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Your story in the Summer Fiction Issue, “Two Men Arrive in a Village,” describes what happens when two strangers appear in a close-knit community. The title contains within it the unspoken question of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As the recent Worldcon 2025 Convention here in Seattle ...

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An interview with Shirley Jackson’s son Laurence Jackson Hyman. This week’s story, “The Man in the Woods,” was found among your mother’s papers at the Library of Congress. We ran another of these ...

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...

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This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. First, here are four new stories from The Atlantic’s Books Section: Chimamanda Adichie’s ...

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One of my principal hobbies (other than poking around on the Internet) is reading science fiction and fantasy stories. Those have been my favorite genres of fiction as far back as I can remember, and ...

Winslow is the author of twenty-two acclaimed, award-winning international bestsellers, including the New York Times bestselling Cartel series and his most recent novel CITY ON FIRE. There are some ...