The Doorkeepers
by A. T. Greenblatt in Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Eight | 8840 Words
A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin
No one will remember me, but they will remember him and that’s enough, isn’t it, for him to be the legendary one and for me to think that by giving…
A brief history of singular ‘they’
The Oxford English Dictionary traces singular they back to 1375, where it appears in the medieval romance William and the Werewolf.
What is the Kaaba?
religion for breakfast
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Medieval alchemists dreamed of transmuting lead into gold. Today, we know that lead and gold are different elements, and no amount of chemistry can turn one into the other. But…
Sister Helen
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row named Elmo Patrick Sonnier. She told us, “I thought that all I was…
Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo
Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo, is an independent comedy horror film, filmed sometime in 1988 but released in 1995 by Troma Entertainment. Two friends go hunting in the woods of…
The Origins of Infant Baptism
Religion for Breakfast
Why Ancient Christians Destroyed Greek Statues
Religion for Breakfast
The Amish Explained
The Amish appear a lot in pop culture, but they're also frequently misrepresented and mythologized. So what do the Amish actually believe and practice?