Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe asexual main character Leon Craig draws on folklore

Leon Craig draws on folklore and gothic horror in refreshingly inventive ways to explore queer identity

where the magical elite buy and swap designer bodies like clothes

Masks aren't supposed to retain memory

In stark contrast to the shrill and nasty interactions among many Christians regarding contentious LGBT issues

Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe asexual main character Leon Craig draws on folkloreIn brutally repressive sixteenth century England, artists had been frightened into dull conventionality; foreigners were suspect; popular entertainment largely consisted of coarse spectacles, animal fights, and hangings. Into this crude world came an ambitious cobblers son with an uncanny ear for Latin poetry, a torment for most schoolboys, yet for a few, a secret portal to beauty, visionary imagination, transgressive desire, and dangerous skepticism.