I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

What's the difference between a bag of cat food and a bag of basmati rice in similar shiny packaging? Turns out, our cats didn't sense any, leading to some early morning guerilla bag opening and a need for new rice storage.

Erin Austin Dwyer, Mastering Emotions: Feelings, Power, and Slavery in the United States: 1( slavery and emotions )
Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else: ( geometry is fun )
Daniel Greene, The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope: ( how libraries and schools are colonized by neoliberalism )
Adam Alter, Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked: ( put down your phone )
Thomas J. Tobin & Kirsten T. Behling, Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: ( universal design for learning )

Cyndi Kernahan, Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom: ( teaching about racism )
Stephen D. Brookfield and Associates, Teaching Race: How to Help Students Unmask and Challenge Racism: ( ditto )

Stacey Abrams, Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change: ( lead like Stacey Abrams )
Pankaj Mishra, From the Ruins of Empire: ( postcolonial theories )
Camila Townsend, Fifth Sun: ( Aztec history )
Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--And How We Can Fix It: ( structural racism )
Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, & Sheila Heen, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most: ( conflict management )
Joseph Henrich, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous: ( a book with many ideas )

Andrew L. Whitehead & Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States: ( not just racism and not really religious )

James Dommek Jr., Midnight Son: ( Alaska color )

So, I was trying to get inspired to write and I realized that I really, really like a story of mine that nobody else seems to. There are good reasons not to like it: it lacks narrative flow and just sort of ebbs away at the end. But it works for me, in part because it doesn't have a real flow; it's a story of a breakdown, of a man who thinks so hard he destroys the natural course of his relationships. No link, because this isn't about trying to get you to read it -- what I wanted to know is whether other authors reading this have beloved monsters, stories that you like even though they didn't get a positive reaction, or as much of a positive reaction as other stories of yours.

What are your orphans, and why do you hold them close to your heart? I would like links, if you're willing to give them, whatever fandom. Readers, your thoughts are welcome too, if you've got them.

And now, a huge number of fiction books: Martha McPhee, Umberto Eco, Stephen King, William Gibson, Tim Cockey, The Mammoth Book of New Horror, Alan Dean Foster, Graham Greene, George Turner, Walter Tevis, Patty Dann, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer v. 2, Steven Brust, Kage Baker, Peter David, Hot Blood XI: Fatal Attractions, and James Maxey. I'm pretty sure that's a list that hasn't ever been put together before.

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