Loyalty on Trial
This issue centers on the word loyalty—a concept that unfolds into questions of choice, demand, duty, and betrayal. Gothic loyalty may be tender or terrifying, inherited or invented, sacred or broken. In everyday life we concede that loyalty is the bare minimum: we expect our friends not to betray us. Yet the universe grows bleak […]
The Artists Cemetery
There is a place in my village, by the sea, where dreams of artistry go to die. A heavy gate and statues of crying angels hold up a sign that reads: “THE ARTISTS CEMETERY.” Inside, there’s nothing much, merely a few benches to sit on, listen to the waves, and weep. No graves as we […]