Home / Dissecting the Dark Descent Dissecting the Dark Descent Book Recommendations Dissecting the Dark Descent Abnormal Psychology and Entomology: “The Roaches” by Thomas M. Disch By Sam Reader April 9, 2024 Comment number: 2 Book Recommendations Dissecting the Dark Descent The Show Will Go On: “The Swords” by Robert Aickman By Sam Reader March 26, 2024 Comment number: 3 Book Recommendations Dissecting the Dark Descent American Myths, Warlocks, and Washington: “Vandy, Vandy” by Manly Wade Wellman By Sam Reader March 12, 2024 Comment number: 5 Book Recommendations Dissecting the Dark Descent The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: “If Damon Comes” by Charles L. Grant By Sam Reader February 27, 2024 Comment number: 3 Book Recommendations Dissecting the Dark Descent Violent Apathy and Vicious Novelty: “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” by Robert Bloch By Sam Reader February 13, 2024 Comment number: 5 Column Dissecting the Dark Descent A Gothic Morality Tale Meets the Mundane: “Belsen Express” by Fritz Leiber By Sam Reader January 30, 2024 Comment number: 2 Rereads/Rewatches Dissecting the Dark Descent “Larger Than Oneself” by Robert Aickman: Performative Spirituality, Absurdity, and Irony By Sam Reader January 16, 2024 Comment number: 0 Rereads/Rewatches Dissecting the Dark Descent “Sticks” by Karl Edward Wagner: The Terror of Isolation By Sam Reader December 5, 2023 Comment number: 0 Rereads/Rewatches Dissecting the Dark Descent Obsession, Privilege, and the Void: “John Charrington’s Wedding” by E. Nesbit By Sam Reader November 21, 2023 Comment number: 0 Rereads/Rewatches Dissecting the Dark Descent Doom and Defiance: “The Autopsy” by Michael Shea By Sam Reader November 7, 2023 Comment number: 0 Rereads/Rewatches Dissecting the Dark Descent “The Crowd” by Ray Bradbury: A Sinister Natural Order By Sam Reader October 24, 2023 Comment number: 0 Rereads/Rewatches Dissecting the Dark Descent Grotesque and Gothic Retribution: “Mr. Justice Harbottle” by J. Sheridan Le Fanu By Sam Reader October 10, 2023 Comment number: 0 1 2