#Susan Hill

[w0rld0fbeauty]

[petaltexturedskies]

I have always liked to take a breath of the evening, to smell the air, whether it is sweetly scented and balmy with the flowers of midsummer, pungent with the bonfires and leaf-mould of autumn, or crackling cold from frost and snow.

Susan Hill, from “The Woman in Black”

[can-of-w0rmz]

I need more people to read The Woman In Black and start talking about Arthur Kipps. Not that there’s really anything to say about him. He is the most average guy known to man. I just want him collectively recognised because I’ve decided I like him. He’s such a guy to me. Can we get some fanart in the chat or something please gang??

Anyway as soon as I get free time both young Arthur going through horrors and dilf Arthur fanart will grace your timelines you’re welcome in advance xx

[leer-reading-lire]

Tarot October BPC | October 23 | Queen of swords - spooky stand-alones

[lettersinarchive]

“once you got home, you’d never let yourself come back.”

— Susan Hill, On the face of it.

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Judy Chicago with embroidery by Susan Hill, Did You Know Your Mother Had A Sacred Heart?, 1976

[jon-withnoh]

There's gonna be a line in my next Danvich fic where Ich says "You know what I think? I think Rebecca was a damn fool." (And then they kiss)

can't wait

[alicesbread]

Spoilers for Mrs de Winter by Susan Hill!

Okay but this book has so much fucking fic material. Like. Imagine Ich finding out she's pregnant AFTER Maxim dies. And having to raise the fucking kid all by herself UNLESS someone comes her way and helps her with that (cough cough Danny maybe?) And having to restart her life for like the third time. Damn.

[suspiria76]

THE WOMAN IN BLACK

UK

1989

Directed by Herbert Wise

Screenplay by Nigel Kneale

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Currently reading 👻

[can-of-w0rmz]

I think one thing I really like about The Woman In Black is how much attention Arthur puts on looking after his physical and mental health throughout the entire book. Like even when he’s experiencing devastating horrors, his first thoughts are still eating a balanced meal, running a warm bath, getting a good night’s sleep, etc etc. It really helps to emphasise how much of a normal, healthy guy he is with no ties to the events at Eel Marsh House, which emphasises the horror of the whole “it can happen to anyone, all you have to do is SEE her” factor of the ghost story. And also, it’s a really really nice change of pace imo from like 90% of gothic horror protagonists, and adds to his credibility as a reliable narrator a lot — don’t get me wrong, there’s 100% a time and place for characters who loose their grip and get sucked into the horrors with the events that break them (I’m writing one of them right now lol), but I also love the fact that Susan Hill chose to write a character that clings on STUBBORNLY throughout the entire story.

Like, for a story that’s very very clearly heavily inspired by a LOT of tried and done gothic horror tropes, I admire the fact that almost every action the characters take or every element of the story feels very purposeful, and nothing really feels put in there for the sake of being in there other than a couple of callbacks and motifs to famous 19th C. novels.

[leer-reading-lire]

May 2: Currently reading

[apaladinsventure]

Haunted houses in 📚

“Whatever was about, whoever I had seen, and heard rocking, and who had passed me by just now, whoever had opened the locked door was not 'real'. No. But what was 'real'? At that moment I began to doubt my own reality.”

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Susan Hill, The Woman in Black 📖

#Art 🎨 by IrenHorrors, DeviantArt