Preternature provides an interdisciplinary, inclusive forum for the study of topics that stand in the liminal space between the known world and the inexplicable. The journal embraces a broad and dynamic definition of the preternatural that encompasses the weird and uncanny—magic, witchcraft, spiritualism, occultism, esotericism, demonology, monstrophy, and more, recognizing that the areas of magic, religion, and science are fluid and that their intersections should continue to be explored, contextualized, and challenged.
The journal is always seeking reviews of new scholarly books. We invite reviews from established scholars as well as from advanced graduate students. If there is a recent work you are interested in reviewing, please contact book reviews editor Jeff Tolbert at [email protected]
Reviews should be 1,200-1,700 words and provide a detailed but concise analysis of the book tailored to scholars working on the “preternatural” broadly construed (interchangeable with “supernatural” to a large extent).
Examples of work available for review include:
- Light on the Path: Advancing Occultism through Esoteric Fiction by Mark S. Morrison
- Enchanted Wales: Myth and Magic in Welsh by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
- The Ecogothic Werewolf in Literature by Kaja Franck
- Ghosts and the Gothic, edited by Ruth Heholt and Joan Ella Parsons
- The Child Witches of Olague by Lu Ann Homza
- Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic by Alison Bashford
Submission deadline: ongoing.