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skiddykid · 1 year
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Continuing on my quest try more book cover illustration by doing my own take on a cover for Widdershins 🌀
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are there any folks who use dreamwidth who would be interested in joining a Whyborne & Griffin and/or general Jordan L Hawk book comm?
Been rereading W&G and I’m thinking of making one...
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mushabon · 8 months
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WIP - my two favorite Lovecraftian goobers from Jordan L. Hawk's "Widdershins." Its about time I got around to doing a lil something for those books seeing as I've only read the series like 4 times... going on 5...
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a-pepper-honey · 2 months
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Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Whyborne in Griffin’s shadowsight:
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dandelion-roots · 1 year
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[Image description: the first image is a digital drawing in a semi-painterly style of Whyborne and Griffin walking arm in arm down the street. Whyborne is holding a red flower and blushes as he looks down at it, and Griffin is looking at him and smiling. The background is painterly and shows the street and lampposts lining it. The second image is a closeup of the drawing. End description]
Valentine’s day stroll through the bestest horrible murder town!
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unwanted-animal · 23 days
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Web Weaving - Percival Endicott Whyborne
Shadow - Amigo the Devil // The Last Beat of My Heart - Siouxsie and the Banshees // Arsonist’s Lullaby - Hozier // We’re In This Together - Nine Inch Nails // Prince of Shadows - Inkubus Sukkubus // Lose Control - Evanescence // If I Ever Get Home Before Dark - Gogol Bordello // The Likes Of You Again - Flogging Molly
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pretensesoup · 10 months
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Queer fiction, day 2/30
Since I mentioned it yesterday, let's talk about Widdershins, which is book one of the Whyborne and Griffin books. There are eleven in total, but they're in a series such that you kind of have to read in order, so I'm going to talk about them as a group.
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I only have these as ebooks right now, so I'm gonna hotlink to goodreads for the cover. Hopefully that works.
Okay, so the plot. Let's start by saying these do have a plot. Set in a very gothic town called Widdershins, in Massachusetts (just down the road from Arkham, it seems). As places go, it's very Night Vale--people keep to themselves and don't make eye contact if they're out after dark; the city's museum was designed by a man who slowly went mad during the work; everyone worships at a church called First Esoteric, which has some rather non-standard ritual practices.
The books are set around 1900. At the outset, we meet Dr. Percival Endicott Whyborne (he goes by Whyborne, which makes sense). He's highly educated, a philologist (someone who studies the history of languages). He speaks something like thirteen languages himself, and is also interested in cryptography, so it makes sense that when a private eye named Griffin Flaherty is referred to the museum with an occult, encyphered book, Whyborne is the person who's asked to help him. Together, they investigate a secret brotherhood and also fall in love.
I love a bunch of things about these books: the side characters are excellent; the sense of place (for a place that doesn't exist!) is extremely strong, and it's a funny, creepy place; the way the main characters get a chance to grow, both personally and in their relationship across all the books (unusual to find a series with so many entries in this genre); the explicit ways that Hawk deals with and subverts the ideas of "other" in Lovecraftian fiction.
Key quote: "Although the public areas of the museum were designed to give the appearance of a neat and orderly progression through history, the rest of the building exemplified chaos. Storerooms burrowed deep into the earth, while various wings sprawled off in every direction. The library was a literal labyrinth, and shortly after I'd first been hired, I'd found myself obliged to cross the flat roof of one of the wings as the most direct route from one department to another. Even though the museum was less than forty years old, there were rumors of lost storerooms and offices, and I did not doubt the possibility."
These books have a lot of sex in them, so be forewarned. When I read the first book, I found the use of euphemism in these a little grating to the inner ear ("my length" and suchlike), but over the course of the books I came to appreciate the voice. Then I read all the books and turned into a tiny eldrich creature myself.
10/10 for them.
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evenaturtleduck · 3 months
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Tagged by @101octopodes! Thanks! This is fun!
3 ships: Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, and Percival Endicott Whyborne and Griffin Flaherty (see Currently Reading 😅). 
Last song: It Is What It Is by Jenna Raine–it's on one of Oldest Child's playlists--I get most of my new music that way these days.
Currently reading: Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk. It's the last Whyborne and Griffin book and I'm all 😭 about this fact. Ten novels, a novella, and several short stories was clearly not enough for me.
Last movie: Middle and Youngest decided we needed to watch the Mario movie, and I'm so mad at how much fun it was. 
(Unless you count showing the Sunday school kids my old favorite Veggie Tales video Josh and the Big Wall this morning with hot chocolate for their last weekend of break before school starts back up. I still have most of it memorized 😅 I don't watch a lot of movies on my own apparently)
Currently watching: Nothing right now. 
Currently craving: I bought Fritos to go with the leftover chili in the fridge that look really good right now (especially now that someone else–probably Spouse–has already opened the bag).
Currently consuming: About to sit down with green tea with toasted rice and a cranberry orange muffin. Oldest and I made them this afternoon because they're trying to get me to read their favorite webcomic because it has characters they think I would like, and they're right, I do like those weird little guys, but I'm not really into webcomic pacing so I don't keep up with it (everything gets from point A to, like, point Q so abruptly it doesn't feel real). So whenever we bake, I'll read it while things are in the oven so that I can tell them how far I got into the story and they can screech gleefully about it. 
Tagging (no pressure! just for fun if you want!): @aurorawest , @lowkeyed1 , @seamu5 , and @ossified-hypothesis
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the-eunuch-general · 2 years
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free book!
Earlier I made a post recommending Widdershins if you want a supernatural horror-esque story set in the Victorian era that also features a gay romance. I just saw that the auther, trans writer Jordan L. Hawk, has made it free for all of Pride Month. Perfect since Daily Dracula has very few emails this month.
Happy Pride everyone!
Free download link for the book here.
Jordan L. Hawk’s blog post, where he talks about writing the book and also has the link for the free download, is here.
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summary: 
Some things should stay buried. Repressed scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has two skills: reading dead languages and hiding in his office at the Ladysmith Museum. After the tragic death of the friend he secretly loved, he’s ruthlessly suppressed any desire for another man. So when handsome ex-Pinkerton Griffin Flaherty approaches him to translate a mysterious book, Whyborne wants to finish the job and get rid of the detective as quickly as possible. Griffin left the Pinkertons following the death of his partner, hoping to start a new life. But the powerful cult which murdered Glenn has taken root in Widdershins, and only the spells in the book can stop them. Spells the intellectual Whyborne doesn’t believe are real.
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otakusapien · 10 months
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Dr Percival Endicott Whyborne <3
1: sexuality headcanon- Canon gay. Is so gay he can't tell when women are pretty. This is just canon 2: otp- Whyborne/Griffin 3: brotp- Whyborne & Christine 4: notp- IDR his name, but that distant cousin who made pass at Whyborne 5: first headcanon that pops into my head-If he lived in modern day he would refuse to use the internet. Christine would have to force him to use email for work. He touches it for no other reason, and only when he has to. 6: favorite line from this character-There are a lot, but first that comes to mind is when Griffin drives his car a /little/ fast and Whyborne goes, "I'm going to be a widower by sundown" 7: one way in which I relate to this character- The low self-esteem 8: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character- His obliviousness 9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave?-Not really either, but closer to cinnamon roll if I had to choose
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Queer Reviews: Jordan L. Hawk, "Fallow" (Whyborne & Griffin #8).
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CW: explicit sexual content, period-typical homophobia, mildly graphic violence, childhood trauma, mentions of racism
Plot: When Griffin’s past collides with his present, will it cost the lives of everyone he loves?
Between the threat of a world-ending invasion from the Outside and unwelcome revelations about his own nature, Percival Endicott Whyborne is under a great deal of strain. His husband, Griffin Flaherty, wants to help—but how can he, when Whyborne won’t tell him what’s wrong?
When a man from Griffin’s past murders a sorcerer, the situation grows even more dire. Once a simple farmer from Griffin’s hometown of Fallow, the assassin now bears a terrifying magical corruption, one whose nature even Whyborne can’t explain.
To keep Griffin’s estranged mother safe, they must travel to a dying town in Kansas. But as drought withers the crops of Fallow, a sinister cult sinks its roots deep into the arid soil. And if the cult’s foul harvest isn’t stopped in time, Fallow will be only the first city to fall.
9/10 on the Rainbow Scale™ 🌈: Everyone say a prayer for my poor baby Griffin, after seeing where he was raised and by whom it's honestly a miracle he's not swimming in self-hate anymore. Whyborne is still an anxiety-ridden idiot, but at least they love each other 😂😂😂 Christine and Iskander would like to have ONE good day.
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skiddykid · 7 months
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whyborne & griffin
e saul
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teejaystumbles · 1 year
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1, 4, 8 for fandom year in review?
