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We invite you to join us in our pursuit of the odd corners of history, the celebration of the strange, and the art of storytelling for tellers of true tales.
Three Odd Books: Memento Mori
Three books on the end of life from three very different vantage points recommended by Beth Abdallah, Fellow of Odd Salon and connoisseur of the macabre.
Three Odd Books: Rotten Botany
Three Odd Books on the strange denizens of the plant world by Odd Salon Fellow, author, and connoisseur of the darker corners of botany, Amber Guetebier.
Three Odd Books: A Taste for the Macabre
Three odd books on famous hauntings, macabre collections, and tales of the unquiet dead, from Odd Salon Fellow and producer of radio play tales of mystery and horror, Aimee Pavy.
Three Odd Books: Lighter Than Air
Three Odd Books on the lighter than air conquest of the skies, from the first balloon ascents to the mysterious airship sightings of 1896, to the tragedy of the Hindenburg dirigible, by Odd Salon Fellow and resident airship aficionado, Justin Quimby.
Three Odd Books: Thinking & Drinking
Three books on the science and history of boozy delights, recommended by Casey Selden, Fellow of Odd Salon, home brewer and cocktail science aficionado.
Odd Bits: Tulipmania Monkeys
Jan Brueghel the Younger mocked the speculators of the Tulip markets with his cavorting monkeys
Odd Bits: Paw Prints of a Talking Mongoose
In 1931 a family on the Isle of Man reported visitations from a talking mongoose named Gef.
Odd Bits: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Defense of Fairies
In 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published a book about what later became known quite famously as the Cottingley Fairy Hoax. ⠀
Odd Bits: The Confessions of Mary Toft
A "miraculous" birthing unraveled by the discovery of smuggled rabbits.
