Entertainment that revolves around the supernatural moves in trends like anything else. The success of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight franchise renewed interest in vampires. These contemporary vampires were assigned humanistic tendencies that made them more sexually appealing than terrifying. The...
Two Rock Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a little country graveyard, maybe an acre or two in size. It’s hemmed in by trees on two sides and looks out across rolling farmland on the third. One the north side...
Highgate Village stands on a tall hill overlooking London, which sprawls across the river plain below. Highgate’s name summarizes its previous function, when it served as the entry-point for farm goods coming down from the north to feed the...
1. Spooky Bat PegsHang up your laundry in spooky style or use one of these pegs to keep half-open packets in place, these vampiric pegs can add a touch of gothic to just about anywhere. www.suck.uk.com $3.50
2. Cyberdog Lace...
Although the common skull makeup was most likely popularized by the band, the Misfits, painting such a death mask on the living has existed for centuries, especially within the rich Mexican culture that frequently incorporates the use of skulls...
It made sense to use my travels to writing conferences as an excuse to see more graveyards. The World Horror Convention in New Orleans gave me the chance to visit John Kennedy Toole’s grave in Greenwood Cemetery. The World...
The town of Lily Dale, an hour south of Buffalo in southwest New York state, has a reputation for spiritualism. In fact it was founded for this exact purpose. Not to be confused with a haunted town, this centre...
Body jewelry has come a long way since the humble nose ring and ear cuff. Scaffolding, dermal anchors and implants are just some of the more intricate (and painful) piercings available in recent years, and stretched piercings are also...
Every season the world outside changes colour and our oldest festivals celebrate and revolve around them. Spring, Imbolc, heralds the beginning of new life, as we bring the bright yellows and greens of new flowers and shoots into our...
Eventually, we decided to stay somewhere we spoke the language and had a nice trip to London instead. Our second attempt got derailed when I got pregnant and the doctor decided it was too risky for me to fly....
Whether you are outside all day at a summer festival or inside all night at a hot club, you want to make sure that your make-up stays in place. No two people wear make-up the same way, so take...
We've all been there - it's a Friday night and you're sitting around with some friends or maybe your current love interest. The excitement of another weekend glimmers on the horizon, the night is young, the moon is full,...
