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"THE GHOST TABLE" (1928) Has a Clawed Foot on My Neck

Weird Tales asks, "Do you respect wood?"

Jan 6 •

BEWARE THE CAT (1553): A Very Spooky Word-Hoard

The iconic Elizabethan metanovel about witchcraft, devilry, and cats

Oct 31, 2024 •

Escaping Affirmation: Historical Fiction and the Femcel Dress Fitting

Women's historical fiction as a rare site of plain heroines and cathartic pessimism

Sep 27, 2024

The Agony, the Ecstasy, the Renaissance Fantasy

Reviews of THE FAMILIAR, NAVOLA, and MY LADY JANE

Aug 28, 2024

SHAKESPEARE WAS A WOMAN and Other Grifts

Elizabeth Winkler's calculated her-esy

Apr 24, 2024 •

HEDY'S FOLLY: When History Gets Rewired

Hedy Lamarr was brilliant. The historiography surrounding her invention is a rabbit hole of half-truths and omissions

Apr 22, 2024

O God! O Jesus Christ! 7 Puritan Horror Movies for Thanksgiving

Buckle up your shoes and hat! We're double-fisting flintlock pistols and (possibly) eating people

Nov 23, 2023 •

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