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Marginalia #49: Hexis, Quantum Criminals, The Great White Silence, Boro in the Box, Trees on the Moon

I read this alongside Cormac McCarthy’s fantastic second and third novels (Outer Dark and Child of God). It fit right in. I was reminded of some of Ottessa Moshfegh’s narrators (Eileen) and some of Bret Easton Ellis’s (American Psycho or Less Than Zero). Elsby’s feels more naturally of the horror genre than those listed besides … Continue reading Marginalia #49: Hexis, Quantum Criminals, The Great White Silence, Boro in the Box, Trees on the Moon

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Marginalia #44

I read my kids The Little House books when they were little. At some point, they got obsessed with the show and I couldn’t help the nostalgia of the theme song and watched a few episodes with them. I kept thinking, “Why do I know ‘Charlotte Stewart’?” Then it clicked. Mary X from Eraserhead! I … Continue reading Marginalia #44

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Marginalia #42

Carrington exquisitely captures the moods of her paintings in her stories–disturbing, playful, strange. They read a little like Kafka’s parables or the dreams and nightmares of Angela Carter’s characters. With a symbolic density equal to poetry, well worth re-reading. If you liked Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, then I highly recommend The Cat (1992). Lam … Continue reading Marginalia #42