Annihilation
dir. Alex Garland (2018) - A Wrinkle in Time
dir. Ava DuVernay (2018) - Beloved dir. Jonathan
Demme (1998) - Pacific Rim: Uprising
dir. Steven S. DeKnight (2018) - A Quiet Place dir. John Krasinski (2018)
- Game Night
dir. John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein (2018) - Beirut dir. Brad Anderson (2018)
- The Brothers Grimm
dir. Terry Gilliam (2005) - Isle of Dogs dir. Wes
Anderson (2018) - Rampage dir. Brad
Peyton (2018) - Avengers: Infinity War
dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (2018) - Ready Player One dir.
Steven Spielberg (2018) - Kung Fu Yoga dir. Stanley Tong (2017)
- Blockers dir. Kay
Cannon (2018) - I Feel Pretty dir. Abby
Kohn, Marc Silverstein (2018) - Overboard dir. Rob
Greenberg (2018) - Deadpool 2
dir. David Leitch (2018) - Life of the Party
dir. Ben Falcone (2018) - Solo: A Star Wars Story
dir. Ron Howard (2018) - Upgrade dir. Leigh
Whannell (2018) - Adrift
dir. Baltasar Kormákur (2018) - Hotel Artemis
dir. Drew Pearce (2018) - Hereditary dir. Ari
Aster (2018) - Ocean’s 8 dir. Gary
Ross (2018) - Wanted dir. Timur
Bekmambetov (2008) - Lethal Weapon
dir. Richard Donner (1987) - Lethal Weapon 2
dir. Richard Donner (1989) - Lethal Weapon 3 dir. Richard
Donner (1992) - Lethal Weapon 4 dir. Richard
Donner (1998) - Mamma Mia!
dir. Phyllida Lloyd (2008) - Cargo dir. Ben
Howling, Yolanda Ramke (2017) - Righteous Kill
dir. Jon Avnet (2008) - Tag dir. Jeff
Tomsic (2018) - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom dir. J. A. Bayona (2018)
- Incredibles 2
dir. Brad Bird (2018) - Ant-Man and the Wasp
dir. Peyton Reed (2018) - Sicario: Day of the Soldado
dir. Stefano Sollima (2018) - Sorry to Bother You
dir. Boots Riley (2018) - The Equalizer 2
dir. Antoine Fuqua (2018) - Mission: Impossible 2 dir. John Woo (2000)
- Mission: Impossible III dir. J. J. Abrams (2006)
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol dir. Brad Bird (2011)
- Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation dir. Christopher McQuarrie (2015)
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout dir. Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation dir. Genndy Tartakovsky (2018)
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
dir. Ol Parker (2018) - The Darkest Minds
dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson (2018) - The Spy Who Dumped Me
dir. Susanna Fogel (2018) - BlacKkKlansman
dir. Spike Lee (2018) - Alpha dir. Albert
Hughes (2018) - The
Meg dir. Jon Turteltaub (2018) - Crazy Rich Asians
dir. Jon M. Chu (2018) - Constantine dir. Francis Lawrence (2005)
- The Predator
dir. Shane Black (2018) - The Nun dir. Corin
Hardy (2018) - The House With a Clock in Its Walls dir. Eli Roth (2018)
- A Simple Favor
dir. Paul Feig (2018) - White Boy Rick
dir. Yann Demange (2018) - Searching
dir. Aneesh Chaganty (2018) - Hell Fest
dir. Gregory Plotkin (2018) - Bad Times at the El Royale
dir. Drew Goddard (2018) - The Sisters Brothers
dir. Jacques Audiard (2018) - Kwaidan dir. Masaki
Kobayashi (1965) - Halloween
dir. David Gordon Green (2018) - First Man
dir. Damien Chazelle (2018) - House dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2017)
- Rumble in the Bronx
dir. Stanley Tong (1995) - Eraser dir. Chuck
Russell (1996) - The Bad Batch
dir. Ana Lily Amirpour (2016) - Wind River dir. Taylor Sheridan (2017)
- Hold the Dark
dir. Jeremy Saulnier (2018) - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald dir. David Yates (2018)
- The Negotiator dir. F.
