Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.

Gary chats with World Fantasy Award-winner Mary Rickert on being cautious during the lockdown, reading Dracula for the first time, the rewards of contemplating individual words and their etymologies, revisiting Ray Bradbury, and Mary’s own forthcoming work.

Books mentioned include:

You Have Never Been Here: New and Selected Stories by M. Rickert

The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie by M. Rickert (forthcoming)

Dracula by Bram Stoker

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

The Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury

Thin Places by Kay Chronister