Ghosts vs. Ghosts and the Shift from Traditional Hauntings
Apparitions from the afterlife have a tried-and-true role in Western fiction. Usually, when a ghost appears, it’s with a rigid purpose: sometimes malevolent, sometimes in need of aid to get…
Somebody Somewhere and the Everyone, Everywhere of Grief
Telling stories about life after death is a strange business. It’s possible we lean so often on the fantastical because it’s easier to talk about the lingering presence of death…