Letter From Somewhere
Lynda E. RuckerOff-the-beaten-track musings from a writer of strange stories about travel, nature, art, books, film, running, walking, psychogeography, hiking, history, the weird, the uncanny, the gothic, ghosts, hauntings, memory, and so much more.
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13 Recommendations for Halloween 2026
Two years ago, I made a list of what was meant to be thirteen but turned out to be more books and stories and film and TV recs for Halloween. Now in 2026 I’m back with thirteen more. Last time I did this, I was going mostly for things that...
I want something to mean something: An appreciation of Elizabeth Hand’s “Near Zennor”
If there were a cool kids’ gang in genre fiction, one composed of the smartest, most fun, slightly disreputable writers, the ones who always know where the best drugs can be found, the most obscure punk bands are playing, and the weirdest u...
Baggage
More than sixteen months ago, I walked through the back door of this house (this house that I never wanted, this house that has always been half-falling apart and continues to do so with renewed gusto around my ears) with a roller suitcase,...
Begin Afresh, Afresh, Afresh
I decided recently that I wanted to start writing here weekly again. Around the time I decided this, I sent out the next thing I wrote on a Friday, and I thought, well, that’s it, Friday is the day now (especially now that Friday doesn’t me...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Criticism and Review, or: How Can We Write Honestly About Books Without Being Mean?
A very long time ago, in an era now lost to us forever—I am speaking, of course, of the days when people used social media to tell silly jokes and post pictures of their lunches and throw sheep at one another instead of trying to ruin peopl...
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Shirley Jackson-award winning writer of many things, including three collections of strange stories: The Moon Will Look Strange, You'll Know When You Get There, and Now It's Dark.
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