Fiction, Nonfiction, and Art
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
In 2005, I accompanied a team of paranormal investigators as they looked for ghosts at The Antietam National Battlefield. The resulting article appeared in The Frederick News-Post. Seeing as it’s the week …
Civil War Ghosthunters Read More
I rebelled by being conventional, by NOT going to art school. The product of three generations of visual artists, I studied Political Science, then moved from California to Washington, D.C. for …
Why Visual Art Keeps Invading My Fiction Read More
Earlier this month, The Strand Magazine editor Andrew Gulli made headlines around the world after announcing he’d found a portion of a previously unpublished F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. This latest find is …
Andrew Gulli on Hunting Down Lost Works from Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, and Other Masters Read More
I met Clarke Bedford as he readied his steampunk art car, Vanadu, for the Takoma Park Fourth of July Parade. Bedford invited me to his home in Hyattsville, MD which, …
Clarke Bedford on Art Cars, Humor in Visual Art, and Comfort in Nonconformity Read More
Thyrza Segal became internet-famous for painting monsters into artwork she found at thrift stores. She’s also built costumes for television, created polymer clay aliens, and painted nudes into scenes of …
Thyrza Segal on Adding Monsters to Landscapes, Creating Creatures, and Other Twisted Works Read More