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How to Become a Vampire: 4 Victorian Medicines for the Aspiring Undead

December 03, 2013

Found yourself in late 19th century London, looking to live — and thrive! — as the eternal undead? Well then these tinctures, mixtures, capsuloids and wafers are for you!

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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.