What Happens After the Book is Banned?
This week's Write the Book prompt, is to buy, read, and write about a banned book and the effects of book banning. Avoid the easy...
The Real-World Writings of Sherlock Holmes
The archives of Indiana University's Lilly Library contains a small scrap of paper with an important message from Sherlock Holmes to John Watson about...
Copycat Suicides
Though many would have us believe that there's no such thing as social contagion - behavior, emotions, or conditions spreading spontaneously through a group...
Has Anyone Told the Bees?
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the official royal beekeeper was tasked with the job of informing the palace bee colonies that their...
Observe and Report
This week's Write the Book prompt was suggested by guest Doug Wilhelm. He suggests taking one observation - something you've seen or overheard -...
If It’s Good Enough for Freddy Krueger…
Wes Craven has said that true stories of teenage boys who died in their sleep inspired the Nightmare on Elm Street villain Freddy Krueger....
This Calendar Knows Everything!
Published in German in 1582, An Everlasting Natural-Magical Calendar, Which Contains the Contemplation of the Deepest and Most Secret Things, as well as the...
The Violent Dance of the French Apaches
In early 20th century France, a section of the criminal underground invented their own subculture with a unique style of dress and behavior. Known...
A Rain of Meat
On March 3, 1876, on a clear sunny morning, a rain of meat chunks peppered the town of Olympian Springs, Kentucky. Pieces hung from...
More Fun Nuns
We love a good story about rebellious nuns.
During a 2015 archaeological dig near Oxford, England, excavators found 92 bodies buried in and around a...
