Jeff VanderMeer

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08 October 2026 20:14

Annihilation always makes Halloween lists, so I thought I'd do a thread of creepy reads. Starting today with a flat-out modern masterpiece, Max Lury's No Ghosts. Thoroughly contemporary and disturbing grounded in deep characterization, and, in part, outdoing Back Rooms while also its own thing. 1

Jeff VanderMeer

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08 October 2026 20:12

Thrilled to announce The Strange Architect series over at Variety. There were several possibilities, but thankful to FSG for stepping up and creating a home for it. variety.com/2026/biz/new...

Jeff VanderMeer

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10 August 2026 18:46

Pleased to finally announce... Abdication, the last Southern Reach novel! "There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who keeps falling apart with each step, but first comes the moment the birds appear at night from the gaps between the stars, far from home."

Brian Zahnd

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19 February 2026 17:33

This Sunday the Gospel reading is the wilderness temptation of Christ in Matthew and I will preach a sermon called “Devil’s Bargain.” Let the reader understand.

Ken Jennings

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19 February 2026 17:32

Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,