The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black This fantastic (in both senses of the word) book is really two-in-one. The author has compiled the “lost work” of one Spencer Black. The first half is a narrative of strangeness and secrecy. Through letters, diaries and recollections, the scientific life of Black is cobbled together. As…
Good word: Basilisk
The basilisk belongs in the annals of cryptozoology. It is strange progeny — a yolkless egg of rooster hatched by a toad. The result is a snake-like creature that destroys most things in its path using its hateful breath, killer gaze and burning stench. The first descriptions seem to have appeared in Pliny the Elder’s…