He’s definitely not traumatized by the scary stories his mother never told him. (Eric LaRocca, Coffee House Press) buff.ly/4dP4za1

Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud Out now.

“It is about remembering the fear or wrongness that you felt in your body.” Brian Evenson on developing the language of horror. lithub.com/brian-evenson-…

Maybe a long shot, but what’s your favourite recent work in translation?

my main goal is having a brain that lets me enjoy being alive

my recs for spooky season if someone needs an atmospheric read

i’m sorry but the scholastic book fair did not inspire a love of reading it created my love of shopping

I’m so sick of being told I’m “always negative” when the world has made it so deliberately hostile to exist in.

Oh, to be a perpetually moist baby hippo, living my life screaming and biting people…

The Changeling by Joy Williams

“don’t drink caffeine so late in the day” i am but an imperfect person who cannot resist answering the devil’s call

A stack of books I love.

Most anticipated book of the year!