Fans of Anne Rice, the mother of the modern vampire tale, were ecstatic back in November when the author announced she had regained the rights to her seminal Vampire Chronicles, which include Interview With the Vampire. “The theatrical rights to… Continue Reading
David James Lewis was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. As a child his parents took him to the drive-in to watch Jaws. Not only was he scarred mentally from entering the water for the next decade, he was… Continue Reading
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Steven Nester, host of Poets of the Tabloid Murder, a weekly Internet radio show heard on the Public Radio Exchange [PRX]. Nester is also a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Rap… Continue Reading
We’ve been waiting a long time for an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s stunning 2001 novel, American Gods. Word is, the mini-series just delivered was worth waiting for. From Deadline Hollywood: Starz’s cunning adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods may… Continue Reading
Shirley Jackson’s classic novel, The Haunting of Hill House, will come to horrifying life as a 10-episode Netflix series. From Deadline Hollywood: Netflix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to an untitled horror drama series from genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan… Continue Reading
The Perfect Stranger (Simon & Schuster) offers up a perfectly delicious framework for a novel. How well do you know your best friend? It’s not as odd a question or as obvious an answer as it may seem. We discover… Continue Reading
Lionsgate Entertainment is in advanced talks to acquire The Punch Escrow by debut novelist Tal M. Klein, according to Deadline Hollywood. The biggest part of the story may be that The Punch Escrow is co-published by InkShares, the crowd-funding themed… Continue Reading
As always, Maria Popova does a brilliant job of picking through brains with an exploration of the importance of listening. From Brain Pickings: “An experience makes its appearance only when it is being said,” wrote Hannah Arendt in reflecting on… Continue Reading
Whatever you expect when you pick up Bill Schutt’s Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History (Algonquin), humor is probably not part of it. Cannibalism is certainly not laugh-out-loud funny. It is, however, muscularly written and the dark material is tamed somewhat… Continue Reading
We’re having trouble imagining how Sony is going to bring My Favorite Thing Is Monsters to the screen. Here’s the synopsis of the Emil Ferris graphic novel as described by its publisher, Fantagraphics: Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of… Continue Reading