Heaviness of Sleep (1938) by John Armstrong.
• Suntup Editions are reprinting two stories by Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan and The White People will be presented together in a single volume, with corrected texts printed in letterpress. The book will also feature eight tipped-in lithographs by Flora McLachlan, and an afterword by Henry Wessells.
• “While it mines much of the same material found throughout the horror genre, The Shout belongs to a parallel cinematic lineage—more art-house than grindhouse.” Leo Goldsmith on Jerzy Skolimowski’s film adaptation of the short story by Robert Graves.
• The week in Borges: “I seeded my dreams and this story emerged”: Poet Will Dowd let Jorge Luis Borges speak to him in his sleep. And Nick James reviews Life of Jorge Luis Borges, a 323-minute documentary directed by Mariano Llínas.
• At Smithsonian Magazine: “Venetian artist Canaletto merged fantasy and architectural detail in this previously unseen sketch”.
• Devil in the detail: 100 years on, FW Murnau’s Faust scrapbook reveals the secrets of his silent masterpiece.
• At Public Domain Review: Rudolf Kalvach’s Wiener Werkstätte postcards (1907).
• At the BFI: Alex Ramon chooses 10 great black-and-white films of the 2020s.
• At Colossal: Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026.
• Mix of the week: A Samhain Mixtape at The Invisible College.
• New music: Sleep Machines by O Yuki Conjugate.
• Kali Malone’s favourite albums.
• Ordinary Sleep (1994) by Jessamine | First Sleep (2002) by Cliff Martinez | Black Sleep Part I (2008) by Jasper TX