Tuesday, August 11, 2020

57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides

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'''"57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides"''' is a 2013 [[horror fiction|horror]] short story by [[Sam J. Miller]]. It was first published in ''[[John Joseph Adams#Nightmare Magazine|Nightmare]]''.

==Synopsis==
Jared is a teenage boy who lists the reasons why he mind-controlled a group of bullies into committing mass suicide.

==Reception==
"57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides" won the 2013 [[Shirley Jackson Award]].<ref name=2013Awards>[https://ift.tt/2XQMkfz 2013 Award Winners], at ShirleyJacksonAwards.org; published July 2014; retrieved August 11, 2020</ref>

''[[Tangent Online]]'' praised the story, and considered it to be "steeped in unmet yearnings and thwarted rage".<ref name=Tangent>[https://ift.tt/2CoHjU4 Nightmare #15, December 2013], reviewed by Lillian Csernica, at ''[[Tangent Online]]''; published November 30, 2013; retrieved August 11, 2020</ref>

==Background==

Miller has stated that the story is "about how [[social privilege|privilege]] warps people’s relationships, and can turn people into monsters",<ref name=Holt>[https://ift.tt/3aomRze Author Spotlight: Sam J. Miller], by Erika Holt, in ''Nightmare''; published December 2013; retrieved August 11, 2020</ref> and emphasized that "(t)he real reason for [Jared's actions] isn't one of the 57 that Jared lists."<ref name=CharlesTan>[https://ift.tt/3ivJVyB Charles Tan Interviews Sam J. Miller], at ShirleyJacksonAwards.org; published July 11, 2014; retrieved August 11, 2020</ref>

==References==


==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/Qpt17e Text of the story], at ''Nightmare''

[[Category:Horror short stories]]


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