"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Well, we all take pandemics badly, but some of us take them worst than others. It's the case of one Solomon Eagle and we take a look at him today on my Patreon. ...
In the Galician folktale I present you today on my Patreon, a boy goes to the Devil's house to pay off a gambling debt and recover his soul, but falls in love with the Devil's daughter instead. He doesn't take it well. ...
At the end of September, we have taken a look at the monster as a basic plot device: the existence of great evil is revealed to us (and to the hero), and the hero sets off to vanquish it. Following that trope, we take a look...
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. ...
Today on the Patreon we take a look at a 1812 watercolour, in which a young woman went seeking the aid of a witch and is probably regretting it. ...
Today on my Patreon, the post is free to read even if you're not subscribed. We take a look at the ultimate evil Fairy Godmother, Carabosse, and her sister Magotine. Carabosse is famous for being the wicked fairy in the Sleeping Beauty ballet (stage name Maleficent,...
Who says the Bible isn't spooky? In the Book of Revelations we meet a Woman who's running from a Dragon. Yes. The Bible has dragons. Today on my Patreon we take a look at one of the most stunning illustrations from the so-called Douce Apocalypse, a...
Curiously enough, when one thinks about spookiness rarely the mind goes to Ancient Greece. And this, I think, is one of the worst disservices we can do to our ancestors (beside Percy Jackson, I mean): Greek mythology is riddled with monsters, dark creatures lurking in the night, curses and malevolent deities...
This is probably my favourite among the traditional 1001 Nights, but it's very rarely included in anthologies and it's far into the 577° night, so people rarely reach it. Since I think it's spooky as hell, let me give it to you today on my...
Skull lyres such as the ones in the header were made by an indigenous entrepreneur for selling to the Europeans as authentic stuff from the dark, savage continent, and they have baffled scholars for over two centuries. And I think it's just hilarious. You can...
