by Court | Jun 30, 2021
My dearest phantom cold spots: Happy Summer! I’m writing to you guys in between road trips all over California, spending time with family that we didn’t get to see during the pandemic. Travel is happening again, which is awesome but also kind of overwhelming? I am...
by Court | Jun 10, 2021
When I was finishing up this series, I took a trip out to Sonoma and Napa to visit the places Mary Ellen Pleasant lived at the end of her life, and where she was buried. The best part about researching local people is being able to put myself in their actual...
by Court | Jun 9, 2021
My dearest spectral anomalies: HAPPY SUMMER!!! It’s ALMOST ACTUALLY fucking SUMMER because my kids ARE FINALLY OUT OF SCHOOL and this has been A YEAR. I am desperately ready for a vacation and TBH sleeping in for one extra hour and letting them play X-Box and eat...
by Court | May 31, 2021
“People who say bad things about her in the park have had objects dropped on their head, or fallen suddenly as if pushed. The sudden appearance of a crow seems to herald Mary’s presence, and she has even taken her human form and walked among the trees and...
by Court | May 27, 2021
My dearest planchette pushers: As you know, I traffic in the macabre. I write about mayhem and death and how those things haunt us. This week’s story is one that I’ve been turning over in my head for a month, trying to make sense of and wanting to tell in the right...
