Essays

The idea of being haunted and stalked by forces that are aiming to hurt or kill you is terrifying. It’s […]

One day in late winter or early spring, sometime between 405 and 385 BC, a man in his 30s or

I would never have been born if my older sister hadn’t died. Existence is a joke, and most of us

Horror fans love to gush about Mike Flanagan and there are many reasons that that’s justified. Flanagan has captured the

A katabasis is a descent into the underworld, a journey to the realm of death. The word itself comes from

Today, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. The song poured out of the FM radio in my mom’s

The first time I read The Iliad, I approached it a bit like you would approach a text you’ve been

David died on a day so ordinary that I couldn’t find it on the calendar when I looked back. We

It’s time to press play on Bauhaus and dance around in sexy black leather outfits. Regardless of what folks might

As Umberto Eco said, “there is nothing more wonderful than a list,” especially a list full of death scenes. 1.

I am most keenly aware of the nearness of death when I’m on an airplane. I’m safe there; I know