Literature

MOTS Ado About Nothing: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

The MOTS Ado crew reaches the end of their rope with this review of a Civil War story about a life reclaimed. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge remains Ambrose Bierce’s most enduring work for a reason.

MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Tunnel Under the World by Frederik Pohl

Today’s episode features our review of the 1955, reality bending short story by Frederik Pohl, The Tunnel Under the World. Coincidentally enough, we’re releasing this on the date before the events of the story. Good luck with June 15th.

 

MOTS Ado About Nothing: Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology by Theodora Goss

MOTS brings real analysis to imaginary anthropology in their discussion of “Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology” by Theodora Goss.

 

MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Gorgon by Tanith Lee

Recently we read and discussed a short story about the unpredictable nature of adventure. This is our review of The Gorgon by Tanith Lee.

MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Exquisitely Bleeding Heads of Doktur Palmer Vreedeez by John Shirley

This week MOTS Ado experiences John Shirley’s bizarre and darkly whimsical tale of modern horror. 

Literature: Mono No Aware by Ken Liu

The crew reviews this Hugo winning short story by Ken Liu about the struggle to hold onto oneself, even at the end of the world.

MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick

MOTS Ado gets taken over by an insidious force during their review of classic sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s The Hanging Stranger.

Literature: The Fat Guy by Henry Roth

MOTS Ado About Nothing reviews a short story about what some people will do for a little bit of fame. It’s The Fat Guy by Henry Roth.

Literature: A&P by John Updike

In this episode, we review the John Updike short story about a kid who watches some girls in bathing suits wander around a store. It’s called A&P.

Literature: The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft

For the final installment of MOTS Ado Halloween 2016, we attempt to wrestle with insanity-inducing indescribable things in a ‘cosmic horror’ story from the progenitor of the genre.