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This month’s feature is my very first group feature journal write-up, if it’s well received I’ll be doing more and feel free to drop me a b-mail to make a suggestion for a group that needs a closer look, you can also comment on the forum post if you prefer.

This feature is about a group called Blood and Mortar
Blood and Mortar is a place for modern supernatural art and written verse. We all know the sub-culture, but do we really appreciate it for what it is? Many movies and novels have been at the forefront of developing these supernatural modern grim settings and they have become something of an enterprise on their own.
Comic books, movies, novels and video games have picked up on the sub-culture and developed it something we all know and in some cases can relate to.
The dark and often horror-oriented worlds portrayed with modern supernatural tales often tell a story based loosely in morality, but far too often in romantic pursuits. The idea of gothic-romance seems to be appealing to just about anyone, regardless of their inherent tastes in entertainment, or personal interests in life.
A good example that broke the mold early on is the famed Harry Potter novel series. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Harry Potter legacy, have you been living under a rock?! But seriously, the story focuses on a boy who is deigned to be great and the so-called savior of a secret wizard world that exists on the borders on the normal one inhabited by what they call muggles, AKA normal people. While the series of novels, that have spawned both a movie franchise and various types of games, shows the readers a whole magical world that is like an ephemeral mist around our heads, it focuses mainly on the personal and emotional experiences of the young Potter.
This is often a staple in the gritty underworld of modern magic and monstrous storyscapes. These tales manifest often as stories we would otherwise see as romance or emotionally developmental tales, but are told using mystical props and so they often appeal to a wider audience.
Even the simple thing like the monster under the bed or the boogeyman in the closet are examples of modern supernatural stories. We take these tales for granted, but who among us can say that they don’t have a deep seeded fear of the dark somewhere in the back of their minds and hearts. It’s not just the dark, or the idea of a mugger or something so trivial…it’s the unknown hidden in shadow among us that we fear and respect so much.

Blood and Mortar Hosts

Great Links to Modern Supernatural research elements and entertainment, if you can think of other great modern supernatural stuff on the net, link them up in a comment, to add a text link, place quotations before and after the text and add a colon right afterwards with the URL of the link.

Underworld
World of Darkness
Nightbane
Harry Potter
Anita Blake
Twilight)
Savanna Vampires
Kim Harrison
Willowmere Chronicles
The Craft
Condemned
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Bloodties
Kindred the Embraced
Dead Rising
The Librarian
Resident Evil
Alone in the Dark)
Monster Squad
Ghostbusters