Articles Written By Tobias Seamon
Tobias Seamon is author of The Magician’s Study and The Emperor’s Toy Chest. A fabulist novella, The Fair Grounds, about the world’s greatest cemetery architect, is forthcoming this fall from PS Publishing (UK). He lives in Albany, NY, and here as well
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Ghosts of New York
The Lost Pondshiners
New York’s Hudson Valley has long been haunted—by headless horsemen, and living terrors, too. In the hills between Poughkeepsie and Albany existed a clan of artisans known for their semi-wild existence—and for being a real-life connection to the region’s supernatural past.
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The Sports Page
Six and a Half Billion People Are Absolutely Right
The N.F.L. is corrupt, baseball’s a distant dream, and March Madness is only one month long. Here’s why any true sports fan watches soccer.
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Deadwood on the Hudson
Murderer, Thief, Whoremonger, Cheat
This summer marks the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s joyride to Albany—a celebration steeped in blood and greed.
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Deadwood on the Hudson
An Arm and a Leg to Be Divided
Four hundred years ago, Henry Hudson took a pleasure cruise up to Albany—and so began a bloody, murderous chapter of American history.
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Op-Ed
Prodigies, Peons, and Purple People Eaters
The wide world of sports is full of fallen angels and exhausted stories. A season of discontent condensed into five brief acts, with prayers for a glorious summer.
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Deadwood on the Hudson
Treacherie and the Chiefe Men of the Countrey
To celebrate the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s cruise to Albany, a new series about the Dutch colonies’ origins in America—no publicity cover-ups allowed.
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Profiles
The Strange Case of Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, Part Two
When he arrived in Manhattan in 1630, Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert had a promising future. But cannibalism, sodomy, and a pet bear (not for sale) forever changed his life, and legacy.
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Profiles
The Strange Case of Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert
When he arrived in Manhattan in 1630, Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert had a promising future. But cannibalism, sodomy, and a pet bear (not for sale) forever changed his life, and legacy.
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Personal Essays
In the Realm of the Oak Queen
A generation ago, the death of a pet prompted heartbreak, but the burial may have been a simple backyard affair. Pet funerals these days are going upscale, and one New York pet crematorium sets a shining example.
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Profiles
While He Flatters He Bites
The New World was filled with many threats, dangers, and unseen evil—all of which sailed over in the form of one man: Cornelis Van Tienhoven, the bad sheriff of New Amsterdam.
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Things
Colf
Want wintry exercise that doesn't require a schlep to Vermont? Then grab a softball, some form of club, and find the nearest patch of ice to replicate a game of ...
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Books
Ginger Man and Old Peculier
Winter is the season for great books and drink. A nearly unbeatable combination is J.P. Donleavy's picaresque masterpiece The Ginger Man accompanied by a few bottles of Old Peculier....