Any educator, producer, librarian or programming folk who like Art History, Women's History, Tiffany stained glass lamps and/or all of the above, please reach out to book my theatrical lecture BY THE LIGHT OF TIFFANY: A MEETING WITH CLARA DRISCOLL! Info: www.leannareneehieber.com/by-the-light...

@solomonmissouri.bsky.social know anybody at the airport in Charlotte?

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

The house is disrespectful. The Count is untidy. All the girl wants is patience.

2025 is the year I permit myself to use metallic paints (look at her!) #miniaturepainting #marilwyd #yule #christmas

I have been messing around all day practically with pigeons but here's the only one I painted fresh today.

"Either stop giving me directions or you do the driving, Thomas. Oh right. You CAN'T. Because your arm is in Naples. So SHUT THE FUCK UP."

The light may be on, but the attic is unoccupied.

Signed copies of our USA Today Bestseller AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC & A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN are back at @strandbooks.com! Thanks again, lovely Strand staff! Find AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC on 1st floor American History tables & A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN in the Paranormal section! 🖤

They honour the fact that she is herself a secret. But they refuse to suspect that, before she escapes the house, she will pace these halls, screaming heartbreakingly.

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Noticed something lately. "How long have you lived in NYC?" is a very frequent question to hear, and when I say 25 years, the response is always shock that it's so long. What? I'm not even *from here*, from here, you know? People do get born here!

This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Miriam talks to Gabe & Kato from the Astoria Food Pantry, a radical space that has food, books, & RPGs, about how the project works, how giving away shit for free is so fucking cool, how awesome mutual aid distros are, & how we could sure use more of them.

Hi Ruth !!! Imma need you to repeat this on the main stage.. you have more followers than me but still Because a lot of muhfuggers seem confused between “Will talk good” versus “ Will DO good”

*Every* year, this is part of my holiday reread tradition!

As the youths say: Fuckin' SICK, yo

I'm going to be settling in to this with a blanket, an eggnog latte, and it's going to be a wonderful (FREE!) time. I love that we're bring ghost stories back to the holidays!

If you're cold, the goat is cold. SET IT ON FIRE.

Y'all, tmrw is a BIG DAY for civil rights and tech. @markey.senate.gov, @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social, @jayapal.house.gov, @pressley.house.gov, & @repsummerlee.bsky.social are introducing the AI Civil Rights Act: the new gold standard AI bill endorsed by 85+ civil society orgs. Pull up a chair. 1/n

"Imagine you’re having a quiet evening at home when suddenly there’s a knock on the door. You open it to find a boisterous crowd carrying a horse’s skull mounted on a pole and draped in ribbons – the Mari Lwyd has arrived."

ICE tried to stage another raid in Canal Street, and were prevented by New Yorkers showing up to protect their neighbors. We can stop them. You can stop them. Don't let them tell you that anything is inevitable.

Oh, my. Pearls of all colors are my weakness! So many beauties here!

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen: Aerosmith Delain Nightwish Arch Enemy Tengger Cavalry

I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing

You really, really, REALLY don't want to miss this. It's given me several "must visit" travel plans, as well as a couple "never *ever* going there" (the tunnel story!!!) warnings. Charming in places, deeply thought provoking in others, downright chilling in some, all in all a must read.

Friends! It's the big annual Etsy sale! Select listings up to 25% off at Torch & Arrow! Goth/Steampunk/Neo-Victorian jewelry, cuff-links, tie bars, hair things & more! I'm awaiting payment on several book things but bills noted below have made things pretty dire. Shop: torchandarrow.etsy.com

You don’t always have to “pick a side” in international conflicts. Sometimes (most times, really) there isn’t really a clear “good guy” and “bad guy”. It’s okay to sit with that discomfort instead of picking a winner like it’s a sports game.

Please note many Tor eBooks of mine are on Kindle sale! Check out PERILOUS PROPHECY, my STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL prequel, going behind-the-scenes in a Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy saga illuminating a dying Goddess at the end of her rope & what she must do to save her beloveds: www.amazon.com/Perilous-Pro...

On sale! Don't miss out!!!!!

She is herself a haunted building.

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

This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue. Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.

Now THIS???? is a white man! this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!

Always repost Paul Robeson singing I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night to Scottish coal miners.

I’m having my first ever museum solo show at Posterhouse: The Museum of Poster Art. It’s open now until April posterhouse.org/exhibition/u...

I remember as a kid, the palpable anxiety in my house when it looked like my dad might have to strike. Going on strike takes *so* much courage, for the union, for their families. Organized labor is so important. Support them every way you can.

Reading 2025 fiction? Try the short story "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow" by Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com! You can read it here! buff.ly/3T830tA

some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops: Blue Diamond Bob's Red Mill Land O'Lakes Tillamook Welch's

The girl has never not been fleeing the house.

Happy dryer lint!

'The Silence' - Giorgio Kienerk (1900)

Grateful for any interest & support our recent release, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, has received, and hope folks will newly discover our non-fiction examining ghost lore (critically, personally & viscerally) through the lens of Gothic literature & women's history. 🖤

Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like: Oolong tea Fancy nail polish Gothic Horror Pigeons Death & The Maiden art Scented candles Crossword puzzles Herkimer diamonds Tibetan food Roses

Never go to Starbucks? Cool. Going on strike is *hard*, and doing so requires bravery. Show your solidarity & support by donating to the strike fund! It'll keep the workers fed, housed & resourced while they're fighting.

Yes, I am going to keep re-upping this off & on until the end of the year because it is, alas, topical to the current situation in the USA (meant to take place a few decades in our future). Activism is also the small, ordinary, collective actions of people keeping their heads above water day to day.