Suspiria (2012) by Jessica Seamans.
• Matthew Sperling on Tom Phillips’ “treated Victorian novel” A Humument, which he calls “a multimedia masterpiece”. Phillips’ sixth and final edition of the book is published by Thames & Hudson next month.
• Strange Flowers on Monsieur de Bougrelon (1897), a short novel by Jean Lorrain which will be published next month by Spurl Editions. The book is currently on my to-be-read-next pile.
• Theodore Carter finds images of skulls by artists through the ages. I’d have included Giacometti’s almost abstract Head-Skull (1934) or his sketch of 1923.
• The horror stories of EF Benson contain “enough nastiness to give you just the right kind of frisson for the time of year,” says Nicholas Lezard.
• Covers for One, an American magazine of the 50s and 60s dedicated to “the homosexual viewpoint”.
• Kelly Sullivan takes a close look at the illustrations and stained-glass work of the great Harry Clarke.
• Lost Moomins cartoon strips will be shown in the first UK Tove Jansson exhibition.
• The extravagant homes of Ludwig II of Bavaria are in urgent need of restoration.
• Mix of the week: The Nine Ten Never Sleep Again Mix by The Curiosity Pipe.
• Ténéré Tàqqàl (what has become of the Ténéré), a new song by Tinariwen.
• The King of Weird: Joyce Carol Oates on HP Lovecraft.
• Charting the legacy of cult 1970s band, Big Star.
• Falling (1992) by Miranda Sex Garden | Inferno (Version II) (1993) by Miranda Sex Garden | Peep Show (1994) by Miranda Sex Garden