Dead Love and Kali Ma
Kali Ma, the black one, blue one, great mother, mistress of time and change, creatrix, destroyer, Hindu goddess, consort of Lord Shiva, warrior, demon eater—she is many armed and dangerous, eats corpses and dances on the bodies of the dead. In the Rigveda she is Ratri, the supreme force...
5. Be Mine (4)
I remembered Carlyle and his slimy handshake. A terrible, choking feeling rose in my throat. Already, I think, I was beginning to recognize Clément in spite of his many guises. I was beginning to understand his dark secret, though not yet his obsession with me. “Ryu will kill you,” I...
Dead Love: Zombie Rant ...
Someone asked me why zombies were such a big deal. As a creature whose entire existence has been taken up with that very question, I have a thing or two to say about that! So excuse me while I launch into an uncharacteristic, Clément-like rant. We have that in common, Clément and I—we...
Fiendish Cures
As long as we’ve opened up the old medicine cabinet, let’s talk about some of the fiendish cures of the past. Christi Phillips, author of The Devlin Diary, a haunting and mysterious tale set partially in 17th Century London, shares some of her favorites. “Seventeenth...