Books to Read If You Love What We Do In the Shadows

Books to Read If You Love What We Do In the Shadows

[ad_1] We are living through some dark times, and I’ve found no better distraction than Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s dark comedy What We Do In the Shadows. This farcical documentary-style show follows the lives of four vampires living together in a gothic mansion on Staten Island. There’s Nandor The Relentless, a former warrior of … Read more

Hearts in the Hard Ground

Hearts in the Hard Ground

[ad_1] Following the death of her mother, Fiona buys a new house in order to start a new chapter of her life, one with fewer reminders of painful memories. Unbeknownst to Fiona, this house has a melancholy history, and slightly more ghosts than she anticipated. In learning to live with her unexpected companions and their … Read more

The Allure of Older Protagonists

The Allure of Older Protagonists

[ad_1] When she was about 30, Julian of Norwich got sick and saw God. For about a week she lay in bed, beholding Christ in gory, color-changing agony (“all his blessed face covered at one point in dry blood”), several heavens, and the cosmos contained in a walnut. Not long afterwards—from what historians can tell, … Read more