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Neurodivergent hyperfocus on old houses, the gothic, folklore & art (disguised as a book account).
All opinions are those of a house with rats in the attic. Don’t ask about the basement.
#HousingIsAHumanRight
www.WhatACharmingHouse.com
I think maybe we did SilentSunday wrong and this image isn’t very peaceful. It’s more Rest In Peaceful.
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Second visit to the TIRZAH GARWOOD: BEYOND RAVILIOUS exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
I love her slightly surreal late paintings, which remind me a little of Leonora Carrington’s work or something from a Barbara Comyns novel. #art #TirzahGarwood
I love her slightly surreal late paintings, which remind me a little of Leonora Carrington’s work or something from a Barbara Comyns novel. #art #TirzahGarwood
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A #Caturday portrait of a slinky fellow who may or may not be an escapee from a #Poe story. Or maybe one by Shirley Jackson.
#Polaroid #Cat #GothicLit
#Polaroid #Cat #GothicLit
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Actual footage of us preparing to cut 600(!?) words from our "Don't Go For the Vault" submission for @cateyepress.bsky.social
It won't be pretty. Please wish us cunning and strength.
#WritingCommunity #GothicHorror
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It won't be pretty. Please wish us cunning and strength.
#WritingCommunity #GothicHorror
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@linaforrester.bsky.social if you’re wondering about the weird house that just followed you, it’s Windsorknot from the bird app.
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We finished a short story today that wasn’t about houses. In fact, there was nary a house in sight (nor castle nor cottage).
There was still decay, undeath, and comeuppance tho so this is not one of those “signs we have been housenapped” posts.
#WritingCommunity
There was still decay, undeath, and comeuppance tho so this is not one of those “signs we have been housenapped” posts.
#WritingCommunity
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We will always want to know what’s behind the papered-over window on #FensterFreitag.
Murder? A bad renovation? People who hate nosey photographers? Which is worse?
#Polaroid #BelieveInFilm
Murder? A bad renovation? People who hate nosey photographers? Which is worse?
#Polaroid #BelieveInFilm
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My baby sister and my mother outside the bookshop my parents used to run in Hyderabad in the 1980s. I remember that scooter too. It was initially my father's, then when he bought a car (a secondhand Standard 10) it was used by the bookshop staff.
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Our first #FindThisHouse real estate ad. It's a fine property, if you like peace, quiet, and Colonial-era code enforcement.
#Booksky #GothicHorror #RealEstate
#Booksky #GothicHorror #RealEstate
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this hits. the best dark fiction isn't about monsters outside. it's about the permission the reader gives the darkness inside to take a shape.
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My Books Save Lives Act makes it clear: discriminatory book bans are a violation of federal civil rights law.
I held a read-in at All She Wrote Books in Somerville to announce this bill to fight book bans and emphasize the importance of inclusive literature.
I held a read-in at All She Wrote Books in Somerville to announce this bill to fight book bans and emphasize the importance of inclusive literature.
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We’re getting going slightly this morning by building “a log cabin on a mountain so high.” Of course there’s that warbling cuckoo there, that symbol of infidelity, but “she’ll never say cuckoo ‘till the 4th of July.”
By @samamidon.bsky.social on #SpinThisHouse
#FolkMusic
youtu.be/xzEur-Af-P0?si=upUMDICERuSISBS9
By @samamidon.bsky.social on #SpinThisHouse
#FolkMusic
youtu.be/xzEur-Af-P0?si=upUMDICERuSISBS9
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Here is some wallpaper and lace for #TextureTuesday, because the state of the world is more than we can handle at this moment.
(This image comes from Bless This Art House, a book of visual art about houses, that will come out with our short story collection)
#notebook #collage #booksky
(This image comes from Bless This Art House, a book of visual art about houses, that will come out with our short story collection)
#notebook #collage #booksky
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We’re sending out a newsletter tomorrow jam-packed with all kinds of news. You won’t want to miss it, so subscribe today! ⬇️
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mailchi.mp/1a61106393a4/6h89qdp15a
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Bookish checkpoint!
📚 Last read: Patricia McKissack "The Dark-Thirty"
📚 Current read: "The Man in My Basement" by Walter Mosley
📚 Last added to your TBR: "Anarchitect" (Matta-Clark) by various
📚 Next read: "The Heat of the Day" by Elizabeth Bowen (cc:
@bowensociety.bsky.social
)
#booksky
📚 Last read: Patricia McKissack "The Dark-Thirty"
📚 Current read: "The Man in My Basement" by Walter Mosley
📚 Last added to your TBR: "Anarchitect" (Matta-Clark) by various
📚 Next read: "The Heat of the Day" by Elizabeth Bowen (cc:
@bowensociety.bsky.social
)
#booksky
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Currently wondering if “there was an old woman who swallowed an ouroboros” is a suitable metaphorical mashup for someone who keeps cycling between the same two unhealthy options to cope.
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Remembering Maestro Extraordinaire ROGER CORMAN on what would have been his 100th birthday. We miss you 🖤
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We are thinking about the solitude of writing and being trapped in a malevolent structure on #MonochromeMonday.
But also how we became an alcohol-free house while reading “The Shining” by @stephenking.bsky.social.
#BookSky #Polaroid
But also how we became an alcohol-free house while reading “The Shining” by @stephenking.bsky.social.
#BookSky #Polaroid
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Today's #AskThisHouse question comes from a real person. We think. We're not sure what is real anymore, but the query concerns a real issue: decor. Thank you, @foxgloveforests.bsky.social, for asking.
#GothicHorror
#GothicHorror
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And the illustrations by Brian Pinkney add to the atmosphere. This was a marvelous library sale find, tho we recommend getting the Penguin version, not this horsey Scholastic trim size.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/112097/the-dark-thirty-by-patricia-c-mckissack-illustrated-by-brian-pinkney/
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/112097/the-dark-thirty-by-patricia-c-mckissack-illustrated-by-brian-pinkney/
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“The Dark Thirty” by Patricia McKissack is a collection of southern Black stories about ghosts, conjur, old houses, and chicken coop monsters that the author’s grandmother told her. Tho written for 8-12 years, it pulls no punches and is dark, funny & touching.
#BookSky #GothicLit #BlackAuthors
#BookSky #GothicLit #BlackAuthors
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I almost never mention my book and it perhaps isn't the kind of book this is designed for but... it did take me years!
A deep dive into how a wide range of 18th century theologies on stuff like ghosts, demons, toleration, immortality and more affected the Gothic.
A deep dive into how a wide range of 18th century theologies on stuff like ghosts, demons, toleration, immortality and more affected the Gothic.
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We did it, folks! Don't Go for the Vault is happening because of you! We were able to reach our goal and we're going to bring this project to life. Thank you so much to everyone who backed the project & everyone who helped share our message on social media. We could not have done this without you 🖤
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