Piercing the Veil: Starving the Hellmouth with 2023’s final offering, “N0S4A2” By JILLIAN KRISTINA There’s a simmering brutality to New England, especially in the winter. The bitter cold, the blustering winds and the snow… My last winter in...
Piercing the Veil: December’s Descent – Cutting out the cancer with “MALIGNANT” By JILLIAN KRISTINA We made it. The final month of 2023 is upon us, and if you’re here to read this, congratulate yourself. When I think of one word or image to describe...
Piercing the Veil: The Morrigan Comes Ripping in “THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER” By JILLIAN KRISTINA It’s not just you. Everyone feels this way. Imposter syndrome. Not good enough. Never good enough. Potential never fulfilled. Heart never accepted. Mind...
Piercing the Veil: Exploring the beauty and brutality of Medea through Mike Flanagan’s “THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE” By JILLIAN KRISTINA Paradox. Chaos. Storms. We’re taught to fear these energies, these onslaughts. We’re taught that there’s no beauty...
Piercing the Veil: Following the Dark Goddess’s Descent with “THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE” By JILLIAN KRISTINA This month, PIERCING THE VEIL pays homage to the Dark Goddess through our shared obsession – horror. The Dark Goddess isn’t everything we’ve...