Highway to Hel – 10 Rock and Metal Tracks for a Deathly Playlist
The Dead Deads – “Dead Inside” Dead inside outside of time and spaceDead inside of what I couldn’t faceCome closer […]
Of Impossible Dragons and Slipstream of Realities – a Review of The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar
Indra Das’s fantasy novella The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar is many things, all at once. It’s a coming-of-age tale about
“There’s Something Strange Here” – Tollund Man, Grethe, and Death in a Danish Bog
One day in late winter or early spring, sometime between 405 and 385 BC, a man in his 30s or
Monstrosity and Divinity – a Review of Winter Harvest
Winter Harvest is Ioanna Papadopoulou’s darkly luminous and intensely original reimagining of the tale of Demeter, Greek goddess of the
Katabases: 5 Journeys To the Underworld
A katabasis is a descent into the underworld, a journey to the realm of death. The word itself comes from
“Start With the Wolves” – a Review of We Are the Crisis
We Are the Crisis is the sequel to Cadwell Turnbull’s award-winning book No Gods, No Monsters, and, like its predecessor,
12 Deaths from The Iliad, as Translated by Emily Wilson
The first time I read The Iliad, I approached it a bit like you would approach a text you’ve been
Five Places You Might Go If You Died and Went to the Norse Afterlife
“Much is easily recognized by those who come to Óðinn’s,to see his household;a wolf hangs west of the doorand an
A Love Letter to the Luminiferity & a Review of Ethera Grave
(Spoiler warning: while I’ve tried to step lightly, some discussions of plot, characters, and events might spoil certain developments in
10 of the Most Memorable Death Scenes in Books, Movies, and TV-shows
As Umberto Eco said, “there is nothing more wonderful than a list,” especially a list full of death scenes. 1.