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Megan McDowell on the challenges of translating strange fiction — and why it’s worth it Dead Birds by Count Giorgio Durante I n 2017, Samanta Schweblin’s novel, Fever Dream, was...

“A Failed Romanticism,” a poem by Bernadette Geyer Welcome to The Commuter, our home for poetry, flash, graphic, and experimental narrative. Photo by James Wheeler on Unsplash...

Andrea Bartz, author of “The Lost Night,” on the best doomed fêtes in fiction Photo by Greyson Joralemon on Unsplash Whether they kick off the narrative, shake things...

I’m always met by confused looks when I tell people that one of my favorite television shows ever is M*A*S*H. Being only two years old when...

If you don’t know: #romanceclass is a community of Filipino romance authors writing in English. Most of them take place in the Philippines but can also take place...

It’s my goal to surround myself with words all day (and not just in the towering stacks of books I have on my shelves). Nope, I...

First fictional crushes can change the course of our lives. There simply comes a moment when the desirous people of this world begin to pale, slowly...

“Hey, did you see the trailer for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?” my housemate asks. “No, not yet.” “I think it might be too...

Part of the privilege of whiteness is not needing to reflect on whiteness. If it’s assumed to be the default, the gold standard, or the universally...