“The Over/Under: A Triptych,” fiction by Melissa Benton Barker

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

An Excerpt from SOUTH SIDE VENUS, Mary Ann Cain’s biography of activist, curator, and artist Margaret Burroughs

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

our next nominee should remember ne-VAD-da always moisturize hand sanitizer is your friend and clorox, for when you get to … 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

Tales from the Crust: An Anthology of Pizza Horror, edited by David James Keaton & Max Booth III. San Antonio, Texas: … More

In Muir Woods there are redwood trees that are completely white, lacking all chlorophyll. They’re called ghost trees, and … More