Wikipedia Speed Runs

Instructions: Find a path from the beginning article to the ending article using only article links.

Wikipedia Speed Runs
Photo by Oberon Copeland @veryinformed.com / Unsplash

by Leone Brander


Instructions: Find a path from the beginning article to the ending article using only article links.

I. Howling → Gingerbread

Howling → Wolf → Little Red Riding Hood → Fairy tale → Hansel and Gretel → Gingerbread

II. Lion’s mane jellyfish → Jennifer Aniston

Lion's mane jellyfish → Pacific Ocean → California Current → Pixar → Sesame Street → Manhattan → Central Park → Bethesda Terrace and Fountain → Ed Koch → Saturday Night Live → List of Saturday Night Live guests → List of Saturday Night Live guests (A–D) → Jennifer Aniston

III. Combustion chamber → Loneliness

Combustion chamber → Harry Ricardo → Trinity College, Cambridge → University of Cambridge → Sigmund Freud → Antidepressant → Major depressive disorder → Social predictors of depression → Social support → Major depressive disorder → Mental status examination → Suicidal ideation → 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline → Suicide prevention → Assessment of suicide risk → Borderline personality disorder → Abandonment (emotional) → Autophobia → Therapy → Psychotherapy → Interpersonal relationship → Long-distance relationship → Intimate relationship → Love → Love of God → Rumi → Sufi literature → Attar of Nishapur → Persian literature → Literature → Poetry → Mourning → Queen Victoria → Alexander I of Russia → Extraversion and introversion → Alaska → Into the Wild (film) → Kristen Stewart → The Twilight Saga: New Moon → Social isolation → Loneliness


Leone Brander is a writer and artist from the Canadian prairies. She holds an MFA from Boston University. Her work has appeared in Hobart, The Bellingham Review, Canadian Notes & Queries, and elsewhere.