The Veldt | Litsy

The Veldt | Ray Bradbury, Gary Kelley

Not the twitter thread I needed when I‘ve been distracted by short stories all month and I‘m trying to finish 3 more big books by the end of April…

But the responses are filling up my reading list!

https://twitter.com/bookishseawitch/status/1519692127801860096?s=21&t=5YGfprjubF...

CindyMyLifeIsLit We‘re going to start this one next week!! ❤️❤️ 2y

Kimberlone This prompt makes me think of The Lottery, Harrison Bergeron, anything Poe, Hills Like White Elephants…pretty sure I had my mind blown 🤯 by all of those in high school 2y

sprainedbrain @Kimberlone The Tell-Tale Heart was my first thought, but there were so many great ones! 2y

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sarahbellum A different Ray Bradbury short story, All Summer in a Day, is the one that has stuck with me the most 😔 2y

shortsarahrose “The Immortal” by Jorge Luis Borges, Freshman year of college. Still think about it to this day 2y

AWahle The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst. I still remember it clearly 40 something years after reading it. 2y

sprainedbrain @sarahbellum @shortsarahrose @AWahle adding all of these! 2y

vivastory I 💯 agree about Poe. He''s a writer I've returned to throughout my life. 2y

Andrea313 @sarahbellum Yes, same here! Seared into my brain. 2y

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The Veldt | Ray Bradbury, Gary Kelley

Our latest spooky season Lite Reads pick is The Veldt by Ray Bradbury! This dark 1950 sci-fi short story is about a family living in an automated house in which the children become increasingly obsessed with their nursery, a virtual reality room. You can find a link to read the story or hear it in the full intro post, link below. Let me know what you think of this one in the comments!

https://wp.me/p9KSXu-W6

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