On Cabinets & Collections:

Collecting the Treasures of the World, for History Reader

The Dark Side of Curiosity. Behind the Book: The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne, for Bookpage.

Nine Mystery Novels Featuring Collections, for CrimeReads

Favorite Short Stories of Crime, for Criminal Element

Most recent acquisition by The Collector Bot B1:

A flaming hemispherical PEBBLE OF KIN TO THE ONYX from Dr. Labe
Apr 5, 2023, 8:34 AM

(B1 is a twitter bot trained on the catalogs of early collectors to populate his own curious cabinets. He’s programmed in the generative grammar Tracery.)

Most recent photos from @elsahart on Instagram:

Feels like a nice conclusion to a holiday of endings and beginnings to wake up and encounter my costume this way. Seems the Fool has walked right out of the card to start the journey into what comes next. Happy November, friends 🧡

It’s my birthday! I’ve posted so few pictures this year. This is one I would have posted in the moment if I’d had service in the moment, and when I did have service the moment had passed. But now it’s my birthday and a good ti

Second flower waited for a thunderstorm.

On Jade dragon Mountain, The White Mirror, and City of Ink

Elsa Hart on Reading, Trains and Treasure, in Mystery Scene Magazine.

Beyond the Forbidden City: Examination Time in Early Qing Dyansty Beiing, on the History Reader.

Historical sources for Jade Dragon Mountain: Visiting China? Timeless Tips from Travelers of the Past