Lake of darkness

AI, literary theory and traditional storytelling

Night as a space of fear and imagination

WINDINGS NO STRAIGHT ROAD TAKES YOU THERE ...

TRICKS LITERARY ILLUSIONS Performance magic and Victorian ...

R. F. Kuang, author of Yellowface , returns to her fantasy roots this month with her new novel, Katabasis , hitting shelves. It follows two rival Cambridge students, Alice and Peter, who travel to the Underworld on a rescue mission to save their professor. Read on for an exclusive look at the second chapter, which sees the pair entering Hell for the first time...

ADMISSIONS SHADOW WORK Loneliness and the literary ...