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Vampires and werewolves, phantoms and phantasms. Intrigued by some of the most sinister, yet at the same time most compelling, legends of western civilization, Gregory L. Reece dusts down his stake and crucifix, loads his silver bullets and takes off into the wilds in search of answers and fresh ...

How much of your life do you review? Books, TV, film, music - the reviewable things? Ever tried going a little further, reviewing the intangibles, the abstract, the 'weird': a houseplant; the sunlight on the pavement on a crisp spring day; being embarrassed; that strange wave you do at cars when ...

Cool can't be taught. You either have it or you don't. That's the received wisdom, yet the idea behind this compendium by Thomas W. Hodgkinson is that, on the contrary, anyone can increase their cool quotient by learning from the masters and the methods of the past. As well as identifying the nin...

In each other Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith found kindred spirits and pursued their mutual dreams. Telling the story of two innocents who shed sheltered lives and braved the city in search of art and freedom, this work - part romance, part elegy - is about friendship in the truest sense.

What exactly are the 'weird' and the 'eerie'? In this essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes. The 'weird' and the 'eerie' are closely related but distinct modes, each possessing its own distinct properties. Bot...