If you haven’t read any graphic novels before, graphic short stories can be an excellent starting point. Here are five of the best that we’ve been able to find – a reading list that should provide a solid few hours of visual and verbal entertainment…
Category: Literary Lists
Literary Lists: Poetry Films
Poetry films have been around for longer than you might think. Video poems are accessible, nuanced and playful. If you enjoy seeing poetry performed, you’ll likely enjoy poetry on film as well. Here are five of our favourites to get you started…
Literary Lists: Sci-Fi Short Stories
The short story is the perfect form for sci-fi. It allows a writer to explore a big idea in a very small space. Each of the stories listed here imagines a world that’s different from our own in some brilliant or terrible way – with few aliens or spaceships in sight…
Literary Lists: Literary Short Stories
Here’s our literary list of short stories that are freely available to be read or listened to online. Great short stories are miniature miracles. When done well, they’re certainly a thing worth celebrating…
Literary Lists: Horror Short Stories
To celebrate the brilliance of the horror short, we’ve compiled a list of five excruciatingly creepy short stories which you might not have heard of. Settle in, dim the lights, and be prepared to jump out of your skin if the phone rings at just the wrong moment…
Literary Lists: Poetry Manifestos
Poetry manifestos set aside the conventional use of stanzas and rhyme, to instead describe (in many more words) exactly what poetry should stand for, look like, and even feel like. These manifestos can also be as poetic as… well… poetry…
Literary Lists: TikTok Poetry
You’ve probably heard of TikTok, the video sharing social media platform that’s taken over the internet. Especially popular with Gen Z, TikTok has over 650 million users globally and has spawned all manner of memes and cultural exports, from dance moves to viral pasta recipes…
Literary Lists: Webcomics
Webcomics may have started as a relatively simplistic medium, but throughout the 21st century they have grown and matured, as new artists experiment with what can be done within the confines of a single page. As a result, what was once a format dominated by short, surrealist jokes has blossomed into an exciting and ever-evolving branch of literature…