• James Hynes recommends ten spooky stories for midnight reading. (Via Maudie.)
• John Updike talks to Emily Nussbaum about The Widows of Eastwick, his follow-up to 1984’s Witches of Eastwick. (Via Sarah.)
• Vampire bats, leeches, chiggers and bed bugs are among the bloodsuckers featured in Dark Banquet, a new book by biologist Bill Schutt which, as it happens, I trotted to the bookstore last night to purchase. (Via Jenny.)
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
