7/7/2023 0 Comments Malorie josh malerman![]() ![]() By mistake,” Orla says, and indeed, the question of responsibility for the nightmare lingers, as does the line between reality and imagination. While the house is everything they hoped for, and the landscape is breathtaking, Orla begins to understand that they have stepped into a threatening environment, one that is “responding to their thoughts, desires, fears.” Shaw taps into this energy, and his paintings become disturbing. ![]() Shaw has his own studio the kids won’t have to share a room. ![]() Orla, a retired ballet dancer, and Shaw, an artist, leave New York City for a house upstate, their two young children in tow. It begins with the most realistic of desires: more living space. Exhibit A: Zoje Stage’s mind-bending, trippy second novel, WONDERLAND (Mulholland, 358 pp., $28). If art imitates life, horror fiction is a great mimic, predicting and exploring the frightening and surreal realities of the contemporary world. ![]()
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