Author Description

Largely written and illustrated using the artificial intelligences ChatGPT and Midjourney respectively, and heavily edited and contributed to by human authors, Supernatural Halloween Creatures: Rumored Origins and Characteristics is an experiment in AI’s current ability to discerningly survey a topic of cultural substance and subtlety. This brief encyclopedia delivers hearsay on some of the most classic mythical and folkloric beings who would find themselves at home in a realm of spooky autumnal mystery. Most of the spiritual or magical entities discussed herein were long taken as self-evidently real in various cultures throughout human history, and most of them are still believed in by many people today, although such beliefs have fallen into disrepute by much of the scientific community. Many of the macabre illustrations throughout the book were generated with inspiration from gothic, impressionistic, romantic, and other artistic movements historically associated with cultures responsible for documenting beliefs in Halloween creatures.