Just in time for spooky season, Amanda Rusza brings us "Wicked Things: A Collection of Halloween Horror." The poems and prose in its pages conjure up nightmarish visions of trick-or-treating gone horrifically awry, and nostalgic moments of how much fun Halloween can be. My favorites from the bunch: "Candy Corn," which gives a whole new (and gruesome) take on this much-maligned seasonal staple; "The Rot that Binds Us," in which a grieving couple happens upon a novel way to keep their child...
Published on October 29, 2025 07:01