The Mysterious Enchantment of Dark Academia
Dive into the allure of Dark Academia, where mystique meets intellect in a world of Gothic architecture, sinister secrets, and opulent indulgence. Explore the roots, motifs, and core values of this burgeoning subculture that intertwines literature, art, and academia. Uncover the sinister underbelly of prestigious institutions and the haunting allure of forbidden knowledge. Discover the enchantment of Dark Academia through captivating tales of murder, obsession, and intellectualism.
Lady In The Meads
My feet leap in the world of Faerie
My body dances in my sacred grove.
In my eyes, you see something wild –
something you cannot tame...
Sister Witch
Every Halloween, no matter what the newest costumes might be, there are always little girls who insist upon dressing as witches. You can see...
Madder and Woad: Color and the Victorians
“Down with the pretty ladies of the old school! Down with the old masters! Away with the pretty ladies!”
Ken Russell’s Dante’s Inferno (1967), a...
Know Your Romantic Man
The men who wrote history’s most luscious movement into being had personalities as big as their characters’. They believed in genius and expected it...
Narwhals
Monodon Monoceros: one tooth, one horn. Or one toothed unicorn. Narwhals are dappled grey whales that live in the Arctic, wielding nine-foot-long tusks. Their remote,...
The Mythical Moon
Illustration by: © Daria Hlazatova
I was mad for Moon Maid. As illustrated by Chester Gould, she was buxom with hypnotic, lushly lashed eyes, a platinum-blonde...
The Book of Gothel
We’re thrilled to talk to our very own poetry editor Mary McMyne about her first novel, The Book of Gothel, which comes out this...
The Woman Who Could Talk To Bees
Feature Image:
Models: Jo Maldonado and her service dog Baruh
There once was a small village tucked deep within a forest that seemed made for the...
Cordelia, or the Price of Salt
Father loved me better than my sisters. That sounds desirable, yes? To be best loved, to be the one desired?
The dresses he gave me were...