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This "historically engaging and pressingly relevant" biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature and revives the life and work of a neglected master. Still known to millions primarily as the author of "The Lottery", Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) has been curiously absent from the mainstream American literary canon. A genius of literary suspense and psychological horror, Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of post-war American more deeply than anyone. [more inside]
posted by winesong on Feb 18, 2020 - 4 comments

A man returns to the site of his childhood home where, years before, he knew a girl named Lettie Hempstock who showed him the most marvelous, dangerous, and outrageous things...
posted by kalimac on Dec 3, 2019 - 7 comments

Carlos Rolando finds more than he bargained for during his meditations. Dan encounters a strange new friend. And the collection of Ms. Cassandra Wall is made available for viewing.
posted by books for weapons on May 18, 2016 - 2 comments

Jesse talks about being born in the Visser building. Mr. Davenport reassures Dan, but only slightly. And Samuel lectures his congregation regarding cycles, stories, and exploitations.
posted by books for weapons on May 7, 2016 - 3 comments

Tanya calls to check in on Dan. Mr. Davenport disapproves of this. And Melody hears an otherworldly opera that speaks to her very soul.
posted by robocop is bleeding on Apr 20, 2016 - 3 comments

"A few weeks ago, my friend Daniel Powell disappeared. Before he vanished, he sent me hours and hours of audio he’d collected while working as an archivist for the HHCNYS. The tapes are… strange. I’m not entirely sure if they’re real or not, but I’m posting them in the hope that someone can tell me what’s happened to Dan." In the spirit of The Black Tapes, Limetown, and The Message comes Archive 81. [more inside]
posted by robocop is bleeding on Apr 20, 2016 - 7 comments

Alex uncovers more connections between the mysterious grimoire and the Order of the Ceonophus, and discovers that there might be more to her insomnia than meets the eye.  [more inside]
posted by Pope Guilty on Mar 11, 2016 - 5 comments

Potentially a once a month book club focusing on horror. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Dec 5, 2015 - 1 comment

Deirdre Wells, Limetown survivor and Max Finlayson's ex-wife, reveals what incited The Panic. [more inside]
posted by yasaman on Nov 23, 2015 - 9 comments

After the death of Max Finlayson, Lia Haddock questions whether or not to continue the program.
posted by noneuclidean on Nov 17, 2015 - 1 comment

Max Finlayson, Missing Male #4 from Limetown, divulges the purpose of the doomed research facility to APR journalist Lia Haddock. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Nov 2, 2015 - 10 comments

APR's Lia Haddock responds to a leaked 911 call involving her and a survivor from Limetown.
posted by noneuclidean on Oct 31, 2015 - 8 comments

APR journalist Lia Haddock speaks with the second known survivor from Limetown, inching closer to discovering what the true purpose of the infamous research facility was.
posted by yasaman on Oct 16, 2015 - 19 comments

A quick apology from American Public Radio's Lia Haddock.
posted by Cash4Lead on Sep 28, 2015 - 21 comments

American Public Radio journalist Lia Haddock shares the first interview in recorded history with a survivor from Limetown. [more inside]
posted by yasaman on Sep 23, 2015 - 23 comments

Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town in Tennessee, never to be heard from again. In this seven-part podcast, American Public Radio host Lia Haddock asks the question once more, "What happened to the people of Limetown?" [more inside]
posted by yasaman on Sep 21, 2015 - 25 comments

As the CDC team continues to investigate the mystery viral breakout on the island of the culty people, the creepiness factor gets upped with fraternizations, confrontations, beautifully large ornate windows, drugs, a very unBrady Bunch like gang of children in the woods and a family reunion with the world's greatest dad.
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Jan 31, 2015 - 7 comments