#a hornbook for witches

[weirdlookindog]

Leah Bodine Drake - A Hornbook for Witches: Poems of Fantasy (Arkham House, 1950). Cover art by Frank Utpatel.

[thatwritererinoriordan]

Not the Lewis Carroll poem, but the monster in this poem is named after the Lewis Carroll poem.

[chiropteracupola]

Questions 21, A, and B for the Moth and Compass crowd? 💚

this got a little out of hand, so I shall do one of the trio for each of the three questions!

21. Why do they get up in the morning? 

there’s things that need to get done!! Luna prizes routine and practicality, and even though her lighthouse is no longer operational by mundane means, it still needs to be maintained and to be lit, and it’s got to be her that does it. and in between there are books to read, and corkboards to wind around with red string, and new recipes to try, and down on the shore there are plovers and sandpipers skittering around in between the rocks and the foam. there’s a lot in her life to be excited about!

a. Why are you excited about this character?

Goodfellow is. oh my tragic idiot. he’s out of time in every possible way, and he’s odd to talk to and unsuited to every way of life he’s encountered, but he’s doing almost fine despite it! he’s walking the line between ‘too unobservative to notice that something is terribly wrong’ and ‘still hung up on a guy and a life that he left behind more than two hundred years ago’ and it mesmerizes me! he talks about men in the way that a dad who has never quite figured out that the word ‘bisexuality’ might apply to him would. despite this he did in fact have gay sex on multiple occasions whilst alive. he loves the rules because following them means he doesn’t have to think and he fell in love with a man who threw himself up against the figurative electric fence of the articles of war until it nearly killed them both multiple times. he has an imaginary collection of tank tops from beachfront crab shacks. if you ask him too many personal questions he’ll wail mournfully and vanish into thin air. he has still never quite realized that he was bad at his job. he was so bad at his job to the point where he got many people killed. and his sideburns — well, his sideburns are beautiful!

b. What inspired you to create them?

Moth, well - Moth started out as me. but along the transition from that to where we are now, once again, it was the Vincent Price audiobooks — I was the kind of kid who liked potions and rituals and looking for ghosts, but didn’t do any of those things as much as I would have liked, so when it came to Moth, I imagined the me that would have listened to Vincent Price reading ‘How To See Ghosts Or Surely Bring Them To You’ and ‘Don’t’ and taken that advice! here’s that kid with Carly Rae Jepsen on a borrowed pink ipod, weird hair and weird cat and jeans that don’t fit, and here’s the adventure they’ll have!

[aquariumdrunkard]

The Aquarium Drunkard Show (The Halloween Edition)

Broadcasting from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery … The Aquarium Drunkard Show. The Halloween edition, Wednesday night / 7pm California time. SIRIUS/XM ~ Channel 35.

Eartha Kitt – I Want To Be Evil (AD Halloween Version) ++ The Munsters – Munster Creep ++ Bob McFadden & Dor – The Mummy ++ Danny Ware – The Zombie Stomp ++ The Sound Offs – The Angry Desert ++ The Blue Echoes – It’s Witchcraft ++ The Tomko’s – The Spook ++ Scotty Macgregor And His Spooks – I’m A Monster ++ Screaming Lord Sutch – She’s Fallen In Love With A Monster Man ++ The Gories – Casting My Spell ++ Baron Daemon & Vampires – Ghost Guitars ++ Elvira – End of Side One ++ The Five Blobs – The Blob ++ Vincent Price – A Hornbook For Witches (AD Halloween Version) ++ The One Way Streets – Jack The Ripper ++ The Swamp Rats – Louie Louie ++ Oma Liddie – J. J. Jackson and the Jackals ++ Bill Buchanan – Beware ++ Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads – Goo Goo Muck ++ Frankenstein – This Is The Fiend ++ Donovan – Wild Witch Lady ++ The Frantics – Werewolf ++ Radio Spot – I Was A Teenage Werewolf ++ The Cramps – I Was A Teenage Werewolf ++ Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man ++ Evariste – Connais Tu L’animal Qui Inventa Le Calcul Intégral ++ The Frantics – The Whip ++ Charles Bernstein – Jail Cell ++ The Vault of Horror ++ Lee Kristofferson – Night of The Werewolf ++ Steve King – Satan Is Her Name ++ Kip Tyler – She’s My Witch ++ The Madmen – Haunted ++ Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians – Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood ++ Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash (AD edit) ++ Billy Lee Riley – Nightmare Mash ++ Wade Denning & Kay Lande – Halloween ++ Los Holys – Campo de Vampiros ++ Otis Redding – Trick or Treat ++ Monsters Crash The Pajama Party ++ Bobby Bare – Vampira ++ The Sonics – Strychnine ++ Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages – All Black & Hairy ++ Chance Halladay – Deep Sleep ++ The Weirdos – E.S.P. ++ Leroy Bowman – Graveyard ++ The Frantics – Werewolf ++ The Dynamic Kapers – Alligator Wine ++ The Surfmen – Ghost Hop ++ The Connoisseurs – Count Macabre ++ The Poets – Dead

[chattering-magpie-uk]

Vincent Price - A Hornbook for Witches.

[montedesno]

A Hornbook For Witches, Stories And Poems For Halloween Illustration [Cover] – Leo And Diane Dillon

[wherethehellisderrymaine]

MAY WRAP UP

BOOKS: kimetsu  la larga marcha (st) i don’t like mondays diarios de motocicleta kitchen table tarot (loved it) a hornbook for witches (i relly liked it, made re-connect with my love for the dark world)

MUSIC: jonas brothers hens karol g la banda de un amigo bad nerves locoplaya toro y moi ed sheeran lime cordiale palta and the mood sabrina carpenter NS veneno - nosotros los consumidores el lado oscuro del corazon - dante spinetta don patricio locoplaya

EVENTS issues at work again. teenagers are behaving like demons. 

failed the drving test exam and i felt stupid.  i miss foni  ONE YEAR WITH LUCHO. he gifted me a lovely robe :’) he is adorable

felt more insecure about brenda and lucho but i talked to him and he calmed me down. i’ll give my best to stop thinking about her bc it’s making me have nightmares. 

i fell sick and lost my voice made plazo fijo with lucho. i like havnig our money together and sharing.

puntos suspensivos recital 

jime’s birthday

out of medical insurence bc of a mistake from cem. i hope it can be fixed quickly. it stresses me out. 

serious talks with lucho about my insecurities and bad comments. 

i feel sad. i try to focus on the positive, bc there are lots of good things in my life, but i still have some dark thoughts. also, i don’t feel “at home” anywhere. i feel like i don’t belong. i know it’s gonna take time but that is not helping me atm. 

lucho is helping me with that. he is making me feel more comfortable and motivates me to participate more in the house.  i baked our first cheescake here. 

i got back at reading and that is great.  i want to make more plans with my friends ::: cumple del negro, cena con lari.

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30 y 31: i’m not ok. i’m still scared and i have troubled thoughts. i don’t know what to do, i’m having a hard time letting go of my fears. i just want to cry all the time.

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overall: stressed, anxious and sad.

[graveyarddirt]

Vincent Price: A Hornbook For Witches

A1 How To See Ghosts Or Surely Bring Them To You A2 A Hornbook For Witches A3 Witches On The Heath A4 The Ballad Of The Jabberwock A5 All-Saints' Eve A6 Dreamland A7 The Sands Of Dee A8 Thus I Refute Beelzy B1 Don't B2 The Water Ghost Of Harrowby Hall B3 Scary Sound Effects: The Creeping Horror B4 Scary Sound Effects: Storm, Wind, Creaking Door, Ghost Moaning, Dog Howling B5 Scary Sound Effects: Witch B6 Scary Sound Effects: Monsters Eating

See: #halloween music, #music, #vincent price

[geekybombshell]

Happy Halloween Everyone

[postpunkindustrial]

Vincent Price ‎– A Hornbook For Witches, Stories And Poems For Halloween

Halloween Season: Vincent Price!

