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A twisted vale of venom and shadow, where metaphysics, horticulture, poetry and alchemy wind together in ancient patterns.

Newsletter · By Eric McCormick · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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Sep 29, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Everyone Is Eclectic (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  2. Issue · Aug 23, 2026

    Feeling the Burn (opens the original)

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    Summer in Illinois, and my shirt is sticking to my back. I walk the fence row around a local cemetery with my Flora Incognita app open, looking for spicebush. Every fourth plant here seems to carry some characteristic of spicebush; the fence row offered a steady procession of almosts.Northern spicebush, Lindera benzoin, is a deciduous shrub in the laurel family. Its leaves grow alternately along the stem, their margins are smooth, and the tissue releases a spicy fragrance when crushed. Small yel

  3. Issue · Jul 26, 2026

    Root and Rune (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Jul 15, 2026

    Bindrunes (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  5. Issue · Jul 12, 2026

    Pipe Song (opens the original)

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