Fiction, Nonfiction, and Art
This story originally on September 4, 2016. Though it may not be polite to talk about in history class, erotica appears in most great civilizations in human history. From hieroglyphs of …
Sexual History: The Ancient Erotica of Great Civilizations Read More
This story originally on August 30, 2016. After sharing ghost stories with friends on a stormy night, Mary Shelley changed western literature by writing Frankenstein, a literary, horror, and science fiction …
5 Books by Contemporary Women to Read on Mary Shelley’s Birthday Read More
I’m going to put one hundred luminescent duck sculptures in a visible location somewhere in Washington, D.C. While working on this street art project, I’ll document my progress online. You …
#100DucksDC Featuring “Blue Wetness,” the Maxi Pad Duck (#56-60) Read More
I’m going to put one hundred luminescent duck sculptures in a visible location somewhere in Washington, D.C. While working on this street art project, I’ll document my progress online. You …
#100DucksDC Featuring Horse Hair and The Shoe House (#51-55) Read More
Beyond gritty urban realism and past the over-the-top bravado of gangsta rap lies horrorcore, a rap subgenre steeped in slasher movie imagery and augmented by masks, creepy contact lenses, face …
Heroes of Horrorcore: A Look at Rap’s Most Sinister Subgenre Read More
From a hearse converted into a gothic cathedral to a steampunk-inspired Ford van, these eerie art cars turn heads…sometimes all the way around twice. Art car shows across the country …
Eerie Art Cars Read More
I wrote a piece for Dirge Magazine about the grisly past of Donald Trump’s new Washington, DC hotel. You can read the article here.
Trump’s Haunted Hotel Read More
I’m going to put one hundred luminescent duck sculptures in a visible location somewhere in Washington, D.C. While working on this street art project, I’ll document my progress online. You …
#100DucksDC Half Century Mark! (44-50) Read More
This . Dark art leads to more dark art, and some of your favorite creepy literature served as fodder for the eclectic music below. Tenebrous Kate shared some of her favorite lit-based …
Seven Brutal Songs Spawned by Dark Literature Read More
Originally published in Dirge Magazine 7/1/16: Roald Dahl’s tales for adult audiences are so violent and raunchy they will make you question how he’s allowed to simultaneously occupy the children’s …
The Wicked Roald Dahl: The Beloved Children’s Book Author Wrote Plenty to Hide from the Kids Read More