It’s Halloween! That is as good an excuse and any to post Vincent Price. A Hornbook For Witches, Stories And Poems For Halloween from my Google Drive HERE 

[chiropteracupola]

'their secret — how to show friendship while you flex your claws'

[hauntedradio]

found on the Internet Archive

1. The Haunted House from Selections From "The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales" 2. Skin and Bones from Ghost Ballads 3. The Secret Commonwealth from Spirits and Spooks for Hallowe'en Summoned Up by William Conrad 4. Skeleton Dance from Spooky Sounds 5. Terror Train from Terror Tales by The Old Sea Hag 6. Wind Storm from Halloween Sounds For Your Parties 7. Room For One More from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 8. The Spectre from Monster Ghost Stories 9. Don't from A Hornbook For Witches 10. The Ghost Ship from Famous Ghost Stories with Scary Sounds 11. The Man in the Raincoat from Tales of the Frightened 12. The Demon Tree: episode from Dark Fantasy 13. The Reaper's Ghost from Ghost Ballads

[chattering-magpie-uk]

Vincent Price - A Hornbook For Witches, stories and poems For Halloween (1976).

[violettesiren]

Bring the black cock and the knife, Stir the screaming mandrake brew, Draw the signs of death and life, 'Round the brazier's smoking cup... She can raise the Devil up! Or at least, an imp or two.

The Conjuration by Leah Bodine Drake (from the poem A Hornbook for Witches)

[aquariumdrunkard]

The Aquarium Drunkard Show (Halloween Edition)

Broadcasting from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery … The Aquarium Drunkard Show. The Halloween edition, Wednesday night / 7pm California time. SIRIUS/XM ~ Channel 35.

Eartha Kitt – I Want To Be Evil (AD Halloween Version) ++ The Munsters – Munster Creep ++ Bob McFadden & Dor – The Mummy ++ Danny Ware – The Zombie Stomp ++ The Sound Offs – The Angry Desert ++ The Blue Echoes – It’s Witchcraft ++ The Tomko’s – The Spook  ++ Scotty Macgregor And His Spooks – I’m A Monster ++ Screaming Lord Sutch – She’s Fallen In Love With A Monster Man  ++ The Gories – Casting My Spell ++ Baron Daemon & Vampires – Ghost Guitars ++ Elvira – End of Side One ++ The Five Blobs – The Blob ++ Vincent Price – A Hornbook For Witches (AD Halloween Version) ++ The One Way Streets – Jack The Ripper ++ The Swamp Rats – Louie Louie ++ Oma Liddie – J. J. Jackson and the Jackals ++ Bill Buchanan – Beware ++ Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads – Goo Goo Muck ++ Frankenstein – This Is The Fiend ++ Donovan – Wild Witch Lady ++ The Frantics – Werewolf ++ Radio Spot – I Was A Teenage Werewolf ++ The Cramps – I Was A Teenage Werewolf ++ Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man ++ Evariste – Connais Tu L’animal Qui Inventa Le Calcul Intégral ++ The Frantics – The Whip ++ Charles Bernstein – Jail Cell ++ The Vault of Horror  ++ Lee Kristofferson – Night of The Werewolf ++ Steve King – Satan Is Her Name ++ Kip Tyler – She’s My Witch ++ The Madmen – Haunted ++ Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians – Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood ++ Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash (AD edit) ++ Billy Lee Riley – Nightmare Mash ++ Wade Denning & Kay Lande – Halloween ++ Los Holys – Campo de Vampiros ++ Otis Redding – Trick or Treat ++ Monsters Crash The Pajama Party ++ Bobby Bare – Vampira ++ The Sonics – Strychnine ++ Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages – All Black & Hairy ++ Chance Halladay – Deep Sleep ++ The Weirdos – E.S.P. ++ Leroy Bowman – Graveyard ++ The Frantics – Werewolf  ++ The Dynamic Kapers – Alligator Wine ++ The Surfmen – Ghost Hop ++ The Connoisseurs – Count Macabre ++ The Poets – Dead