music This new drum machine only makes sick medieval beats Thom Dunn

sleep Doom metal that sounds like it walked out of a Frank Franzetta painting Natalie Dressed

music R.E.M. releases remix of its song "Radio Free Europe" in support of Radio Free Europe Ruben Bolling

History University offering master's degree in magick and the occult David Pescovitz

novels Interview with Ken Follet about forthcoming 3rd book in Kingsbridge series: A Column of Fire Mark Frauenfelder

books On the strengths of fiction done as near-history Guy Gavriel Kay

Cave Evil: a game of brutal necro-demonic dungeon warfare Peter Bebergal

science fiction Fan films and the future of fantasy Ethan Gilsdorf