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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1891)

The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890. A substantially revised and expanded edition was published in April 1891. For the new edition, Wilde revised the content of the novel’s existing chapters, [...]

Classic Literature Archive, Novels

“…what is strange, unusual, odd and unconventional is beautiful. Life is full of the strange, and in that is beauty.” -Ron Fitzgerald

DarkMedia Interviews Ron Fitzgerald: As the great magician Harry Houdini once said, “Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can’t understand it.”  But more than that, Houdini knew, from start to finish, the allure of magic [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Entertainment, Entertainment Interviews, Interviews

Enter at Your Own Risk: Old Masters, New Voices (A Review)

by Alex Mcdermott: Every Halloween produces a slew of anthologies and this season is no different. On FaceBook and Twitter, I’ve seen zombies, bloody knifes, mutilated corpses, more zombies, demonic leering creatures, and more zombies drift by. Most don’t catch [...]

Arts and Literature

Ghosts, Ghouls, and things that go bump in the night…

by Alex Mcdermott: Gothic horror was a staple of the 1800’s and early 1900’s with everything from short stories and poetry to full-length novels. Master storytellers like Lovecraft, Poe, Maupassant, and Stoker haunted the literary world. Writers like Yeats even [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

Interview With the Vampire… Photographer

DarkMedia Interviews Renée Dawn: Photographer Renée Dawn is a photographer and visual artist to keep an eye on.  Her ability to blend a sense of timeless beauty with a touch of more modern macabre is one of the many things that [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews