Every grimoire worth reading starts with what the author actually knows.
Folklore. Mythology. Witchcraft. Writing. The things nobody tells you, and the things everyone should know. Pull up a chair.
A grimoire is a book of knowledge. What’s recorded in it, and how, depends entirely on the person writing it.
This one covers folklore and mythology from multiple traditions, witchcraft as a practice rather than an aesthetic, the craft of writing dark fiction, and the occasional opinion I probably shouldn’t say out loud but will anyway. If any of that sounds like your kind of reading, you’re in the right place.
Folklore & Mythology
Loki: Was He Really Evil After All?
This post is about a god “Hijacked by Jesus” and forced into the role of villain. I am, of course, talking about Loki.
Writing Craft & Fiction
My Top Five Common Horror Tropes
When we think of horror, we have a preconceived idea of what we mean. We know what makes a good story. Here’s my top five horror tropes.
Thought
Perkin Warbeck, Pretender or Prince?
The man known to history as the pretender to the English throne, Perkin Warbeck. Maybe we shouldn’t trust everything the Tudors tell us.
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About Gee
I’ve always been drawn to the things people don’t quite know what to do with: folklore, identity, the uncomfortable questions that don’t have neat answers.
I don’t deal in aesthetics or empty rituals. I’m more interested in what actually holds up when you strip everything back.
This is a place for stories, tools, and straight answers; for those who would rather understand than pretend.