Grim Reviews: Weird News: High Belief in the Paranormal Among Americans

Belief in ghosts, paranormal phenomena, and mystical awakenings appears to be relatively high according to this polling report and its accompanying op-ed piece. It's easy to imagine that this might also be contributing to the increased interest in weird fiction--some of which is seen already in the rising demand for small press works of the weird. In fact, waltzing into the weird is barely removed from the strange mysteries of the real world. If the poll is to be believed, then the unseen oddities of life are already very much an intimate part of living for many Americans.