real life horror Watch: strange tornado sirens in downtown Chicago Popkin

Back in print: chilling collection of 300 dreams under Nazi totalitarianism Mark Frauenfelder

David Lynch estate auction: 450+ personal items for sale Mark Frauenfelder

slavery As Nottoway "Plantation & Resort" burns, it's a great time to remind you that plantation weddings are wrong, period Jennifer Sandlin

Weird This man died in 1902 and then sat in a chair for three months, looking more alive than you do right now Popkin

Games Fortnite adds generative AI-powered Darth Vader for players to interact with; goes as well as you'd expect Grant St. Clair

politics "Conservative girl makeup" tutorials mock the "brutal aesthetics of MAGA" Jennifer Sandlin

science fiction Sotheby's auctions artifacts from Lynch's Dune and other SF oddities Rob Beschizza

public health Norovirus outbreak on the cruise ship Iona sounds like real-life vomiting scene from "Triangle of Sadness" Jennifer Sandlin

Comics "You'll Do Bad Things" might be the most gorgeous horror comic you read this year Thom Dunn

big tech Eoin Higgins'"Owned" is a harrowing history of the right-wing billionaire tech takeover Thom Dunn

Technology Anonymous investor pours millions into undersea community — "to live in the ocean, forever" Ellsworth Toohey

bugs Microscopic images from Arthur E. Smith's 1909 "Nature Through Microscope and Camera Popkin

Entertainment "Adults cannot be trusted": The brutal 1999 Japanese movie that influenced "Squid Game" Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment "Chainsaw Jerry" reveals untold stories from Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie 50 years later Mark Cerulli

American Cuisine McDonald's turns dystopian death game into Happy Meal Ellsworth Toohey

graphic novels An anti-boring book guide: six great gift picks Mark Frauenfelder

graphic novel "Big Jim and the White Boy" is a fascinating re-telling of Huck Finn Thom Dunn

science fiction Jeff VanderMeer's "Absolution" is a dark mirror to the Southern Reach Trilogy Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures Women pretends to faint to see how her geese would react Mark Frauenfelder