#Spooktober 14: The cat-witch of Okabe

October 13, 2022

A cat-witch, or bakeneko, was haunting the grounds of the temple in Okabe, disguised as an old woman. Let’s take a look at her legend today on the Patreon.

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Charlotte Riddell — The Old House in Vauxhall Walk (1)

‘Houseless–homeless–hopeless!’ Many a one who had before him trodden that same street must have uttered the same words—the weary, the desolate, the hungry, the forsaken, the waifs and strays of struggling humanity that are always coming and going, cold, starving and miserable, over the pavements

October 2, 2025 12:00 am

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Future-proofing grace: a reflections on digital tools and their user experience (with a little help from a German Romantic)

In an age where our tools can draw, write, compose, and even “think” faster than we can, it’s worth asking: what makes design graceful? What gives a design action — whether a sketch, or a line of code — that quality of elegance that seems

October 1, 2025 10:00 am

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Welcome to Spooktober

As the leaves turn crisp and the nights grow longer, the Gothic community prepares for its favorite season: Spooktober. October isn’t just another month on the calendar — filled with chestnuts and mushrooms and pumpkin — but a countdown to Halloween. Spooktober is a tradition,

October 1, 2025 12:00 am