Mary Anning, Monster Hunter
Posthumous painting of Mary Anning (1847) by B. J. Donne
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Oh, Mary Anning. That stubborn young spinster gave us the...
Enchanting Photography by Zephyr & Luna
We wanted to share some very fairytale-esque, lovely photos from French photographer Amber of Zephyr & Luna, who travels all around the world to capture these...
“An Orgy of Candy Gluttony”
A Cup of Chocolate (1844), by Charles Beranger
© Christie's Images / Bridgeman Images
At nine o’clock the next morning his servant came in with a...
Firefly Diamonds
Illuminated copper engraving, 1705, by Maria Sibylla Merian. Wikimedia Commons.
The traveling bug lover, in the earliest days of insect study, brought back from foreign...
Writing The Night Sky: An Interview with Shveta Thakrar
llustration by K.A.K. Lecky
Enchanted Living: Can you tell us a bit about the story of Star Daughter?
Shveta Thakrar: I sure can! Here’s my...
When You Walk Through a Storm
Earth has not any thing to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in...
Wild in the Woodlands
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them...
Are You Ready for Decadence?
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Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in “Chilpéric” (1895–96), by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Truth with a capital T is dead—let’s get that carcass out of...
To Quicken The Beatings of The Heart: Reanimating that Romantic Night...
Surely the most lush and extravagant creative-writing workshop in history played out in June 1816 at Lord Byron’s summer rental on Lake Geneva. It...
It’s Just A Story: Finding The Real In Faerie
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British Library / Alamy Stock Photo
Rumpelstiltskin (1913), by Warwick Goble
It is night. Darkness has closed in around us as I lie in my...