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 Just finished the section on the Scottish witch Isobel Gowdie for the new witchcraft and sorcery encyclopedia I'm writing – I sentimentally hope she was set free and allowed to live out her life in "quiet obscurity". Picture credit: BBC Radio 3.
 Wear a face! These Covid regulations really are going too far – unless you are a politician in which case you already have two faces.
 Ancient Origins Premium published a ghost story of mine for Twelfth Night – it is behind a paywall however the full story will be available to my Patreons later this weekend.
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Curated by English barrister and Reuters correspondent turned writer, editor, award-winning tech journalist and sometime werewolf hunter Charles Christian. The site also has links to Charles' books and the Weird Tales Show videos and podcasts. Christian was born a 'chime child' with a caul and grew up in a haunted house. According to legend a caul-shrouded chime-child can't drown at sea but can see and talk to ghosts and fairy folk without fear of coming to harm – allegedly! And yes, he was once commissioned to go on a werewolf hunt by a newspaper. "I write. I drink tea. I know things," says Christian. Latest Weird Tales ShowLatest book: Shuckland
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