The automaton cometh: “The Sandman” by E.T.A. Hoffmann; Ritchie Robertson, trans.
The Prussian author’s 1816 tale is an early 19th century progenitor of the modern horror story.
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The Prussian author’s 1816 tale is an early 19th century progenitor of the modern horror story.
Fictionalizing the geopolitics of the past four years throws up challenges for novelists in how to treat a reality that is often stranger than fiction.
Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks from Hell is a nostalgic tour through 1970’s and ’80s horror fiction.
A volume of essays by and about the radical Black thinker Angela Davis deals with her time in U.S. prison and has disturbing relevance today.
First published in 1934, Langston Hughes's story throws a spotlight on racial violence that continues in America today.
Zadie Smith's controversial story is a dystopian satire about call-out culture.
Nancy Hale's story about the dangers of poisonous political ideologies is surprisingly relevant to our current moment.
Bryan Washington's story is about a veteran drug dealer who becomes a kind of surrogate father to an undocumented Guatemalan teen.
Binyavanga Wainaina's story is about the performative cultural roles people are expected to play.
Ray Russell's 1961 modern Gothic tale has lost none of its power to shock its reader.