The Penny Dreadful, Grub Street's official blog

Dear Friends,

Welcome to Grub Street's first-ever weblog!

In our simultaneously wary and giddy embrace of this 21st century medium, we take our inspiration from the 19th century: specifically the low-cost publications known as "penny dreadfuls." Often Gothic, sometimes lurid, always sensational, these books were printed on cheap paper and widely distributed. Their goal was a wide audience of readers eager for the next installment. So is ours.

Here's how it works. On Mondays, our post will be a reprint of our weekly newsletter, The Grub Street Rag (sense a theme here? What's next, the Grub Fishwrap?)

On Tuesdays, Artistic Director Christopher Castellani will share his musings on all things grubby, literary and random.

Program Coordinator Sonya Larson will spin on Wednesdays.

On Thursdays, the syntactical stylings of Associate Director (and Rag author) Whitney Scharer.

On Fridays, a rotating series of guest bloggers from the Grub community. A Who's Who of the Boston (and beyond) literary scene. Aka whomever we can strong-arm.

We'll post photos, round-ups of events & parties, gossip, publication news, rants and raves, etc.

A few weeks ago, I heard of a T-shirt that says, "Nobody Reads Your Blog." I thought it was funny, for a time.

Dreadfully Yours,
Chris