52/52: Dream of the Bat, by Josh Simmons and Patrick Keck
October 18, 2022 7:48 pmJosh Simmons’ samizdat “Shadow of the Bat”—included here as “Mark of the Bat,” along with three other extremely unauthorized Batman... View Article
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52/52: The Liminal Zone, by Junji Ito
September 25, 2022 8:13 pmIto’s recent story collections lack the verve of his earlier work, I think I know why. His greatest works—Uzumaki and... View Article
52/52: Green Tea, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
September 20, 2022 6:56 pmAn all-time classic ghost story by reputation and impact on later authors, but to me, a bit anodyne in its... View Article
52/52: Arson Plus, by Dashiell Hammett
September 7, 2022 7:52 pmThis was Hammett’s first published short story featuring his long-running detective, the Contintental Op. It’s not an amazing story—a bit... View Article
52/52: With, by Donald Harington
September 5, 2022 2:10 pmI should apologize to @girouzziinsta—she’s asked me to read this for years and I delayed. What a mistake. Harington is... View Article
52/52: Blood on the Tracks, vol. 9, by Shuzo Oshimi
September 1, 2022 9:43 amIt’s hard to believe there are 4 more books in this series (I’m not complaining; it’s still stellar). A few... View Article
52/52: The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
August 30, 2022 4:48 pmI haven’t read this classic of feminist psychological horror since college. It’s better than I remember, the narrator’s break from... View Article
52/52: White Tears, by Hari Kunzru
August 17, 2022 9:57 amA ghost story about record collecting, cultural appropriation, mental illness, trustafarians, and more. A great concept, with some compelling literary... View Article
Scrying Stones and Dolmen and Others, by Lee Brown Coye
August 16, 2022 9:57 amAn appealing collection of short, creepy folk tales and story sketches from mid-20th century upstate New York, some of which... View Article
52/52: What Moves the Dead, by T Kingfisher
August 4, 2022 8:43 pmThis is twice I’ve been tricked by a Nightfire book (“Nothing But Blackened Teeth” was the first). I just don’t... View Article