When I'm Not Reading a Novel

[supperrfreek]

Judging by the last two posts (one being shit painting or whatever the fuck these twats keep posting, and the other being someone suspended by the skin between their legs) I am able to surmise that the headmaster is out and we have the dormitory all to ourselves. So I've decided I'd like to start a conversation about short stories, poems and things one can read when one doesn't wish to be bogged down in one plot.

Although we all have our own personal favorites, we all have different means of finding said works. This is what I would like you to share.
Some obvious choices might be:

Esquire, Maxim, The New Yorker, The Onion, Cracked or even our own Original Works section here at Zoklet.

Perhaps College Humor, COED Magazine, or Time might suit your fancy.

Enough of my own typing though-as much as I love to see my words on the screen, it is not why I started this post-what do you like to read when you aren't reading a novel?

[Nerd Fangs]

Time is always solid. New Scientist is okay too.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/ I also enjoy browsing.

Other than that, Star Wars comics. :(

[Shrike]

I like reading blogs, a few of my favourites are Crooked Timber (http://crookedtimber.org/), Unspeak (http://unspeak.net/), Sexy Videogameland (http://sexyvideogameland.blogspot.com/), The Brainy Gamer (http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/), Large Prime Numbers (http://www.largeprimenumbers.com/).

[T.K. Baha]

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[Euda]

Lately, I've been reading snowboard magazines.

[never]

The New Yorker
Slate
NY Times

[Wooden Pints]

....you're writing one right?

OMG supperrfreek is actually WAN!

[supperrfreek]

....you're writing one right?

OMG supperrfreek is actually WAN!

Well, I'm writing a shortened pilot first, then I'm going to elaborate on the chapters, and skim the stupid off the top as I type it. However, I'm not the user WAN. Don't count on it to be out soon, give it about a year or so.

[Rizzo in a box]

I like to read nonfiction of all types, various psychology, science (especially neuroscience like mind hacks) and spiritual/traditionalist blogs & forums. I'm also a big fan of anything fringe, including comic books.

[Silverfuck]

I really like reading any kind of short stories, especially ones where the style kind of blurs the line between poetry and prose. Poetry-style prose is really enjoyable to me, but a poem-prose novel would be a headache. A short story is the perfect medium, because you can tell a complex and engaging story, but it's not so long as to be annoying when it's written in a very unique, unexpected, or novel way. I really enjoy Ray Bradbury's short stories, although the short stories that good novelists do are generally awesome.

I also like reading poetry. I don't really like really old-timey, formulaic, stuffy stuff. Generally I like free-form, loosy-goosy kind of stuff, very expressive. Anything vaguely impressionistic will probably please me.

I don't usually buy magazines, but I do enjoy the occasional art/photography magazine as a treat, even though I mostly just look at the pictures. I am ashamed to admit that I get fashion magazines regularly (a gift from my granda), and enjoy them mostly for the inspirational art-direction. I also read Maclean's and TIME occasionally. Other than that, I'm not a regular reader of any magazine.

I also like reading my university newspaper, the local independent newspaper for its good reviews of restaurants, music, and local events. Sometimes I read conservative newspapers when I need a cheap laugh.

[supperrfreek]

I like to read nonfiction of all types, various psychology, science (especially neuroscience like mind hacks) and spiritual/traditionalist blogs & forums. I'm also a big fan of anything fringe, including comic books.
Every so often it's nice to pick up something like that for a change of pace.

I really like reading any kind of short stories, especially ones where the style kind of blurs the line between poetry and prose. Poetry-style prose is really enjoyable to me, but a poem-prose novel would be a headache. A short story is the perfect medium, because you can tell a complex and engaging story, but it's not so long as to be annoying when it's written in a very unique, unexpected, or novel way. I really enjoy Ray Bradbury's short stories, although the short stories that good novelists do are generally awesome.
Short stories are fantastic, I've got quite a few anthologies on my shelf right now.

[Agent 008]

I just read the LLR stories here on Zoklet. Real life never stops to astound me, who needs fiction?

[Death of Hope]

Esquire. And GQ. Yes, I'm female, and yes, I read for the pictures as well as the articles.

I love short stories, but it's difficult to find a decent magazine of them. I think most editors of literary magazines are on drugs, and not in a good way.

[Agent 008]

Esquire. And GQ. Yes, I'm female, and yes, I read for the pictures as well as the articles.

So, you like looking at pictures of scantily clad chicks then?

[supperrfreek]

I love short stories, but it's difficult to find a decent magazine of them. I think most editors of literary magazines are on drugs, and not in a good way.

They don't print short stories and serialize tales/novels like they used to. It's really a shame.

[Duelist]

I like to read the patterns found in my masturbate

It has revealed secrets to me many times

[psycho_8b]

I was so expecting a Dos Equis ad...

"When I'm not reading a novel, I'm relaxing with my women and being awesome whilst drinking Dos Equis."

[fallinghouse]

I've been reading the interviews with famous writers on the website of The Paris Review (http://theparisreview.com/literature.php). About half are available free, and if you go to university there's a good chance you'll be able to get online access to the rest. I've yet to read one that wasn't at least interesting, but my favorites would have to be Robert Bly and Camilo Jose Cela.

[nshanin]

I generally read self-development programs and the like (almost always on audiobook). For purely text-based reading I'll read trip reports on erowid, the best ones are fascinating and often give better insights into the world aside from drugs than much nonfiction. Also: Slavoj Zizek.

[Sir Cornwell]

Analog, Asimov's or Fantasy And Science Ficton; all news stand short story mags.