Words Without Borders published an excerpt from Jenny Hval’s Girls Against God.

Looking back on how the NIVA’s Save Our Stages festival went, and what’s next for independent venues.

At Ploughshares, an interview with Kent Russell.

The editors of Tiny Nightmares recommended uncanny fiction from around the world.

At The Sun, new nonfiction by Robert Lopez.

Michael Schaub reviewed Aoko Matsuda’s Where the Wild Ladies Are at NPR.

At GoodReads, Michael J. Seidlinger explored the uptick in horror fiction lately.

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