Scott Bradfield

Scott Bradfield is a novelist, short story writer, and critic who currently lives in London and San Luis Obispo, California. He is the author of The History of Luminous Motion (1989), Animal Planet (1995), The People Who Watched Her Pass By (2010), Dazzle Resplendent: Adventures of a Misanthropic Dog (2017), and The Millennial’s Guide to Death (2021).

Articles

God Bites the Dust
Scott Bradfield interviews S. T. Joshi about the second volume of “The Downfall of God.”
Scott BradfieldDec 25
- Philosophy & Religion
- History
An Innocent Abroad: Joan Didion’s Midlife Crisis
Because of her failure to see beyond the world that raised her, Didion almost wasted two decades of literary production.
Scott BradfieldSep 6, 2021
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
The Ecstasies of Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen sensed a deeper reality stirring underneath the superficial surfaces of suburban London.
Scott BradfieldJul 24, 2021
- SF
Carl Barks: The Last of the Dinosaurs
Exploring the super-abundant comic world of Scrooge McDuck.
Scott BradfieldJan 4, 2021
- Comics
Lost and Found: Reading Joan Didion in California
Scott Bradfield reviews the Library of America edition of Joan Didion’s early novels and essays.
Scott BradfieldJan 1, 2020
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
The End of Oz: Reflections on the Centenary of L. Frank Baum’s Death
Scott Bradfield on the pleasures and perils of the “Oz” series.
Scott BradfieldOct 12, 2019
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
The Whole Deck of Cards: Reading Paperback Noir with My Mom
Scott Bradfield revisits Erle Stanley Gardner’s Cool and Lam novels from the 1930s and ’40s, three of which have been republished by Hard Case Crime.
Scott BradfieldApr 15, 2019
- Noir
The Bard of Auburn: Getting Weird in the Long Valley
Scott Bradfield on Clark Ashton Smith.
Scott BradfieldMar 3, 2018
- SF

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