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Food is storytelling. Think of the resplendent fruits of the Goblin Market, the six pomegranate seeds Persephone ate that bound […]

Here’s a truth that most aspiring authors wouldn’t dare to admit: I wasn’t a bookworm kid. Outside of the textbooks

I’m not sure the exact moment I became aware of my Irish lineage—both my maternal and paternal grandmothers were Irish—but

The Netherlands is a land of cheese, great height, and mighty polders. However, its capital shares a dark and gory

Tell me where is fancy bred?In the heart or in the head?How begot, how nourishéd?     —William Shakespeare: Merchant of

The gruesome image of a young woman gazing at the severed head of the man she has condemned to death

Between Netflix and TikTok, the paranormal and bizarre occurrences that break the dull mundanity of everyday life have made it

The human body is 14% bone. Human bones have been used to construct chapels and places of worship, most notably

In 1988, dusty old artgrump Tim Burton gave us the gift that is Beetlejuice: the ultimate vehicle for Michael Keaton’s