Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26475800-20181105035146

I know that the people here really love horror, guess that isn't a surprise since this is a horror site. But I also like to read things that aren't horror and I decided to make a lit of different stories that I enjoy which don't fall into the horror category, at least not for me, some may be considered horror, but I don't feel like they are. Also, to keep this list as something that wouldn't take a long time to read, all of the stories are going to be shorts. So, let's get started.

The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu. This is an amazing story that is also a bit of a gut punch. It's about a boy's relationship with his mother and how it changes as he grows older.

The House on the Borderlands by William Hope Hodgson. This could be the only one that may be considered a horror story. This is a very strange story about pig people and traveling to other dimensions.

The Man of the House by Frank O'Connor. This is a story about a man who wants ice for his water, in a time when ice was used to keep foods cold before electric.

The Chaser by John Collier. A man selling magic is explaining why some of the elixirs are more costly than others. Maybe one of the best stories that I've listed so far, or at least the funniest.

And, because this is a horror site, here's a handful of things that are more on the horror scale.

Smee by AM Burrage. A group of kids are playing a game when one of them has a ghostly encounter.

A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor. A family is on a road trip when they encounter a murder that has been on the lose.

And The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. A lottery that no one wants to win.

Now, with the exception of the first story, I'm fairly certain that all of these stories are at least a hundred years old. That doesn't mean that they aren't good, most of them are and with the exception of The Lottery, I don't think too many of these are that well known. Because a lot of people on this site like weird fiction The House on the Borderlands may be well know, but that is just an assumption. If there are any stories that you'd recommend, please do. I'm always looking for a good story to read, and it doesn't really matter what genre it is. 