A Nine-Tailed Fox on the Loose
A legendary Japanese boulder that purportedly contained the spirit of an evil demon has split open, reports The Sun. According to mythology, the volcanic rock...
Worst Road Trip Ever
Mysterious Universe shares the case of the strange disappearance of a well-known Australian family who disappeared while on a family road trip.
By all appearances,...
Whatever You Do, Don’t Open the Box!
While renovating the attic in his home, a Welsh man found a mysterious locked wooden box with a pentagram and the words "peidiwch ar...
Write the Book, Even if its Fake
During her interview with the Write the Book podcast, Kathryn Davis suggests a writing prompt she uses with her students: creating a "faux" novel....
Open Doors in Your Writing
We share a lot of writing prompts here, many of them unconventional or genre-specific. Many prompts from the outside world are either too broad...
What’s Really at Earth’s Core
The Sun is an appropriate venue for baffling news: On February 24, the paper reported that scientists are puzzled by the discovery of new...
Prompt: Around the World with 800 Children
Most of us wouldn't fare well taking a few children on a long trip, so imagine the fortitude required to usher nearly 800 children...
What Lurks in the Underground Tunnels of Tbilisi?
Photographer Davit Tabagari has taken hundreds of photos of historic underground shelters in Tbilisi, Georgia, only some of the traces of Soviet influence that...
No Remedy for a Heart that Breaks
Two recent articles suggest there's more to the concept of magic realism than we might expect. Articles on NPR and Lit Hub examine the...
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...