Yay more asks!! :D
Favorite fictional characters this year:
Dream of the Endless and Hob Gadling, no surprise there. Other than that, Klaus Hargreeves, the Thirteenth Doctor (she grew on me, it took a while), and from books: Therem Harth re ir Estraven (The Left Hand of Darkness) who is such a wonderful character I can't even, and Percival Endicott Whyborne (Widdershins) who makes me whisper things like he is an idiot - but he is MY idiot and I can relate.
4. Favorite books read this year:
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuinn. It's not a new book but I had never read it before and I absolutely loved it.
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. Just the right kind of weird mind-fucking sci-fi. I need to read the other two books but am being kept away by the Sandman fandom and fanfics and
The Widdershins Whyborne & Griffin novels by Jordan L. Hawk that are not the height of literature but immensly enjoyable for a Lovecraft fan like me who likes to have gay men in their books. I've read a lot of short novels like this but this series is the first I've found with a Lovecraftian setting and I come back to read another volume once in a while. It's my comfort reading material when fanfictions run out.
8. First fandom of the year:
This is hard, because what is time, and what happened this year? I don't remember well. It was probably Stranger Things, because there was nothing else with a fandom attached I have watched. I think. I'm not sure. I wasn't active in fandom this year until August and the Sandman. If there are fandoms that I missed, it would probably include Archive 81, and I watched a lot of Gotham and was quite into it for a few months.
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astudyinfic · 2 years
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Spooktober 2021
Day 6 - Cozy
Fandom: Whyborne & Griffin
Also on AO3 
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The fire crackled merrily in the hearth, the only light in the otherwise dim room. Griffin had a novel in his lap but he'd long ago given up on reading it. It was far more interesting to watch his husband sleeping soundly in the chair across the room. Though it was still early in the evening, Widdershins grew dark quickly this time of the year.
The last case had been a difficult one and he didn't begrudge Whyborne needing the sleep. Griffin marveled at how he managed to keep going, despite working long hours at the Ladysmith and still finding time to help with the unusual cases they'd become famous for taking. His husband was a marvel and Griffin hoped he always would be.
Saul curled on the sofa next to him, purring softly as Griffin ran his fingers over the ginger cat's silky coat. The smell of the tea he'd made an hour ago mixed with the distinctive scent of the fire and for a moment, Griffin's world was perfect.
Back at the asylum, he would never have imagined he could have something like this. He wouldn't have dared to dream of something so cozy and warm. His life since leaving Fallow had been nothing but pain and cold. He'd convinced himself he was happy while with the Pinkertons but until Whyborne, he didn't realize what true happiness was.
Shifting in his sleep, Whyborne drew Griffin's eyes again, the same way he had from the moment they met. He was unlike anyone Griffin had ever met before and he'd believed that long before the magic. Now, he was extraordinary. Griffin watched the way he glowed, the magic that lit Whyborne up from the inside, even when he was at rest. He was the most remarkable man Griffin ever had the honor of knowing and to this day, Griffin couldn't believe he got to call Whyborne his.
"You're staring at me," Whyborne mumbled, not opening his eyes.
"You're my favorite thing to stare at." The smile Whyborne gave him warmed him far more than the fire. Surely his body was too small to contain the sheer amount of happiness that bubbled up inside him at such an innocent gesture. Griffin set the book aside and stood, earning a disapproving glare from Saul before he closed his eyes again. "Come to bed."
"It's too early to sleep." As a protest, it was half-hearted at best and Griffin took Whyborne's hand and pulled him to his feet all the same.
He pulled his husband into his arms and whispered in his ear, "Who said anything about sleep?"
Griffin laughed as Whyborne led them to their room.
The man he used to be would probably have laughed at how domesticated he had become. That Griffin would have thought himself superior for living his life free from ties and obligations. But he would have been jealous, deep down. Griffin knew this the way he knew Saul's fur was orange and that Whyborne still hated their phone. It was a truth that could not be discounted or ignored.
As the two of them fell into bed, wrapped in each other and the warmth of the love he shared, he knew this was the only life for him.
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cometsandcomments · 7 years
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Threshold (Whyborne & Griffin, #2)
Jordan L. Hawk
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If you’ve been following me for awhile you might have noticed I’m a huge Jordan L Hawk fan. 
So I’m excited to announce I was commissioned by Omniverse Press to do the profiles for the Widdershins RPG game! Its Kickstarter.
Above we have the two main characters of the Whyborne & Griffin series ;  Percival Endicott Whyborne and his husband Griffin Flaherty.
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