Death Husband Club
I got married when I was young and stupid, and ended up divorced. Tale as old as time. Before that, I got married when I was younger and even more…
Top Five Most Deadly Episodes in Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty has become synonymous with sci-fi hijinks that span the universe and various realities beyond. Although Rick and Morty has consistently been advertised through the slogan which became…
Six Gothic Novels to Read for Valentines Day
There are a few things in particular that make a gothic novel truly, unequivocally gothic. Some of the key features include a decaying and isolated structure (the draftier the better),…
Novelette Announcement 2024: Part 1
Psychopomp is thrilled to announce the first two titles in our 2024 novelette series, by Aimee Ogden and Eugenia Triantafyllou.
Five Paintings of Salome with the Head of John the Baptist
The gruesome image of a young woman gazing at the severed head of the man she has condemned to death on a whim has sparked the imaginations of many artists…
Why Funerals Make Us Horny
It’s not easy to talk about. It might seem ghoulish or macabre. It might even make you feel like you’re disrespecting the dead. But it’s not just you. A lot…
Death, Personified
The majority of cultures around the world like to depict Death—also known as Thanatos, the Grim Reaper, Santa Muerte, the Horseman, the Angel of Death—as an anthropomorphized figure. A pattern…
Hauntings & Jinn in the Gulf
Between Netflix and TikTok, the paranormal and bizarre occurrences that break the dull mundanity of everyday life have made it to the forefront of our collective consciousness. Most, bar one…
Chaos Trifecta #11: Places of Death
(CW: animal death) For this month’s piece, I’ve decided to do something a little different and focus on the places of death I’ve visited in 2023. Of course, death has…
Umbras, Jakes, and Junzas – a review of FINDING ECHOES
Finding Echoes, a brand-new fantasy novella from writer Foz Meadows, is a story where death, grief, loss, and perseverance, are at the center of the tale. The story’s narrator is…