Editor’s note: The Reads beat is publishing short fiction, poetry and other creative writing pieces. Send submissions to scotts7 ‘at’ stanford.edu. Lunch is, actually, pretty early in the day here in America, thought Galal to himself as the bell rang and all the kids ran out of class. Some made a bee-line for the lunch-lines,…

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Omar Rafik El-Sabrout investigates the first novel in Naguib Mahfouz's "The Cairo Trilogy."

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“Gris” is short, with story gameplay between 2 1/2 and five hours based on play-through speed and time spent gawking and taking screenshots. But when you get to the end, in an environment akin to heaven, and the final cutscene ends, you'll feel that “Gris” was sweet.

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Somewhere in there, Supergiant Games is teaching us something about the journey and not the destination. But honestly, I can't really hear them because I'm so busy enjoying my death.

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Remembering and analyzing dreams with friends, particularly zany long-winded, well-remembered epic dreams, is an enthralling activity. The excitement probably comes from the fact that we remember fewer of them as students due to our extremely low average sleep quality, but that wasn’t always the case. At least for myself, I used to consistently have waking-up,…

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College can be draining. Between the first set of midterms wrapping up, the emotional burden of constantly socializing or worrying that you’re not socializing enough, and being away from home (possibly for the first time), it is essential to take time to recharge. For some, that might mean heading to the gym for a stress-relieving workout,…

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