Persephone's (Gothic) Insights

"Time" is another piece of the module, "Brace for Impact" (2024),  another book sample for my upcoming monster volume (rough ETA, mid-2024) and  of which the opening section  "Hugging the Alien" is already available on this blog. Note: "Brace for Impact" is actually a full module that divides into over thirteen pieces ( clocking in at  ~85,000 words, ~209 pages, ~139 images, and sixteen new exhibits ) . "Hugging the Alien" is the first chapter; " Time ," the second; " Teaching " (the opening), the third; " Medicine ," the fourth; "Facing Death," the sixth. The others are actually too erotic to feature uncensored on Blogger, so I will be posting them on my (18+) website, instead.  Click here to see the promo post for the entire sample module and links to all thirteen pieces. Abstract:  "Time" thinks about the Humanities—and the humanization of those perceived or identifying as monsters un...

This post opens "Brace for Impact," another book sample for my upcoming monster volume (rough ETA, mid-2024) and one that follows up the previous book sample, " Psychosexual Martyrdom " (2024). Note: "Brace for Impact" is actually a full module that divides into over thirteen pieces ( clocking in at  ~85,000 words, ~209 pages, ~139 images, and sixteen new exhibits ) . "Hugging the Alien" is the first chapter; " Time ," the second; " Teaching " (the opening), the third; " Medicine ," the fourth; "Facing Death," the sixth. The others are actually too erotic to feature uncensored on Blogger, so I will be posting them on my (18+) website, instead. Click here to see the promo post for the entire sample module and links to all thirteen pieces. Abstract: "Hugging the Alien" introduces a concept of reunion with nature as alien and fetishized, requiring us to "hug Medusa" (the monstrous-feminine...

This post samples from Volume Two, specifically its opening chapter, "Concerning Martyrs, from Demons to the Undead." Update, 4/9/2024: I've decided to attach "Psychosexual Martyrdom" to the  the sample chapter, "Brace for Impact" (2024),  another book sample for my upcoming monster volume (rough ETA, mid-2024) and  of which the  opening section  "Hugging the Alien" is already available on this blog.   "Brace for Impact" is actually a full chapter that divides into over thirteen pieces ( clocking in at  ~85,000 words, ~209 pages, ~139 images, and sixteen new exhibits ) . "Hugging the Alien" is the first piece; " Time ," the second; " Teaching " (the opening), the third; " Medicine ," the fourth; "Facing Death," the sixth. The others are actually too erotic to feature uncensored on Blogger, so I will be posting them on my (18+) website, instead.  Click here to see the promo post for t...