James Reese & the Harlem Hellfighters
What to do with an entire National Guard Regiment of Black soldiers from Harlem in WWI? Loan them to the French. The Harlem Hellfighters were born.
Curiosities
What makes a story gothic?
Frankenstein, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera. If you like stories full of atmosphere, horror, and bittersweet emotions, then you may enjoy a good Gothic story. That story may go back a few centuries or it may be completely modern. The characters will be dramatic, the language will be flowery, and the atmosphere will hang in the
The Millennial Tarot
Please note: this is not currently a serious project! I am actually working on a tarot deck to go along with a novel series, tentatively named The Clockwork Gothic. It turns out that trying to put together an actual tarot deck seriously changes how you see the tarot. I was journaling one day and came
The Folly of Whitaker Wright
(I’m going to be developing some neat stuff about Whitaker Wright later! Research!!) The tale of Whitaker Wright begins in Stafford, England, and ends in Surrey about a hundred and fifty miles away. But this is not a small tale. While Whitaker Wright was born the eldest child of a humble clergyman, he rose to
The Wound at the Heart of Serious Literature
Yesterday I held a cooking party. (I’ll get the final recipes up soon, I promise.) People came over, drank, cooked, ate, talked, had fun. Every one of these I do, they get better. More fun. It takes a lot of work, a lot of hidden prep to make these things go off. An understanding of