My article on the ever mysterious and alluring nobleman appeared in the June 2001 issue of the Fortean Times. (I originally had a link to it here, but it no longer works.)
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The Count of Saint-Germain
July 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Don’t Play Fast
July 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on Don’t Play Fast
I found this injunction in an old ukulele instruction book, and made it into buttons for my students. Don’t.
The Book of Fortunatus
July 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Book of Fortunatus
“The Book of Fortunatus” appeared in the first issue of the Strange Attractor Journal (2004) edited by Mark Pilkington. It’s devoted to fringe literary theories, particularly those that find more meaning in a text than the author intended. Among the subjects are Pope R. Hill, who found hidden solutions to all of the Sherlock Holmes […]
Xavier Forneret: The Dark Man’s Dreams
July 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on Xavier Forneret: The Dark Man’s Dreams
This article on Xavier Forneret, “the Unknown Romantic,” appeared in the third issue of Strange Attractor Journal (2006), edited by Mark Pilkington. I translated two of Forneret’s transcriptions of his dreams, for which Betsy Heistand provided illustrations. Here’s the first page:
Fort in Solrésol
June 30th, 2011 · Comments Off on Fort in Solrésol
Quoz
June 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment
These are pinbacks; let me know if you want one.
Let’s Ask Skinner
June 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on Let’s Ask Skinner
“Let’s Ask Skinner” ran in Crimewave USA, edited by Mark Maynard and Linette Lao, from 1996 to 2003. It usually included both accurate and inaccurate misinformation, plugs for my other projects, toilet humor, and mockery of organized skeptics and the Grateful Dead — the last not from any animus on my part, but simply to […]
Tiffany Thayer
June 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments
Nobody had really done much research into Tiffany Thayer, the founder of the original Fortean Society, and an entertaining character in his own right. So, I did; and wrote an article on him for the special 200th issue of the Fortean Times, in 2005. I read Thayer’s books, dug up photos and reviews of him, […]
Fort and Those Damned Books of His
June 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on Fort and Those Damned Books of His
On the occasion of Jim Steinmeyer’s biography of Charles Fort, I contributed an article to Fate on Fort’s books: his style, models, and reception. Among other things, I pointed out his Pyrrhonist and Bohemian tendencies; and compared his comic and speculative use of science with Jarry’s ‘pataphysics. Here’s the first page.
What’s This? A Shaver Revival?
June 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on What’s This? A Shaver Revival?
Having long been a fan of both Richard Shaver and Fate magazine, I was happy to play a part in putting him on the cover. My article for this issue, “What’s This? A Shaver Revival?” can be found here. Or, to be more precise, the beginning of the article: you have to buy the issue […]