Anne M. Pillsworth

Jan 15, 2025 | reactormag.com | Ruthanna Emrys |Anne M. Pillsworth

Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we continue Stephen King’s Pet Sematary with Chapters 43-45. The novel was first published in 1983. Spoilers ahead! Ongoing content warning for child death. The day after Gage’s burial, Louis brings Rachel and Ellie to the airport for their flight to Chicago. Ellie has seemed distant all morning.

Jan 8, 2025 | reactormag.com | Ruthanna Emrys |Anne M. Pillsworth

Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we take a moment to look back at a decade(!!!) of The Lovecraft Reread/Reading the Weird, and ponder our pile of unearthed tomes.

Dec 17, 2024 | reactormag.com | James Davis Nicoll |Anne M. Pillsworth |Ruthanna Emrys |Aidan Moher

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Dec 4, 2024 | reactormag.com | Ruthanna Emrys |Anne M. Pillsworth

Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we continue Stephen King’s Pet Sematary with Chapters 40-42. The novel was first published in 1983. Spoilers ahead! Content warning for child death. Recent chapters must have been an evil dream, or a “hellishly detailed moment of imagination” as Louis raced death for his son’s life.

Nov 20, 2024 | reactormag.com | Ruthanna Emrys |Anne M. Pillsworth

Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we cover Aimee Picchi’s “The Only Writing Advice You’ll Ever Need to Survive Eldritch Horrors,” first published in Lightspeed Magazine in July 2024. Spoilers ahead!Our narrator writes in second person point-of-view, so let’s call her “you” below.