Welcome

Welcome to Popular Preternaturaliana: Studying the Monstrous in Popular Culture, a new resource sponsored by the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Legend Area of the Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association and hosted by The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages. I've spent a number of years exploring the monsters of medievalism and have come to the conclusion that, in order to understand the monstrous, one needs to look at the bigger picture and take into account the complete history of preternatural entities, including their origins, evolution over time, and relationship to similar creatures across the globe. As a result, this blog was brought to life in May 2013 in the hopes of providing a place to promote further study and debate of the preternatural where ever and when ever it may appear. 

Michael A. Torregrossa
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Legend Area Chair, Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association
Co-Founder, The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages