Translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle, Bélem’s fictional account of Edmond’s experiences is also an ironic portrait ...

Old wives’ tale: It takes 7 years to digest a piece of gum. You probably worry about this one each time your gum loses its ...

In 1920, a small sanitarium was opened for tuberculosis patients in an old saloon and dance hall at Pastime Park. It was the precursor to the Veterans Hospital we now Tales from the Morgue ...

The old movies almost always portrayed U.S. dreams—and thus, indirectly, realities. Just as the peasant tales retold by the Grimm brothers spoke of common maidens who could spin gold from straw ...