The year started with Friends after watching too much of it during my December 2017 holiday. It ended with The King’s Speech on New Year’s Eve. I began the year with MoviePass and ended it with AMC Stubs A-List, ensuring I had my fill of the latest movies in theaters. I sold my car some months ago and the journey to the movie theater took on greater meaning in the last couple of months.

A lot of the reading on here came from my American Literature II class in which we studied twentieth century literature. Most, but not all. Some was just random nibbles on the train when I wasn’t consumed with my new-found fascination with podcasts. I include the Selected Shorts podcast to reduce the guilt of engaging in so much non-fiction.

Kwaidan was the most interesting, I think, if I have to pick one. It just feels like a daring creation of its time and place, with each horror story more compelling than the last. My interest in horror from 2017 appears to have legs and I hope to continue seeking out good, interesting horror stories.

I think I’ll do this monthly in 2019. It’ll give me a chance to reflect in short bursts instead of attempting to comprehend a year’s worth of fiction.

Short Stories

• “In the American Society” by Gish Jen (1987) 
  
• “Claire’s Lover’s Church by Teri Ruch (1984)
  
• "Where We Are Now” by Ethan Canin (1986)
  
• “The Incorrect Hour” by Debra Spark (1986)
  
• “Conviction” by Tama Janowitz (1986)
  
• “Sparks” by Susan Minot (1987)
  
• “Last Night” by Dennis McFarland (1984)
  
• “In Christ There Is No East or West” by Kent Nussey (1986)
  
• “The Things That Would Never Be Mine” by Michelle Carter (1987)
  
• “Jillie” by Ehud Havazelet (1985)
  
• “Hands” by Gregory Blake Smith (1983)
  
• “Cuisinart” by Fred Leebron (1986)
  
• “The River” by Tori Cárdenas (2018)
  
• “View from Kwaj” by Patricia MacInnes (1985)
  
• “Ten Cents a Dance” by Joseph Ferrandino (1987)
  
• “Three Maids’ Children” by Mona Simpson (1987)
  
• “Massé” by Leigh Allison Wilson (1986)
  
• “Flight” by Linda Svendsen (1985)
  
• “Daisy Miller” by Henry James (1894)
  
• “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain (1865)
  
• “The Soft-hearted Sioux” by Zitkala-Sa (1921)
  
• “The Sculptor’s Funeral” by Will Cather (1905)
  
• “Petrified Man” by Eudora Welty (1939)
  
• “Sexy” by Jhumpa Lahiri (1998)
  
• “Lullaby” by Leslie Marmon Silko (1981)
  
• “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O'Connor (1955)
  
• “Medley” by Toni Cade Bambara (1974)
  
• “Gallatin Canyon” by Thomas McGuane (2003)
  
• “Weekend” by Ann Beattie (1976)
  
• “The Balloon” by Donald Barthelme (1966)
  
• “The Most Girl Part of You” by Amy Hempel (1990)
  
• “Sportsman” by Amy Hempel (1997)
  
• “The Dog of the Marriage” by Amy Hempel (2005)
  

Audio Shorts

• “Benefactor” by Greg Ames (2017)
  
• “Dog” by Richard Russo (1996)
  
• “Tobermory” by Saki (1911)
  
• “Take It from Cats” by Helen Ellis (2014)
  
• “Roslyn’s Dog” by Arthur Bradford (2002)
  
• “The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" by Henry Slesar (1961)
  
• "Head Over Knees” by Eric Schlich (2016)
  
• “Dornicka and the St. Martin’s Day Goose” by Helen Oyeyemi (2016)
  
• “Watkyn, Comma” by Joan Aiken (1990)
  
• “The Suitcase” by Meron Hadero (2015)
  
• “The Bridge” by Daniel O'Malley (2017)
  
• “The Great Silence” by Ted Chiang (2016)
  
• “Breadman” by J. Robert Lennon (2015)
  
• “Yancey” by Ann Beattie (2015)
  
• "The Mappist” by Barry Lopez (2000)
  
• "The Orange” by Benjamin Rosenbaum (2001)
  
• “The Man, The Restaurant, and the Eiffel Tower” by Ben Loory (2017)
  
