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Has Witch City Lost Its Way?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 26, 2021October 19, 2022

“Is a witch-based tourism economy the best way to honor the legacy of executed individuals who weren’t even witches in the first place? Or is continuing to transform the town into the epicenter of modern-day witchcraft actually the perfect way to right the wrongs of the past?”

Posted inEditor's Pick

My Family Saw a Police Car Hit a Kid on Halloween. Then I Learned How NYPD Impunity Works.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 30, 2020October 19, 2022

“I spoke to four witnesses, including my wife. All of them said they saw the same thing. When I called Baker back, he told me that my wife and the three others were mistaken. The car hadn’t hit the kid. The kid had hit the car.” After his family saw an NYPD car hit a […]

Posted inEditor's Pick

Dress You Up in My Love

by Sari Botton October 31, 2018October 19, 2022

A personal essay in which Doree Shafrir reflects on how Halloween changed for her after struggling with infertility.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Dress You Up in My Love

by Doree Shafrir October 31, 2018October 19, 2022

Doree Shafrir reflects on how Halloween changed for her after struggling with infertility.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

Dress You Up in My Love

by Doree Shafrir October 31, 2018October 19, 2022

Doree Shafrir reflects on how Halloween changed for her after struggling with infertility.

Posted inArts & Culture, Commentary, Culture, Current Events

On Blackface, Bert Williams, and Excellence

by Danielle Jackson October 26, 2018October 19, 2022

A complicated racial anxiety rests at the heart of American entertainment.

Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

The Others: Why Women Are Shut Out of Horror

by Soraya Roberts October 25, 2018October 19, 2022

Horror movies give more screen time to strong female characters and attract a large female audience. But few female filmmakers get to work on them.

Posted inReading List

A Halloween Weekend Reading List

by Emily Perper November 1, 2015October 19, 2022

Boo! Read these stories about the scariest weekend of the year while getting over your candy hangovers.

Posted inReading List

A Halloween Weekend Reading List

by Emily Perper November 1, 2015October 19, 2022

Boo! Read these stories about the scariest weekend of the year while getting over your candy hangovers.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

‘Skeptics Welcome’: Lily Burana on Being Both Christian and Goth at Heart

by Sari Botton October 31, 2015October 19, 2022

“Halloween, All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days represent a friendly (if bony, skeletal) handshake between Paganism and Christianity.”

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