To her, a car was like a submarine. One could be safe from the supernatural within a steel frame and tempered glass, but it was the monster’s world out there.

Childhood is this time of magic and monsters; hoping for one and fearing the other... The worst part of being a kid is discovering which one exists... So, I chose to believe in magic.

Children assume that monsters dwell in closets. Pubescent literati know it is the gateway to magic lands.

Pagans can be just as monstrous as any other group. They can be murderers, rapists, pedophiles. We need to accept that they are our problem and deal with them. We need to speak against their crimes and challenge them rather than letting our silence make us complicit.