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Write This Book! Power to the (Dead) People

February 12, 2013

Write This Book! is a series in which Julia Langbein describes a book that does not exist — yet. Today, she gives you everything you need to become the next rockstar obituary writer.

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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.