For children, doll houses can make the universe seem obedient. My small cosmos was a converted antique bookcase, four polished shelves on which I chose to create happier versions of my real-life home.

For the last 10 years, Wei Xu has lived in the same Toronto rental, a house she now shares with her partner. When she first moved in, Xu was in her early 20s, and the space was already furnished — a ...

Novelist Max Porter has for many years been in love with model villages - and sets out to explore whether they were the initial spur for him to take up writing fiction. Show more People become writers ...

A cloaked figure guards the stone castle. Several lanterns scattered across the grounds illuminate a nearby forest encircling the structure. Everything appears normal, but there’s something odd.