Gary Gray (1998) - Ralph Breaks the Internet
dir. Rich Moore, Phil Johnston (2018) - Young Guns
dir. Christopher Cain (1988) - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (2018)
- Gerald’s Game
dir. Mike Flanagan (2017) - Widows dir. Steve
McQueen (2018) - Green Book
dir. Peter Farrelly (2018) - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter
Ramsey, Rodney Rothman (2018) - Mortal Engines
dir. Christian Rivers (2018) - The Fault In Our Stars
dir. Josh Boone (2014) - Night at the Museum
dir. Shawn Levy (2006) - Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle dir. Andy Serkis (2018)
- Click dir. Frank
Coraci (2006) - Killer Elite
dir. Gary McKendry (2011) - Bumblebee
dir. Travis Knight (2018) - Aquaman dir. James
Wan (2018) - Maleficent
dir. Robert Stromberg (2014) - The King’s Speech
dir. Tom Hooper (2010)
TV Episodes
- The Simpsons
– “Treehouse of Horror XXIX” (2018) - Bob’s Burgers
– “Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street” (2018) - The Simpsons
– “Little Orphan Millie” (2007) - The Simpsons
– “Homer the Father” (2011) - The Simpsons
– “Bart’s New Friend” (2015) - The Good Place – “Everything Is Bonzer!”
(Part 1) (2018) - The Good Place – “Everything Is Bonzer!”
(Part 2) (2018)
TV Series
- Friends – Seasons 6-10
(1999-2004) - Stranger Things – Season
2 (2017) - Frasier (1993-2004)
- Jessica Jones – Season 2
(2018) - The Twilight Zone –
Seasons 1-3 (1959-1962) - Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma – Season 1 (2015)
- Disenchantment (2018)
- Luke Cage – Season 2
(2018) - Iron Fist – Season 2
(2018) - The Walking Dead –
Season 8 (2017-2018) - One-Punch Man (2016)
- Castlevania (2017-2018)
- Better Call Saul –
Seasons 2-4 (2016-2018) - Daredevil – Season 3
(2018) - The Good Place – Seasons 1-2 (2016-2018)
New Fiction 2018
Previously: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
The year started with Friends after watching too much of it during my December 2017 holiday. It ended with The King’s Speech on New Year’s Eve. I began the year with MoviePass and ended it with AMC Stubs A-List, ensuring I had my fill of the latest movies in theaters. I sold my car some months ago and the journey to the movie theater took on greater meaning in the last couple of months.
A lot of the reading on here came from my American Literature II class in which we studied twentieth century literature. Most, but not all. Some was just random nibbles on the train when I wasn’t consumed with my new-found fascination with podcasts. I include the Selected Shorts podcast to reduce the guilt of engaging in so much non-fiction.
Kwaidan was the most interesting, I think, if I have to pick one. It just feels like a daring creation of its time and place, with each horror story more compelling than the last. My interest in horror from 2017 appears to have legs and I hope to continue seeking out good, interesting horror stories.
I think I’ll do this monthly in 2019. It’ll give me a chance to reflect in short bursts instead of attempting to comprehend a year’s worth of fiction.
