The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a classic horror novella by H.P. Lovecraft. It tells the first-person story of a young man on break from college who […]
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The Pink Institution by Selah Saterstrom
The Pink Institution by Selah Saterstrom is a Southern gothic novel that tells the stories of four generations of women in the Deep South through a […]
The Turn of the Screw
I started reading Henry James’ 1898 novel The Turn of the Screw with some awareness of the book’s reputation of having an ambiguous narrative: the young governess’s story could be read […]
“The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
“The Minister’s Black Veil” is an allegorical story in which the parson of a small New England town, Reverend Hooper, abruptly starts wearing a black […]
One Writer’s Beginnings
An excellent book for authors is One Writer’s Beginnings by famed Mississippi author Eudora Welty. The book was originally published in 1984. It’s a collection of her […]
The Drowning Girl: A Memoir
The Drowning Girl: A Memoir is a fictional memoir of madness, haunting and loss written by Caitlín R. Kiernan. The novel was published in 2012 […]
The King in Yellow
The King in Yellow (first published in 1895) is a collection of short stories written by author Robert W. Chambers. Most of the tales in […]
Book Review: Storyteller by Kate Wilhelm
Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop by Kate Wilhelm Small Beer Press ISBN: 1-931520-16-X 190 pages I attended […]
Book Review: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Plot Summary (Spoilers Inevitably Follow) H.G. Wells‘ novel opens with the Time Traveler explaining his plans to travel in time to a group of his […]
Book Review: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is one of my favorite novels, not necessarily from a “I’m going to read this every year!” standpoint […]
Book Review: Devil’s Tower by Mark Sumner
A Review of Mark Sumner’s novel Devil’s Tower (Del Rey, 1996) Devil’s Tower is a sprawling, entertaining novel that blurs the boundaries between fantasy, western […]
Book Review: Luz, the Art of Ciruelo by Ciruelo Cabral
Luz, the Art of Ciruelo (released by Diamond Comics in the U.S. and Bast Editorial in Europe) is a compilation of the artwork of Ciruelo […]