Six books centered around art that doesn’t actually exist

Melissa Albert is the New York Times and indie bestselling author of The Bad Ones, Our Crooked Hearts, and the Hazel Wood series.

Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times list of Notable Children’s Books.

The Children is her first adult novel.

At Lit Hub Albert tagged "six books I’ve loved that have made-up art inside them." One title on the list:

Paul Tremblay, Horror Movie

Tremblay combines the cursed film mini-genre, internet arcana, and low-budget guerrilla art to fantastically eerie effect, all leading up to a final gut punch I wouldn’t dare spoil. Back in the early 90s a group of young filmmakers make a movie whose notoriety among horror buffs, thirty years later, is undiminished by the fact that only three scenes (and a screenplay) were ever released. As part of a Hollywood reboot, its single surviving cast member—who played the upsettingly named Thin Kid—is called upon to return to the role. Filming goes smoothly and the movie is a hit. Just kidding.

Read about another entry on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue