Here's the Thing The False Myth of the Black Cat By Rob Rich • June 15th, 2023 While the times have changed, black cats are sometimes still saddled with unfair stigma – and Rob rants about why that’s ridiculous.
Forms in Light Fantastic Follies By Justin Reeve • June 14th, 2023 These wildly impractical structures were made for purely aesthetic purposes, perfectly complementing their pastoral surroundings.
Always Autumn Last Night I Went to a House Show By Autumn Wright • June 13th, 2023 Folded arms, cold gazes, straight couples dressed like they wanna be at a club in Williamsburg, which is to say “Kind of gay, but don’t be mistaken.”
Casting Deep Meteo Threading the Timeline By Levi Rubeck • June 9th, 2023 What is myth and legend other than image control, public relations, bending truth into natural blondness (or just that if one’s hair is blond they are a blonde).
Area of Effect Flooded Memories By Jay Castello • June 8th, 2023 What traces will our current sea level rise leave in the record? Cities under the water, yes, but what myths emerge from real Atlantises?
Rookie of the Year The Legend of T2419 By Matt Marrone • June 7th, 2023 We tried every dumb thing you might think of, and more. But none stood the test of time like T2419.
The Burnt Offering The Kosmische Cosmos By Stu Horvath • June 6th, 2023 Electronic music is thoroughly modern music. And the truth about the folklore that these sorts of projects score is that it’s thoroughly modern folklore.
Interlinked Mythology of the Commons By Phoenix Simms • June 2nd, 2023 While there isn’t necessarily an overtly intersectional EcoGothic tone to Folklore, it does deal with bodies irrevocably changed by nature, binaries and transformed bodies.
Noise Complaint Black Metal Mythmaking, Gatekeeping, and Points In Between By Ben Sailer • May 31st, 2023 Black metal musicians have long used secrecy and controversy to generate notoriety.
Mind Palaces Our World and the Others By Maddi Chilton • May 30th, 2023 Our scientific mindset, our modern rationalism is a handicap when attempting to represent the premodern, where the boundaries that we consider so key for understanding our world have no presence.
This Mortal Coyle Elora the Faun from Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage By Deirdre Coyle • May 26th, 2023 “I’m a faun, you dork!”
Past Presence Virtual Citizen By Emily Price • May 25th, 2023 A legend, per the OED, is “a story from ancient times about people and events that may or may not be true.” If the residents of Wild World are anything in my memory, they are that: ancient stories.
Feature Story Whatever Knows Fear By Orrin Grey • May 23rd, 2023 The uncanny history of Marvel’s muck monster.
Feature Excerpt Painting the Past With a Broad Brush By Saniya Ahmed • May 19th, 2023 Intimacy and ordinary life in art is lacking when attention goes toward religious and imperial powers. Mundane, everyday things are forgettable and not as well-preserved through time as a monument.
Letter from the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – May 2023 By David Shimomura • May 16th, 2023 Welcome to myths and legends.