The author of “Barbara the Slut” talks with Nathan Englander — about the making of her boundary-pushing debut collection.
Dear Literary Lady, What are some literary misconceptions that drive you crazy? –L.I., Fort Collins, CO Dear L.I., To be honest, not a lot of literary misconceptions grate on me all that much. Part of it is because I know I have plenty of misconceptions of my own, literary or otherwise. The other part is […]
There is much debate over the identity of the first science fiction story. Some people see primitive ancestors of what we’d one day term “sci-fi” deep in ancient history. Others find the first examples in the Enlightenment, when aspects of science and machinery began to appear in imaginative ways. Some cite Frankenstein as the first true science […]
Though we’re still six months away from Halloween, the world around us never stops being scary. Our favorite authors may take it to the next level, but the seed of horror is always right in front of our eyes, as evidenced by these 6 eerie SFF stories inspired by true events.
All literature is open to interpretation; that’s one of the main attractions of reading—that ability to take someone’s words and make of them a mental picture of your choosing. Still, reality requires that we all agree on a few fundamentals: the Sun rises in the East, lager has been ruined forever by Coors Lite, Hair Metal was […]