How to See in the Dark
by Kathe Koja
It takes a little more than 30 minutes—I just learned this on a moonlight nature walk—30 minutes for the human eye to adjust to the deep ambient darkness that exists beyond city lights, and be able, or start to be able, to distinguish shapes, judge peripheral objects, recognize certain colors, find your way. Without that adjustment we blunder, fall, get turned around, we need to wait for the dark to open our eyes.
In our morning reading: traveling with Tété-Michel Kpomassie, an interview with Gabino Iglesias, and more.
In our weekend reading: thoughts on a new horror anthology, fiction by Steve Himmer, and more.
In our morning reading: revisiting a Mira Nair film, talking jazz with Messthetics, and more.
In our afternoon reading: inside Tortoise’s distinctive sound, Jason Diamond nonfiction, and more.
I’m Adam Szym, cartoonist of many years and of late a hobbyist screenwriter. Last September my graphic novel Little Visitor & Other Abductions, a collection of three sci-fi horror stories connected by the theme of alien abduction, was released by Oni Press.
In our morning reading: news on a musical/literary collaboration, 2025’s best nonfiction, and more.
Kiss Off or Kill
by Sylvia Math
One of the mysteries of life is that you could live with a really smart guy for a year and learn nothing, but date a dimwit for a month or so and have several Revelations. This story is about a sexy dimwit.