Claire McNerney

Nov 19, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Susannah Rand |Claire McNerney |M.C. Childs |Catherine Rockwood

https://d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net/staging/2024-10-19/390122725-44100-2-5a1f704b52b85.m4aIn this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Little Lila by Susannah Rand, read by Claire McNerney. Subscribe to the Strange Horizons podcast: SpotifyLike this:Like Loading... Susannah Rand was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and has since been trapped in a vortex that prevents her from leaving. Despite this, she lives happily with her two cats and partner.

Jul 28, 2023 | medium.com | Claire McNerney

(This essay contains spoilers for Barbie (2023))When I was in high school, I loved Pablo Neruda's poem 'Walking Around'. There are a lot of English translations, but I always translated that famous first line as 'It turns out I'm tired of being a person." Because, to be frank, I was. I was exhausted by the constant dread that followed me, the fear, the fact that I was growing up and would have to take care of myself in what I then saw as a dying world.

Feb 20, 2023 | medium.com | Claire McNerney

House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski is iconic for a reason. It's a doorstopper of a book, filled with strangely formatted text, fascinating supplemental materials, and a very 90s surreal horror mental breakdown plot that follows the creator of a documentary that doesn't exist and a guy reading an academic text about it. It's also A LOT. I just finished House of Leaves, and while I enjoyed it, I do feel like it's a huge commitment to read.