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Mr. Vester’s Safety Coffin

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 / joanne m. austin / 2 Comments

I originally wrote this story for Last Exit: Travels with Death in the Garden State, a special issue of Weird NJ that was published in 2009 and has long since been out of print. Seeing a reference to safety coffins on social media the other day prompted me to dust it off and share it … Continue reading Mr. Vester’s Safety Coffin

Death of a Clown

February 17, 2019 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

Sometimes you find a song you like under good circumstances. Sometimes you find one you like under completely sucky circumstances. This song comes from the latter--not from a direct personal concern but still something that saddens me. I think it will become an odd addition to my regular playlist. For those who are playing at … Continue reading Death of a Clown

An update on KD

October 3, 2016 / joanne m. austin / 1 Comment

About a year ago, I wrote about KD Cyr, a young woman and fellow lover of the weird who died in a car crash. I wanted to let you know that you can learn more about her through the website that her family created not only to mourn her loss but to also celebrate her … Continue reading An update on KD

Katie Likes Flowers

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 / joanne m. austin / 2 Comments

This short piece about an experience I had in a nearby abandoned cemetery was originally published in Weird Hauntings (Sterling, 2006). Many abandoned bits of civilization are found in the woods in the part of New Jersey where I live: Towns that simply disappeared off the map for one reason or another. Their remnants include … Continue reading Katie Likes Flowers

About those gone too soon

September 21, 2015October 3, 2016 / joanne m. austin / 1 Comment

Hi there. It's been a while since I posted. The thing that has prompted me to do so today is the death of someone I never even met, but whom you can check out through her Instagram site. I'll bet it's as close to a snapshot of her essence as you'd ever find online. Her … Continue reading About those gone too soon

Contact List

November 15, 2013February 5, 2020 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

It was a while ago, maybe two years back, when I had to stop by the Weird NJ office for some reason that has long been lost to me. But I didn’t have a key and I needed to make sure that somebody would be at the office so I could do the thing I … Continue reading Contact List

The B side of a headstone

July 12, 2012 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

A few years ago, I accidentally stumbled across a family headstone while looking for interesting graves to write about. The stumble became a story in larger project, and in my returns to the cemetery to visit the grave in question, which marks the burial site of a great-grandfather and his two wives, I eventually got … Continue reading The B side of a headstone

DEAD Robin…hummmm

May 15, 2011May 15, 2011 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

A robin died behind a waterspout located in my flower garden last spring. This spring, while cleaning up the garden, I found the remains, including the skull. It's amazingly fragile, except for the beak. I now know why you don't see little bird skulls all over the place. I buried the rest of the body … Continue reading DEAD Robin…hummmm

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