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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
