"Was that scuffling in the shadows something sinister? Did a sexy, black-clad stranger prickle the hairs on the back of your neck? Could it have been a...vampire? Tales of undead creatures with a taste for human blood have been around for centuries, and continue to scare and thrill in a way that other monsters just don’t. From new books like Scarlett St. Clair’s King of Battle and Blood to films like The Invitation and Renfield, they continue

Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Describing her own remarkable vision, the author writes in the foreword, “I've chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids. The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus, which focuses on two questions that must pose themselves after any close reading of the Odyssey:

This is not a gospel. This is a story.In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told.Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to resonate long after the final page is turned. For, above all, this book is about how stories become