NPR’S BOOK OF THE DAY
- Two collections of horror stories modernize the genre October 23, 2026Spooky season is year-round, and so are our episodes about scary stories. First up, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jeanette Winterson about The Night Side of the River, a collection of ghost stories that weaves in the liminal spaces — Metaverses, one might say — created through technology to coexist with the dead. Then, NPR's […]
- Shirley Jackson's biographer on the writer's ability to find evil in the ordinary October 22, 2026With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror authors of the 20th century. In 2012, Ruth Franklin wrote a biography of the writer called Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life. In today’s episode, we revisit a conversation between Franklin and NPR’s Linda Wertheimer. They […]
NY TIMES BOOKS
- Book Review: ‘Sleuth-Hound,’ by Lindsey Fitzharris October 25, 2026
- How ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ Grew Up October 25, 2026
- Book Review: ‘D: Heavy Water,’ by Neal Stephenson October 25, 2026
