Old Man Stalin Had A Farm…E-I-E-I-O….What happens when you mix the Russian Revolution with a bunch of farm animals and (more than a dash) of dystopian bummers?George Orwell’sAnimal Farm!Come...

Have you read Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, or seen the major motion picture currently in theaters? Because if not, you probably should turn back: we’re in full-on spoiler mode...

Michael Chabon is no stranger to genre fiction. He has a Lovecraftesque alter ego. He’s written essays decrying navel-gazing trends in the short story world. His Pulitzer Prize-winningThe Adventures...

Haruki Murakami is a giant of contemporary literature, particularly in his native Japan. However, his books are often rife with references to Western culture – in fact, one of...

Spooktober comes to a close with yet another Choose Your Own Adventure story: Edward Packard’s You Are A Monster. If you missed our previous CYA episode, do check it...

Spooktober rolls on with this week’s story, an Anne Rice novel that’s about spooky mummies and the women who love them. For real, though, people in this book have...

If you’ve ever heard of a Cthulu, read about the Necronomicon, or been creeped out by sleepy towns in New England, you likely have H.P. Lovecraft to thank. At...

Our spooky October (Spooktober?) continues this week with Ira Levin’sRosemary’s Baby, a book about broken trust and creepy new neighbors and Satan babies and a bunch of other stuff....

Washington Irving – aka Jonathan Oldstyle, Abner Knickerbocker or Geoffrey Crayon – is widely regarded as the First American writer. Born just after the Revolutionary War, he broke ground...