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I Was a Teenage Featured Creature: Midwestern Horror Writers Share Recent Fictional Horrors

We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 31, 2024
    • Fiction , Interviews , Lit

    Interview: Richard Thomas: New-Weird, Hopepunk, Horror, and More

    Richard Thomas is a Mundelein-based author of, as he describes it, “maximalist speculative fiction—mostly fantasy, science fiction, and horror.” With more than 175 published stories to his credit, he’s been […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 28, 2024
    • Beyond

    Dear Cinnamon: The Lost Art of Having Fun

    Dear Cinnamon is a monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • October 1, 2024
    • Beer and wine , Food

    Getaway: Foliage Drives to Local Spirits

    Summer may be Chicago’s peak season, but fall is where we get to drive just outside the city in our green barn jackets and Hunter boots, sip on a PSL […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • September 19, 2024
    • Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Events: The Black Lagoon at The Parlour at Albion Manor

    The Parlour at Albion Manor, an upstairs portion of the bar and restaurant, has a completely different vibe than the downstairs on a normal evening. Come October 1, when you […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • September 3, 2024
    • Games & Tech , Review

    El Paso, Elsewhere Is Stylish and Humorous But Lacks in Gameplay

    After playing El Paso, Nowhere I was pretty excited to see where El Paso, Elsewhere would take the story and gameplay. It’s a cool idea, and an awesome visual style […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • September 26, 2023
    • Fiction , Lit

    Return of the Living Featured Creatures: Chicago Horror Creators Share Favorite Fictional Terrors

    It’s Halloween, and everyone’s entitled to one good scare. Lucky you. Third Coast Review has once again asked several Chicago area horror writers and artists for their recommendations on the […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 31, 2022
    • Fiction , Lists , Lit

    Son of Featured Creatures: Chicago Horror Writers and Artists Share Their Favorite Chicago Horror Creators

    Unless you’re an easily frightened tourist, Chicago is rarely considered a hotbed of horror. But as Third Coast Review has pointed out before, our town has a distinguished pedigree in […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 30, 2021
    • Comics and Graphic Novels , Fiction , Interviews , Lists , Lit

    Featured Creatures: Chicago Horror Writers and Artists Share Their Favorite (or Un-favorite) Scary Stories

    Chicago and horror may not seem synonymous, but the city and surrounding area have produced a bevy of creators of chilling art and hair-raising tales. Author Ray Bradbury hailed from […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 30, 2020
    • Fiction , Interviews , Lit

    Interview: “His Darkest Shadow Self”—A Talk with Horror/Romance Author Rick R. Reed

    Tell us a bit about yourself and your writing career.  It’s hard for me to believe my writing “career” has been going on now for more than three decades. My […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 29, 2020
    • Fiction , Film , Lists , Lit

    Third Ghost Reviews—A Collection of Horrifying Fictional Memories

    Hey! Remember that one particularly scary thing? You know… That terrifying tale you read or heard as a kid. That creepy commercial that came on late one night. That bit […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 30, 2019
    • Art & Museums , Beyond , Installation , Parks and zoos

    Night of 1000 Jack o’ Lanterns is a Botanic Garden Blockbuster

      It was only four years ago the Chicago Botanic Garden first displayed a gorgeous gallery of gourds on its grounds for Night of 1000 Jack o’ Lanterns. We were […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • October 21, 2019
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