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Open Thread: Deliciously Weird?

Sometimes the Best Stories Are Just Plain Odd. What’s the Strangest Story You’ve Ever Read?

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Joel J Miller
Sep 10, 2025
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I love a strange story, something off-kilter, zany, bizarre, whatever deviates from the norm. I’m currently reading Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman. It definitely counts—e.g., the narrator’s soul, named Joe, serves as a separate character in the story. Joe interjects and counsels and even threatens to skedaddle.

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