Home / David Hartwell David Hartwell Books Dissecting The Dark Descent We’re All Stuck in the Attic: “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman By Sam Reader July 16, 2024 Comment number: 5 Books Dissecting The Dark Descent The Status Quo Is Death: “Schalken the Painter” by J.S. Le Fanu By Sam Reader July 2, 2024 Comment number: 1 Books Dissecting The Dark Descent Poisonous Nostalgia and Destructive Antidotes: “Within the Walls of Tyre” by Michael Bishop By Sam Reader June 18, 2024 Comment number: 2 Book Recommendations Dissecting The Dark Descent Portrait of a Monstrous Human: “Bright Segment” by Theodore Sturgeon By Sam Reader April 23, 2024 Comment number: 4 Book Recommendations Dissecting The Dark Descent The Show Will Go On: “The Swords” by Robert Aickman By Sam Reader March 26, 2024 Comment number: 3 Book Recommendations Dissecting The Dark Descent American Myths, Warlocks, and Washington: “Vandy, Vandy” by Manly Wade Wellman By Sam Reader March 12, 2024 Comment number: 5 Book Recommendations Dissecting The Dark Descent The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: “If Damon Comes” by Charles L. Grant By Sam Reader February 27, 2024 Comment number: 3 Book Recommendations Dissecting The Dark Descent Violent Apathy and Vicious Novelty: “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” by Robert Bloch By Sam Reader February 13, 2024 Comment number: 5 Column Dissecting The Dark Descent A Gothic Morality Tale Meets the Mundane: “Belsen Express” by Fritz Leiber By Sam Reader January 30, 2024 Comment number: 2 Rereads/Rewatches Dissecting The Dark Descent “Sticks” by Karl Edward Wagner: The Terror of Isolation By Sam Reader December 5, 2023 Comment number: 2 Rereads/Rewatches Dissecting The Dark Descent Obsession, Privilege, and the Void: “John Charrington’s Wedding” by E. Nesbit By Sam Reader November 21, 2023 Comment number: 0 Rereads/Rewatches Dissecting The Dark Descent Doom and Defiance: “The Autopsy” by Michael Shea By Sam Reader November 7, 2023 Comment number: 0 1 2