Lena Dunham’s eye makeup is perfect. She’s beautiful and smart and warm, and she generously poses for pictures with her creepy fans (me and Melissa Albert. We insisted on interviewing her together, out of nervousness and adoration). EC: Tell us what your writing routine was like for the book. LD: I wish that I could say that […]

Well, we’ll never be royals, but for the record, Lorde, that luxe would totally be for me if you happened to find it lying around somewhere. That’s assuming luxe includes gunpowder, guillotines, and dynamite with laser beams. Because I seriously just can’t wait to be king. Though I’d settle for the Dancing Queen. Ahem. As […]

As you read these words, eye blackened from a trick kaleidoscope, you might be tempted to think, “Boy, do I hate April Fools’ Day.” For victims of today’s pranks and merriment, the sentiment is understandable, but this is no time to be a wet whoopee cushion. Revel in some schadenfreude instead, with this list of fiction’s […]

Mice may be small in stature, but they figure mightily in our collective imaginations. Take a few moments to recall your favorite mice in literature, and you’ll be amazed to discover how many pink-eared, sharp-eyed, whiskered little creatures hold starring roles in some of our most beloved books. Kind of gives you the warm and […]

These are golden days for science fiction and fantasy, especially when it comes to the small screen. There’s less than a month left until HBO’s Game of Thrones graces your TV screen once again, continuing its quest to destroy your feelings. And last month, Neil Gaiman’s long-gestating TV adaptation of American Gods got a renewed lease […]