Amy Rickords stands near the southbound light-rail station at 16th and California holding two five-and-a-half-inch nails in her hand. “Wanna see a trick?” she asks passersby. Most pedestrians either ...

After two years as a sideshow performer, Trick the Bastard is used to receiving feedback from his audiences, but there’s one instance that sticks out most in his mind. “I can do what you can do,” he ...

This is it, kids! Halloween weekend! Time for boils and ghouls of every age, shape, and size to shed their skin and have some fun, and that’s exactly what horror icon John Carpenter has done with this ...