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the supernatural
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Writing the Uncanny Divide
Marjorie Sandor writes for the Masters Review on the art of writing the uncanny. Sandor explores the 19th century origins of the word, whose use in literature seemed to address…
Heaven is (Probably) a Place on Earth
Mya Frazier writes for Aeon on the “heaven tourism memoir” (seen in books such as Heaven is for Real and The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven) and what its…
A Gaggle of Geese, a Cackle of Mad Scientists
For the word lovers out there, Electric Literature found a poster listing the collective nouns for all types of supernatural beings and creatures. Come across a group of yetis? It’s…
Simple Madness or Something Else?
Today is the day for ghost stories. At The New Yorker, Brad Leithauser analyzes Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw,” focusing on the distinction still being puzzled out by…