My seventh-grade English teacher, one of the most brilliant teachers in all my education, taught one of the most chilling lessons I’ve ever had. We were going to study “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” a famous Twilight Zone episode. Because this episode presumably had much to do with monsters, my teacher asked us … Continue reading The Mist, by Stephen King →

To say that 2017 was a rough year for me is an understatement. I was going into my final year of graduate school, I lived in a crummy apartment, the state of the world brought on record levels of anxiety, and the weight of the post-school world was closing in more than I could handle. … Continue reading The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy #1), by Katherine Arden →