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Love/Hate Reads: 'Rules of the Game,' Revisited
Neil Strauss's 2007 pick-up artist guide is less a dating book and more an RPG, pro-magician propaganda document, and catalyst of the incel community.
Harry Potter Fans Angry Over $50 'Scam' Event That Was More of a Low-Budget Kids Party
With a lot of dry erase boards, chopsticks for "wands," and no Butterbeer in sight, the event was essentially a Fyre Festival for muggles.
People Suspected of Witchcraft Are Still Being Persecuted and Killed
An international group of advocates are urging the U.N. to do something about the ostracization and violence.
When Seeing Isn't Believing
As long as we've had screens, magicians have used them to share their work, and audiences have questioned what they're seeing.
Lakeith Stanfield and Flying Lotus Are Making a Bonkers Netflix Anime
The streaming service just announced 'Yasuke,' a magic samurai robot anime, along with four other titles including 'Pacific Rim' and 'Altered Carbon.'
The True Story of Tituba, the Slave at the Center of the Salem Witch Trials
Rather than deny accusations of witchcraft, the enslaved woman spun a rich tale of sorcery that ultimately saved her life.
Dozens of Brooklyn 'Antifa Witches' Are Planning to Put a 'Hex' on Kavanaugh
Armed with coffin nails, effigies, and dirt from a graveyard, they'll be casting a spell "all about causing suffering"—just in time for Halloween!
I Tried Wiccan Spells on Myself for a Month
I turned off my skeptical side, to try out five spells that promised me everything from Facebook friend requests to sugar daddies.
'Residency,' Today's Comic by Mark Wang
After getting shipwrecked, a magical man questions his ability to create.
'Cursed Coconuts' Are Yet Again Implicated in Maldivian Election Tampering
Four men were arrested this week under allegations that they had used black magic to influence the election process.