SPOTLIGHT: BEST OF THE BEST
Hah! I'll get to monologuing in here some other time. I've had a long day.
2256 - Very Tall Things
1425 - Star Signals
HORROR
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1529 - King of the Mountain
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1782 - Tabula Rasa
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1877 - Guts of the Earth
⚠️ body horror
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1959 - The Lost Cosmonaut
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2747 - As below, so above
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3035 - Science Bugs
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3117 - A Monster-shaped Hole
⚠️ photo of human body, unreality
The first image is specifically a salt mummy from Turkey.
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4505 - A Brief History of Anomalous Artwork in the Renaissance
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5868 - Meat
In my experience, SCPs written with social commentary in mind tend to feel heavy-handed or contrived. 5868 is refereshingly subtle, while still making itself obvious.
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6336 - Seeing My Reflection Blink
⚠️ unreality
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5281-D - The Man of the Hour
⚠️ child death (offscreen)
MYSTERY
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1193 - The Buried Giant
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1241 - Livin' With Werewolves
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1463 - Comprehension/Invasion/Evasion
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1654 - Tuned to a Dead Channel
This article threads the line of "good", for me. The ambiguity of why the Foundation is doing this is 1654's virtue and vice. I enjoy the idea of a Foundation that is compromised, or is really, truly, pull-out-every-stop desparate. I do not enjoy the idea of a Foundation that has, apparently, forgotten the "protect" part of their mission statement. Still, it's an interesting-enough read that I wanted to share.
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1715 - Online Friend
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1960 - Neptunian Text Messages
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2719 - Inside
This one is an infamous mind-bender, but there's a decent explanation (or at least, theory) in the discussion board.
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3034 - A Counting Station
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Taboo
⚠️ genocide, body horror
SPOTLIGHT: FIFTHIST COLLECTION
Nowhere near complete. Assume a warning for unreality in all of these.
COMEDY
TRAGEDY AND DRAMA
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1440 - The Old Man from Nowhere
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1470 - Telepathic Spider
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2639 - Video Game Violence
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3079 - 300 Tricks: Stage Magic Made Easy
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4001 - Alexandria Eternal
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4264 - Lesson Plans for Calhoun County
⚠️ child death (offscreen)
John Peron was a bit unhinged, but I like his style.
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5616 - The Woman in the Incinerator
⚠️ suicide
Probably the best character-driven skip I've read. Long, but worthwhile.