Bookworm, no. 67

Alexander Sallas reviews ghost stories by Leanne Shapton. Cheryl Bell on Christina Myers’s “Halfway Home.” A page from “The Horse.” Poetry by Mary MacDonald. Inside the November issue.

Oct 29, 2024

∙ Paid

A Boo(k) Review

Guestbook: Ghost Stories
Leanne Shapton
Macmillan Publishers
320 pages, softcover and ebook

It’s easy to imagine Leanne Shapton narrating Guestbook under cover of darkness, with an upturned flashlight beneath her chin. These thirty-three (very) short stories about “guests” from the other side (read: ghosts) deliver thrills and chills, paired …

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