A horror adventure set in Dark Ages England, a great new play about love and death, and more
Roundup 04/06/2026
Greetings from Read Max HQ, and welcome to our weekly roundup column, in which I pick out some worthwhile and often overlooked books, articles, movies, and music to recommend to paying subscribers. For this week’s round-up, I’ve got:
A horror adventure set in the semi-pagan fens of Dark Ages England for fans of Between Two Fires and other period creepfests;
links about A.I. productivity, the incel hegemony, and “situationgooning”;
a great new play about love and death showing in New York City through May;
and four tracks I’ve been listening to a lot.
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Now, the roundup:
