Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we cover Vivian Shaw’s “Black Matter,” first published in July 2019 in Pseudopod. Spoilers ahead!
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we continue N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became with Chapter 13: Beaux Arts, Bitches. The novel was first published in March 2020. Spoilers ahead!
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we cover Carlie St. George’s “Forward, Victoria,” first published in the April 2021 issue of The Dark. It’s currently up for a Shirley Jackson, and well worth your read. Spoilers ahead!
[“It’s strange how many children are unhappy when you murder their parents.”]
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we continue N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became with Chapter 12: They Don’t Have Cities There. The novel was first published in March 2020. Spoilers ahead!
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we cover John Langan’s “Kore,” first published in the K. Allen Wood’s 2014 Shock Totem: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted anthology. You can find it most recently in Langan’s Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies collection. Spoilers ahead!
[“Oh Ancient Power,” I said, “we bring offerings for your honor…”]
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we continue N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became with Chapter 11: So, About That Whole Teamwork Thing. The novel was first published in March 2020. Spoilers ahead!
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week is our 400th post, and by tradition we’re watching the weird: 1991’s Cast a Deadly Spell, screenplay by Joseph Dougherty and Martin Campbell directing. Spoilers ahead!
[“I’m the guy who knows. Just about the only guy who knows it all, and who’s still breathing.”]
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we continue N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became with Chapter 10: Make Staten Island Grate Again(st Sao Paulo). The novel was first published in March 2020. Spoilers ahead! Content warning for attempted rape, neonazis, and racial slurs.
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we cover Sonya Taaffe’s “As the Tide Came Flowing In,” first published in Taaffe’s 2022 collection of the same title. Spoilers ahead, but well worth your read!
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we continue N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became with Chapter 9: A Better New York Is in Sight. The novel was first published in March 2020. Spoilers ahead!
[“People who say change is impossible are usually pretty happy with things just as they are.”]
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we cover Tananarive Due’s “The Wishing Pool,” first published the July/August 2021 issue of Uncanny Magazine. Spoilers ahead!
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we continue N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became with Chapter 8: No Sleep in (or Near) Brooklyn. The novel was first published in March 2020. Spoilers ahead!
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we cover Gemma Files’ “The Harrow,” first published in The Children of Old Leach in 2014; we found it in Scott R. Jones’s Cthonic: Weird Tales of Inner Earth anthology. Spoilers ahead!
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we continue N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became with Chapter 7 and the 3rd Interruption. The novel was first published in March 2020. Spoilers ahead!
[“When she turns, he hears the melodies of a thousand different instruments…”]
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we cover Tara Campbell’s “Spencer,” first published in the March 2020 issue of Speculative City, and now available in Campbell’s Cabinet of Wrath: A Doll Collection. Spoilers ahead!
[“I only needed something small from her, something she would barely miss.”]
