'But sorrow and silence, Are the wood's threnody, The silence for you and the sorrow for me.' -Francis Ledwidge 🎨Léon Spilliaert #BookWormSat

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle …       — Only the monstrous anger of the guns       Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,— The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;       And bugles calling for them from sad shires. Anthem for Doomed Youth Wilfred Owen #BookWormSat 🖼️ Nash

Not long left now and so, so close…please keep sharing and supporting if you can. 👇

I feel that there is much to be said for the Celtic belief that the souls of those whom we have lost are held captive in some inferior being, in an animal, in a plant, in some inanimate object..until the day..when we happen to pass by the tree...which forms their prison --Marcel Proust, Swann's Way

Portrait of a Daydreamer by Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer.

Feeling a bit under the weather today, but at the same time also so happy that we are nearly funded! If you like witches, consider stepping into the darkness and helping us give a voice to Flanders' forgotten witches. 🖤🌙🖤 kck.st/492NqKt

According to some Flemish folktales, ghosts live in trees. In one story, nobody dared to go near a pile of rotten tree trunks because it was said to bite and chew. In another, you could only pass a particular tree if you made the sign of the cross first. #PhantomsFriday

‘No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;  Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs— The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires.’~ Wilfred Owen This #BookWormSat, join us to mark Remembrance Day with war and peace in literature.

Forest in Late Autumn, Caspar David Friedrich, 1835.

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With the full moon starting to wane, you can help to keep the light shining on the Witches of Flanders by supporting our Kickstarter. We are nearly there! 🖤🧹🐈‍⬛ kck.st/492NqKt

We are very close to being fully funded for this project!! There is one week left for The Witch's Child Kickstarter! Please consider pledging or sharing this link with all of your witchy friends. Thank you so much!🕷️🐍🐺 www.kickstarter.com/projects/sig...

This is so close to being fully funded! Please support if you can and please share regardless. 👇

1/2 According to Flemish folktales, Die Gnydige was a witch who could shapeshift into a cat. The villagers grew tired of her gatherings to which hundreds of cats came, and burned down her den. The felines walked unharmed through the flames and chased the men away. #WyrdWednesday

"When the head of a family who keeps bees, dies it is usual ...to repair to the hives, and, gently tapping them, to say: 'Bees, bees awake! Your Master is dead! And another you must take.' (Hants - 1810) 🎨The Widow by Charles Napier Hemy (1895) #LegendaryWednesday

Witch tales make up the majority of Flemish folktales. Witches are everywhere, but their voices remain unheard. Our illustrated short story collection reimagines these tales from the perspective of these remarkable women. Help us bring this dream to life! We're nearly there! 🖤🌙🖤 kck.st/492NqKt

Just a little extra push for this project, please contribute if you can and / or share the post! 👇

According to a Flemish folktale, a man called a cat 'an ugly witch.' The cat responded by biting the man. The wound didn't heal and got worse every day. If you would like to know what Flanders's witches got up to, consider backing our Kickstarter. We are very close! 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤 kck.st/492NqKt

'There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream; There with fantastic garlands did she come Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples' ~William Shakespeare 🎨'Ophelia' by Friedrich Heyser #BookWormSat

A poem from my collection, In the Shadow of Gods. 👇

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Please help this project across the line if you can and please share the post regardless. Every little helps. 👇

Thank you so much to everyone who has backed The Witch's Child and other Dark Tales from Old Flanders! 🖤 We are now 86% funded and so close! Consider helping us turn this dream project into a dark reality! 🖤🌙🖤 kck.st/492NqKt

Behold his mightiness.

Creature we met in the Sint-Martinusbasiliek in Halle.

And I can't recommend this wonderful poetry collection enough, and plan to reread it very soon! 🖤

My monthly impertinent reminder that you could buy my 2024 poetry collection if you’d like to. Or review it if you’ve been lovely enough to already buy it. amzn.eu/d/6cNI5iX

This is so close now! Please keep sharing and contributing if you can. 👇

Made two new friends today.