• “I, Gentile” by David Gordon (2014)
  

Novels

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987)
  
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (2006)
  

Plays

• Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill (1956)
  

Comic Single Issues

• “Futurama Comics #57” by Jesse McCann, John Delaney, Andrew Pepoy, Robert Stanley, Karen Bates, Bill Morrison (2011)
  
• “Strangers in Paradise XXV” by Terry Moore (2018)
  
• “Gary: Book One” by Tyrell Cannon (2010)
  

Graphic Novels/Trades

• Megahex by Simon Hanselmann (2014)
  
• Blacksad by Juan Díaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido (2010)
  
• Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw (2008)
  

Video Games

• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy by Naughty Dog (2017)
  
• Star Wars Battlefront II by EA DICE (2017)
  
• Catherine by Atlus (2011)
  
• SPACEPLAN by Jake Hollands (2017)
  
• Mega Man by Capcom (1987)
  
• Mega Man 3 by Capcom (1990)
  
• Mega Man 4 by Capcom (1991)
  
• Super Mario Bros. by Nintendo Creative Department (1985)
  
• Super Mario Bros. 2 by Nintendo R&D4 (1988)
  
• Spider-Man by Insomniac Games (2018)
  
• Little Nightmares by Tarsier Studios (2017)
  
• Red Dead Redemption 2 by Rockstar Studios (2018)
  
• Minit by JW, Kitty, Jukio, and Dom (2018)
  

Shorts

• “About face” dir. Graham Annable (2017)
  
• “Dekalb Elementary” dir. Reed Van Dyk (2017)
  
• “My Nephew Emmett” dir. Kevin Wilson Jr. (2017)
  
• “The Eleven O'Clock” dir. Derin Seale (2016)
  
• “The Silent Child” dir. Chris Overton (2017)
  
• “Watu Wote” dir. Katja Benrath (2017)
  
• “Garden Party” dir. Théophile Dufresne, Florian Babikian, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Claire (2016)
  
• “Negative Space” dir. Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata (2017)
  
• “Revolting Rhymes” dir. Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer (2017)
  
• “Achoo” dir. Elise Carret, Camille Lacroix, Charlotte Perroux, Lucas Boutrot, Maoris Creantor, Pierre Hubert (2017)
  
• “Lost Property Office” dir. Daniel Agdag (2017)
  
• “Weeds” dir. Kevin Hudson (2017)
  
• “Maybellene" dir. Graham Annable (2018)
  
• "Out of Water” dir. Simon Duong-Van-Hyuen, Joël Durand, Thibault Leclercq, Valentin Lucas, Andrei Sitari (2018)
  
• “Chapped Lips” dir. Kelsi Phụng, Fabien Corre (2018)
  
• “Breathless” dir. Pierre-Marie Adnet, Jean-Luc Dessertaine, Guillaume Pochez, Tristan Poulain, Vincent Rouzière, Alessandro Vergonnier (2018)
  
• “The Tree” dir. Han Yang, Basil Malek (2018)
  
• “I’m waiting for the night” dir. Arthur Chaumay (2018)
  
• “Ostrich Politic” dir.  Houhou (2018)
  
• “Lorenzo” dir. Mike Gabriel (2004)
  
• “The Little Matchgirl” dir. Roger Allers (2006)
  
• “How to Hook Up Your Home Theater” dir. Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers (2007)
  

Movies

• The Iceman dir. Ariel Vromen (2013)
  
• Bright dir. David Ayer (2017)
  
• The Whole Nine Yards dir. Jonathan Lynn (2000)
  
• Trading Places dir. John Landis (1983)
  
• Hostiles dir. Scott Cooper (2017)
  
• Black Panther dir. Ryan Coogler (2018)
  
• Phantom Thread dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
  
• Lady Bird dir. Greta Gerwig (2017)
  
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri dir. Martin McDonagh (2017)
  
• Long Day’s Journey Into Night dir. Sidney Lumet (1962)
  
• Darkest Hour dir. Joe Wright (2017)
  
• Call Me By Your Name dir. Luca Guadagnino (2017)
  
• The Post dir. Steven Spielberg (2017)
  
• Annihilation dir. Alex Garland (2018)
  
• A Wrinkle in Time dir. Ava DuVernay (2018)
  
• Beloved dir. Jonathan Demme (1998)
  
• Pacific Rim: Uprising dir. Steven S. DeKnight (2018)
  
• A Quiet Place dir. John Krasinski (2018)
  
• Game Night dir. John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein (2018)
  
• Beirut dir. Brad Anderson (2018)
  
• The Brothers Grimm dir. Terry Gilliam (2005)
  
• Isle of Dogs dir. Wes Anderson (2018)
  
• Rampage dir. Brad Peyton (2018)
  
• Avengers: Infinity War dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (2018)
  
• Ready Player One dir. Steven Spielberg (2018)
  
• Kung Fu Yoga dir. Stanley Tong (2017)
  
• Blockers dir. Kay Cannon (2018)
  
• I Feel Pretty dir. Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein (2018)
  
• Overboard dir. Rob Greenberg (2018)
  
• Deadpool 2 dir. David Leitch (2018)
  
• Life of the Party dir. Ben Falcone (2018)
  
• Solo: A Star Wars Story dir. Ron Howard (2018)
  
• Upgrade dir. Leigh Whannell (2018)
  
• Adrift dir. Baltasar Kormákur (2018)
  
• Hotel Artemis dir. Drew Pearce (2018)
  
• Hereditary dir. Ari Aster (2018)
  
• Ocean’s 8 dir. Gary Ross (2018)
  
• Wanted dir. Timur Bekmambetov (2008)
  
• Lethal Weapon dir. Richard Donner (1987)
  
• Lethal Weapon 2 dir. Richard Donner (1989)
  
• Lethal Weapon 3 dir. Richard Donner (1992)
  
• Lethal Weapon 4 dir. Richard Donner (1998)
  
• Mamma Mia! dir. Phyllida Lloyd (2008)
  
• Cargo dir. Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke (2017)
  
• Righteous Kill dir. Jon Avnet (2008)
  
• Tag dir. Jeff Tomsic (2018)
  
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom dir. J. A. Bayona (2018)
  
• Incredibles 2 dir. Brad Bird (2018)
  
• Ant-Man and the Wasp dir. Peyton Reed (2018)
  
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado dir. Stefano Sollima (2018)
  
• Sorry to Bother You dir. Boots Riley (2018)
  
• The Equalizer 2 dir. Antoine Fuqua (2018)
  
• Mission: Impossible 2 dir. John Woo (2000)
  
• Mission: Impossible III dir. J. J. Abrams (2006)
  
• Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol dir. Brad Bird (2011)
  
• Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation dir. Christopher McQuarrie (2015)
  
• Mission: Impossible - Fallout dir. Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
  
• Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation dir. Genndy Tartakovsky (2018)
  
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again dir. Ol Parker (2018)
  
• The Darkest Minds dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson (2018)
  
• The Spy Who Dumped Me dir. Susanna Fogel (2018)
  
• BlacKkKlansman dir. Spike Lee (2018)
  
• Alpha dir. Albert Hughes (2018)
  
• The Meg dir. Jon Turteltaub (2018)
  
• Crazy Rich Asians dir. Jon M. Chu (2018)
  
• Constantine dir. Francis Lawrence (2005)
  
• The Predator dir. Shane Black (2018)
  
• The Nun dir. Corin Hardy (2018)
  
• The House With a Clock in Its Walls dir. Eli Roth (2018)
  
• A Simple Favor dir. Paul Feig (2018)
  
• White Boy Rick dir. Yann Demange (2018)
  
• Searching dir. Aneesh Chaganty (2018)
  
• Hell Fest dir. Gregory Plotkin (2018)
  
• Bad Times at the El Royale dir. Drew Goddard (2018)
  
• The Sisters Brothers dir. Jacques Audiard (2018)
  
• Kwaidan dir. Masaki Kobayashi (1965)
  
• Halloween dir. David Gordon Green (2018)
  
• First Man dir. Damien Chazelle (2018)
  
• House dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977)
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2017)
  
• Rumble in the Bronx dir. Stanley Tong (1995)
  
• Eraser dir. Chuck Russell (1996)
  
• The Bad Batch dir. Ana Lily Amirpour (2016)
  
• Wind River dir. Taylor Sheridan (2017)
  
• Hold the Dark dir. Jeremy Saulnier (2018)
  
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald dir. David Yates (2018)
  
• The Negotiator dir. F. Gary Gray (1998)
  
• Ralph Breaks the Internet dir. Rich Moore, Phil Johnston (2018)
  
• Young Guns dir. Christopher Cain (1988)
  
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (2018)
  
• Gerald’s Game dir. Mike Flanagan (2017)
  
• Widows dir. Steve McQueen (2018)
  
• Green Book dir. Peter Farrelly (2018)
  
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman (2018)
  
• Mortal Engines dir. Christian Rivers (2018)
  
• The Fault In Our Stars dir. Josh Boone (2014)
  
• Night at the Museum dir. Shawn Levy (2006)
  
• Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle dir. Andy Serkis (2018)
  
• Click dir. Frank Coraci (2006)
  
• Killer Elite dir. Gary McKendry (2011)
  
• Bumblebee dir. Travis Knight (2018)
  
• Aquaman dir. James Wan (2018)
  
• Maleficent dir. Robert Stromberg (2014)
  
• The King’s Speech dir. Tom Hooper (2010)
  

TV Episodes

• The Simpsons - “Treehouse of Horror XXIX” (2018)
  
• Bob’s Burgers - “Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street” (2018)
  
• The Simpsons - “Little Orphan Millie” (2007)
  
• The Simpsons - “Homer the Father” (2011)
  
• The Simpsons - “Bart’s New Friend” (2015)
  
• The Good Place - “Everything Is Bonzer!” (Part 1) (2018)
  
• The Good Place - “Everything Is Bonzer!” (Part 2) (2018)

TV Series

• Friends - Seasons 6-10 (1999-2004)
  
• Stranger Things - Season 2 (2017)
  
• Frasier (1993-2004)
  
• Jessica Jones - Season 2 (2018)
  
• The Twilight Zone - Seasons 1-3 (1959-1962)
  
• Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma - Season 1 (2015)
  
• Disenchantment (2018)
  
• Luke Cage - Season 2 (2018)
  
• Iron Fist - Season 2 (2018)
  
• The Walking Dead - Season 8 (2017-2018)
  
• One-Punch Man (2016)
  
• Castlevania (2017-2018)
  
• Better Call Saul - Seasons 2-4 (2016-2018)
  
• Daredevil - Season 3 (2018)
  
• The Good Place - Seasons 1-2 (2016-2018)
  

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Alabama: OCT.22rd

Alaska: OCT. 7th

Arizona: OCT. 9th

Arkansas: OCT. 9th

California: OCT. 22rd

Colorado: Election day.

Connecticut: OCT. 30th

Delaware: OCT. 13th 

D.C: OCT. 16th

Florida: OCT. 9th

Georgia: OCT. 9th

Hawaii: OCT. 9th

Idaho: OCT. 12th

Illinois: OCT. 9th

Indiana: OCT. 9th

Iowa: OCT. 27th

Kansas: OCT. 16th

Kentucky: OCT. 9th

Louisiana: NOV. 17th

Maine: OCT. 16th

Maryland: OCT. 16th

Massachusetts: OCT. 17th

Michigan: OCT. 9th

Minnesota: OCT. 16th

Mississippi: OCT. 9th

Missouri: OCT. 10th

Montana: OCT. 9th

Nebraska: OCT. 19th

Nevada: OCT. 9th

New Hampshire: NOV. 6th

New Jersey: OCT. 16th

New Mexico: OCT. 9th

New York: OCT. 12th

North Carolina: OCT. 12th

North Dakota: Election Day.

Ohio: OCT. 9th

Oklahoma: OCT. 12th

Oregon: OCT. 16th

Pennsylvania: OCT. 9th

Rhode Island: OCT. 7th

South Carolina: OCT. 9th

South Dakota: OCT. 22rd

Tennessee: OCT. 9th

Texas: OCT. 9th

Utah: OCT. 7th

Vermont: Election Day.

Virginia: OCT. 15th

Washington: OCT. 8th

West Virginia: OCT. 16th

Wisconsin: OCT. 17th

Wyoming: OCT. 22rd 

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