Psychedelic Teleology: Would Widespread Psychedelic Use Improve Society?

This is a modified excerpt from Sam Woolfe’s new book, Altered Perspectives: Critical Essays on Psychedelic Consciousness (2024, Iff Books). Continue reading →

Weird Fictions & Neoliberal Horrors: The British Urban Imaginary

Every morning, first thing, I flick on my phone for a dose of mass death. War-images and propaganda dance on Continue reading →

A Column of Cloud and a Column of Fire: Dimitris Lyacos’ Poena Damni

I One of the most original and significant texts to have come out of Europe in the past generation is Continue reading →

Octopuses, AI, and the Future of the Nation State: In Conversation with Ray Nayler

Click here to watch the full video interview on our new YouTube channel. MB: Hi Ray. Your book The Mountain Continue reading →

Can Ghosts Shape Our Selves?

Some of us are afraid of ghosts. Some are perhaps uncomfortable with the idea of encountering a ghost. Most of Continue reading →

Hierarchy in Early Modern Culture: Dante’s Divine Comedy and Boccaccio’s Decameron

Roughly and historically speaking, Renaissance, Reformation, and the Copernican Revolution are found nearly at the same time in European history. Continue reading →

The Story-Creature Anomaly: Jeff Vandermeer and Digital Ecosystems

There’s an argument to be made about how narratives shape our perception of many things. A story can go beyond Continue reading →

Borges on Universalism and Nationalism

Borges the Argentine No one is the homeland—it is all of us. May that clear, mysterious fire burn Without ceasing, Continue reading →