{"id":1246,"date":"2018-11-28T19:29:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinemussies.nl\/web\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2018-11-28T19:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:29:19","slug":"frankenstein-mermaids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/martinemussies.nl\/web\/frankenstein-mermaids\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankenstein Mermaids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I had to chance to brighten those dreary nights in November with a visit to Edinburgh and the lively &#8220;Fates of Frankenstein&#8221;, a two-day conference about Frankenstein\u2019s legacies in popular culture. 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