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Your Valentine – the darker side of the legend
Tired of fluffy hearts and saccharine sentiments drowning you in sickening sweetness on the 14th February? Perhaps we should hark back to some of the origins and recapture a little of the original meaning of Valentine’s Day.St Valentine, who wore a distinctive amethyst encrusted ring (the semi-precious stone popular among the clergy and which latterly [...]
Casanova’s Journal
Giacomo Casanova, just the name says it all does it not? He’s one of the most famous womanisers who made history just by conquering as many women as possible.This Valentine however, we won’t talk about his many plain adventures. For you see, there was one special woman in his life that left him rather intrigued.This [...]
New Years Resolutions
Most people start their New Year with hope-giving resolutions, promises they eventually end up breaking, bad habits they can’t quit and goals they won’t reach. Well, so do I. Though for me, in respecting my New Year’s resolutions I’d be saving my own life.My last year’s resolutions were: stop smoking, drink less, control my temper [...]
Snow Black
Everyone likes fairy tales, don’t they? We all know that everyone here loves darkness even more. So we thought, why not combine those two?This frosty December we share with you a gothic story.Once upon a time there was a village where everyone liked colors. Everyone liked dressing in colorful clothes and dye their hair in [...]
Inaripatti - The Wings Part 2
8 December 2015 I hereby continue the story of how I met the child…I can’t tell you how I met the man just yet. Although, that”s another story worth telling.As I was saying, I stood in a room with a man and a child strapped to a chair. At my last, apparently cruel remark, the child’s [...]
Terror in the Valleys
1 December 2015 Alchemy’s resident horror fiend Gavin Baddeley attends a lot of horror festivals, but he reckons the Welsh event, Abertoir, is among the best. So we asked him to report back on the best new fear flicks that previewed at 2015’s six day Aberystwyth marathon of the macabre… Abertoir isn’t just about new films. [...]
An Adventure Into Alchemy
23 November 2015I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I have long been a fan of Alchemy Gothic. From the time I saved for months to buy my first piece (which was the Gothic Ankh incidentally, and is still one of my favorite pieces to wear and one of their bestselling items) to now [...]
Occult Day
Having in mind that the 18th of November is Occult Day we dedicate this story to all the witches among us.Deadly CardsA young lady came to my shop on one Friday morning. She seemed very cheerful and she was dressed very prettily. She told me she wanted a tarot reading. I asked her if she [...]