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Author: Benjamin Welton

Benjamin Welton is a freelance writer based in Boston. He is the author of Hands Dabbled in Blood.
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07/20/2020

Strange Islands

Imperialist love stories

by Benjamin Welton

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02/27/2020

From Trenches to Trenchcoats

Raymond Chandler’s “Great War”

by Benjamin Welton

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10/28/2019

The Devil(s) of D.C.

The work of Leslie H. Whitten

by Benjamin Welton

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08/19/2019

The Night Stalker Blues

Something borrowed and something used

by Benjamin Welton

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03/28/2019

Conte Cruel

The Haunted World of Ray Russell

by Benjamin Welton

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02/15/2018

Invasions: Real and Imagined

Looking back at H.G. Wells’s legacy

by Benjamin Welton

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11/09/2017

Mist, Mountains, and Men

. . . and monsters

by Benjamin Welton

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10/31/2016

Undead and Born Criminal

The link between Dracula and early criminology

by Benjamin Welton

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02/29/2016

The Bite of the Devil Dog

The complicated politics of rabble rouser Smedley Butler

by Benjamin Welton

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