The New Yorker doesn’t often publish speculative fiction, so when it does it’s an event. David Gilbert’s short story, “From a Farther Room” falls into that category, but unfortunately the story suffers from a failure of nerve and backs off from a great premise to provide instead a pretty Read more…
Streamer, a tool from the National Atlas, lets you track the flow of almost every river in the US, including its upstream tributaries and its downstream course. Streamer by The National Atlas I’ve always been fascinated with rivers and their mysterious headwaters that are the source of myth and legend Read more…
Announcing a new blog series, and I’m looking for your input. What Readers Want asks readers of all genres what they are looking for in a good book (or not so good book, we don’t judge). This isn’t market research per se; no one is going to run out and Read more…