books Cult of Personality: Two crime writers discuss the allure of cults in their own dark fiction Alex Segura
science fiction Flux is a dizzying, dazzling debut novel about trauma, time travel, and 80s cop shows Thom Dunn
tabloids Ron DeSantis tortured POWs, and Hollywood's worst celebrity neighbors, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Comics Go behind the scenes of the disastrous Spider Man musical in Brian Michael Bendis's new comic Thom Dunn
#TennesseeSantos George Santos isn't the only phony in Congress — meet Rep. Andy Ogles (TN), whoever he is Carla Sinclair
racism Ohio's Dissident Homeschool Network instructs 2,500 members on how to raise "wonderful Nazis" David Pescovitz
santa claus 10-year-old asks for a DNA test on a cookie allegedly bitten by Santa to prove if he's real or not Rusty Blazenhoff
john darnielle John Darnielle's Devil House nominated for 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award for "Best Novel" Jennifer Sandlin
Republicans As if plain old lies weren't enough, George Santos about to face Brazilian fraud charges Carla Sinclair
carceral state The Corrections Project documentary series tackles America's carceral state Elías Villoro
Japan Hiroshima police are on the lookout for the person who threw a paper airplane into its atomic bomb monument Mark Frauenfelder
trump Backing Trump into a corner, the Special Master believes documents marked classified by the government probably are Jason Weisberger
cannibalism The Badlands podcast looks into the lurid life of Armie Hammer, the "Cannibal Lover" Thom Dunn
