NaNoWriMo Survival Guide: 2018 Edition

NaNoWriMo Survival Guide: 2018 Edition November 20, 2018 As of today, there are just 10 more days till NaNoWriMo 2018 comes to an end and all of the word goals must be met. Here are a few non-writing tricks to help you push through these last couple of…

Olivia Zavitson

Olivia Zavitson, Intern

Indigenous YA Authors and Stories

Indigenous YA Authors and Stories November 19, 2018 Celebrate Native Heritage Month with these young adult reads. From fiction and graphic novels to real-life stories and experiences…

Chocky

Chocky August 28, 2017 If today you were to spot a kid walking around and talking to themselves, you'd probably reasonably conclude that they were imaginative. But if they were…

The Elementals

The Elementals June 26, 2017 Ancestral homes often have a habit of feeling haunted, and when they appear in stories that mix the Southern Gothic genre with the supernatural, you can bet they probably are.…

Mystery in White

Mystery in White December 25, 2017 Agatha Christie may have secured eternal recognition for a classic murder mystery involving a train and copious amounts of snow, but she wasn't the only skilled mystery writer of yesteryear to use those elements in…

NPL Mixtapes: Auditory Apparitions

NPL Mixtapes: Auditory Apparitions October 30, 2017 An NPL curated Halloween inspired playlist with liner notes.  The Halloween tunes keep comin'. When you need some seasonally…

NPL Mixtapes: Library Music

NPL Mixtapes: Library Music June 25, 2018 Chances are good that you’ve heard library music at some point in your life and not known it. And no, library music isn’t the sound of studious…

Supernatural Buchan

Supernatural Buchan February 25, 2018 John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps (and its multiple subsequent film and television versions) is likely the work most closely associated with his name…

The Wine-Dark Sea

The Wine-Dark Sea October 31, 2017 Short stories are one of the best ways to quickly inject some pleasurable fear into your veins this time of year. A master of the short form, Robert…

Watership Down

Watership Down April 26, 2018 The book or the movie? An eternal question always likely to instigate some lively debate, although most folks will probably side more often with the book. And every now and then they’re definitely both worth…

The Red Right Hand

The Red Right Hand December 15, 2016 Unique and frightening, this anomaly of a novel combined mystery and horror to illusory, bewildering effect. If you enjoy vintage mystery fiction…

Dixie Johnson

Dixie Johnson, Associate

The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror

The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror October 23, 2016 Two standout genre novels of the 30's finally get some overdue recognition. While it would have been preferable for…

Fancies and Goodnights

Fancies and Goodnights August 7, 2016 An unjustly forgotten mid-century satirist infused his tales with fantasy and irony. Actually, I suppose that any work deemed worthy of a…