The Alpine Figure: Asbury Park’s Legend
The Alpine p—a horned, fur-clad companion to Saint Nicholas in European folklore—has become an unmistakable presence on Asbury Park streets each holiday season, where dark tradition meets coastal creativity. This article explains why the Asbury Park Festival resonates locally, tracing its origins, mapping how the city's artistic culture embraces holiday horror, and
The Golem of Prague
Nothing has inspired me to explore the world the way that reading has. Books and stories have pointed me in the directions I travel. It isn't necessarily the places that I seek initially, but the feelings of the characters that people them. It's tricky because there is some fluid interaction between the
Evil in the Blood
Romania is a beautiful country. Far more picturesque and bucolic than I would have thought. Then again, I'm not sure I gave it any thought, ever. My interest in Romania was purely Dracula related to perhaps a little Vlad & Elsibet thrown in. The idea that there was more to the country
