The Constant Deep
Early morning. Sea mist still hovers over the water, and the bracken-covered dunes that furl out beneath my feet like a green carpet are...
Elizabethan Flower Magic: Oberon’s Trick in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”—Oberon...
The Naturalist’s Dream of Mermaids Collecting In The Deep
I. An expedition
More scientists than sirens, the mermaids
gather specimens with the stalking skill
of anglerfish. They catalogue all evidence
in an abyssopelagic lab, sterile in the...
The Holly King
Illustration by Guinevere von Sneeden
Wassail, drink hail to the sleeping trees blanketed in a white cloak of snow, under the dark of night. Leave the warmth...
An excerpt from The Rules of Magic
By Alice Hoffman
Illustration by Charles Vess
Article from the Autumn Issue #40 - Subscribe or Buy Issue
The most glorious hour in Manhattan was when twilight...
Father Christmas and the Tomten
Written and Illustrated By Charles Vess
Come closer and listen well, for I have a tale to tell. For far longer than even I can...
Amulet
In the village where they lived everyone knew there was only one way for whomever went to meet the beast in the woods to...
Out of the Hatch
From Issue 59 - The Nautical Issue
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When it rained, you felt it from all sides. The persistent pitter-patter of droplets...
Creatures of the Snow
Art by Sigrid Rødli
The snow and ice bring with it a pantheon of winter spirits that range from the benevolent to the purely evil...
A Love Letter to Ladies Accused of Witchcraft | Pt. 1
Feature Image:
Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London (1835), by Édouard Cibot
Bridgeman Images
When I was in high school, I had pointy features and big...