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I still remember the first Halloween after my mom died. Halloween was a magical time of year for us, almost transcendent. Without her, my favorite holiday felt a little hollow, like it shouldn't be allowed to exist without her there to share it with.
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When we left, we left quickly. We didn’t bother doing the dishes or making the bed.
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The average person will spend over seventy-five hours of their childhood quivering under the covers, afraid of the monster nestled just under the bed.
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Samhain is drawing near. You find the photos I have hidden on the computer. "I see you're into group stuff now," you say, the disgust evident in your voice. "This is certainly…a discovery."
Read MoreA few fantastical and ghastly comics from female writers and illustrators to indulge in this Halloween.
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So far, the smells had all been wrong. Their names had been wrong, with their overuse of words like “crystal” and “mystical.”
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They’d long since fallen asleep but something wouldn’t allow her to quite shut her eyes.
Read MoreMy inspiration for this work mostly comes from the sky and indigenous rituals, and people here in the Americas. Many of the types of mythology and places in these works come from the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Read MoreI always wondered why the most famous contemporary exorcism story took such liberties with its main character.
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My house is dead. I look for my house.
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Roberto Tumini
"If you tell anyone about any of this, they won't believe you. I did the same thing to another girl last year. When she went to the principal, he didn't believe her either. She was nasty like you, and that guy knows I can do much better."
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Andy Crawford
New Orleans offers limitless exploring, from the many bars and jazz clubs on Frenchmen St. to the hedonistic Bourbon St. The whole attitude of the city is one of living for the day and I am convinced there’s not an unfriendly soul in the city. For witches: the appeal is even greater—see sights like the altar above (at Hex, the Old World Witchery shop) or learn to read tarots and palms.
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This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of the iconic, amazing, beautiful, terrifying, weird, and sparkly Jim Henson film Labyrinth starring David Bowie and Sarah Connelly, along with a huge cast of wild goblins, monsters, heroes, and villains designed by Brian Froud. We can ponder why on earth Jareth wanted a screaming baby, exactly, or whether we’d give in to his demands to love and fear him in exchange for everything we’ve ever wanted (hint: YES), or precisely what are the moral implications of slipping a teenage girl a poisoned peach and then slow-dancing with her inside a bubble. But you know what’s even more fun? Identifying what character represents you best, based on your zodiac sign.
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Around my mother’s candlelit dining table, several relatives sat beside me, each taking a turn to shuffle through a Rider Waite tarot deck. Each shared a specific concern before a handful of cards were selected at random and placed in the classic Celtic cross formation. In the wake of an aunt’s sudden and untimely death last year, my family reunited through a series of polite dinners and strained holiday events, our bonds reemerging after a long winter of estrangement. Gathered before the tarot, our presence served as an unlikely but inevitable means to deepen our reconciliation.
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Jez Timms
A more spiritual person might have believed I picked up the book because of some kind of higher purpose, but at the time, I thought I was merely attracted by the color: a pale lilac that spelt the word ‘Wicca’ in a simple font on the book’s spine.
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