#spin : clive barker

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Dad Jokes

Stephen King: so i was down at the bookstore and they were throwing my books around Dean Koontz: oh no! why were they doing that? King: well dean Koontz: they could damage the books! King: well dean Koontz: or hurt someone! King: well dean Koontz: or King: let me finish dean

King: i was all 'what's going on?' and then IT hit me Koontz: why were they doing it? King: well IT hit me Koontz: King: see, IT is the title of one of my King: oh for pete's sake King: the rest of you got it didn't you?

King: the rest of you got it, right? Barker: yeah we got it Barker: it just wasn't funny King: King: oh come on clive i mean i thought it was a little funny Poe: it was very amusing steve Barker: don't encourage him edgar Barker: he's only going to get worse

Stephen King: well, don't worry, i got plenty more! Joe Hill: dad, please, i'm tired King: hi tired, i'm dad Barker: hahaha Barker: ok now THAT ONE was funny Poe: really? "hi tired i'm dad?" that's the one that does it for you? Barker: it was all in the delivery haha

King: IT hit me? get it? IT? King: oh never mind, please yourself then Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyy stephano king King: oh no Musk: itsa funny joke no? Musk: i lika da jokes eyyy!

King: well, elon, i guess we finally have something in common King: no one likes either of our jokes Musk: eyyyy whatsamatta for you, stephano king? everybody lovesa my jokes! Musk: i maka da joka, alla my fans applaud, they clappa da hands! Musk: they say "masterful gambit sir"

Musk: eyyy CHRISTINE say iffa da book falla offa THE STAND, you can CARRIE it to da REVIVAL in your CELL as THE SHINING example for THE DARK TOWER CUJO SKELETON CREW CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT PET SEMETARY RITA HAYWORTH AND THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

King: sigh, i guess i'm just not cut out for comedy Poe: don't feel bad, steve, we can't all be kim newman Kim Newman: [bowtie spinning] good evening ladies and germs, i was on my way to this campfire when this guy told me he hadn't had a bite all week

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Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (2005)

This is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted-and still wants-to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself.

Weaveworld by Clive Barker (1987)

The Fugue, a magical land inhabited by descendants of supernatural beings who once shared the earth with humans. The Fugue has been woven into a carpet for protection against those who would destroy it; the death of its guardian occasions a battle between good and particularly repulsive evil forces for control of the Fugue.

Fractured Fables by Alix E. Harrow (2021-2022)

It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one.

Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.

Midnighters by Scott Westerfeld (2004-2006)

A few nights after Jessica Day arrives in Bixby, Oklahoma, she wakes up at midnight to find the entire world frozen. For one secret hour each night, the town belongs to the dark creatures that haunt the shadows. And only a small group of people--Jessica included--is free to move about then. They are The Midnighters.

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (2019)

There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother’s paintings and a drop of Jam’s blood, she must reconsider what she’s been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster—and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption’s house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also uncover the truth, and the answer to the question—How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?

The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (1980-1987)

It is the tale of young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession - showing mercy toward his victim - and follows his subsequent journey out of his home city of Nessus.

The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer (2004)

In the future, in a place called Satelite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill enters the world, unwanted by his parents. He's sent to the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys, Freight class. At Clarissa Frayne, the boys are put to work by the state, testing highly dangerous products. At the end of most days, they are covered with burns, bruises, and sores. Cosmo realizes that if he doesn't escape, he will die at this so-called orphanage. When the moment finally comes, Cosmo seizes his chance and breaks out with the help of the Supernaturalists, a motley crew of kids who all have the same special ability as Cosmo-they can see supernatural Parasites, creatures that feed on the life force of humans. The Supernaturalists patrol the city at night, hunting the Parasites in hopes of saving what's left of humanity in Satellite City. Or so they think. The Supernaturalist soon find themselves caught in a web far more complicated than they'd imagined, when they discover a horrifying secret that will force them to question everything they believe in.

Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George (2006-2009)

Poor Creel. She can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to lure a heroic knight so that he will fight the dragon, marry Creel out of chivalrous obligation, and lift the entire family out of poverty. Creel isn't worried. After all, nobody has seen a dragon in centuries.

But when the beast actually appears, Creel not only bargains with him for her life, she also ends up with a rare bit of treasure from his hoard, not gold or jewels, but a pair of simple blue slippers-or so she thinks. It's not until later that Creel learns a shocking truth: She possesses not just any pair of shoes, but ones that could be used to save her kingdom, which is on the verge of war, or destroy it.

Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry (2017)

There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. This is how it happened. How I went from being Peter Pan's first--and favorite--lost boy to his greatest enemy. 

Peter brought me to his island because there were no rules and no grownups to make us mind. He brought boys from the Other Place to join in the fun, but Peter's idea of fun is sharper than a pirate's sword. Because it's never been all fun and games on the island. Our neighbors are pirates and monsters. Our toys are knife and stick and rock--the kinds of playthings that bite. 

Peter promised we would all be young and happy forever. Peter lies.

The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock (1965-1977)

It is the color of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair that flows below his shoulders is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody... He is Elric, Emperor of Melnibone, cursed with a keen and cynical intelligence, schooled in the art of sorcery and the hero of Michael Moorcock's remarkable epic of conflict and adventure at the dawn of human history. 

[gwydpolls]

Lucian's Library 6

Feel free to suggest never written books you wish you could read.

Some items suggested by impatient readers for still living authors.

[thenightling]

Queer Horror

It's pride month so here is a (NOT complete) list of horror icons real and fictional who are of the LGBTQAI+ community. Writers / directors / Actors Oscar Wilde Clive Barker Caitlin R. Kiernan William Joseph Martin James Whale (director of Frankenstein) Ernest Thesiger (Doctor Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein) Anthony Perkins Vincent Price David Geffen (producer of Interview with the vampire movie and Beetlejuice) Jonathan Frid (Dark Shadows) Louis Edmonds (Dark Shadows) Ed Wood Elvira (Casandra Peterson) Amanda Beares (Fright Night, 1985) Merritt Butrick (Fright Night Part 2) Roddy McDowall (Hell House, Fright Night, Fright Night: Part 2, and Carmilla) _________________________ Characters Mephisto (Faust, 1922) Countess Zeleska (Dracula's Daughter) Carmilla (The Vampire Lovers, 1970 and all film adapations of Carmilla) Louis, Lestat, Daniel Malloy, Armand (Interview with the vampire movie and show and The Vampire Chronicles book series) Claudia, Madeleine, Nicolas (Interview with the vampire TV series) Jerry Dandridge, Billy Cole, Peter Vincent, Evil Ed, and possibly Amy (Fright Night, original 1985 version) Regine and Belle (Fright Night part 2, 1988) Miriam Blaylock (The Hunger movie and novel by Whitley Streiber, along with its sequels) Marius (Queen of the damned movie and novels) Glen / Glenda (Seed of Chucky) Dracula (Marvel comics, Dario Argento's Dracula, Steven Moffat's Dracula, Frank Wildhorn's Dracula The musical) Alucard, Striga, Morana, (Castlevania) The Corinthian, Hal Carter, Wanda, Judy, Donna (Foxglove), Hazel, Alexander Burgess, Paul McGuire, Cluracaun, Mazikeen, Lucifer, Loki, Desire, Johanna Constantine, John Constantine, Rachel, Chantel, Zelda, Aristaeus the Satyr, Jim / Peggy, (Neil Gaiman's The Sandman) Echo, Ruin, Heather After (From Sandman spin-off comics) April Spink and Miriam Forcible (Coraline) Angela and Sera (Marvel comics) Sam Black Crow (American Gods) EVERYONE! - Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles EVERYONE! - Lost Girl (TV series)

Snow White (Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman) Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton, and Basil Hallward (The Picture of Dorian Gray) Captain Shaekespeare (Stardust) Loki (all incarantions) John Constantine (All versions) Aziraphale and Crowley (Good Omens) Renfield (Original Dracula novel, speculated by scholars) Mephistopheles, Faust, and Satan - Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe and Faust by Goethe. Carmilla and Laura (All versions of Carmilla) Eli and Oskar (Let the Right One In) Lily and The mermaid Queen (She-Creature, 2001 version) Radu (Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula) Lexington (Disney's Gargoyles, not canon until the comics) Dorothy and Ruby AAK Red (Once Upon a Tme) Tara and Willow (Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series) Lorne (Angel) Ethan, Dorian Gray, Angelique, and Professor Lyle (Penny Dreadful) Thelma Bates (Hex) Joe (Midnight Texas) Skully (Scary Godmother) Mitch (ParaNorman) Henry Fitzroy (Blood Ties) Thomas Jerome Newton (The Man who fell to Earth) Any Clive Barker character NOT confirmed to be straight is presumed LGBTQAI+. There are many, many more but my fingers are starting to ache and these are the ones I could think of off the top of my head.

[chernobog13]

R.I.P. KEVIN O’NEILL

I was saddened today to read that British artist Kevin O’Neill has passed away. He was 69.

I remember first encountering O’Neill’s unique artwork in the mid-1980s, in a series of British comic series repackaged and sold in the US by Quality Communication (labelled as Quality Comics - not the Golden Age publisher!).  Most of O’Neill’s work was on a book titled Nemesis the Warlock.

O’Neill also worked on one of his frequent collaborations with writer Alan Moore for a story in the 1986 Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2.

This story was controversial, in that the Comics Code Authority (which was still very much a thing back then) objected to it.  DC Comics  tried to get clarification on just which parts of the story the CCA objected to so changes could be made.  The CCA responded that it found O’Neill’s art objectionable.  To DC’s credit, they went ahead and published the story without the CCA’s Seal of Approval.

Decades later writer Geoff Johns mined this story for much of the basis of the Blackest Night saga.  That brought a barrage of vitriol from Alan Moore, but that whole drama is another thing entirely.

The next big project from O’Neill was Marshal Law, a character he co-created with writer Pat Mills.  The good marshal first appeared in a mini-series from Epic Comics (Marvel’s edgier, more adult imprint; kinda like DC’s Vertigo) which satirically skewered American superhero comics.  He then bounced around to some other publishers (Apocalypse, Dark Horse), before returning to Epic for a two-part crossover/battle with the Cenobites from Clive Barker’s Hellraiser.

I highly recommend tracking down as much Marshal Law as you can find.  Unless, of course, you’re easily offended.  In that case, forget I said anything.

But the project that Kevin O’Neill is probably most well known for is The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which he and Alan Moore started in 1999.  O’Neill provided the art for all the issues over the years, as well as the two spin-off Nemo stories.  TLOEG has rightly been hailed as a masterpiece, and - again - I give it my heartiest recommendation.

Afterwards he drew the Cinema Purgatorio series, again written by Moore.  Earlier this year O’Neill had also completed comic pages for Moore’s Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic, forthcoming from Top Shelf Productions.

Kevin O’Neill had a rare and unique art style that made him stand out in a crowd.  I enjoyed his work over these last few decades, and am saddened that the world won’t see any more from him.

Time to pull out my Marshal Law and TLOEG collections and immerse myself in his world again.

[frumentariae]

putting like a clive barker sex death and starshine spin on naǧí 🤔

[barkercast]

426 : Commentary Classics - Valerie On The Stairs

Edit: We’ve brought back this commentary classic we did back in 2017 to give it a proper episode number! The 2006 Master of Horror episode, Valerie on the Stairs, written and directed by Mich Garris and starring Tony Todd!

There aren’t many of these commentaries left to do!  You’re listening to our commentary on the 2006 Masters of Horror episode “Valerie On The Stairs” written and directed by Mick Garris, based on a long treatment by Clive Barker, which you can find here.

Don’t try to murder your buddy with a typewriter! Spin up your DVD, or play it from Netflix, iTunes, or wherever you find it, and try to think back on your life.  Do you memories have sound?  I’m not a doctor, but If no, you might be a fictional character.

Please note we had a technical issue in the middle of the episode where Jose’s computer froze, so when that happens we will ask you to pause and back up to 29:56 on your movie before you continue.

Episode 007 Interview with Tony Todd (Not Episode 8)

Episode 017: Other Movies Part 2 (“Valerie On the Stairs” and The Plague)

And this podcast, having no beginning, will have no end.

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New episode of the Clive Barker Podcast

[steampoweredstrawberry]

I've read a lot of books this year so here's a little year in review type thing for the books I read and my opinions on them.

The Books of Blood (Vol. 1-3).

By: Clive Barker

I liked these! They're anthologies, so your mileage may vary with some of them, but I love horror anthologies and I like Clive Barker's work. Also, fun for anime/video game fans: Chris Patton narrates some of the stories within the series if you get the audiobook too(he's a very good narrator and I loved the stories he did).

The Damnation Game

By: Clive Barker

This one was slow to start for me, but once the plot really started kicking off, I liked it. Barker does some body horror and otherwise disgusting stuff in it and I love that from his horror.

(Cheating a little on this one because I started it last year, but give me a break, okay?)

The Stand

By: Stephen King

I hated this book. It's so bad, he keeps telling, not showing us, how good certain characters are but their actions say otherwise. Most of the characters are very one dimensional, and those who aren't are the ""bad guys"". Nothing happens for most of the book, the characters do not drive the plot, and then God or whatever just strikes down the biggest foes and everything is good.

The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers

I wanted to like this, but most of the stories are slow moving, so it was difficult to stay focused on it. The lore is pretty cool though.

The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

By: Emilie Autumn

Another I wanted to like more, but was let down. That's on me partially since I went in as a fan of the author and had high expectations. She's not a *bad* storyteller, but I felt like the ending dragged on too long and she spends too much of the beginning with Emilie with an ie when the bulk of the story revolves around Emily with a y. She also does some uncomfortable things in how she talks about some characters too, so there's that.

Hyperion

By: Dan Simmons

I was surprised that I liked this one! I normally am not the biggest Sci Fi fan, but I liked the story within a story format and the characters were interesting and varied enough that they each stood on their own. His prose is also good, especially in the Poet's section. That said, I heard some bigotry is in the rest of the series, so I will not be reading the rest, even if I'm interested in the lore.

The Lottery and Other Stories

By: Shirley Jackson

I love her work, so this was a fun time for me. Parts felt like a fun Twilight Zone episode and I enjoyed that. Not much to say, Shirley Jackson is a solid author and her works don't disappoint.

The End of the Story

By: Clark Ashton Smith

I liked this one! It's an anthology that's a little bit horror, a little bit Sci Fi, a little bit romance. Like with the other anthologies, your mileage may vary, but overall, a solid anthology. I particularly liked the "guy goes evil because evil witch pussy was so good" story. We love an evil power couple.

Spinning Silver

By: Naomi Novik

I LOVED THIS BOOK. This year was the year of Slavic folklore for me. Novik is such a good story teller and her descriptions are so beautiful. Her protagonists are all really great characters and the overarching story between them is fascinating. I could gush about this book all day, but I'm not.

Jaws

By: Peter Benchley

IMO the movie was better. I'm glad to have read the book, but I liked the movie better. Maybe it's nostalgia that colors my opinion, IDK. I don't have much to say about the book except maybe they spend too much time not dealing with the shark and instead having affairs and stuff.

Lasher

By: Anne Rice

This book was literally just me torturing myself. I reread The Witching Hour too, which I did not enjoy. Somehow, the sequel is even worse! Rice tries to make Julian a more redeemable character which, like, bruh. How? Also, I disliked Michael in the first one and this one had me like pitch the whole man onto the deepest pit of Hell. I hate him. Also, I feel like she retconned Lasher's race/origin in this but I can't confirm because I refuse to research it just to make a point.

Waking the Moon

By: Elizabeth Hand

This book has been living in my head rent free since I finished it. I liked it a lot. It's a supernatural horror with a bisexual protagonist. It was written in the 90's, so not everything aged well, but it's nearly 30 years old and at least from my perspective, it seemed like she was trying to be compassionate in how she portrayed the things that didn't age well.

Kushiel's Dart

By: Jacqueline Carey

Jacqueline Carey is a queen! This book was so good! I wasn’t expecting what openly says it's an erotica to have such complex world building and political intrigue (I expect it from fanfiction but fanfiction authors are the MVPs). Characters are great. Joscelin is yet another unrealistic standard for men because he manages to be the protector LI trope while respecting Phedre's autonomy and desires. I also loved the Phedre being a sex worker is something Joscelin needs to accept if he wants her in his life, not something that she needs to give up (she likes being a sex worker btw) to keep him. Loved it. Loved this book.

The Bear and the Nightingale

By: Katherine Arden

Slavic Folklore #2! I wanted to like this one more, but I found it hard to keep focused on it. Not a terrible book, but it wasn't for me. There were some scenes in the back half of the book that I found were particularly well written and interesting though.

Fire and Blood

By: George R.R. Martin

Unpopular opinion (maybe), but I had a lot more fun with this than the main series. I liked the whole "George is just a guy compiling the history of Westeros" angle. There was this humor about it that I found very charming and refreshing. I liked it a lot.

The 71/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

By: Stuart Turton

The initial premise was interesting and I didn't hate this book, but it really fumbles the bag in the ending. One of the twists is so unsatisfying and frankly it kills an otherwise strong book for me as a result. The prose is beautiful, though, and I would recommend it just because that part is enjoyable.

Juniper and Thorn

By: Ava Reid

Slavic Folklore # 3! This book. This fucking book changed me as a person. It was a difficult read at parts just because it hit several of my traumas squarely on the head and made me feel emotions I thought I was far beyond. It's a fantastic book though. I do not begrudge the book since the point of the book was discussing these traumas. I literally finished it and laid down and cried after finishing it because it was so good and I was in my feelings after it.

The Wolf and the Huntsman

By: Ava Reid

Slavic Folklore # 4! I literally ran out and bought this book the day after finishing Juniper and Thorn since I loved it so much. I liked this one a lot, but it was definitely more of an epic fantasy rather than the more contained study on trauma. Still a good book though, and I would recommend it.

A Dowry of Blood

By: S.T Gibson

A sort of retelling of Dracula from the perspective of one of Dracula's brides and also a tale of spousal abuse. Very bisexual and polyamorous with neither of those elements being why Dracula is a bad husband. It felt like a bit of catharsis, and I liked that aspect of it, however, Alexei is introduced so late in the story that I was wanting to know him a little more before the climax truly started. Not bad though.

House of Hunger

By: Alexis Henderson

Sapphic Vampires (sort of. They never elaborate if Lisavet is actually a vampire)! This is kind of a horror/thriller that skirts the line between romance and horror. I liked that Marion, the MC, is sapphic before Lisavet comes into the picture and isn't made straight when she leaves. That said, I felt the book spends too much time with some segments and not enough time with others. That meant sometimes the audience has to be told things since context clues just aren't there. The most egregious imo being with Marion's brother. Not bad though. It's fun and lavish.

(I have two weeks left of the year and more in my tbr list so maybe more to come)

[masks-n-steel]

have you seen nightbreed and what do you think of decker / buttonface?

Those monster guys were straight up vibing until he came along to fuck their shit up for literally no reason

[godzilla-reads]

Astrology Book Recs

♉️ Taurus the Bull: April 21-May 21

“Taurus is symbolized by the bull. This sign is marked by a cautious nature. Those born under this earth sign plow ahead at a comfortable pace, knowing that the race is not to the swift but to the steady.

Those born under the bull are affectionate and loving. They may seem possessed of infinite patience, but be careful. Once that patience is tried beyond its limits, Taurus can explode with a fury that is intense. Think of a volcano; for centuries it may lie dormant, but inside the pressure constantly builds. If the pressure is too great it will irrupt and wreck great destruction.”

♉️ Spinning by Tillie Walden

♉️ Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

♉️ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

♉️ The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

♉️ Cat Stories by James Herriot

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: The Halloween Factory 2

[at Stephen King's halloween party] Dean Koontz: hey guys! wow! thanks for letting me come to your party! Barker: oh man you let dean come? Barker: great, that's just great Poe: now clive be nice Barker: edgar he's going to cramp our style Poe: it'll be fine clive

Koontz: hey whats this bottle for Barker: its for spinning Koontz: ohhhh Koontz: Koontz: why? Barker: you see edgar?? you SEE???

Koontz: gosh guys do ever wonder how the great pumpkin delivers all those toys in just one night Barker: oh my god Barker: i am dying here Poe: clive be nice Barker: i told you he's not mature enough for halloween parties Poe: look just play along Poe: steve's mom made him invite him

Koontz: hey why are people pairing off in the closet? Barker: ugh dean! you're such a pain! Barker: god, i wish i knew the magic words to make the king of the goblins come take you away Barker: cuz really Barker: i am done with this

Koontz: [bursts into tears, runs off] Poe: oh clive now look what you've done Barker: oh he'll be fine Barker: a little crying is good for a kid Barker: it builds character Barker: i have nothing to apologize for Barker: i am not feeling guilty!! at all!!!

Ray Bradbury: Dean Koontz! Why, they say that the day dean koontz was born all the soda bottles overfizzed their caps and all the baseball home teams slid right over home plate! the stars twinkled brighter and the sun shone warmer, all the gap-toothed little girls in pigtails smiled the sweeter

Bradbury: eyes so bright like the stars in sky above glimpsed on a warm july evening, mosquitoes buzzing in your ear, but you don't mind, no sir, you don't mind cuz becky thatcher with the ice cream smile is right there at your side Barker: ray we can all hear you Barker: Barker: what are you doing

Bradbury: you! cenobite! ape! clown! italian! Bradbury: you don't know what you've done Bradbury: your dean koontz, your precious bean of a boy, dean kootz Bradbury: snatched away before his time   Bradbury: like the ripe red apples of so many summer memories

King: wait, what are you saying? King: is dean in trouble? Bradbury: in trouble! like old man mcgillicutty's corner drug store threatened by the ravenous beast of time, swallowed by the smoke-belching demons of so-called progress

Bradbury:... a gleaming future of immaculate steel and glass pushed by gray-faced men in suits who don't remember the kiss of childhood King: King: so King: uh King: is dean in trouble?

[heavenpierceher]

OFFICIAL MACHINE GIRL SONG ASSIGNMENT FOR SELECTED MTMTE CHARACTERS

CRITERIA: CHARACTER MUST BE ABLE TO TOLERATE LISTENING TO AT LEAST ONE MACHINE GIRL ALBUM

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RODIMUS: IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLENIALS TO DESTROY A NATION OF MILLIONS... - .​.​.​BECAUSE I’M YOUNG ARROGANT AND HATE EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR

Pull the world ablaze And while god’s busy getting faded We start from the basics Forget the world we hated Fuck everything they held sacred

DRIFT: Splatter! - U-Void Synthesizer

Shibuya meltdown Tokyo plastered 7 A.M. still huffing plasma System purge stop smoking dirt In the synapse the terror lurks Juggle poison and fireworks Dance with the devil and die with a smirk

CHROMEDOME: Psycho Signal Jammer - The Ugly Art

I’ve become the enemy they’re onto me suddenly I’ve become the enemy they’re onto me— FUCK! Psycho signal-jammer L-R-A-D A lonely birdsong resonates inside of me Stealth achieved until the return of the frequency Bloody nose now a bloody sleeve

REWIND: ATHOTH A GO!! GO!! - ...BIYAAHEYSF

You're the love I always wanted Free falling through time after life I’m petrified cause there's nothing That can stop my fall In the corner we can hug each other Till our brains and our guts splatter all over the fucking sidewalk

BRAINSTORM: .​.​.​BECAUSE I’M YOUNG ARROGANT AND HATE EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR -  ...BIYAAHEYSF

I exist in the sludge between fiction and fact Future and past U-G-L-Y You ain't got no alibi But you do have valentines The day of doom approaches

CYCLONUS: Necro Culture Vulture - The Ugly Art

They built a condo on your tomb The earth is rotted to the root A marble corpse like sister moon Necro-culture vulture, prime real estate

TAILGATE: 覆面調査員 (GabberTrap Mix)  - WLFGRL

(I was too over the top A dull loop of allurement spins away from me The weak rhythm from your side tends to fall short What’s the intention of your mission? I won’t cut corners, but It just feels entirely as if you’re testing me)

WHIRL: Roach On Dope - The Ugly Art

(I swear, I will get a gun, and I will shoot myself in the head) All my bad habits are back in the saddle Cutting off my hands is half of the battle Rinse and repeat until I die or black out It's a bug trap, death by poison glue It's a bug trap, you know they’ll poison you too

SWERVE: かわいい Post Rave Maximalist - WLFGRL

[Instrumental] (If you like those crazy-ass Japanese movies, Machine Girl is definitely for you)

SKIDS: Kill Screen - The Ugly Art

How do I sleep at night Knowing what I did I feel nothing Kill screen No shades of grey I'm to blame

PHARMA: SAD CLAPS - ...BIYAAHEYSF

Brain dead but you got a check A few hundred bucks step back A boogiepop phantom from beyond the grave suckin' on a template And it's dried up and there’s nothing left for it but table scraps My condolences to you sir, I give you sad claps

FIRST AID: Status - The Ugly Art

Status, what's your condition? Manic, I'm picking blisters Static, cut off transmission, I’ve had it Inhale, not to scale, lungs full so I exhale Double dare, dumbass over there Exhale fabric tears, imploding in my chair

NAUTICA: Infinite Potentiality - Reporpoised Phantasies

[Instrumental] (And that's when he realized that to stand and consider all possibilities is to drown in a tunneling sea of infinite potentiality) (So he changed his mind!)

RED ALERT: A Song Called Clive Barker - The Ugly Art

Someone's there screaming There's the gun And— I know somebody’s watching me Losing my self and all my patience How much longer can I take this

VELOCITY: Out by 16 (ACiDPUNKMiX) - Gemini

(Out by six- Out by six- Out by sixteen- Out by sixteen or dead on the scene, but together forever)

FORTRESS MAXIMUS: Full Metal Dipshit - The Ugly Art

Soothsayer, everything you said’s come true Masquerading proto-doppelganger of you You are the real, I was just here first Augmented post-modern rage fermented Metal septic down to the bone

ANODE: Fully In It - U-Void Synthesizer

I talk to the mirror I communicate with the dead Grave digging my psyche Plunging the depths of my head I reach down my throat And remove the world And the planet reveals itself

LUG: Cloud99 - Gemini

I will do my hardest to fuck your mind back to its original state (Thank me later) [Instrumental]

GETAWAY: A Decent Man - The Ugly Art

Need to escape I need a Pegasus My hatred grows inside a chrysalis Bark like a leader You're just a man Beg like you need it

[singeratlarge]

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: STREET MUSIC (REMIXES & SPIN-OFFS)https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/album/street-music-remixes-spin-offs —A sequel to the I LIKE THE STREET album, “bicycle diaries” in song, culled from years of riding bike on the hard-boiled streets of San Francisco—filtered with film noir, “the dark sacred night,” and inspirations from David Bowie, Roxy Music, Erik Satie, and Velvet Underground, fashioned with flamenco, glam rock, power pop, and tango. STREET MUSIC contains 2 newer tracks + alternative versions/remixes. There’s a “stripped mix” of “If I Could Dress Like Clive Owen,” a “spy movie”/Yardbirds-influenced tribute to the British actor Clive Owen, backed by members of The Badlees + a Chris von Sneidern remix of “Kept on Walkin’” + a cover of “Lucky Old Sun” recorded by Robert Matthew Powell. This is music to get grounded with. Download yours today!

