For convenience, the masculine offender is in demonology classed under the female designation. According to Michelet and other authorities there were ten thousand alleged witches for each alleged wizard! and anyhow there is little etiquette as to the precedence of ladies in criminal matters.
The Sources of Hallowe’en
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Evidence of Witches
For Halloween: The accounts and evidence against witches (those killed for being witches) are far more terrifying than the prospects of them being true witches.
5 Scariest Horror Movies of all Time
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Robert Louis Stevenson on Walt Whitman’s Style
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63 Questions Writers Love to Answer
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On Hanging a Stocking at Christmas by Charles S. Brooks
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Continue the Story: Shotgun
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Of Truth by Francis Bacon
What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits,…
How to Improve Your Tech Writing Skills
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You saw all your friends killed on Halloween night. He then tried to kill you, but a psychologist stopped him. After a bit of shock, you took a ride to the local hospital.
Thanksgiving Haiku Contest
Welcome to our Thanksgiving Haiku Contest! We are looking for the best Haiku we have ever read! It can be on any topic or writing in any style. We just want to read your haikus.