a contemporary tale of the supernatural — PLEASE NOTE: This is a special Horror Hounds presentation made available by kind permission of Questing Beast Books and includes the original illustrations by Katie Hone that accompanied the first limited edition paperback only — first published in 2008 and no longer in print. …

Maniacal outlaws thirsting for blood! Corrupt capitalists profiting from the suffering of the common folk! Desperate people pushed to violent revenge! —

Based on Japanese 18th-century events, this is the tale of the Asano clan’s downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. —

Zel Cariad — Zel Cariad on ‘Creatures’ I find the complexity and weirdness of mythology and folklore fun and fascinating but nature and real animals are often just as strange, if not more so. I regularly draw the critters I find interesting, both the real and mythical ones including cryptids, which sometimes turn out to be both…

A trio of 1990s martial arts films with Hong Kong star Jet Li… —

Searching for Five Decent Characters in the Mabinogion — The Mabinogion is a mess of misconstrued mythology, a minefield of mistranslation and misinterpretations. It’s also the font of all fantasy, a literary sub-genre that did not have any following before Lady Charlotte Guest presented her loose translation, first published in seven volumes between 1838 and 1845. Much effort was…

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Sharon Stone — Sharon Stone is famous for her first life as a globally renowned actress but during the hiatus of the pandemic she finished her memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice, published 2021. She reflects on her life before and after suffering a near-fatal, life-changing stroke in 2001 that left her with…

Considering costume as concept and sculpture outside the boundaries of fashion — When does something intended to be worn transition from being simply a practical garment, transcend fashion, and become art? It’s that time of year when even boring people will consider dressing up in weird and wonderful costumes to parade in public. It’s a Halloween tradition to wear something scary inspired…