The Summer of Monsters
In the summer of 1816, as skies darkened across the world following a volcanic eruption, a group of Romantic writers gathered in a house on the shores of Lake Geneva and told one another ghost stories.
Author: Maria J Pérez Cuervo
The day I met Guillermo del Toro
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Interview on #FolkloreThursday
John Reppion, the editor of Spirits of Place, spoke to Warren Ellis, Damien Williams, and myself about psychogeography and landscape.
The Palace Built Over a Hellmouth
My “Spirits of Place” essay on the psychogeography of El Escorial is now available at The Daily Grail.
Out now: “Spirits of Place”
‘Spirits of Place’ is out now, featuring my essay on hellmouths and cursed Spanish royals.
Fashion Victims
Throughout history, people have tried to distinguish themselves from the common herd by turning to fashion and cosmetics, even when the results could be bizarre, harmful and even fatal, giving the expression “fashion victim” a literal meaning.
Purgatory in Spanish Folklore
In rural Spain, the night still belongs to the ánimas, the spirits of the dead who didn’t go straight to Heaven or Hell.
Maria J. Pérez Cuervo 
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