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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...

加拿大記者兼小說家科里·多克托羅（Corey Doctorow）近期出版的《胡說八道化》（Enshittification）雖然比一本名為《論胡說八道》（On Bullshit）的書更有深度，但這本338頁的非虛構作品中也有一些章節與《胡說八道》探討的主題相似。 《胡說八道》是一本略帶諷刺意味的短篇著作（改編自哈里·G·弗蘭克福特1986年的一篇文章）。 《胡說八道化》旨在…

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...

埃文斯殯儀館的歷史幾乎與它所在的德克薩斯州東南部小鎮一樣悠久。這是一家世代相傳的家族企業，由埃文斯家的女性掌管並傳承至今。現任家族女家長杜西是皮伊的女兒，皮伊在十八年前神秘失蹤…