Short Stories
- “In the American Society” by Gish Jen (1987)
- “Claire’s
Lover’s Church by Teri Ruch (1984) - "Where
We Are Now” by Ethan Canin (1986) - “The
Incorrect Hour” by Debra Spark (1986) - “Conviction”
by Tama Janowitz (1986) - “Sparks”
by Susan Minot (1987) - “Last
Night” by Dennis McFarland (1984) - “In
Christ There Is No East or West” by Kent Nussey (1986) - “The
Things That Would Never Be Mine” by Michelle Carter (1987) - “Jillie”
by Ehud Havazelet (1985) - “Hands”
by Gregory Blake Smith (1983) - “Cuisinart”
by Fred Leebron (1986) - “The
River” by Tori Cárdenas (2018) - “View
from Kwaj” by Patricia MacInnes (1985) - “Ten
Cents a Dance” by Joseph Ferrandino (1987) - “Three
Maids’ Children” by Mona Simpson (1987) - “Massé”
by Leigh Allison Wilson (1986) - “Flight”
by Linda Svendsen (1985) - “Daisy
Miller” by Henry James (1894) - “The
Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain (1865) - “The
Soft-hearted Sioux” by Zitkala-Sa (1921) - “The
Sculptor’s Funeral” by Will Cather (1905) - “Petrified
Man” by Eudora Welty (1939) - “Sexy”
by Jhumpa Lahiri (1998) - “Lullaby”
by Leslie Marmon Silko (1981) - “The
Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Connor (1955) - “Medley”
by Toni Cade Bambara (1974) - “Gallatin Canyon” by Thomas McGuane (2003)
- “Weekend”
by Ann Beattie (1976) - “The
Balloon” by Donald Barthelme (1966) - “The
Most Girl Part of You” by Amy Hempel (1990) - “Sportsman”
by Amy Hempel (1997) - “The
Dog of the Marriage” by Amy Hempel (2005)
Audio Shorts
- “Benefactor”
by Greg Ames (2017) - “Dog”
by Richard Russo (1996) - “Tobermory”
by Saki (1911) - “Take
It from Cats” by Helen Ellis (2014) - “Roslyn’s
Dog” by Arthur Bradford (2002) - “The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" by Henry Slesar (1961)
- "Head Over
Knees” by Eric Schlich (2016) - “Dornicka and the St. Martin’s Day Goose”
by Helen Oyeyemi (2016) - “Watkyn,
Comma” by Joan Aiken (1990) - “The Suitcase”
by Meron Hadero (2015) - “The Bridge” by Daniel O’Malley (2017)
- “The Great
Silence” by Ted Chiang (2016) - “Breadman” by J. Robert Lennon (2015)
- “Yancey” by Ann
Beattie (2015) - "The Mappist” by
Barry Lopez (2000) - "The Orange” by Benjamin Rosenbaum (2001)
- “The Man, The Restaurant, and the Eiffel Tower” by Ben Loory (2017)
- “I, Gentile” by David Gordon (2014)
Novels
- Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987)
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (2006)
Plays
- Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill
(1956)
Comic Single Issues
- “Futurama
Comics #57” by Jesse McCann, John Delaney, Andrew Pepoy, Robert
Stanley, Karen Bates, Bill Morrison (2011) - “Strangers
in Paradise XXV” by Terry Moore (2018) - “Gary: Book One” by Tyrell Cannon (2010)
Graphic Novels/Trades
- Megahex by Simon
Hanselmann (2014) - Blacksad by Juan
Díaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido (2010) - Bottomless Belly Button
by Dash Shaw (2008)
Video Games
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
by Naughty Dog (2017) - Star Wars Battlefront II
by EA DICE (2017) - Catherine by Atlus
(2011) - SPACEPLAN by Jake
Hollands (2017) - Monument Valley by Ustwo Games (2014)
- Mega Man by Capcom
(1987) - Plug & Play by Playables (2015)
- Mega Man 3 by
Capcom (1990) - Mega Man 4 by
Capcom (1991) - Super Mario Bros.
by Nintendo Creative Department (1985) - Super Mario Bros. 2
by Nintendo R&D4 (1988) - Spider-Man
by Insomniac Games (2018) - Little Nightmares
by Tarsier Studios (2017) - Red Dead Redemption 2 by
Rockstar Studios (2018) - Minit by JW, Kitty,
Jukio, and Dom (2018)
Shorts
- “About
face” dir. Graham Annable (2017) - “Dekalb
Elementary” dir. Reed Van Dyk (2017) - “My
Nephew Emmett” dir. Kevin Wilson Jr. (2017) - “The
Eleven
O’Clock”
dir. Derin Seale (2016) - “The
Silent Child” dir. Chris Overton (2017) - “Watu
Wote” dir. Katja Benrath (2017) - “Garden
Party” dir. Théophile Dufresne, Florian Babikian, Gabriel Grapperon,
Lucas Navarro, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Claire (2016) - “Negative
Space” dir. Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata (2017) - “Revolting
Rhymes” dir. Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer (2017) - “Achoo”
dir. Elise Carret, Camille Lacroix, Charlotte Perroux, Lucas Boutrot,
Maoris Creantor, Pierre Hubert (2017) - “Lost
Property Office” dir. Daniel Agdag (2017) - “Weeds”
dir. Kevin Hudson (2017) - “Maybellene" dir. Graham
Annable (2018) - "Out
of Water” dir. Simon Duong-Van-Hyuen, Joël Durand, Thibault Leclercq,
Valentin Lucas, Andrei Sitari (2018) - “Chapped
Lips” dir. Kelsi Phụng, Fabien Corre (2018) - “Breathless”
dir. Pierre-Marie Adnet, Jean-Luc Dessertaine, Guillaume Pochez, Tristan
Poulain, Vincent Rouzière, Alessandro Vergonnier (2018) - “The
Tree” dir. Han Yang, Basil Malek (2018) - “I’m
waiting for the night” dir. Arthur Chaumay (2018) - “Ostrich
Politic” dir. Houhou (2018) - “Lorenzo”
dir. Mike Gabriel (2004) - “The Little Matchgirl” dir. Roger Allers (2006)
- “How to Hook Up Your Home Theater” dir. Kevin
Deters, Stevie Wermers (2007)
Movies
- The
Iceman dir. Ariel
Vromen (2013) - Bright dir. David
Ayer (2017) - The Whole Nine Yards
dir. Jonathan Lynn (2000) - Trading Places
dir. John Landis (1983) - Hostiles dir. Scott
Cooper (2017) - Black Panther dir. Ryan
Coogler (2018) - Phantom Thread dir. Paul
Thomas Anderson (2017) - Lady Bird dir. Greta
Gerwig (2017) - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri dir. Martin McDonagh (2017)
- Long Day’s Journey Into Night dir. Sidney Lumet (1962)
- Darkest Hour dir. Joe
Wright (2017) - Call Me By Your Name
dir. Luca Guadagnino (2017) - The Post dir. Steven
Spielberg (2017) - Annihilation
dir. Alex Garland (2018) - A Wrinkle in Time
dir. Ava DuVernay (2018) - Beloved dir. Jonathan
Demme (1998) - Pacific Rim: Uprising
dir. Steven S. DeKnight (2018) - A Quiet Place dir. John Krasinski (2018)
- Game Night
dir. John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein (2018) - Beirut dir. Brad Anderson (2018)
- The Brothers Grimm
dir. Terry Gilliam (2005) - Isle of Dogs dir. Wes
Anderson (2018) - Rampage dir. Brad
Peyton (2018) - Avengers: Infinity War
dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (2018) - Ready Player One dir.
Steven Spielberg (2018) - Kung Fu Yoga dir. Stanley Tong (2017)
- Blockers dir. Kay
Cannon (2018) - I Feel Pretty dir. Abby
Kohn, Marc Silverstein (2018) - Overboard dir. Rob
Greenberg (2018) - Deadpool 2
dir. David Leitch (2018) - Life of the Party
dir. Ben Falcone (2018) - Solo: A Star Wars Story
dir. Ron Howard (2018) - Upgrade dir. Leigh
Whannell (2018) - Adrift
dir. Baltasar Kormákur (2018) - Hotel Artemis
dir. Drew Pearce (2018) - Hereditary dir. Ari
Aster (2018) - Ocean’s 8 dir. Gary
Ross (2018) - Wanted dir. Timur
Bekmambetov (2008) - Lethal Weapon
dir. Richard Donner (1987) - Lethal Weapon 2
dir. Richard Donner (1989) - Lethal Weapon 3 dir. Richard
Donner (1992) - Lethal Weapon 4 dir. Richard
Donner (1998) - Mamma Mia!
