Or, why I stopped worrying and learned to love Walter Benjamin in the Backrooms.

In early July, I wrote about NoveList's new RA Competencies . I have even added them to my 10 Rules of Basic RA Service Page .  Today, I not...

All the new horror books coming in 2026, featuring all manner of hauntings, murderers, vampires, monsters, cults, ghosts, and all kinds of nebulous eldritch terrors.

Lying on my back feeling helpless and powerless, I decided to tell you my story from the beginning.

Lying on my back feeling helpless and powerless, I decided to tell you my story from the beginning.

Today is October 1st and here we are again with  31 Days of Horror . Each year  31 Days of Horror  grows in readership. While some of you ar...

Listen to The Scares That Shaped Us on RedCircle

Clive Barker’s Books of Blood are returning to book shelves this coming Halloween season, with Penguin Publishing Group reissuing Volumes 1-3 in time for spooky season. This refreshed edition includes...

I have some content in the August issue of Library Journal, which is not a normal month of Becky content in the magazine. First, as part of ...

A Timeline of the IMLS Gutting and Impact If you’ve been personally or professionally impacted by cuts at the IMLS when it comes to the world of libraries, please leave your story on this timeline. Us...

"The question emerging in the law right now is: Which parents have rights?”