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The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer

It happens in an instant. While Bree Cabbat watches her eldest daughter rehearse a school production of Grease, her infant son, Robert, sleeps in the seat next to her in the balcony of the school’s theatre. One moment he is there, the next he is gone. In his place is...

At the end of the Author’s Note for The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Grady Hendrix tells you everything you need to know before diving in to his new novel: “I wanted to pit Dracula against my mom. As you’ll see, it’s not a fair fight.”Patricia Campbell is...

カナダのジャーナリスト兼小説家、コーリー・ドクトロウが最近出版した『Enshittification』は、『On Bullshit』というタイトルの本以上の内容を提供しているが、この338ページのノンフィクション作品には、同様のアプローチをとっている章もある。『Bullshit』は、ハリー・G・フランクファートが1986年に書いたエッセイを基にした、皮肉たっぷりの短い本である。『Enshittification』は、…

We all know what a “girly drink” is: a drink that is sweet, brightly colored, generally served in a stemmed glass and often with an umbrella or some other type of decoration. “Serious” drinks, drinks for men, do not have or need these accoutrements. Can women not enjoy bourbon, scotch...

A small-town librarian, a senseless killing and a centuries-old horror have been preying on a community for over a hundred years. These are the building blocks used by Jeffrey Ford as a foundation for his chilling horror novella Out of Body.On his way to work as the librarian at his...

On September 3, 1990, Dr. David Acer, a dentist who worked in Jensen Beach, Florida, died from complications from AIDS. Four days after his death, Kimberly Bergalis, a young woman who was also HIV+, accused Dr. Acer of infecting her with the AIDS virus during a recent visit to his...

エヴァンス葬儀場は、その所在地であるテキサス州南東部の町が誕生したのとほぼ同じくらい長い歴史を持つ。代々受け継がれてきた事業であり、エヴァンス家の女性たちによって運営されている。現在の家長であるデューシーは、18年前に謎の失踪を遂げたパイの娘である。