Negative Reinforcement by Chuck Palahniuk

I seem to be running a spate of second person stories. The received wisdom is that you shouldn’t use it. Continue reading →

The Three Marked Pennies by Mary Elizabeth Counselman

I own a lot of books. I also own a lot of books I haven’t read yet. Whenever there are Continue reading →

Catskin by Kelly Link

The previous fantasy I discussed may have gone to odd and surreal places, but it did so one after another Continue reading →

The Music from Behind the Moon by James Branch Cabell

Lately I’ve been enjoying Philip Pullman’s new translation/distillation of Grimms’ Fairy Tales, one tale before bed for fifty nights running. Continue reading →

Disappearing Act by Richard Matheson

The story opens with a diary, kept because the narrator feels he has to confess somewhere. In short, spare prose Continue reading →

Admin: new Twitter account

I am not generally fond of social media; Twitter in particular has always seemed to me a time-wasting abomination for Continue reading →

I Hold My Father’s Paws by David D. Levine

I don’t know about you, but I love this title. It suggests poignancy that overcomes the obvious question of what Continue reading →

The Tugging by Ramsey Campbell

One of the things Campbell excels at is capturing the atmosphere of a grotty run-down urban environment populated by grey Continue reading →