take these flowers and shove them please find these lilacs enclosed with my message.i don’t care what you do with them.put them in a vase or toss them in the fireplace.just don’t think that they’re…

August Martin’s baby momma wasn’t there.             He looked around the courtroom, the ceilings were high, the lights bring and harsh, and the thought, somewhat absurdly, that those fluorescent ligh...

Wherein Finalists for the 2025 BIG OTHER Book Awards read from their nominated books. Read BIG OTHER: https://bigother.com/ Donate to BIG OTHER: https://app....

Powers of Darkness is a 1901 Icelandic gothic horror novel by Valdimar Ásmundsson that claims to be a translation of the English-language novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Powers of Darkness was in fact based on an earlier adaptation of Dracula—the Swedish adaptation by "A—e", specifically the shortened

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Our interview with Adam Axler about his forthcoming memoir, "American Triage."

For National Arab American Heritage Month, observed annually during the month of April, we asked our member magazines and presses to share with us some of the work by Arab American writers that they…

In Midwestern flyover country, the stories of More Hell weave a rich and sometimes comic tapestry of longing, addiction, sex, and loss. The wild cast of rural characters navigate a fast-changing wo…

GOODREADS #1 HORROR TO READ IN 2026 Haunting visions drive a grieving butcher to hunt down an obese, pre-ministry Jesus to prevent an age of fire and ash. But when the Butcher ‘adopts’ a dead newbo…

This month’s featured poet is Rockford’s newest poet laurate Adam al-Sirgany. al-Sirgany is also an editor, teacher and author.

An interview with David Scott Hay about his literary horror novel, The Butcher of Nazareth, blending biblical history with the visceral tone of Cormac McCarthy

GOODREADS #1 HORROR TO READ IN 2026 Haunting visions drive a grieving butcher to hunt down an obese, pre-ministry Jesus to prevent an age of fire and ash. But when the Butcher ‘adopts’ a dead newbo…

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