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Muse & Moon
The Blue Lamp Part III: The Street Awoken
A GOTHIC MICRO FICTION SAGA
Feb 20
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The Blue Lamp Part II: The Command
A GOTHIC MICRO FICTION SAGA
Feb 19
5
The Eros of Ruin
A GOTHIC POEM
Feb 19
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The Blue Lamp: Part I
A GOTHIC MICRO FICTION SAGA
Feb 18
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The Gothic: An Introduction
MUSE & MOON
Feb 17
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The ancient Goths
MUSE & MOON
Feb 16
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I am Now Here
Inspired by the Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
Feb 15
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The Cyberwitch Report
I speak now as the cyber witch who tends the flickering terminals of the unseen grid, weaving code with ancient incantations and listening to the…
Feb 14
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The Black Reckoning: The Gothic Origins of Friday the Thirteenth
The superstition surrounding Friday the Thirteenth did not always carry the same chill it does today.
Feb 13
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COMMONPLACE JOURNAL ENTRY #3
Feb 8
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Ars Moriendi: The Good Death in Shadowed Illuminations (Medieval Ars Moriendi)
COMMONPLACE JOURNAL ENTRY #2
Feb 6
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The Widow’s Threshold & Victorian Mourning
COMMONPLACE JOURNAL ENTRY #1
Feb 6
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Macabre Resins & Vanitas Essences: The Fragrance of Transience
Get lost in these easy to replicate scents to help you get into that cozy, witchy mood these long winter months.
Jan 24
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The Veil & Velvet Weekly
Issue # 1
Jan 21
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Kate A.
Jan 13
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Thresholds
Beyond the garden wall, a man bends into sorrow, kneeling where the grasses still remember the shape of this child.
Jan 12
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Threads of Transgression
Muse & Moon Library of Obscure Tomes
Jan 6
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Quantum Shadows of the Sublime: Gothic Enchantment in Postmodern Futures
In the fraying veil of postmodern twilight, where circuits hum like incantations and forests whisper of forgotten pacts, Gothic narratives emerge as…
Oct 22, 2025
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Of Blood and Brine
Under the hill, where no salt runs, mix brine and breath and blight.
Oct 13, 2025
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Digital Gossamer
Wings beat, winged beats… both echo in the hum, A pulse, a pause… paws of shadows crawl and drum.
Oct 11, 2025
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Dark Academia Aesthetic Guide
Dark Academia Wednesday
Oct 8, 2025
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The Alchemist’s Forbidden Library
Secrets and Transformations in Gothic Lore from Otranto to Hugo
Oct 5, 2025
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Gather by the Fire, Night Wanderer – The Midnight Muse Awaits
The Midnight Muse Weekly Newsletter
Oct 3, 2025
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The Sky Has Teeth
The sky has teeth, gnawing on the marrow of galaxies.
Sep 5, 2025
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The Promise and Betrayal of the Western World
Why We Live In Gothic Times Series
Aug 9, 2025
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The Dead Will Rise
This morning I read an article by Clif High, called The Fall of the Objective…and I have some gothic thoughts about it.
Aug 6, 2025
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🔮 The Gothic Muse Ritual Edition
GOTHIC MUSE FRIDAY NEWSLETTER
Aug 1, 2025
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🌿 GOTHIC ECOPHILOSOPHY & DARK ROMANTIC CRITIQUE OF HUMAN DOMINION
EJ MOON’S DARK ACADEMIA WEDNESDAY
Jul 30, 2025
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Dark Academia Style: Curating a Wardrobe for the Everyday Scholar of Shadows
Here’s how to create a Dark Academia wardrobe that’s both practical and poetic.
May 29, 2025
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