“At 25, I saw my grandfather’s ghost. At 52, I think of what it may mean to be a ghost.”
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Posted inEditor's Pick
We Salted Nannie: A Real-Life Southern Ghost Story
“Nannie, and the land around her, was thoroughly haunted. In less than a year we would break the lease, perform a binding ritual, and leave.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
It’s Dead Around Here
“A ghost town enthusiast searches for the essence of these scarcely populated locales.”
Posted inFeature
The Lessons of Lore
Ghost stories reveal our collective anxieties amid times of change.
Posted inNonfiction
Remembered Coast
A writer recollects her family history by excavating memories buried in Singapore’s reclaimed land.
Posted inFeature
Signs of Ghosts
What do we do when there are whole cities full of ghosts, each one with their own unique story to tell, each one with something left undone?
Posted inReading List
The Specters on Screen, The Monsters Among Us: An October Longreads Collection
In this Halloween-inspired reading list, dip into stories of monsters and ghosts, both literal and metaphorical.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Hungry Ghosts
“I think of all the hurts she can never outlive — the ghosts that can never be satisfied, no matter how much of herself she feeds to them.”
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Haunting the Archive
“The media’s obsession with my mother changed my relationship to grief.”