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In the secluded realm of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamist cult, the practice of forced familial marriages was distressingly commonplace. This grim tradition aimed to preserve bloodlines, but the repercussions of years of inbreeding have been devastating. Countless children born into this environment suffer from severe birth defects, with many barely surviving beyond infancy, and some tragically perishing during childbirth. Hidden away on an unassuming road in Utah, there lies a somber and haunting baby cemetery. Overgrown with weeds, the cemetery bears witness to the tiny graves that dot its landscape, some remaining nameless.

— Shawn C. Harris, The Red Door: A Dark Fairytale Told in Poems, (2022)

Nikolay Punin, from a diary entry featured in The Diaries of Nikolay Punin: 1904 - 1953

san francisco music box company, 1995.

Howl at my collection of vintage wolf imagery.

Chapel ruins at Cypress Gardens

Fer-de-reliure de la "Compagnie des Confrères de la mort" — Clovis Eve (1586)

Kim Addonizio, "The Singing", Tell Me

All sorts of vintage book imagery is here in my virtual stacks.

Through the course of my research, I’ve encountered some great vintage seances, collected here.

Newsworthy: a collection of weird headlines and book titles.

Spellbinding: a choice collection of vintage witches and witchcraft imagery.