Stopping By

July at the Three-Quarter Mark

I’m writing an extra article this month, as I ran out of space in the mid-July newsletter.

I’m reading more fiction in 2026 and tracking the books I’ve read, which includes the Gormenghast trilogy by the late Mervyn Peake. I don’t typically visit the Fantasy section of bookstores, as I’m not a fan of swords, capes, and hocus-pocus, but gave Gormenghast …