What Shirley Jackson has to say about writing
It’s almost Halloween, or at least almost that wondrously cold-hearted holiday where everyone basks in our imminent death. If you’re like me, you do that year-round. If you’re like Shirley Jackson,… Read more »
A brief history of mall writing
Tolstoy once wrote, “Standalone retail outlets are all alike; every mall is a mall in its own way.” Countless scholars have debated the subtle shadings of this sentence, how it flashes with scenes… Read more »
Spooky ghosts will haunt you forever and intolerable horror will pursue you all your days
Well, it’s finally come: the scariest day of the year. While you’re sitting down to that morning bowl of cobwebs, why not doing some terrifying reading with a guy who… Read more »