Wicked World: Issue Two
Welcome to Issue Two of Wicked World: the alternative travel magazine that dares to be different. Unrestricted by commercial considerations, we remain free to challenge, question, and tell the truth...
View ArticleComing Soon in Issue Three
We have finally managed to select an exceptionally broad and diverse range of travel articles to be featured in Issue Three of Wicked World, and are currently completing the magazine layouts. As well...
View ArticleNew Books by Wicked World Contributors
Most of the contributors to Wicked World Magazine are published authors. Several of them have new books out: Nazi Goreng by Marco Ferrarese Nazi Goreng is a disturbing story of one young Malay man’s...
View ArticleMursi Dreams
I awoke in total darkness, gasping for air and wondering where I was. The heat and smoke were stifling but as I sat up and banged my head against the thatched curving wall I saw dying embers from the...
View ArticleBarbed Wire Scars
Jeffrey James was among the hundreds who stormed the Wall that night in 2005, but he didn’t make it over. Moroccan border police handcuffed him, beat him with their fists, and dumped him in the no...
View ArticleThe Red Lantern
For almost a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in the Jemma el Fna, the legendary square of Marrakesh, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. When I first arrived in...
View ArticleWicked World: Issue Three
Welcome to Issue Three of Wicked World, the alternative travel digital magazine. In this new issue, we have brought together our most diverse range of travel articles yet. As well as a range of...
View ArticleComoros: Witchcraft and Ruins
The lake of eels was renowned for witchcraft. I peered into the dark water, looking for the sacrificial chickens but saw only fish. Nearby, on a jungle road was a woman with a frightening, corpse-like...
View ArticleMauritania: Big Empty Shell
It had been a long day. It must have been nearing midnight and we sat in the back of a pickup truck with a group of Taiwanese commercial fishermen. The town was quiet and ominous. Barely any of the...
View ArticleWest Africa Travel Book Giveaway
We have three paperbacks of Voodoo, Slaves and White Man’s Graves: West Africa and the End of Days by Tom Coote to give away to Wicked World readers. If you would like to win a copy then just send an...
View ArticleTraditional Belief and Spirit Dancers in the Casamance
Gris-gris I live in Abene, a village in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, where you do not need to scratch far beneath the surface to find traditional animist beliefs. This is a land of genies,...
View ArticleNew Books by Wicked World Contributors
A number of contributors to Wicked World Magazine have recently published new books. Links to their articles for Wicked World are feature under their biographies. Songs of the Caged Bird: Words as...
View ArticleMursi Dreams
I awoke in total darkness, gasping for air and wondering where I was. The heat and smoke were stifling but as I sat up and banged my head against the thatched curving wall I saw dying embers from the...
View ArticleBarbed Wire Scars
Jeffrey James was among the hundreds who stormed the Wall that night in 2005, but he didn’t make it over. Moroccan border police handcuffed him, beat him with their fists, and dumped him in the no...
View ArticleThe Red Lantern
For almost a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in the Jemma el Fna, the legendary square of Marrakesh, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. When I first arrived in...
View ArticleWicked World: Issue Three
Welcome to Issue Three of Wicked World, the alternative travel digital magazine. In this new issue, we have brought together our most diverse range of travel articles yet. As well as a range of...
View ArticleComoros: Witchcraft and Ruins
The lake of eels was renowned for witchcraft. I peered into the dark water, looking for the sacrificial chickens but saw only fish. Nearby, on a jungle road was a woman with a frightening, corpse-like...
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