If you’ve found yourself wondering where all the good writing’s gone, I’ve decided to share some of my favorite links with you on a weekly basis! It might be short fiction, it might be news articles, it might be random blog posts from me and from others!
None of these links are sponsored. I really just liked them!
Don’t forget, you can check out previous weeks’ lists in the Fave Links Friday category!
I strongly encourage you to call your representatives and tell them you won’t stand for concentration camps. You can use Common Cause to find out who your reps are and what they stand for if you aren’t sure.
The Booming Baby-Shower Industry Empowers Anti-Choicers
This article was fascinating, especially since the creator of gender reveal parties came out and said that they are not great! I know it won’t stop this annoying trend in its tracks, but it’s worth examining.
The Folklorist behind Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was one of my family’s favorite short story collections, and this was just the thing to whip out at sleepovers to scare friends. I found this article about the writer – and his career – very interesting!
The Dark History Behind the Year’s Bestselling Debut Novel
This story is Wild, y’all. Like, the murder of poachers wild. You’ll want to read this and have your mind boggled! Heads up that it does actually spoil the book later on in it, but there’s also quite a bit of racism in it so you probably won’t want to actually read the book anyway.