Ranging from uncanny chills to wry humor, the author’s body of work remains as fascinating as it is unclassifiable. Essay by Heller McAlpin.
In Ruth Franklin’s life of the author of “The Lottery” and “We Have Always Lived in the Castle,” the power of loneliness is the engine of a titanic imagination. Review by Megan Abbott.
“So much classic fantasy exists in this sort of timeless state where, you know, whatever fantasy world it’s set in has kind of always existed….I’ve always been really interested in kind of disrupting that and kind of setting my books during periods of like, enormous change and upheaval, like, I’m really interested in the idea […]
For many of us, spooky season began on September 1st — pumpkins, spiderwebs and skulls greeting guests as they enter our homes. It was only fitting that our latest Rediscovered Classic pick, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, be included in this list of spooky reads! From dysfunctionally dark and humorous families to Frankenstein’s […]