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Three Great Recent Gothic Novels You May Not Have Read
Printed out for a final polish pass.
[Victor Frankenstein voice]: It’s alive! It’s alive! The horrible monstrosity is ready to be unleashed upon the world.
I mean, of course, my third novel Haunted Hills. It’s a sort of The Haunting of H...
Of Course It’s the Screens. Who Are We Kidding?
Superman enjoying short-form vertical video content
Because no one reads anymore, it’s increasingly common for people to opine on the state of literature who have not seen or touched a book in many years. Some seem unsure of what a book ev...
Processing: How Adam Wilson Wrote Fail Sons
Processing is Counter Craft’s semi-regular interview series where I talk to authors about the craft and writing process behind their work. You can find previous entries here.
This week I’m excited to be chatting with Adam Wilson, an old fr...
The Roots of the Novel Are Parody, Pastiche, and Play
From a 1922 illustration of Don Quixote by Jules David
Get in loser, we’re tilting at windmills.
Each year I try to conquer one big ol’ classic that I’ve yet to read. This year, it’s Don Quixote aka “the first modern novel” aka the 950+ p...
Processing: How Nicholas Russell Wrote Observer
Author photo by Mikayla Whitmore
Processing is Counter Craft’s semi-regular interview series where I talk to authors about the craft and writing process behind their work. You can find previous entries here.
This week I’m excited to be ch...
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Lincoln Michel is the author of Metallic Realms (Atria Books), The Body Scout (Orbit), and Upright Beasts (Coffee House Press). His fiction appears in The Paris Review, F&SF, Lightspeed, Granta, and The Baffler. He runs the newsletter Counter Craft.
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