David Grann, noted for his eye-opening exploration in the The Killers of The Flower Moon, has tackled the complex, mutinous Antarctic voyage to round Cape Horn. Captain Anson brought The Wager and five other armed ships down the coast of South America, around the point between Chile and Antarctica, to attack the Spanish interests on the Pacific side of the continent.
ACCENT: House with Good Bones
It’s a haunted house horror novel with Southern gothic tinges.
REVIEW: The Angel Makers
There was something about these women in their fight to survive, to claw their way out of an inhuman, unimaginable existence that makes them sympathetic — at least a bit. These were not monsters. These were people pushing back on a world that had offered only its worst.
REVIEW: The Ghost Slayers
The British Library has gathered stories that include a supernatural detective. Each story revolves around an unusual event, that might — or might not — have a ghostly explanation.
REVIEW: Comet Madness
In 1910, the imminent appearance of Halley’s Comet set off an unusual collection of fears, theories, and superstitions.