“mother, child : art doesn’t help,” an excerpt from Lance Olsen’s novel MY RED HEAVEN

Set on a single day in 1927, My Red Heaven imagines a host of characters—some historic, some invented—crossing paths on the streets … More

WHISPERS IN THE EAR OF A DREAMING APE, a horror short story collection by Joshua Chaplinsky, reviewed by Avery Cook

Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape, by Joshua Chaplinsky. Clash Books, October 2019. 174 pages. $13.95, paper. Joshua … More

Soft Fruit in the Sun, by Oliver Zarandi. Hexus Press, September 2019. 168 pages. $19.99, paper. Despite its focus on … More

One summer a man fell while rappelling in the Narrows//We could hear him moan up on a cliff/his … More

1. The Solid and the Vapor I was sitting on the sofa in my yoga clothes when the phone … More

The extraordinarily productive life of curator, artist, and activist Margaret Burroughs was largely rooted in her work to establish and … More

We editors love reading at HFR—and talking books, writing, and publishing around the clock—so we decided to catalog our selections every … More

CW: sexual assault

In her invalid’s bunk on the steamer Virginia, the Nurse cannot stop throwing up. When the boat is in … More

volta OR these snapdragon flower seed pods look like little skulls because it’s all imagination & horror baby can … More

Sarah Read is a force in the horror genre and has a long-standing history of publications in numerous top tier … More

In the Dream House: A Memoir, by Carmen Maria Machado. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, November 2019. 210 pages. $26.00, hardcover. … More