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3 On A YA Theme: It’s Halloween

This week is all about tricks and treats, so in observance, I’m breaking from the (not so) strict rules of ...

Ellen Datlow Discusses Women in Horror

February was Women in Horror Month, and the first person I thought of when I heard this was Ellen Datlow ...

Grading B.J. Novak’s ONE MORE THING, Story by Story

[buyandread isbn=”0385351836″ linkshare=”https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/one-more-thing”] Every once in a while I grade a collection of essays or stories on Book Riot, essay ...

Reading Pathway: ALICE MUNRO

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

Put Your Dukes Up! Boxing Fiction to Rattle Your Teeth

The first boxing book I remember was Lando by Louis L’Amour. Lando was one of the Sacketts, but if memory serves, he ...

Size Doesn’t Matter: The Well-Readheads Talk Short Stories

LH: Well, my love whippet, it’s time to talk books again. And because of our psychic connection due to our ...

Win a Pair of Debut Short Story Collections

This giveaway is sponsored by Lungs Full of Noise by Tessa Mellas and If I’d Known You Were Coming by Kate ...

Not So Sweet Shorts

Jacob Tomsky succinctly summed up my feelings about short stories, comparing them to eating an appetizer rather than a whole meal. ...

So You Hate Short Stories?

This is a guest post from Jacob Tomsky. He is a dedicated veteran of the hospitality business. Well-spoken, uncannily quick on ...

Grading Aimee Bender’s THE COLOR MASTER, Story by Story

You know how some people feel about Neil Gaiman? Or Joss Whedon? Or Alan Moore? That level of evangelical-superchurch-backwoods-speaking-in-tongues fandom? ...