Colin Dickey

Colin Dickey is the author of five books of nonfiction, including Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy (2023).

Stories by This Author

'The Devil presenting St Augustine with the book of vices' by Michael Pacher - stock photo

The Review | Essay

A New History of Monsters

By Colin Dickey February 13, 2025

How do we draw the line between human and nonhuman?

Photo illustration of frogs raining down from the sky

The Review | Essay

The Scholar Who Inspired a Legion of Cranks

By Colin Dickey July 16, 2024

The vexed legacy of Charles Fort.

Traditional illustration of college-age students in a classroom seemingly unaware of a large red snake slithering through and between their desks.

The Review | Essay

The Specter of ‘Indoctrination’

By Colin Dickey June 5, 2024

How a military term became a culture-war shibboleth.

cover of Agrippa book, medieval magic and mysticism

The Review | Essay

The Line Between Knowledge and Magic Is Thinner Than We Think

By Colin Dickey November 28, 2023

Anthony Grafton’s alternate history of the Renaissance.