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The Things We Do For Tenure, Redux: Rebecca Campbell’s “A Hole Cut in the Wall of the World”

Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches....

How to Read Good or Maybe Great

Originally published in the near future. - - -Are you one of the last humans reading? You are rare. Appreciation! I wrote this—personally, with hands—to help the billions who don’t...

Weird Love / The Marvels

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Tourist Trap: Alison Littlewood’s “Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch”

When your family road trip turns into a horror movie... The post Tourist Trap: Alison Littlewood’s “Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch” appeared first on Reactor.

No Spill Blood: H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau (Part 4)

Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches....

Don’t Feed the Chickens: C. T. Muchemwa’s “The Inheritance”

Never look a gift-chicken in its terrible, toothy mouth... The post Don’t Feed the Chickens: C. T. Muchemwa’s “The Inheritance” appeared first on Reactor.

How Odd and Old is Odd?

The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. Su...

One-Star Hospitality Strikes Back: H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau (Part 3)

In which Pendrick discovers still more unsettling red flags... The post One-Star Hospitality Strikes Back: H.G. Wells’ <i>The Island of Doctor Moreau</i> (Part 3) appea...

Let’s Go Deep Into An Alien Species Rabbit Hole

Ripley’s Believe it or Not: Wired into Weird | Dedicated Review

The latest installment in the long-running strange-but-true franchise offers a browsable, day-by-day almanac crammer with weird and wonderful discoveries. The post Ripley’s Believe...

The Mark of the Beast: H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau (Part 5)

Moreau explains his research to a less than sympathetic audience... The post The Mark of the Beast: H.G. Wells’ <i>The Island of Doctor Moreau</i> (Part 5) appeared fir...

Weird Things People Reported in the 1800s

Eldritch Excuses to Bake Sourdough: Samantha Mills’ “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days”

What to do while we wait for the apocalypse... The post Eldritch Excuses to Bake Sourdough: Samantha Mills’ “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” appeared f...

Welcome to Dread Central’s Monthly Book Club

Welcome to the Dread Central Monthly Book Club. This month, we're focused on horror novels you've heard of but maybe haven't read.

Pixel Scroll 10/16/26 All The World Seems Less Vile, When We’re Reading The File, As We’re Scrolling The Pixels In The P...

(1) MEETING US. Wole Talabi recommends “Five Stories of First Contact in African SF” at Reactor. First Contact narratives are some of my favorite stories in all of science fiction....

Nightjars by Michael Wehunt

A stranger leaves a Polaroid on the counter of a secondhand bookshop in Decatur. It was taken in 1993, the owner is eleven years old in it, and someone has written a riddle about a...

Horror Writers Have the Worst Dreams: Marly Youmans’ “The Child and the Night Gaunts”

A memorable pseudobiographical portrait of the artist as a traumatized child. The post Horror Writers Have the Worst Dreams: Marly Youmans’ “The Child and the Night Gaunts” appeare...

Stack Overflow: Other Worlds

Today's stack: several books about other worlds! Some of them are like our own world but just with a few small differences, and some are entirely different, in case you want to esc...

Read an Excerpt From A Wall Is Also a Road by Annalee Newitz

Explore a large and not-so-lonely universe in this SF adventure about what happens when the alien becomes familiar—and beloved. The post Read an Excerpt From <i>A Wall Is Als...

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: August 2026

We're starting off spooky season with dark fairy tales, cannibalism, and revenge... The post Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: August 2026 appeared first on Reactor.

You’ve Seen the Movie, Now Read the Book: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

Exploring the original tale and the classic 1933 film, starring Claude Rains The post You’ve Seen the Movie, Now Read the Book: <i>The Invisible Man</i> by H.G. Wells a...

It Came From The Archives: “I Am In Eskew: A Cosmic Nightmare Lullaby”

If you’re a fan of the sound of rain, then this is the horror for you! In all seriousness, this is one of the stranger cosmic horrors I’ve listened to—and sometimes you want that s...

What I Learned in the Teen Horror Time Machine 

And thus the Time Machine returns to our present from its last trip to a bustling, successful - but EXTREMELY haunted - mall. The post What I Learned in the Teen Horror Time Machi...

Jo Walton’s Reading List: August 2026

Different ways of thinking about writing, stories, and storytelling, plus an unintentional focus on 19th-century England The post Jo Walton’s Reading List: August 2026 appeared fir...