"And all I need is a woman, Mr Burton, a special kind of woman with dragon-green eyes, to make me whole and young again, so that I may rule the universe from beyond the grave."
50-something cishet guy in Silicon Valley. Very very tired. Co-author of "The Worship of Tsathoggua through the Centuries" with Daniel Harms and some other gaming stuff co-authored with him. https://stevenkaye.carrd.co
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"And all I need is a woman, Mr Burton, a special kind of woman with dragon-green eyes, to make me whole and young again, so that I may rule the universe from beyond the grave."
And now I fell down an Internet hole leading to an Edna Ferber novel (www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20419). How did H.P. Lovecraft know about this? I reluctantly ask.
If the guy had just said, people shouldn't have nostalgia for an idealized past and a desire for simple explanations, because those can lead to fascism, there would have been a hell of a lot less argument. Clear communications, people!
"By this axe I rule!"
Yes, he started a trade war with China and then blew out the budget paying U.S. farmers to make up for it.
Oh thank God I thought I was the crazy one for enjoying it.
I'm assuming this has more to do with why he hasn't been seen: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Ugh, apologies for the echo of 'very fine people,' not intended.
I see a lot of the 'we should prioritize cities over restoring rural healthcare' discussion and wonder how this is different than the 'Fuck the South' people that ignore the perfectly fine people living there trying to make things better.
Molon labne
Barbara Steele is never a bad choice (please don't disillusion me).
For a while I was thinking this was the same person as John Blackburn the British novelist and was surprised.
Post a Non-religious photo you think of as Holy
Text from @donovanloucks.bsky.social's The H.P. Lovecraft Archive: www.hplovecraft.com/writings/tex...
From a letter by Lovecraft to Donald Wandrei that became J. Chapman Miske's "The Thing in the Moonlight”: #WyrdWednesday
Also you are wearied with hunting and fain would lie down. Sheesh, that person's a nut.
How likely is it that Diamond would sue the smaller manufacturers individually?
We have enough to support us for about two more years of KGB but really need to raise more so we don't have to do this annually. Every $ helps. www.gofundme.com/f/fantastic-...
Pretty fucking repulsed by all the posters cheering on the prospect of massive death tolls in the rural U.S. due to the collapse of healthcare.
Please support us at any level you can, every amount helps, and share this far and wide. We want to keep bringing you stories that terrify, beguile, and astound. kck.st/4mIkEm1
Same substance.
*triumphantly pulls a "CDHead was right!" T-shirt out of GLHM's hamper*
Mood:
Now I'm imagining an alt-history In the Realm of the Senses
I remember visiting a kibbutz in the early 80s and seeing a German language novel about the havoc wreaked by a mädchen boarding a U-boat.
Average Build Puppy
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
Either that, or we're about to read the weirdest men's adventure series ever.
Wait, there are degrees of necro?
I was kind of hoping he and Cuomo would annihilate each other after Cuomo's dis of Chicago, but no such luck.
And now I'm considering casting for a 2025 Dunwich Horror movie. Currently thinking Stephen McHattie for Wizard Whately. Not sure about Wilbur. Torn between casting an actual actress with albinism as Lavinia and the reality that if you're going by the original story it's a thankless role.
*weeps for what might have been*
This is just anti-Jersey prejudice, Dave.
Bsky needs an 'awkward emotional support hug from a stranger' emoji.
Whatever happened to the claims of 'oh we'll hire 18 year-olds, that will fix everything'?
Drop something VAMPy
M. John Harrison enters the chat.
Congratulations, everyone. You boosted Jacobin's Ed Champion's follower count.
I am heartened to learn (that is, I read Wikipedia) that everyone said "George DuMaurier no!"and refused to play Svengali as the anti-Semitic caricature he wrote.
Fond memories of walking past them in Rockefeller Plaza.
Was there a muted trumpet postmark on the envelope?
Your Call of Cthulhu Investigators:
Do you also paint your shoes?
@kennethhite.bsky.social what did you do?
Every time someone on Bluesky posts a variation on "Why are you surprised?" I will execute a hostage.
I'm reminded of Iain M. Banks' Culture, which relied on Special Circumstances and the broken people it employed.
The guy that took a knife And monogrammed his wife, Then dropped her in the pond and watched her drown. Oh, yes indeed, the people there are just plain folks In my home town.
Based on the book by a Daily Mail writer!
I feel Bsky would be more manageable if there were a political version of the Geek Code (web.archive.org/web/20090228..., for you young whippersnappers). But knowing people, it would be used as a targeting mechanism.
Like a kibbutz, say.
