Midweek Links: Literary Links from Around the Web (October 28th)

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Boo! It’s almost Halloween, so spook yourself out with these spine-chilling literary links!

A survey of the haunted house in literature

David Mitchell, who has a new literary horror novel out, is sick of the genre wars

An interview with the creators of Welcome to Night Vale, the cosmic horror satire podcast turned novel (read our review of the novel here)

12 amazing horror novels that you likely haven’t read yet

Syreeta McFadden on how dystopian stories used to reflect our fears and now reflect our reality

On the ecological horror of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy

Gregor Samsa turned 100 a couple days ago

10 books that will give you nightmares

Spooky fiction prompts culled from the news

Ray Bradbury’s great horror collection turned 60

Vampires are out, ghosts are in this year

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