A former reporter and editor, Liz Michalski now crafts articles on human interest, living, and health as a freelance writer. She lives with her family in Massachusetts, where she loves reading fairy…
B.L. Blanchard is a graduate of the UC Davis creative writing honors program and was a writing fellow at Boston University School of Law. She is a lawyer and enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie…
Jennifer McMahon is the author of ten novels, including the New York Times best-sellers Promise Not to Tell and The Winter People. She lives in Vermont with her partner, Drea, and their daughter…
Natalia Molina is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. A 2020 MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient, she is the author…
Eddie Robson is a British comedy and science fiction writer best known for his sitcom Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully and his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television…
Timothy Hallinan has been nominated for the Edgar, Nero, Shamus, Macavity, and Silver Dagger awards. He is the author of twenty-two widely praised books, including the Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers…
Julian David Stone grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, eventually relocating to Los Angeles to study filmmaking and then enter the entertainment business. His previous work includes screenplays for…
Paul Cornell has written episodes of Elementary, Doctor Who, Primeval, Robin Hood and many other TV series, including his own children’s show, Wavelength. He’s worked for every major comics company…
Timothy Janovsky is a queer, multidisciplinary storyteller from New Jersey. He holds a degree in theatre and dance from Muhlenberg College. His work as a humor writer has been featured on Points in…
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Shelby Van Pelt lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her family. Remarkably Bright Creatures is her first novel and she recently talked about it with Daryl…
Labinlimang taon na ang nakalilipas, nawala sina Jeremy at Ralph habang nasa isang field trip sa Red Crow State Forest sa West Virginia para sa pagtatapos ng pasukan. Sandaling naroon sila, at pagkatapos ay nawala na sila. Paulit-ulit na hinalughog ang kagubatan, ngunit walang nakitang bakas ng mga batang lalaki. At...
Buong buhay ni Arthur Edwards ay nanirahan sa maliit na bayan ng Northbridge sa hilagang Inglatera. Lumaki siya roon. At nakilala at pinakasalan niya ang kanyang asawang si Madeleine, sa Northbridge. Sa Northbridge nila pinalaki ni Madeleine ang kanilang dalawang anak, sina Elizabeth at Patrick. Tulad ng karamihan sa maliliit na bayan, anuman ang...
Katatakutan. May mga taong gustong-gusto ito! May mga taong ayaw! At, sa pangkalahatan, may mga taong may matibay na damdamin tungkol sa genre, na nahuhulog sa isang kampo o sa iba pa. Sa kaunting kabalintunaan, may mga taong 'natatakot' sa Katatakutan bilang isang genre. Oo, takot sila sa genre...
Nang iwan ng mga mambabasa si Joey Jessup sa pagtatapos ng Final Cut ni Marjorie McCown, natuklasan niya ang pagkakakilanlan ng mamamatay-tao na pumatay sa Assistant Director na si Courtney Lisle sa set ng isang malaking-budget na superhero movie. Nakaligtas siya sa isang tangkang pagpatay sa sarili niyang buhay nang ang mamamatay-tao ay nagtakda...
Si Eveen ay isang propesyonal na mamamatay-tao. Ang diin sa pahayag na iyan ay dapat ilagay sa "propesyonal." Siya ay isang muling nabuhay na mamamatay-tao, binura ang kanyang mga alaala at naglilingkod sa Matron ng mga Assassins na nagbigay-daan sa kanyang pangalawang pagkakataon sa "buhay". Siya ay mahusay, maingat, at handang magpadala ng mga mensahe (ang terminong...
Three sisters gather at what they have decided is a wishing well near their home in Paris. The year is 1885. There are so many terrible things happening in the world that they decide they each will make a wish and sacrifice something important to them by casting it into...
There are two residences on Eastbourne Road in Stoke Newington on the outskirts of London. Winston has lived in #79, with his boyfriend Lewis, for several years. Bernice, recently divorced, has just purchased #77 as a new home for herself and her young son, Sebastian. The two houses share a...
Annie’s Great Aunt Frances has always been a presence in Annie’s life. A rather nebulous, undefined presence, but a presence none the less. Great Aunt Frances owns the house in Chelsea where Annie has grown up with her mother. Communication from Great Aunt Frances has always been sporadic at best...
Fifteen-year-old Sana has just moved to Durban, a city on the eastern coast of South Africa, with her father. Her mother, a victim of cancer, died a few years earlier and her father believes the move to the once grand, now dilapidated, estate that is an odd type of apartment...
Sophie Wan opens her debut novel with this bit of information:“Sheng nu – ‘leftover women’ – unmarried women over the age of twenty-seven. Later adopted by the internet community to refer to often well-educated women who had passed the appropriate age for marriage.”Wan then goes on to introduce readers to...
