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2020 Gothic

You missed trash pickup last week. This week’s pickup has been called on account of poor air quality. You circle the Arby’s dumpster, finding it unguarded. The Arby’s is boarded […]

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by Meg Elison Continue reading

Antler Review: Last Great Reads of 2020

Before we burn this mother down: I want to tell you the last few things that I loved this year. These are the best reads of November and December, 2020. […]

Posted on December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 by Meg Elison Continue reading

Eligibility 2020

Friends, it has been a long and hellish year. I feel much older on this end of it than I did on the other. Despite the fight and the isolation […]

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Meg Elison Continue reading

Thankful

I got my first period on Thanksgiving Day.  I was really young. So young, in fact, that I didn’t consider that that might be what was wrong with me. I […]

Posted on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 by Meg Elison Continue reading

Antler Review: October Spooks and Surprises

Right on time for this spookiest of seasons, I read this excellent article about Carmilla, which is the best vampire novel you’ve never read. The other one is The Gilda […]

Posted on October 29, 2020October 28, 2020 by Meg Elison Continue reading

Elegy for an Advertisement

I drove into San Francisco in June or July for the first time since the order to shelter in place had begun. I remember the bizarre emptiness of both the […]

Posted on October 28, 2020December 30, 2020 by Meg Elison Continue reading

Antler Review: September Sure Shots

  The best stuff I read in September:    I loved American Movie by K-Ming Chang for its quick, clear, queer fabulousness. If you just want to try on the […]

Posted on October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 by Meg Elison Continue reading

They’re Made Out of Meat

My freshman English teacher loved short stories. I read them before then; I hunted copies of F&SF on waiting room tables and at libraries. I read OMNI and I dreamed […]

Posted on September 29, 2020September 21, 2020 by Meg Elison Continue reading

Tiny Nightmares

Flash is the hardest thing to write. It’s much easier to tell a story in 50k words than it is in 50. A fully developed narrative in less than 1k […]

Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 by Meg Elison Continue reading

Rebecca

I paid homage to Daphne DuMaurier’s “Rebecca” the way that all writers show their love: I stole from it.  The opening line of this book is as good as a […]

Posted on September 15, 2020August 18, 2020 by Meg Elison Continue reading

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