supernormal

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The first installment of this fantasy trilogy imagines a Royal Coven established by Queen Elizabeth I to handle supernormal incidences and preserve witchcraft’s legacy.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2022

In The Haunting of Hill House, a novel of 1959, Shirley Jackson explores the possibility that a disturbed individual can trigger supernormal events.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2020

“The streets were overflowing with people adoring our great leader, who is driving complex international politics with supernormal political acumen.”

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018

"Apocalyptic storylines are undoubtedly gripping—they are a supernormal stimulus for our morbid obsessions."

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2018

At present we are embarrassed because genius is so often closely allied to eccentricity; the supernormal appears in connection with the subnormal—and it is often hard to tell them apart.

From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton