The Destruction of Tyre, by John Martin, 1840. © Toledo Museum of Art, purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, gift of Edward Drummond Libbey.

Fear

Volume X, Number 3 | summer 2017

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Petrified Forest

Lewis H. Lapham

In Search of Fear

Philippe Petit

Every Pebble Can Blow Us Sky-High

J. Hoberman

Land of Darkness

Suki Kim

Fear of Arrival

Ivan Vladislavić

The Dread Gorgon

Caroline Alexander

Map

Fire Down Below

Miscellany

All afraid.

Rats, dragons, bees.

You made me a monster.

Race to self-destruction.

A promiscuous mob.

Stay inside.

The war of Quito.

Drop and roll.

Have nothing, lose nothing.

The snake’s all yours.

Scaring SNL to death.

Little Albert.

Definitely dead.

Unfortunate homophobia.

Left and right.

Rural pests would simply laugh.

The tooth fairy.

Christ is Coming.

Rendering the approach of night a terror.

Intellect and will.

Voices In Time

Panikon

| Thermopylae

What Are They Afraid Of?

| Chiapas

Mutual Aid

| London

Unwritten Law

| Chicago

Heads Above Water

| Atlantic Ocean

Fear Not

| Turkey

Attack

| Somme

Suspicious Minds

| Voorburg

Expectation Management

c. | Athens

Shock and Awe

| London

Torment Unforeseen

| St. Petersburg

Dust to Dust

| Philadelphia

Inheritance

| Igloolik

Class Act

| Oyster Bay, NY

Fears Founded and Unfounded

| Vienna

Regret the Errors

| Cambridge, MA

Hate Speech

| Washington, DC

Fire Alarm

c. | Kingdom of Judah

Body Language

| Downe

Weird Tales

| Providence

Mother’s Little Helper

c. | United States

Night Vision

| Berlin

Bad Moon Rising

| Felixstowe

Scared to Death

| Cambridge, MA

Love Lost

| Rome

Devil’s Advocate

c. | Bogotá

Ghost Story

c. | Forres

Home Insecurity

| Paris

Harm Done

| Oxford

Invasions of the Body Snatchers

| United States

Lambs to Slaughter

| Gnadenhütten, OH

Charts and Graphs

Not an Act

Armed Guards

Mass Panics

The Scream Franchise

Bogeyman Hunt

“Fear Itself,” Itself

Survival Guide

Fear Factor

Minutes to Midnight

Contributors

Conversations

Margery Kempe & Central Intelligence Agency

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