A person is shrouded in a sheer black veil, with smoke or dark mist obscuring their head, and their hand is raised with fingers extended against a gray background.

Dark discourse for the literate and unwell.

Dispatches from the margins. Essays, fragments, and ghosts worth following. For mothers and monsters. For lovers of the strange.

Enter the Crypt

About Cradle & Crypt

Cradle & Crypt is the creative identity of Leslie Patton—writer, archivist of the uncanny, and mother of monsters.

It’s a haven for those who write in the margins of their lives. For anyone fascinated by the abject, the sacred, the strange—after the baby’s asleep or the boss stops watching.

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