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?
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The Specters on Screen, The Monsters Among Us: An October Longreads Collection
In this Halloween-inspired reading list, dip into stories of monsters and ghosts, both literal and metaphorical.
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Hungry Ghosts
“I think of all the hurts she can never outlive — the ghosts that can never be satisfied, no matter how much of herself she feeds to them.”
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Haunting the Archive
“The media’s obsession with my mother changed my relationship to grief.”
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Encounters With Ghosts
“We were all there to see ghosts; we were all, I suppose, future ghosts.”
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The Ghosts of Antarctica Will Haunt the End of the World
“As climate change threatens to upend the icy kingdom, we’re writing ghost stories in real time.”
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When Your Mother Is a Ghost Hunter
“On the hunt with TikTok star Brittany Broski and her mother Heather Long, lead investigator of the Texas Ghost Gals.”
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Finally, the Truth Behind the ‘Haunted’ Dybbuk Box Can Be Revealed
“The Dybbuk Box has captured the popular imagination, becoming the stuff of internet legend — and commerce.”
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The Corpse Rider
“I could see the ghosts,” recalled Lafcadio Hearn about his early childhood. Late in life, he became a celebrated chronicler of Japan’s folk tales: stories of strange demons and lingering visitations.