“First they came for the romance translators, and I did not speak out …” www.404media.co/harpercollin...

It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction. - E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime, born on this day, 1931 #BookSky #ELDoctorow

Bette Davis in Dangerous (1935)

It's time for the 2025 Hourglass blog year in review. Spoiler: Wally Wood's still got it. www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/hourgla...

𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙆𝙤𝙣𝙜 : 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟔 : 𝟏𝟑𝟒 𝐦𝐢𝐧 #RandomMovieGIF #FilmSky

I like Candy

They promised me immunity and I rolled right over. Here's the truth about Whitey, and everything else that went down that Christmas Eve.

Dynamic Disks by František Kupka, 1931 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137314

The Hourglass is on the air! Mystery, comics, movies, and science fiction podcasts and videos, direct from Hourglass secret headquarters! www.paulryanoconnor.com/new-page

New Year, same circus.

2025

Interview with Anna Scotti on release of her "Librarian On The Run" anthology -- "It's Not Even Past." #crimefiction #mystery #writingcommunity

Going to defy my pessimism and assert next year is going to be a banger. Speak it into existence. Happy new year, all.

Warning From Space, 1956.

They promised me immunity and I rolled right over. Here's the truth about Whitey, and everything else that went down that Christmas Eve.

Ruriko Asaoka 浅丘 ルリ子 #filmsky #japanese #cinema #actress #浅丘ルリ子

Bille Holiday

Promotional shot for "One Million Years B.C." (released in the UK on 30/12/66) #fantasy #1960s #horror #horrorfam

"Do you believe that stuff the old man was saying the other night at the 'Oso Negro' about gold changin' a man's soul so's he ain't the same sort of man as he was before findin' it?" Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" from 1948.

Doesn't matter if it's snowing or the world is on fire -- it's always time to discuss The Son of Satan!

Jean Seberg

I read more than a few of these. Congrats on a solid year.

Barbara Steele - BOTD in 1937

Watched: (Echoes From A Somber Empire)

I was promised immunity! www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/cold-ca...

Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart in 🎬 House on Haunted Hill (1959)🎞

Brigitte Bardot in Contempt. RIP.

Anna Scotti knows a couple things about failure, which means she also understands success. www.sleuthsayers.org/2025/12/get-...

Repost for #caturday

I’m fortunate to have the holiday off, and in the absence of a familiar schedule, I pretty much became incapable of recalling the day of the week. A happy problem to have, but disorienting.

I Turned In My Husband pulpcovers.com/i-turned-in-... Covers, Magazine, Telephone, True Detective

1964

One of my favorite Bogie movies. Bogart produced this picture through his own company and plays a deeply unappealing character — always admired he sought to subvert his own stardom. And dark as the film gets … the book is darker!

That time between Christmas and the New Year...

German poster for THE STREET WITH NO NAME (1948) Starring Richard Widmark - BOTD in 1914

My favorite of the Fantastic Four isn't one of The Four at all. #comicsky

Tis the Season for Dark Christmas Greetings. 🖤😱🎄 #Christmas2025 #darkgreetings #horrorfan

It's a jungle fantasy Longbox Graveyard blast from the past -- Joe Kubert's Tarzan!

Merry Christmas to all, especially those who work on this day. www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/happy-h...

Humphrey Bogart (25 déc. 1899 - 14 jan. 1957)🖤✨👑