I’ve Been Working on the Creepy Railroad
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Head Games: The Revenge of a Kalinga Ghost
“If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible you haven’t …
General Barter and the Ghost Who Dressed for Dinner
“They say that shadows of deceased ghosts do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life’s lamp …
Prosecuting a Poltergeist: The Defamation Trial of the Curé of Cideville
“These days, there are angry ghosts all around us – dead from wars, sickness, starvation – and nobody cares. So …
The Doppelganger is Ready for His Close-up
Miracle Max: He probably owes you money huh? I’ll ask him. Inigo Montoya: He’s dead. He can’t talk. Miracle Max: …
Sympathetic Empiricism and the Palatine Lights
“Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response” – Arthur M. Schlesinger How many …
The Headless Hitchhiker of St. Leonard’s Forest
“We live in a cult of the upgrade right now. There’s always something around the corner that will make whatever …
EsoterX at the Movies: Honoré Mirabel’s Gold-Sniffing Ghost
Spare the Rodenstein, Spoil the Schnellert: What to do about a Phantom like Maria?
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future” – Niels Bohr Some people don’t think of German as …
How to Habeas Your Own Corpus: Murder Most Foul in New South Wales
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia” – Charles M. Schulz …
Ghostly Gentrification: Chateaux Vauvert and the Monks of Chantilly
“Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk” – Tom Waits The Luxembourg Palace and …
Disembodied Voices of Reason: Vain Ghosts and Altruistic Phantoms
“Is it still okay to make fun of schizophrenics? There’s a little voice in my head that says no” – …
Sisyphus was a Sissy: The Ghost of Benjie Gear
“Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to …
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Curtius Rufus Meets Africa
“Anthropocentrism gave rise to boredom, and when anthropomorphism was replaced by technocentrism, boredom became even more profound” – Lars Svendsen …
Dead Letters: The Haunting of Captain Sherbrooke and Lieutenant Wynyard
“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living” – Marcus Tullius Cicero Two young officers …
Conversations with Dead Martians: The Misanthrope’s Quandary
“I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact” – Elon Musk Channeling your misanthropy into a career …
The Rossmore Family Banshee: Misidentifying your Monster
“It is, in my mind, better to believe too much than too little, and that is the only theological crime …
