So nice to have him back home today; we got to crack into the cake, and it was delicious (as was the homemade chili and cornbread - yum!).

It’s a three mugs of coffee morning ☕️

Private Detective Stories September 1943 Super Detective November 1944

My first attempt at a cranberry snack cake! I never thought of myself as much of a cook, but having a partner who genuinely loves my cooking changed my mindset. Learning to resist the knee-jerk “I’m not good at this” and accept his compliments turned what felt like a chore into a joyful act of love.

Slightly obsessed with this 1953 Dorothy Parker themed crossword I found in an old newspaper

Last night, I closed the digital covers of my eighth book of '26, Walter de la Mare's Out of the Deep: And Other Supernatural Tales, eager to pick out next week's titles!

When they try to get me up in the morning. #TheFilmCrowd

She has a finely tuned aesthetic that leans to the strange,dark,inscrutable, and kinky. And then there are items she's collected which exhibit a banality that like a David Lynch film suggest that the slightest scratch to the surface will reveal a depth of darkness that you may not wish to penetrate

I could go on and on and on! I blog about all of my paper mache / sculpture / mask-making projects here.

The Daily Call. Greenville, MI. Tuesday, January 31, 1922.

Now really is the winter of our discontent.

James Sallis was one of the true towering figures, crossing multiple genres and categories, but particularly in crime fiction. His death at the age of 81 is a real loss, but we do have two more books of his to look forward to this year. mailchi.mp/sohopress/re...

WHAT SECRET COMPULSION MADE THIS LOVELY GIRL THE HANDMAIDEN TO UNNATURAL HORRORS? 🐸

Despoiler Of Women The first issue, it also includes My Husband’s Mistress, A Virgin Sacrifice, The Little Tramp, Day Of Reckoning, My Private Hell, and I Married To Save A Friend via https://pulpcovers.com/despoiler-of-women/ Covers, Babes, Intimate Confessions, Magazine, Milton Luros

Biblical book cover. Medieval parchment leaf with text from Genesis used in binding.

If you’re LA local, you can find my work at the shops below. It means so much to have my work in these incredible shops back in my ol’ hometown 📚❤️📖

It’s always a nice surprise when a stack of new-to-you used books includes a pristine hardcover of a title you’ve been wanting to read, only to crack it open and realize it’s signed by the author!

Honored to share Richard Modiano’s reflections on my latest zine, A Violent Life 📚

Cary Grant photographed for a hair and makeup test for Alfred Hitchcock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959). Notes: "Hair mussed and drunk"

Book no. 5 and 6 of the year are cozy rereads of some iconic Dorothy Parker volumes (Enough Rope and Death & Taxes). Happy to find myself reading at my usual clip again. Last year was light for me but it’s been nice to find my rhythm and routine again this month 📚

Brought my e-reader specifically to save space in hopes of hoarding a pile of used books in my carry on 📚

Been holding off on Didion & Babitz for a while, but our trip to Los Angeles felt like the right time to dive in and devour.

Today’s hot take: now people just need to be supporting the community movement against ICE. Save the critiques about the imperial boomerang & naysaying about how the movement’s not radical enough or doing everything you want to do. What’s happening in Minneapolis is huge and can have a global impact

Our cat sitter is better than your cat sitter 🐈🪲

2026 is off to a running start 🛫

Manuscript volvelle with animal faces and a little bird cut into one of the dials 📚📜 search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...

Join Tosh Berman discussing his memoir TOSH: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World (City Lights 2019) with John Freeman & Garrett Caples @altajournal.bsky.social Cal Book Club on January 15th, 5pm PT / 8pm ET! Register here: bit.ly/3N69R8R

I Adore Michael Silverblatt TOSH BERMAN “Every once in a while, I would pick up the telephone, and it was Michael on the other side. Once you do that, your day and schedule are thrown in the wastebasket. Because chatting with Michael is an art in itself…” tosh.substack.com/p/i-adore-mi...

Some people had normal childhoods. Tosh Berman grew up in the Beat scene. Learn more about why he writes: buff.ly/BpUpbwc

This image in Evelien Hauwaerts’s “Books of Hours Books of Hope” goes so fucking hard

"Eros and hunger play a role in how we obtain satisfaction." ...and cat seems to have taken this text literally.

the bookseller impulse to document early 20th century cloth hardcover design

We're just over a month out from Mardi Gras (yikes!) and one person guessed my costume the other day; I imagine it's now pretty obvious with these pieces together. My costume this year is Fortunato (zombificato!) from The Cask of Amontillado. Still lots to do!

You do not fight fascists because you will win. You fight fascists because they are fascists.

Itty bitty squirrel peets 🐿️

Day 75 🎃

Honored to share Richard Modiano’s reflections on my latest zine, A Violent Life 📚

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Hi perhaps you would like a little break from the news in the form of an essay about my trip to Centralia, Pennsylvania, the town that’s been on fire since 1962—a place where surprisingly I found a great deal of hope, wonder, and mystery.

routine is essential

@erinalexander.bsky.social Here’s one of those autopsy photos you like but it’s an accordion rather than a human.

"Eros and hunger play a role in how we obtain satisfaction." ...and cat seems to have taken this text literally.

“In their skilled hands and perverse psyches, the theater of cruelty is alive and sick.” There are still a few copies from the first printing available - grab a copy of A Violent Life while they last! Link in bio.

Great day for a chilly hike and a warm meal 🍽️

Greetings from the winter woods ❄️

Always make time to stop and admire the peets. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

If you’re LA local, you can find my work at the shops below. It means so much to have my work in these incredible shops back in my ol’ hometown 📚❤️📖

From The Oxford Book of American Verse, edited by F. O. Matthiessen

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