Matthew Leggatt

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Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Winchester

Which short novel would you recommend? ProStockStudio/Shutterstock

July 29, 2026

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London; Adam Baron, Kingston University; Colleen Ballard, University of Limerick; Debra Kelly, University of Westminster; Jade King, University of Lincoln; Jenni Ramone, Nottingham Trent University; Matthew Leggatt, University of Winchester; Michael Bradshaw, University of Winchester; Sarah Olive, Aston University, and Tory Young, Anglia Ruskin University

These expert recommendations are short enough to tear through over a weekend

Maxwell Jenkins, Nicolas Cage, and Jaeden Martell in Arcadian. Courtesy of RLJE Films and Shudder

June 13, 2024

Matthew Leggatt, University of Winchester

Arcadian manages to be both highly derivative and also quite unusual. It is part thriller, part creature feature and part horror.