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/album/street-music-remixes-spin-offs

I like the street / I like the street  The hustle and the bustle and the people that I meet  The grifters and the star-struck, The poets and the drunks  The PhDs the jailbirds, The models and the punks,  The barkers and the preachers and the friends that I hold dear  Some will bring you aggravation, some will bring you cheer (beep beep)…”

#bicyclediaries #SanFrancisco #hardboiled #roxymusic #bryanferry #eriksatie #velvetunderground #loureed #cliveowen #badlees #yardbirds #glamrock #flamenco #powerpop #tango #nuevotango #spymovie #singersongwriter #streetlife #monkees #mensfashion #sacred #luckyoldsun #frankielaine #louisarmstrong #chrisvonsneidern #anthill #markosachoff #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge

[ofallingstar]

List of books I read in 2019

The End by Lemony Snicket

The Professor by Charlotte Brontë

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Lemony Snicket

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin

Cruel Sacrifice by Aphrodite Jones

The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide

King Lear by William Shakespeare

The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket

Emma by Jane Austen

Animal Farm by George Orwell

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis

Who Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony Snicket

The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

When Did You See Her Last? by Lemony Snicket

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

El Niño Que Enloqueció De Amor by Eduardo Barrios

North by Seamus Heaney

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents by Lemony Snicket

The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

Maurice by E. M. Forster

The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things by J.T. Leroy

Shouldn’t You Be in School? by Lemony Snicket

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? by Lemony Snicket

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien

New Selected Poems 1988-2013 by Seamus Heaney

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan

The Bell Witch by Brent Monahan

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

Misery by Stephen King

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

On South Mountain by David Cruise & Allison Griffiths

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labytinth of the Faun by Guillermo Del Toro & Cornelia Funke

Dubliners by James Joyce

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Siddharta by Hermann Hesse

Let’s be friends on Goodreads!

[butchcraftmacncheese]

tagged by @lesbianblackphillip​

I know I’m vocal in like. Replies and messaging people, but I’m honestly too shy to tag anyone ever so. If we’re mutuals, I’m probably very interested in learning more about you but I’m too shy to tag, haha.

1. your name and then what you would have named yourself: My birth name is Sarah, but I actually go by my preferred name everywhere. It’s... not that common, so I’d rather not post it. But K is fine.

2. astrological signs: Capricorn sun, Sag rising, Aquarius moon.

3. when did you join tumblr and why? Joined once about... six, seven years ago? My friend told me I could learn from some super smart lesbians. I then got pulled into the seperatist community and left the moment I realized how honest to god toxic it was. Rejoined a few months back because Catradora became canon and all of my favorite fic writers were on Tumblr. Figured this was where fandom thrived and you know what? I was RIGHT.

4. top 5 fandoms: Xena Warrior Princess, Star Trek Voyager, The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica (the reboot), and Steven Universe

5. top 5 favorite films: 1) The Children’s Hour (1961) is a wonderful historical drama (sometimes noted as the best ever written for the big screen) starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley McClain. It shows how being a lesbian was perceived in the early 60s and sided with the lesbians. 2) Iron Sky 3) The Hours 4) The Craft 5) Beaches

6. go to song for when you want to feel something: O Mistress Mine as done by Emilie Autumn or The Great Gig Up in the Sky by Pink Floyd

7. what’s your religion or faith if you have one: Born Jew. My dad always kept the Tao Te Ching on his nightstand, so I was raised with a sort of. Mix of Judaism and Taoism. Now I’m just... I don’t feel like whether a god exists or not is relevant. Or if a god ever did exist. I want to do good for the sake of doing good; hurting people just feels too awful. I look for guidance from the world and the people around me.

8. a song that makes you feel seen: Stress by Kim’s Big Ego

9. if you could have any career: Mission Specialist. Or maybe a marine ecologist that specialized in deep sea adventure science. Or pro skater.

11. what does your heart/soul yearn for: Adventure and love. Family.

12. if you had to describe yourself in 5 words to someone who doesn’t know you: Awkward, creative, dreamer, well-intentioned.

13. favorite subjects in school: It was music theory. I also loved Film

14. where does your soul feel most at home: Corny as this sounds? With my partner. We could be anywhere.

15. top 5 fictional characters: Xena, Rose Solano, Carmilla (love me some vampires), Camina Drummer, Admiral Helena Cain

16. top 3 moments in a show that made you ugly cry: AFIN :/ So many times. I cried so hard that I covered the mirrors in my home in shiva. I know there must have been other points during shows, but I honestly can’t remember them.

