Books, Arts, and Culture

If you’ve been on Twitter lately, you’ve probably seen the “What ISN’T ____ but FEELS like ______?” meme. For example: pic.twitter.com/VLRHLGL4Cn — Joe McNally (@GaspardWinckler) November...

The UK is in its second lockdown, and although it’s supposed to end in early December, it’s not set in stone. Bookshops are suffering, it’s a...

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) was an English writer, philosopher, activist, and the mother of the mother of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley. Although she is most recently in the...

Speculative fiction lore is littered with dramatic tales of vampire-human relationships. Some are romantic, some are turbulent, some are downright frightening. And yet they always seem...

As the year winds down, festive wreaths can be found adorning the doors in our neighborhoods. But who said wreaths were only made for November and...

I know I was given many books as a little girl, but the first one I remember receiving came through the mail. (Mail! For me! That...

Welcome to Book Fetish: Volume 432, your weekly round up of bookish clothing, art, accessories, reading tools, and more from around the web! Owl Bookends: These...

The Office meets Stephen King in this festive and frightening horror-comedy set during the horror publishing boom of the ’80s, by NYT best-selling satirist Andrew Shaffer. At...

A young interfaith chaplain is joined on her hospital rounds one night by an unusual companion: a rough-and-ready dog who may or may not be a...

In our latest edition of featured fiction—curated by our own  Carolyn Quimby—we’re happy to present an excerpt from David Hopen‘s debut novel, The Orchard. The book—a...