Mary Shelley, from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Books in paintings

the season of the witch 🕯️⊹ ࣪ ˖

Nosferatu aesthetic

Nosferatu (2024)

“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” — Stephen King

― Sylvia Plath

happy halloween

wandering 🏰🕯️🌕

🥀🕯️‧₊˚ ☽

🎃 The Great Pumpkin, 1966.

"When lights burn low with blazes blue And witches weave a charm I'll long for some one just like you To keep me from all harm"

Anne Sexton ---

Crimson Peak (2015)

Locks of Virginia and Edgar Allan Poe’s hair

portrait of a left eye

season of the witch 🐈‍⬛

October

“One need not be a chamber to be haunted.” – Emily Dickinson

The Exorcist, William Friedkin, 1973

forever an october soul 🍂🤎🎃

penny dreadful (2014-2016)

“It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down.” ― Agatha Christie, The Clocks

pumpkin patch sunday vibes 🎃🖤

― Susan Sontag, Conversations with Susan Sontag

Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.

don’t invite me to the function unless this is the vibe

pumpkin spice lattes