“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou When Emily reached out to me about writing an article I immediately said yes, even though I had no idea what I…

I know I wrote one last year but, in my humble opinion, my writing skills have evolved quite a bit over the past twelve months. also, way more important and a bit less arrogant,…

“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.” Marilyn vos Savant A small introduction: My name is Roxana (or herlibraryofspells) and I am 14, living a complicated life and…

today I want to explore the origins, the definitions and the most beautiful novels of my most treasured genre. without further ado I now invite you into the haunted house of gothic literature; filled…

one has these books, so very precious, that while one wants to keep the story, the characters to oneself, still everybody should read it?the historian is, for me, one of these. “It touched me…

this article is going to hurt. writing these very words hurts. and if you know me, even just a little, please know that my intentions are never, ever, to hurt anyone. which is, in…

hey witchlings. I’m about to spill some tea here. because I’m really really mad. anyone here who didn’t read Lolita? there’ll be some spoilers …so. lolita is a book by the gorgeous Vladimir Nabokov,…

“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”  Neil Gaiman I…

warning: this essay is very triggering, talking about neglect, physical, emotional and sexual abuse. everyone knows them, tales of young maidens, brave children and evil stepmothers. the most famous of them were collected by…

dark academia is an aesthetic with it’s origins in the deep admiration towards classic and gothic literature, curiosity and history. so the basic idea of it is the love to all things academic, the…