Editor's Note: Summer 2025 Issue

Summer is often seen as a time of clarity—of light, heat, and long days that leave little room for shadow. But beneath the surface brightness, the strange persists. It ripens. The veil does not lift, it shimmers. And in that shimmer, we catch glimpses of things that perhaps logic says should not be, but somehow are.

True to our mission, we don’t seek to render definitive truths. Let your questions stay with you long after the sun has set. Truth lives in the margins. You hold the map. As always, we do not promise answers. We provide information. We offer patterns and possibilities. We honor the spaces where certainty is thin—where folklore lingers not as echo, but as evidence. Whether you come to these pages as skeptic or seeker, know that you are in good company. Curiosity is the only compass required.

Welcome to the solstice of the strange. Welcome to THE GRAY.

Erika L. Block

CEO of Gray House Publishing Editor-in-Chief of THE GRAY