Fiction, Nonfiction, and Art
This article originally appeared in . As English artist Louis Wain’s schizophrenia worsened, his adorable anthropomorphic cat drawings turned into psychedelic pet portraits full of bright colors and repeating patterns. …
Constructing New Realities: The Unique Vision of Artists with Schizophrenia Read More
Van Gogh painted vibrant sunflowers, MC Escher produced mind-bending visual puzzles, and Andy Warhol is best known for his soup cans. Each artist also produced bleak cranial creations to remind …
Art Inside Us: The Human Skull as Depicted by 13 Masters Read More
This Halloween, magicians, spiritualists, and fans will attempt to contact Harry Houdini from beyond the grave, a ninety-year-old tradition born out of a widow’s promise to her dead husband at …
Escape from Afterlife: A History of the Harry Houdini Halloween Séance Read More
When laws and culture exist to proliferate power for men, inhabiting a female body is a radical threat to the patriarchy. Several recent protest movements have made use of male …
Biological Sex as a Weapon: Using Female Bodies and Sexuality to Fight for Reform Read More
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 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
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
Trina Merry created a series of striking images of models camouflaged in with local D.C. landmarks. Here, she talks more about her visit to D.C. and her unique work. On …
Trina Merry and the Fine Art of Bodypainting Read More