Spider-Man Horror, Twitter Secrets & Booker Bumps: Weekend Reading

By Jason Boog 

As we head home for the weekend, we wanted to make sure you had plenty of publishing headlines to keep you busy. Email GalleyCat to get all our publishing stories, book deal news, videos, podcasts, interviews, and writing advice in a daily email newsletter.

Our correspondent unmasked the writer behind the satirical Twitter feeds of Emperor Franzen & Evil Wylie.

We explored guitar legend Jimi Hendrix’s science fiction bookshelf.

OR Books launched a new Mischief + Mayhem imprint.

We shared a surreal Spider-Man cartoon (embedded above) that pits web-slinging hero against an inter-dimensional monster straight out of the cosmic horror stories of H. P. Lovecraft–reportedly, it is “the most terrifying cartoon ever made.”

Our correspondent wondered: will Amish romance dethrone vampire lit?

A Pakistani truck artist painted a gorgeous Granta cover.

Days after the NY Times shredded his book, Tom McCarthy was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

On a related note, Emma Donoghue topped Lady Gaga with her Booker bump.

Finally, we used optical recognition software to digitize a 75-year-old self-published poetry journal.

Still want more? Check out our Weekend Reading archives.