This incredible kickstarter by @signemaene.com is still going but needs your help. A collection of folktales about witches from Flemish folklore that is filled with amazing characters to inspire your games. With your help we can bring these stories to life www.kickstarter.com/projects/sig...

"[The revelers] died each in the despairing posture of his fall. The life of the ebony clock went out.... The flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all." - Edgar Allan Poe, "The Masque of the Red Death" 🎨Harry Clarke #BookWormSat

'The spirits of the dead, who stood In life before thee, are again In death around thee, and their will Shall overshadow thee; be still.' -Edgar Allan Poe 🎨Edmund Dulac #BookWormSat

Perfect night to support this. 👇 #Halloween

It's Halloween, Flanders' witches are joyously cackling while dancing to strange, wild music in the woods. Our project has just reached 80% funding! Thank you so much! 🖤🌙🖤 kck.st/492NqKt

Please keep sharing. Please support this if book project if you can. We need this book in the world. 👇

If you would like to see more art like this, my friend and I are crowdfunding an illustrated book about witches in folklore! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sig...

Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain 🎃🐈‍⬛ The veil is thin tonight. Be safe! 🖤 #PhantomsFriday

Fox curled around the skull of a young fox 🖤 Black tea, beetroot ink and blackberry ink #FoxFriday 🦊 #Samhain 🌀

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our Kickstarter! 🖤 If you would like to dance on strange, wild music with the witches of Flanders, consider backing our project! Every little bit helps! ✨ kck.st/492NqKt

In case you would like to read about dancing witches in the woods: signe.substack.com/p/the-witch-...

According to a Flemish folktale, there was a woman who claimed she was afraid of nothing. One night, she went to a graveyard for she preferred to collect bones rather than pick flowers. As she reached for them, a voice suddenly spoke 'Don't touch me. Those are my bones.' #PhantomsFriday

In parts of #Wales it was said that on #Halloween night, phantom pigs were to be found sitting on every stile. Stiles are, of course, liminal places like bridges; neither one place nor another. Similarly, twilight is neither day nor night and is a prime time for hauntings. #PhantomsFriday #folklore

From Spectropia: or, Surprising Spectral Illusions, Showing Ghosts Everywhere, and of any Colour, H. Brown, 1865. #31daysofhalloween #Gothtober

If you're looking for something spooky this is the perfect kickstarter for you. A collection of authentic spooky tales regarding witches from Flemish folklore collected by the incredible @signemaene.com with illustration by the amazing @prairiebones.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/sig...

'When I was dead, my spirit turned To seek the much-frequented house: I passed the door, and saw my friends Feasting beneath green orange boughs' -Christina Rossetti Tomorrow #BookWormSat will explore death and the dead in literature. Do join us! 🖤 Reposts will be slower than usual.

please consider supporting this kickstarter, i really want to read this book (message to all zero of you following me...)

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our Kickstarter! We are 45% funded and have thirteen days left. It is daunting, but every message, every share, every person who believes in these forgotten stories means so much. There's a new witchy tale here: signe.substack.com/p/the-witch-...

According to a Flemish folktale, a man mocked a witch. She told him to leave those alone who leave you alone. When the man went home, a screeching cat jumped in front of him. The cat vanished and reappeared again and again. He arrived home more dead than alive. 🎨Gwen John #WyrdWednesday

@signemaene.com and @prairiebones.bsky.social have an amazing project currently on kickstarter. The Witch's Child is a collection of amazing stories from Flemish folklore that will allow you to bring a living, dark magic to your table. Check it out here www.kickstarter.com/projects/sig...

According to a Flemish folktale, people went on pilgrimages and visited monks to make a witch give up her powers. Their attempts were fruitless. She remained a witch and cursed the houses of those who had wanted to change her. If you like witches, consider backing our project kck.st/492NqKt 🌙🖤