Laren Stover - Curious Things...

Three scenes from my erotic fairy tale read by the magically gifted actors at Naked Angels Tuesdays@9 cold reading series. Filmed and edited by Sergio Gonzaez.

Like the villains in fairy tales, the Krampus has style. He knows how to make an entrance. He wears chains and bells—I love a little “musical” flair with my villainy—which give him an ominous omniscience.

Krushing on Krampus

Pimped for a Part

My essay for The Paris Review.

The Sweet Allure of Melancholy

Whatever happened to experiencing the grace of melancholy, which requires reflection: a sort of mental steeping, like tea?

The Case For Melancholy, The New York Times, November 7, 2015

I forgot to ask Mister Finch if he eats magical mushrooms.

Faerie Magazine, winter issue.

Return of the Tight Squeeze. My NYT interview with the charming, eccentric Victorian Secrest author Sarah A. Chrisman. Wearing a corset for a year changed more than her waist. Dita von Teese chimes in too!

It's road trip season! Follow me on my Scottish Faerie Trail in Faerie Magazine at B&N.

Ever dream of living in an 18th-century Pineapple? One of Scotland's most magical destinations.

Me and Joel Grey @ The Museum of the City of New York : Joel Grey/A New York Life

I sent Joel Grey a weird poem when I was in high school and he wrote back! Years later, he was gracious enough to write a pithy book blurb for my Bohemian Manifesto book, so the least I could do was pay homage to him in my new novel-in-progress (The 27-Notebooks of Nick Dante) with a curious character named Klaus.

A Vegan With A Dark Side - NYTimes

Vegan beauty innovator David Klasfeld in his shop on Ludlow Street

My interview with the curiously charming David Klasfeld, creator of OCC

Denyse Beaulieu's Book Is About Perfumes and Her Life - NYTimes

My interview with a brilliant, poetic, intellectual perfume muse and author