In “Behind the Zine 3” Jeff Belanger interviews author Varla Ventura about Issue 3 of Shadow Zine: Mark Twain’s Ouija Mystery. This issue is about a book called Jap Herron: A Novel Written from the Ouija Board by Mark Twain and Emily Hutchings. Was this book channeled via the Ouija board? Who was the woman who wrote it? And is there a ghost whose restless spirit longed for a scribe on earth? Was Emily Grant Hutchings that earthly muse, or was this a profound publicity stunt? In our chat, Varla also discusses er new battle with breast cancer and how that’s affected her life and work, and we chat about her latest book, Enchanted Plants: A Botanical Treasury of Folklore and Magic. Watch the interview below: