I'd like recommendations for short stories that are strange, humorous, or have a surprising twist. [more inside]
posted by Rinku on Mar 8, 2009 - 56 answers

There's a literary device, normally seen in genre fiction, where a novel starts with several seemingly unrelated unrelated stories, which become more and more intertwined as the plot resolves. Where did this originate? When did it get popular? [more inside]
posted by aspo on Jul 3, 2007 - 14 answers