Dvalinn, the Stag Who Devours Memories
After her little brother drowns, seventeen-year-old Astrid follows his voice into a winter forest, where Dvalinn, an ancient stag, devours the memories of the dead. To keep Nils with her, she must choose between forgetting her grief and preserving her love.
The Vampire Before He Became Seductive
Before Dracula became the elegant, seductive aristocrat of Gothic fiction, the European vampire was something far more unsettling: a dead neighbour who refused to stay buried. This article explores the revenants, superstitions, burial rituals, and vampire panics that shaped the creature’s folklore
Lamia: The Mother Who Became a Monster
Before she became a serpent, a vampire or the beautiful woman waiting to ruin a handsome young man, Lamia was a mother who had lost everything. There are monsters who arrive in the world fully formed. They hatch from black eggs, crawl out of graves or wait beneath the water with far too many teeth.…