Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural has issued a call for articles for a special issue called “Anomalous Ethnographies: Wild Wonders, Diminutive People and Reticent Races”, which is scheduled for publication in fall 2012. “We are seeking academic articles from any discipline and period. Topics might include (but are not limited to) Abatwa, Bloody Mary, Boogieman, djinn, elves, elementals, fairies, fauns, goblins, gremlins, hauntings, Homo Floresiensis, incubi/succubi, mermaids, mummies, Plinian races, reptilians, Sasquatch, selkie, the undead, werewolves, wild men and wild women, Yaksa, and all other alternate forms of humanity, as represented in anthropologies, fiction, folk-lore, medias, mythologies, sermons, travel literatures, and urban legends. Contributions should highlight their construction, cultural role, or historical significance in popular narrative or academic discourse.
“Abstracts of 500 words are due on 1 April 2011. Final contributions should be roughly 8,000-12,000 words (with the possibility of longer submissions in exceptional cases), including all documentation and critical apparatus. If accepted for publication, manuscripts will be required to adhere to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (style 1, employing footnotes).”
Preternature is a “peer-reviewed scholarly journal currently housed at The Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto, and is published in Oxford, England.” Editors include Peter Dendle of The Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto and Kirsten C. Uszkalo of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For submission information, see this page.