Happy 2024! Why not celebrate with a brand-new research article on Han Song’s “Submarines” over at Fafnir, the open access, World Fantasy Award-winning Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research? http://journal.finfar.org/articles/i-hope-they-really-evolve-into-a-different-species-from-us/ #ChineseLit #ScienceFiction #SFResearch #HanSong #eeriness #estrangement #NatureDeficitDisorder #LuXun #AmResearching
I hope they really evolve into a different species from us

My Religion Made Halloween a Taboo, so Celebrating It Now Is Liberating

Halloween is a quintessential U.S. holiday, marked by creativity, costumes, and eeriness. And it’s that tie to the paranormal that has kept the day off-limits for some Latines. From Latine neighborhoods here and across Latin America and the Caribbean, there are the homes with “No triko tri” signs outside their houses. Oftentimes, these Latine households view Halloween through deeply rooted religious beliefs that define the holiday as dangerous or contrary to their faiths.