Blogs about Fiction

Rainy Shibuya, my socks soaked through inside ragged sneakers. The body, more than ever a vessel, more than ever a target of distrust. I don’t like the twinges in my joints and the pangs in …

"You okay?" said Stoney."Yes, I think so," said Milford."You're not going to fall over?""I hope not."It was so strange, talking to one's alter ego like this, but the strange had now become normal for Milford. …

Everything about the American serial killer Charles Schmid sounds pathetic – so how was he able to command the loyalty of his teenage followers? That’s a question grappled with by two films based on Schmid’s …