dir. Phyllida Lloyd (2008) - Cargo dir. Ben
Howling, Yolanda Ramke (2017) - Righteous Kill
dir. Jon Avnet (2008) - Tag dir. Jeff
Tomsic (2018) - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom dir. J. A. Bayona (2018)
- Incredibles 2
dir. Brad Bird (2018) - Ant-Man and the Wasp
dir. Peyton Reed (2018) - Sicario: Day of the Soldado
dir. Stefano Sollima (2018) - Sorry to Bother You
dir. Boots Riley (2018) - The Equalizer 2
dir. Antoine Fuqua (2018) - Mission: Impossible 2 dir. John Woo (2000)
- Mission: Impossible III dir. J. J. Abrams (2006)
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol dir. Brad Bird (2011)
- Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation dir. Christopher McQuarrie (2015)
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout dir. Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation dir. Genndy Tartakovsky (2018)
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
dir. Ol Parker (2018) - The Darkest Minds
dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson (2018) - The Spy Who Dumped Me
dir. Susanna Fogel (2018) - BlacKkKlansman
dir. Spike Lee (2018) - Alpha dir. Albert
Hughes (2018) - The
Meg dir. Jon Turteltaub (2018) - Crazy Rich Asians
dir. Jon M. Chu (2018) - Constantine dir. Francis Lawrence (2005)
- The Predator
dir. Shane Black (2018) - The Nun dir. Corin
Hardy (2018) - The House With a Clock in Its Walls dir. Eli Roth (2018)
- A Simple Favor
dir. Paul Feig (2018) - White Boy Rick
dir. Yann Demange (2018) - Searching
dir. Aneesh Chaganty (2018) - Hell Fest
dir. Gregory Plotkin (2018) - Bad Times at the El Royale
dir. Drew Goddard (2018) - The Sisters Brothers
dir. Jacques Audiard (2018) - Kwaidan dir. Masaki
Kobayashi (1965) - Halloween
dir. David Gordon Green (2018) - First Man
dir. Damien Chazelle (2018) - House dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2017)
- Rumble in the Bronx
dir. Stanley Tong (1995) - Eraser dir. Chuck
Russell (1996) - The Bad Batch
dir. Ana Lily Amirpour (2016) - Wind River dir. Taylor Sheridan (2017)
- Hold the Dark
dir. Jeremy Saulnier (2018) - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald dir. David Yates (2018)
- The Negotiator dir. F.
Gary Gray (1998) - Ralph Breaks the Internet
dir. Rich Moore, Phil Johnston (2018) - Young Guns
dir. Christopher Cain (1988) - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (2018)
- Gerald’s Game
dir. Mike Flanagan (2017) - Widows dir. Steve
McQueen (2018) - Green Book
dir. Peter Farrelly (2018) - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter
Ramsey, Rodney Rothman (2018) - Mortal Engines
dir. Christian Rivers (2018) - The Fault In Our Stars
dir. Josh Boone (2014) - Night at the Museum
dir. Shawn Levy (2006) - Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle dir. Andy Serkis (2018)
- Click dir. Frank
Coraci (2006) - Killer Elite
dir. Gary McKendry (2011) - Bumblebee
dir. Travis Knight (2018) - Aquaman dir. James
Wan (2018) - Maleficent
dir. Robert Stromberg (2014) - The King’s Speech
dir. Tom Hooper (2010)
TV Episodes
- The Simpsons
– “Treehouse of Horror XXIX” (2018) - Bob’s Burgers
– “Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street” (2018) - The Simpsons
– “Little Orphan Millie” (2007) - The Simpsons
– “Homer the Father” (2011) - The Simpsons
– “Bart’s New Friend” (2015) - The Good Place – “Everything Is Bonzer!”
(Part 1) (2018) - The Good Place – “Everything Is Bonzer!”
(Part 2) (2018)
TV Series
- Friends – Seasons 6-10
(1999-2004) - Stranger Things – Season
2 (2017) - Frasier (1993-2004)
- Jessica Jones – Season 2
(2018) - The Twilight Zone –
Seasons 1-3 (1959-1962) - Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma – Season 1 (2015)
- Disenchantment (2018)
- Luke Cage – Season 2
(2018) - Iron Fist – Season 2
(2018) - The Walking Dead –
Season 8 (2017-2018) - One-Punch Man (2016)
- Castlevania (2017-2018)
- Better Call Saul –
Seasons 2-4 (2016-2018) - Daredevil – Season 3
(2018) - The Good Place – Seasons 1-2 (2016-2018)
