Sonya Vatomsky

Sonya Vatomsky

Joined: Mar 15, 2017

Sonya Vatomsky is a Russian American non-binary artist with too many feelings on the inside and too much cat hair on the outside. They are a staff writer at Haute Macabre, where they've covered everything from literature to music to dinnerware made out of human ashes, as well as the author of Salt Is For Curing (Sator Press, 2015). Get in touch by saying their name five times in front of a bathroom mirror or at sonyavatomsky.com. Headshot credit: Nima Forghani

The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) is a Southeast Asian species of megabat.

Don't fear the reaper.

More than a century later, the murders at the Hinterkaifeck farm remain unsolved.

A 2300-year-old mummy from Egypt's Saqqara Pyramids complex

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Coming in contact with one of them feels like “being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time.”

Rock formations at Illugastaðir farm in Iceland.

Iceland's last execution involved a woman whose crime may never be understood.

The Barnes Railway Bridge

Julia Martha Thomas disappeared—but her maid seemed to be doing great.

Tales of headless horseman predate The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

From myths to literature to giant squid, here's how some of our favorite eerie creatures and legends got their start.

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An abandoned cabin in the woods, and a terrible discovery beneath the ice.

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If all else fails, make someone ask you unpredictable questions.

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He's been called America's first serial killer.

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They're just not that into you.