One day, in the not too distant future, I will have a house which will be famed for its weirdness. It will be a house people in the local supermarket will talk about under their breaths, as they wait at the meat counter for their ham to be sliced. It will be the kind of… Continue reading Creepified Taxidermy
If you happen to be traversing the Swiss Alps this summer, be on the lookout for ancient artifacts. The Swiss Cultural Institute urges all hikers who find anything in the National Park in Eastern Switzerland to report back to Swiss Alpine Club huts. A wealth of finds including hunting tools, goat-skin leggings and shoes have… Continue reading Melting Ice
Elina Grethen.
Tonight (US time) something dark and wonderful will open in Brooklyn, New York City. The Morbid Anatomy Museum includes a library, a classroom, cafe, gift shop and gallery for temporary exhibitions. The exhibition they're opening with tonight is entitled 'The Art of Mourning.' My heart jumps just thinking of all the gloriously morbid artifacts and images… Continue reading The Morbid Anatomy Museum
The first issue of Wyrd Words & Effigies magazine is focused on death and dying. I've tried to ensure it has a good amount of original takes on the subject, from as wide a variety of people as possible. What struck me with this piece of art when I stumbled across it on Facebook was… Continue reading Meanwhile In Antarctica
English teenager Mitch Glover was on a school trip to the Neauville-St Vaast German war cemetery in France, when he caught a spectre on his Iphone. The ghost you can see in the image (to the left) appears to be wearing the uniform of the Seaforth Highlander regiment - a kilt and a tam o'… Continue reading Seaforth Highlander
Purgatory Shoes by ZombiePeepshow.
Art installation in St George's Church in the Czech village of Lukova. Installation by Jakub Hadrava.
Attention writers, poets, artists and photographers. I am looking for submissions of poetry, prose and creative non-fiction, photography and art on the theme of 'death and dying' for the first issue of Wyrd Words & Effigies magazine. The word count for written pieces is 2,000 words. There is no limit on photography/art but please submit… Continue reading Wyrd Words & Effigies Magazine – The Hunt For Submissions
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 