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February 25, 2016

Burial, Graverobbing, and Lilliet Berne: The Themes of Death and Mourning in The Queen of the Night

I am about a quarter of the way through Alexander Chee’s new epic, The Queen of the Night, a novel

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December 24, 2015January 7, 2016

Dormitory for the Dead: From the Churchyard to the Cemetery

Photo: 2013, unnamed cemetery outside of Oxfordshire, U.K. This week I began reading The Work of the Dead by Thomas

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December 21, 2015December 21, 2015

Have a penchant for collecting vintage occult books?

Featured image: my personal photo from Blenheim Palace. Today over at Dirge Magazine, I show you how to properly stock

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December 10, 2015January 7, 2016

Beyond the Dark Veil: An Examination of Victorian Mourning Customs

The technologies may change, but the desire – to reach out, once more, and touch a loved one – remains

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November 17, 2015January 7, 2016

Modern Taxidermy Myths Dispelled!

Featured Image: “Orcus” by Julia deVille, from Taxidermy Art by Robert Marbury (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2014. Photo: Robert Marbury. Today

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November 12, 2015November 12, 2015

Ghosts and The Lack Thereof: A Review of “The Grownup” by Gillian Flynn

Gillian Flynn’s short story “The Grownup,” lauded as an “homage to the classic ghost story” and winner of the Edgar

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October 4, 2015January 7, 2016

Horror, Terror, and the In-Between: An Examination of the Corpses in Working Stiff

Firstly, this post mentions a very few graphic descriptions in reference to September 11th. If you do not wish to read

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September 17, 2015January 7, 2016

The Invisible Death Workers: Ladies’ Mourning Attire in The Undertaker’s Daughter

I’ve just finished Kate Mayfield’s richly macabre bildungsroman The Undertaker’s Daughter, which centers around her upbringing as the daughter of an

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September 3, 2015September 3, 2015

The New Sherlock: Antiheroes and Their Vices

I am sorry to say I am not well-versed in the Sherlock canon, having only read The Hound of the

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July 24, 2015July 25, 2015

The Strigiformes of Grace Adieu

‘We have found some bones,’ said his wife, with a puzzled air. ‘Small, white bones, it would seem, of some

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