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“The Drowned Man”: A Perfect Murder Waiting to Happen

September 18, 2013

The latest production from the team that brought you Sleep No More may be the most terrifying — and final — play you ever attend.

Writing and Exhaustion

By James Rickman

January 31, 2012

Following yesterday's post on the correlation between creativity and personal space, James R. checks out a study that, seriously, could revolutionize the way we go about writing. But first, some brain teasers.

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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.