Support Your Local Pervert
Like a pervert from a John Waters movie, Whipping Tom terrorized London women in the late 1600s by leaping out the shadows to spank...
The Bread-Baking Ghost of Big Sable Point Lighthouse
The Big Sable Point Light Station in Ludington, Michigan, is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a former lighthouse keeper. According to a volunteer...
The Real Jenny Diver
If you know the song Mack the Knife - and if you don't, you should - you're familiar with the name Jenny Diver, a...
The Scottish Nostradamus
Did you know there was a Scottish Nostradamus? In an article on Mysterious Universe, Brent Swancer has the story of this lost seer of...
The Adventures of History’s Youngest Pirates
We love kid gangs - from the Nazi fighters of 1940s comics to super-hero sidekicks, from the Goonies to Dumbledore's Army, kid gangs are...
Would You Do This Job?
An article on the British Newspaper Archive shares a number of unusual jobs that no longer exist. Some, like lamplighter and knocker-up (not a...
Prompt: Speak to the Dead
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, Peter Stamm suggests you go to a cemetery and see what the stones tell you...
Writing Prompt: You and You and You
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, poet Ralph Culver (A Passable Man) offers a prompt suggested by one of his poems....
Whatever Happened to Trout Fishing in America?
We love characters with funky names and a great origin story.
In a post on Lit Hub, Walker Caplan shares the story of a college...
