What do we do when there are whole cities full of ghosts, each one with their own unique story to tell, each one with something left undone?
colin dickey
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Elusive, Maddening Mystery of the Bell Witch
“A classic ghost story has something to say about America—200 years ago, 100 years ago, and today.”
Posted inStory
The Cabin on the Mountain
“Sometimes, the mechanism of the answer is something ludicrously complex, a thing that must be pieced out bit by bit. Other times, the solution requires retooling your perspective.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Katie Engelhart, Katy Vine, Zach Baron, and Colin Dickey.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Leaves, They Never Stop Falling
Colin Dickey remembers a departed friend and a tree that won’t die.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
The Family That Would Not Live
What can haunted houses and their history tell us about American history and culture? Writer Colin Dickey sets out across America to investigate America’s haunted spaces in order to uncover what their ghost stories say about who we were, are, and will be.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Dispossessed: Haunted Houses of the Great Recession
In The Paris Review Daily, Colin Dickey searches for a house among foreclosed properties, and finds uncanny forces at work.