17. the earth, the sun, the moon or the stars: The sun. I get my energy from it. I wake up to watch the sun rise and immediately feel tired after it sets. The moon and stars are gorgeous, but I’m a sun girl.

18. favorite kind of weather: Somewhere in the low to mid eighties. Partially cloudy skies. A nice light wind.

19. top 3 characters you kin with: I think this term means characters you see yourself reflected in? Seven of Nine. We are like. The same. On so many levels. Then mix in a bit of Craig from Parks and Rec and add a dash of Malfoy from A Very Potter Musical. (Rolling on the ground and sexy posing when arguing or upset? Me.)

20. favorite medium of art: Haha actually? Poetry probably. Something about spinning words, making me wonder, transporting my heart to some place so, so far from the present moment. I also love digital art.

21. introvert/extrovert/ambivert: Ambivert. I NEED to be around people. Sometimes I go through periods of time where I need to be alone for a few days, though. Generally I’m pretty extroverted.

22. favorite literary quote: I can’t think of one. And I don’t feel like flipping through every book I have to find one.

23. some of your favorite books: The Expanse series, Weaveworld by Clive Barker, The Black God’s Drums by Clark P Djeli, The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

24. if you could live anywhere in the world where would you live? The thing is? I’m content living in the Potomac River Valley. I also loved briefly living off of a fjord in Norway. I just love to travel. I move someplace and the wonder fades out. Not entirely but a lot. I start loving where I am and can see myself staying there forever. But it’s that known unknown, that desperate craving to know and experience and explore. I’m not ready to live anywhere in the world yet. I still want to live everywhere.

25. if you could live anywhere in the world when would it be? Proooooobably the 1980s? Or maybe do the 90s again? Just because it’s similar enough to now, but more freedom, dude.

26. if you could play any instrument masterfully it would be: Haha. Man I don’t know. My favorite thing to do with music is to compose on paper, so maybe I’d master composition and conducting. Not quite an “instrument” but it something you can study at any music conservatory that specializes in performance.

27. if you have one, what mythological god or goddess do you feel a connection to: Since I was a child I’ve always felt an intense connection to Artemis (to the point where I’d lay in bed for hours and hours at night yearning for her to be real...) Not to be that lesbian but. You can’t fight who you are.

28. and lastly, favorite recent in your camera roll: Found these friends when I went on a walk the other day.

[thenightling]

“Neil wants to be seen as an ally without doing the work”

Okay, kids. Since we have to keep score now.  Here’s the score card.

1. One of the first humans in The Sandman is canonly gay.  

2.  Neil has several LGBTQ characters, most confirmed either in the story itself or by him on social media.

(That’s Paul, Rose Walker, and Alexander Burgess in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones.  The first book on the nightstand shelf is Good Omens, by the way.)

2.   Neil was nominated for 2 (and won 1) GLAAD award.  One was for the story Death: the Time of your Life, based on the lesbian couple from Sandman: A game of you. 

3. During the AIDS crisis Neil wrote "Death talks about life."  This was a pamphlet debunking AIDS myths, providing help numbers and places where you can get tested for HIV.  In that same pamphlet he also used a canonically bisexual character to show how to put on a condom (using a banana).  

4.  A sheriff in Jacksonville Kentucky tried to get the comic-pamphlet “Death Talks about life” declared obscene because it showed how to put on a condom (using a banana).   A pro-Free speech civil rights group fought and won so Neil could help out during the AIDs crisis with something most American schools wouldn’t (and many still won’t) cover.    (But sure. “None of the work...”) 

5. When Neil stopped writing Sandman in the 90s he left the continuity in the hands of Caitlin R. Kiernan (A trans woman).  She wrote the first version of The Dreaming spin-off and the House of Mystery volume 2.   She ran The Sandman Presents (universe) for over six years. 

6. His wife is bisexual.

7.  Clive Barker (A gay man and married horror writer) did the art at the start of The Book of Dreams.   

8.  If you want to get technical Neil has more LGBTQ characters than Anne Rice yet I see so few people questioning her ally-hood.

9.   Neil’s first generfluid / nonbinary character, Desire of The Endless, saves the universe in Sandman: Overture.  

10.   Neil tackled the evils of transphobia and even what we today call TERF in Sandman: A Game of You.  (Somehow some people here on Tumblr took his acknowledgement of Transphobia existing as proof of being Transphobic even though it was always horrible people, and usually literally monsters who behaved that way...)

11.  Bonus:  The story Changes in Smoke and Mirrors is about a Transutopia.   

If you have to switch from saying “Neil is homophobic” to “Neil wants to be an ally without doing the work” while clearly not knowing the work he did...  Chances are you are too arrogant to have the integrity to just admit you were wrong.