21 Stories From 4chan That Are Masterpieces Of Literature

Throw out all the books on your shelves because they’re hot stinking garbage compared to these.

A story with the most unexpected twist ending.

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Pepe the frog, patron saint of the Green Text Story.

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While one could turn up one's nose at these stories as bawdy mutterings on a sordid internet site, wouldn't it be much better to recognize them as heartrending works of literature that deserve our consideration and close reading.

Here are a few of these beautiful stories that are just as good as real books.

This is like 12 times as romantic as a Nicholas Sparks novel.

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What Is Your Favorite Short Story?

Happy Short Story Month!

Reading novels is fun, but reading short stories is even better.

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Why? Because you can finish a short story in one sitting and feel super accomplished.

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You could spend an afternoon with Haruki Murakami's short story collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

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Try just reading *one* of Junot Diaz's short stories in Drown.

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5 Pieces of Life Advice From Chuck Palahniuk

The prolific author visited BuzzFeed this week and dropped some insight.

Chuck Palahniuk stopped by BuzzFeed this week to discuss his two new books and also share some insight.

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Make sure to check out Palahniuk’s new short story collection Make Something Up and the comic book series Fight Club 2.

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Which Harry Potter Character Do You Align With The Most?

We want to know if you’re a Harry or a Ron!

If "Sweet Valley High" Were British

It’d be a bit like Grange Hill, probably.

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Here's Everything You Need To Know About "Game Of Thrones: The Musical"

The comedy skit for Red Nose Day USA features Kit Harington, Rose Leslie, Alfie Allen, Peter Dinklage, and Emilia Clarke performing songs about famous scenes, including the Red Wedding.

Coldplay and the cast of Game of Thrones teamed up for Game of Thrones: The Musical . Not in real life, but for a comedy skit for Red Nose Day USA.

A 12-minute video was uploaded to Coldplay's YouTube page last night, following a six-minute segment during the telethon on NBC on Thursday night.

Here's what we've learnt.

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Robert Baratheon thought it was a terrible idea.

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So did Daenerys Targareyn.

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Chris Martin made a song called "Rastafarian Targaryen" and it sounds just as horrible as you would imagine.

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Which Non-Voldemort "Harry Potter" Villain Was The Worst?

Voldemort was definitely the most ambitious, but who other than Voldy inspires the most ire in your heart?

We all know who the lead villain in the Harry Potter series is. But in case you've forgotten, it's this guy:

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But there were plenty of others who milled around these books and stirred their share of shit.

They had different scales, different motives, and some even backed out of their planned villainy in the end. But the array or characters that took part in actively making Harry's life and the wizarding world at large a shitty place is impressive.

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