Curated by The Housekeeper
She’s been rummaging again. The Housekeeper, that is. Pulled from all corners of the house – the attic, the pantry, the drawer that always sticks, these are the oddities she deemed worthy of the light.
Not the loudest, not the newest, but the ones that linger. She doesn’t explain her choices. She simply leaves them here, dusted and waiting.
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Read More: Indika: A Pilgrimage Through the Absurd and the DivineIn my procrastination quest to avoid committing 80+ hours of my life to Death Stranding 2, I accidentally stumbled into a 4-hour existential crisis.
THE ROOMS
RECENTLY FOUND IN THE ATTIC
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The Hill of Bones, Bunhill Fields; 360 Years Forgotten
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From Goosebumps to Gothic, The British Library Presents: Tales of the Weird
Read More: From Goosebumps to Gothic, The British Library Presents: Tales of the WeirdThere’s nothing more beautiful than a bookshelf filled with stories, and nothing more haunting than one where the covers all speak as one.
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Dark Castle Wasn’t On The Map, But Blockbuster Showed Us the Way
Read More: Dark Castle Wasn’t On The Map, But Blockbuster Showed Us the WayBack then, horror didn’t come to you. You had to go looking for it. We didn’t have Sky. No easy access to YouTube trailers. No algorithmic nudges. We had the Horror aisle of Blockbuster.
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The Architect of Oddity: Tim Burton’s Emotional Blueprints
Read More: The Architect of Oddity: Tim Burton’s Emotional BlueprintsCrooked lines, pale faces, and a kind of melancholy that feels oddly comforting. Like many, his worlds have always felt familiar to me. Instantly recognizable, and comforting in the most macabre way.
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A Forgotten Portal: The Crystal Palace Subway
Read More: A Forgotten Portal: The Crystal Palace SubwayOnce a grand entrance for first-class passengers arriving to visit the relocated Crystal Palace, this subterranean vestibule now stands as a poetic echo of a vanished era.
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Drawn to the Skull: Encountering Gary James McQueen
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Rubislaw Quarry: An Introduction to Strange Pt.1
Read More: Rubislaw Quarry: An Introduction to Strange Pt.1I’ve been trying to pinpoint the exact moment I realised I was ‘into’ things other people just weren’t. Two obscure fascinations spring to mind
House of Solitude 