Looking forward to running (and dare I hope for playing?) the new Royal Blood. New suits; more support for fleshing out characters, resources, Marks, and the City; more alternate frames; alternate spreads; a guide to faking Tarot readings. Well done @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social.
2. Cameron Reed, The Fortunate Fall
1. Jack O'Connell, Box Nine
One like, one book I love.
I mean, Stoker literally had him feeding children (infants) to the vampire sisters or whatever they were.
Do Hooklanders ever leave Hookland? Dr. Benn's got me thinking about the increased mobility of people for jobs and how people are 'uprooted' as it were.
Any relation to Edward Lloyd Sechrist? (jurn.link/tentaclii/in...)
You can watch my latest short, #TheClockFilm streaming right now as part of the #IndyShorts25 film fest! watch.eventive.org/indyshorts20...
More at jurn.link/tentaclii/in...
Edward Lloyd Sechrist: lovecraft.en-academic.com/499/Sechrist...
Still standing! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
Did you get them pierced at a dodgy booth in a mall like our ancestors did?
Dave Matherly, SFX artist who worked on BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, THE BLOB and TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT, died in Mexico and his family need to bring him back to the US. I think the fundraiser is struggling. Help if you can.
This will all end in Ishkur.
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb is a classic!
My favorite: clip.cafe/the-devil-ri...
How is the anthology overall?
Yesterday I learned there is Joseph Curwen slash fic.
X-Mas in July on DriveThruRPG: Swords of the Serpentine slashed to $7.49 (75 % off). Grab this sword-and-sorcery GUMSHOE gem, then check out other deals like Candela Obscura and Cyberpunk RED. Link below. #SotS #TTRPG #Sale bit.ly/46LYY3B
#girlgenius Hated to do it, but we started a GoFundMe. These are chaotic times, and no mistake, and all of a sudden we realized they were chaosing all over us. (www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-f...) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Stray Dog.
Check out this trailer for #TheClockFilm - Starring CCH Pounder and Wallace Shawn! I made this movie along with @jelenawoehr.bsky.social and and amazing crew of people. It’s premiering next week!
And this is how I learn Bitter Karella has an itchio.
Worth posting this all on its own. Happy Bastille Day. Fuck Fascists. youtu.be/SEJHJ_WfNgU?...
I know William Shockley was an advocate of eugenics, which I assume is the Silicon Valley vector. What about non-Silicon Valley people?
Saint Peter's Wolf, by Michael Cadnum.
Is Mod back again?
We've launched a GoFundMe campaign so we can defend our property in the Diamond bankruptcy case. The full story is at the link but basically, Diamond is trying to take consignment inventory that they don't own and sell it to pay big creditors. TY for help and shares! www.gofundme.com/f/support-gr...
Hither came Steve, the Ashkenaz, brown-haired*, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to crush the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his prescription medicines. * and balding, but shhh
My apologies, I was of course confusing Ross "It's leftists' fault that incels shoot people" Douthat with David "married his research assistant" Brooks.
Cursed with the image of Ross Douthat putting on some Esquivel and mixing some martinis as he prepares to seduce another research assistant. So now it's your problem.
At least the former has Martine Beswick.
Whenever my Mom couldn't think of the right word in her college German class, she'd substitute the Yiddish one. Used to drive her prof crazy.
Not again.
Fuck that guy, eternally. Link within to Lila Shapiro's definitive @nymag.com piece. Using this link because some folks might not be aware that NG is **suing** one of the survivors of his alleged abuse. something something "ally" something something "feminism" www.vulture.com/article/neil...
I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.
Any US plans?
Tickets are now on sale for The Smith Circle: A Clark Ashton Smith Conference! It will be in his hometown of Auburn, California on January 10, 2026 at the Auburn Carnegie Library, the library Smith used himself and a setting used in his The Devotee of Evil story. www.thesmithcircle.net
Welp, I guess the South won the Civil War after all, it just took 160 years.
My latest film, written by @jelenawoehr.bsky.social and starring Wallace Shawn and CCH Pounder is premiering at #IndyShorts Film Fest!
The story even more so! talesofmytery.blogspot.com/2015/12/dona...
Christopher Fowler's short story "The Mother of the City." Fritz Leiber's "Smoke Ghost" and "Our Lady of Darkness."
The original Amityville Horror - among all the flies and black goo it's a big deal that $1,500 in cash goes missing and George's business is at risk.
RIP Boots. Maybe your mama can finally teach you what to do with the mouse now.
I finally checked out @patrickzircher.bsky.social 's Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring. As a lover of Solomon Kane, this is the real deal.
Marique was the best thing about the 2011 movie IMO.
if you see this, quote with an energy you bring to BluSky
See you in Pittsburgh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIb... #StokerCon
Same.