In our morning reading: thoughts on Louise Erdrich’s new novel, recommended books about werewolves, and more.
Sunday Stories: “A Big Old Pit of Fire”
A Big Old Pit of Fire
by Matt Rowan
I think it had been that way for as long as I could remember. There’d been the sweltering heat of my birth, expelled into a world of vapors and vitiation, always with the sense that someone’s warm breath was on my neck.
It’d been getting hotter and hotter for as long as anyone could remember, on account of the fires that circled the entire country. They acted as a kind of barrier, too, but it was not fun having to deal with their heat, let me also say.
Weekend Bites: Revisiting Robert Coover, Graham Irvin on Writing, Horror Advice, and More
In our weekend reading: checking in with Robert Coover, advice on writing horror, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Aphex Twin Revisited, Kieron Gillen on Comics, Kay Chronister’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: looking back on an influential Aphex Twin album, excerpts of books by Talia Lavin and Kay Chronister, and more.
Morning Bites: Dan Kois on Pavement, Fredric Jameson’s Influence, Fall Books, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on Pavement, remembering Fredric Jameson, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Kristen Arnett on Book Clubs, Literary Dublin, Xueting C. Ni on Horror, and More
In our afternoon reading: advice from Kristen Arnett, a literary visit to Dublin, and more.
VCO: Chapter 38
Chapter 38
I went back to the cabin. As I approached it in the transference toward the evening when the sky was split blue and pink, I recognized it’s importance. Why no roads lead to this place.
One must be chosen. One must be led.
There are few sanctuaries left on Earth. Few solitudes. Ones that will endure forever, and those who take refuge in them survive through the ages of terror and excitement.
Morning Bites: Stephen Graham Jones Fiction, Christine Sneed on Writing, Revisiting Liz Phair, and More
In our morning reading: fiction by Stephen Graham Jones and Bijan Stephen, revisiting the music of Liz Phair, and more.