Underland Arcana collects the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. This issue contains stories by Jon McGoran, Nathan Batchelor, Jennifer Quail, Linda McMullen, Lexi Peréz, Tori Fredrick, Selah Janel, H. L. Fullerton, W. T. Paterson, and Eric Del Carlo. Stories about cold winter nights, stories about the panic that comes in the dark, stories about awkward house guests, stories about love, stories about diner food, stories about other kinds of food, stories about fairy t...

Despite the increasing number and variety of older characters appearing in film, television, comics, and other popular culture, much of the understanding of these figures has been limited to outdated stereotypes of aging. These include depictions of frailty, resistance to modern life, and mortality. More importantly, these stereotypes influence the daily lives of aging adults, as well as how younger generations perceive and interact with older individuals. In light of our graying populatio...

Despite the growing importance of heroines across literary culture—and sales figures that demonstrate both young adult and adult females are reading about heroines in droves, particularly in graphic novels, comic books, and YA literature—few scholarly collections have examined the complex relationships between the representations of heroines and the changing societal roles for both women and men.In Heroines of Comic Books and Literature: Portrayals in Popular Culture, editors Maja ...