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Dyker Lights: A Relentlessly Joyful Tour Through the Bowels of Brooklyn

December 18, 2012

Dyker Height's spectacularly garish Christmas light displays have become the stuff of legend. I decided to brave the Christmas 'n Cannoli and finally see the neighborhood for myself. Little did I know that soulless sheep babies, dub-step holiday tunes, and Captain Kangaroo awaited me.

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Eat Prey Drug: Summerland

Escaping a catastrophic blizzard to take peyote in the Arizona desert, Paul Kwiatkowski concludes his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness.

The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.