Illustration by Hayden Williams

  • Book Research

    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 I learned today that 10-20 hours before an earthquake, cell phones, radio, and television reception are all intermittently interrupted. Also, one of the guys who tried to kill Rasputin was dressed as a girl by his mother until his early teens. Can you say, “Sleepaway Camp”?

  • Locus Review

    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2009 From September’s Locus: “Sarah Langan is one of the bright new hopes of horror– an intelligent, literary, ambitious author capable of scaring the ever-loving crap out of her readers.”– Tim Pratt

  • Atlantic Monthly Article: “How Health Care Killed My Father”

    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 02, 2009 I know as a writer I’m supposed to blog about writing, but sometimes life on the outside is interesting, too. The above titled article in this month’s Atlantic Monthly reminded me, despite its anecdotal, painfully weepy human-interest title, of why the Atlantic is so good. It gives an excellent analysis of…