The Mother’s Ghost: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I wanted to do something special on Extraordinary Intelligence for Mother’s Day.  I tried to think of ways to celebrate moms, grandmas, aunties, etc… but no one can do it like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow did with The Mother’s Ghost. This poem is part of a larger Longfellow compilation called Tales of a Wayside Inn.  The [...]

Chanson de l’Ange: Book One Available Now!

If you are a long time reader of Extraordinary Intelligence, you may recall an interview I did over a year ago with author Paisley Swan Stewart.  The interview can be found here: Chanson de l’Ange, a retelling of “The Phantom of the Opera”: Interview with Author Paisley Swan Stewart At that time, she was still [...]

Paranormal Romance: A reader shares his experience

Some months back, I wrote an article about sexual encounters with spirits. I’ve received lots of mail from readers on the topic, and it seems that these scenarios are actually more common than one might think.  To read the original post, click the following link: Paranormal seduction: Lurid encounters with spirits One of the more [...]

Paranormal seduction: Lurid encounters with spirits

*WARNING: MATURE CONTENT* Stories about haunted houses and poltergeists are fairly common.  Nearly everyone knows of a person who has had a paranormal experience or a ghostly encounter. But what do you do when the things that go bump in the night have a little more on their mind than flickering lights and footsteps in [...]