October Beckons…

The first chills of Halloween can be felt behind the wind, and so it is time for yours truly, The Dread Baron, to begin seeking out the macabre and unusual for your nightmarish reflections in beloved Caledon.
I begin with the work of a fine and decidedly insane Steampunk Master of the Macabre, the artist Alex [...]

Much Ado About Something?

There is no academic argument as evergreen and, dare I say it, as dramatic, as the controversy over who actually wrote the works of Shakespeare. Theories have come and theories have gone, and I have never found any to be particularly convincing.
This new wave of an old controversy is interesting to me simply because [...]

Poetry Corner

You will pardon me a small digression, but I composed the following free verse over the long holiday weekend deep in uffish thought and mutable memory.
I share it here simply to place it on the aether, not due to any illusions about it’s merits but because perhaps, if I do, somehow he will be able [...]