I was going to bed but now I'm watching 13 Ghosts(1960)

Oscar Wilde who died on this day 125 years ago: Wilde was initially buried in the Cimetière de Bagneux outside Paris. In 1909 his remains were disinterred and transferred to Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

Well, I've had my getting yelled at histerically about nonsense of the day. Honestly, retail has given me every reason to be cynical. A high percentage of people, given an inch of power, turn into Francisco Franco with a tantrum. Tis the season, innit?

If any of you humans has sent me a DM here, know that I can't see it because I refused to prove my age to the apps.

The Valentine's toys launch today.....

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Today, I open my main December read: the Blackwater Saga

The pleasing simmetry of starting the month on a Monday

🎨 Once I was bored and drew The Shining hedge maze as a game of Pacman (I sold this one and had totally forgotten I made it 😆) 😈🎨🦇

Nuke it from orbit

I'm reading Mythago Wood. I'm fascinated by the concept, having an "I want to believe" moment. Only slightly irritated by the fact that the action is being driven by the men being horny. Get a grip, boys!

With summer warmth fading into memory, here are 19th Century tips for coping with a heatwave: "Allow nothing to worry you.” “Refrain from reading the Debates.” “Shun public dinners.” “Walk twice the distance rather than get inside a red-hot oven of an omnibus.”

As expected, this was very scary, creepy and also heartbreaking. The birds! the woods! the beams!!! As someone who grew up in a tiny village, it hits hard.

I've been listening to a lot of podcasts abt horror books and films,and I've realized something about my relationship with them: I don't want to hear about the metaphor. I read it because I want the fiction, the myth, the thrills. I don't need reality to be brought in. I have that at home.

Binge-watching every episode of Futurama: cheaper than therapy

Your seasonal reminder that if you'd like to hear four ghost story writers reading their scary stories, here we go. It starts with my December horror, "Mrs. Velderkaust's Lease". Other stories by Sean Hogan, David Longhorn and Lynda E. Rucker! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhmL...

Yuki onna is a fearful #yokai appearing on snowy winter nights. She glides across the snow with her blue lips and transparent skin. Her icy gaze can be deadly and she will suck the life force out of you and leave you to die in the snow. #FolkyFriday #JapaneseFolklore 🎨Sawaki Suushi

Alessandro Tofanelli. Italy. Quel giorno. 2025

La bruja de la roca. Newell Convers Wyeth. 1912

We are getting 2 new foster cats today, and they come with very little information, so we can't really prepare. Honestly in the past we've received cats rescued from the street that came with more background. This family has been very uncommunicative. What are they hiding?

It was delightful! I wish I could travel back in time to attend the first time it was performed, with Tallulah Bankhead in one of the main roles!

Having a Noel Coward evening. Fallen Angels at the Menier Chocolate Factory!

Llevo tanto tiempo viviendo fuera que mis conocimientos de cultura española reciente están llenos de lagunas, y descubro cosas constantemente. Acabo de descubrir a Maialen, Chica Sobresalto, y ha procedido a romperme el alma con la canción Virgen de la Luz. Así tal cual.

Thinking of twig people @beverleylee.bsky.social

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"The Adoration of Pan" Johfra Bosschart, 1979

This is the oldest known family photo taken at Stonehenge. c 1865, back when you could picnic on the great sarsens themselves. The original photo is owned by Queen Guitarist Brian May! #stonehenge #wiltshire #stonecircle

The more folk horror I read, the more I become convinced I wouldn't survive one. Having lived in the country, I'm not afraid enough of countryside darkness.

A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍 An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology

Diving into this one today!

I'm beginning to see the shape of my reading plan for next year. I need to focus on horror(I've bought many more than I've read recently), books in Spanish(old and new), returning to the Victorians, and non-fiction(again,bought many, read almost none) including biographies.Paper books are priority.

"With Pipe and Book at close of day, Oh, what is sweeter, mortal, say? It matters not what book on knee, Old Izaak or the Odyssey" ---RICHARD LE GALLIENNE (1866–1947), "Liverpool's Wild(e) Poet" #pipes #books #reading #classics #Literature #English #smoking #leisure #bibliophilia #decadence #Wilde

To Amberes city of lost gods all things return. The Lore of Silver is out today from @hodderscape.bsky.social And join @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social and I at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Dublin tonight to celebrate the launch with cake and shenanigans! #FeralGods #speirgorm #booksky📚💙

After Romulus, Alien Earth, Alien and Aliens, now I start the disappointingly titled Alien 3. It's like they couldn't be bothered. I have to say that, if this film came out today, I wouldn't watch it out of principle, it's such a sausage fest.

It's snowing. We've gone from 14 to 3 degrees in 24 hours(by the school clock next to my house at 6:30 in the morn), and now it's snowing. Someone finally remembered to flip the Winter switch.

Amazing, no notes, I do not desire to learn anything else about this story, for it would only detract from the perfection on this headline.

Toad played the piano, and he did not miss a note.

I want to know why, in the Alien universe, you have to go into hypersleep in your underwear and surrounded by your colleagues, with no privacy at all. Ridley?

I have some qualms, but I liked Alien Earth and I'm glad we are getting a second season.

After watching Romulus, I'm wondering how Ripley's escape pod had enough fuel to keep her alive for 57 years....

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The close up of the sheep looking directly into the camera is the first time an episode of Alien Earth merited a rock song in the closing credits.

Tengo catarro y me encuentro fatal, asi que he tenido que abrir la caja de Nevaditos de emergencia.....

Something to learn from sci-fi franchises is that, no matter how far ahead in the future, you'll still be overworked, underpaid, and there will always be a lousy colleague who eats in the lab or forgets to seal the containment field properly.

Listen to Wil

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I know it's not new to relate Alien to Blade Runner, but this guy steam cleaning the corridor in Alien Earth, homage to The Eyemaker...? The footage is intersped with a synthetic examining her eye.