Author Spotlight: Scared Silly
They say there’s nothing more fun than laughing in the dark. These stories remind you that smiles and scares can go great together!Read More
To Horror’s Fearless Females
To those of you who don’t already know Shirley Jackson: she is my goddess. Yes, I’ve admitted to worshipping at her figurative-altar. Yes, I’ve yipped aloud when the New Yorkerran a whole Sunday edition devoted to her awesomeness. Yes, I’ve read The Haunting of Hill Housein a single sitting, which was a mistake because by the time I finished it was 2 am and I was too terrified to sleep.Read More
The Monster on the Moors: Wuthering Heights as Horror
‘Hell is other people.’
M.P. Diedrich referenced the famous Sartre quote at our recent panel for the anthology First Came Fear. It seems fitting to utilize it once again as I make a case for Emily Brontë’s gothic masterpiece, Wuthering Heights, to sit comfortably within the horror genre. Although tales of horror can include both the fantastical and the supernatural, my own training in psychology has taught me that if humanity itself possesses the potential for infinite kindness, it just as proficiently exercises the deployment of infinite harm. And no soil more richly cultivates cruelty than that of love.Read More
A Conversation with Heather Belle Adams
Heather Bell Adams’ short story, “Tuesday Night Chorus,” appeared in the first book in The NEW Series, Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South (2013). Her debut novel, Maranatha Road, was published by Vandalia Press in 2017. The novel is about two women: Sadie Caswell, whose son dies shortly before his wedding, and Tinley Greene, the young stranger who shows up claiming she’s pregnant with his child.Read More
Introducing NEW Writers, New Writing
Five years ago we published the first book in The NEW Series, Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South. Since then, three additional books in the series have been published with more on the horizon. To celebrate this milestone, we are premiering a NEW interview series!Read More
First Came Fear: Horror and Terror in Literature
a panel discussion moderated by Casey Ellis,
editor of First Came Fear: New Tales of Horror
21 Oct 2018, 3 PM
The Willa Cather Room (1st Floor)
NYPL’s Jefferson Market Library
425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NYRead More
Open Call: First Came Fear [Closed]
From Tales of the South to Madness and even the Beyond, we have traveled across a diverse landscape of literary genres. Now, NLSP will take readers to a place of Horror in the fourth installment of our NEW series.Read More
Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: Literature and the Psychology of Change
a panel discussion moderated by Rose Yndigoyen,
editor of Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness
20 October 2015, 7PM
Teachers College Milbank Chapel, Columbia UniversityRead More
Recommendations from the Beyond
Startling Sci-Fi may be a fantastic must-read collection of literary science fiction. But why stop there? Casey Ellis has put together a list of some of his favorite works in the literary sci-fi genre. Check out his top choices below. Have you read any of these? Do you have any favorites you would add to the list?Read More