Ben HellmanSep 23, 2023The Privilege of HubrisA medieval miniature of Alexander the Great being lowered into the sea in a bathysphere, from Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy...
Ben HellmanOct 31, 2021Her Undying Love; Gothic Viking Zombie Mayhem Hild, unable to bear the deaths of her lover and father, raises their bodies with the bodies of their warriors, leading to an endless...
Ben HellmanJun 28, 2021Into the Mouth of American Kitsch: Wisconsin’s House on the RockThe author contemplating another round of phantasmagorical excess at the House on the Rock, Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Rachel...
Ben HellmanJun 17, 2021Immortal Queer; LGBTQ+ Narratives in MythologyLoki consumes the female Gullveig’s heart, and is impregnated, an illustration of lines from Hyndluljóð, or Song of Hyndla, by John...