Books
The Fisherman, by John Langan (2016). A longtime fisherman gets caught up in epic horror happenings. I think I've seen this recced as stealth cosmic horror, and that seems apt, but it is first and foremost a literary horror novel about fishing (and also men; the female characters are few, incidental, and mostly there for the men to have ( Read more... )

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The Femslashex collection is open, and I come with recs!

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte: spreading wide my narrow hands, Jane Eyre/Bertha Rochester, 7k. Rochester dies, leaving Jane his fortune - and his wife to take care of. This is lovely slow burn (with subtle yet crackling heat) as Jane makes herself a new life utterly unlike any she'd imagined ( Read more... )

1. Billie Eilish released a new single, everything i wanted, and I promptly listened to it about ten times in a row. I love the production on it, which is quite different from pretty much anything on When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go but still leaves plenty of space for her voice, and the lyrics are both intriguingly ambiguous ("I had a dream ( Read more... )

Does anyone have links to favorite MCU Loki icons, especially from Ragnarok? He's my favorite, and I don't have a single icon of him I'm really happy with. I'd also love recs for any other characters from Ragnarok. Self-recs welcome!

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Suspiria (1977). A new inductee arrives at a prestigious ballet academy in the midst of a string of murders. This is apparently a horror classic. It's extremely stylish, with very distinctive set design, lighting, and music to give it a really strong aesthetic. (Link to the theme, because it is just that good.) This is good, because it kind of ( Read more... )

(Hey, it's Thursday somewhere, right?) This week was going to be a full MCU post, and then I realized more than half my recs were fanart, and I decided to just go ahead and go with that theme. So, enjoy!

ART: All hail the new King of Asgard, long may she reign. by
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It feels like TMA has gone mainstream since the last time I mentioned it on here. Lots of people I follow for other reasons have started mentioning it. It's been fun seeing it get discovered ( Read more... )

I've spent the past several weeks either writing fic for Trick or Treat or reading fic from Trick or Treat. I'm always surprised by how incompatible writing and reading are. There are only so many hours in the day!

Movie: The Old Dark House, 1932. A group of travelers take shelter in a spooky Welsh house during a storm. This was properly Gothic, ( Read more... )