This Is Horror makes the case for why you should be excited for Kaaron Warren’s new book Into Bones Like Oil.

Michele Filgate interviewed Lilly Dancyger at The Rumpus.

Williamsburg is now home to a record store and cafe with a bathtub.

CrimeReads published an excerpt from Elizabeth Hand’s novel Curious Toys.

At InsideHook, talking fiction and spontaneous combustion with Kevin Wilson.

Pitchfork reviewed the new collaboration between Mary Halvorson and John Dieterich.

Illustration: Federal Art Project, 1936/Library of Congress

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