Very late to this, I just watched Guillermo Del Toro's adaptation of Dreams in the Witch House. I loved Rupert Grint but hated the version they've put forth as a whole. It's one of my favorite stories by Lovecraft, along with Erich Zann, ATMM, Hypnos etc. GDT sorta botched the whole thing.

Coffee Grinder Love was exquisite! A bad cup of chai over a bad cup of coffee anyday xD

It's Dalit History Month and to start off, here's a poem about Begumpura, translated from Sant Ravidas's poem originally in gurmukhi script. (Unsure if this is the exact translation, it's the more popular one that I know of at least)

And you wonder why your travels do you no good, when you carry yourself with you.

One elbow injury into a week of sickness to a week of deliberation and pulling myself back up, here we are with a totally unforeseen shoulder injury again. This year just keeps on giving...

Similarly, Dr. Ambedkar Chair professorships, grants, scholarship positions should be for DBA folx. Columbia Law School famously has a visiting faculty position under his name and I have not heard of a single DBA professor having being awarded the position. (I'd love to know if someone has though)

unpopular opinion: it's weird for an award named after Octavia E. Butler to not be specifically for Black women.

New interconnected (vampire?) stories by @mimimondal.bsky.social!! I can't wait to read 😁

Happy pub day to Charlene Elsby and the absolute monster that is The Organization is Here to Support You. This bureaucratic horror satire novella will scratch the itch if you're into Kafka, Ballard, Murata, and/or stuff like Severance. Upsetting and brilliant shit. Grab one www.weirdpunkbooks.com

Oh well, it was the ides of march after all. No wonder I was sick.

Controversial Firebrand Politician Gaius Julius Caesar Dead After Senator-Involved Stabbing

Illness (hopefully) has taken it's course. It's the weakest I've become in the past 3 years. Barely able to eat, consequently barely able to move. I hope to become well enough in the next few days to get back to life as usual. I miss being mobile and working out.

I don't like what I've written, perhaps I've read it too many times, perhaps it is inherently trash. I really liked it when I was done with it, then with edits and first reads it ended up becoming boring to read.

I’m struck by how close we’re getting to finally curing some of the world’s worst diseases—sickle cell, Alzheimers, pancreatic cancer, etc.—at the same time that the world’s worst people are destroying medical research and care around the world.

If you see this, quote it with what you're reading this weekend! I'm reading Laird Barron's 'Procession of the Black Sloth', Beckett's 'Imagination Dead Imagine' and @premeemohamed.com 's 'Four Hours of a Revolution'.

It is @lairdbarron.bsky.social 's birthday today, as I got to know from my feed. It is also the day that my first cosmic horror story received a hold notice, it's the first ever personal response I've received. To celebrate both occasions, I shall recite to people around me 'Shiva, Open Your Eye'.

I've added all the paintings to my ko-fi shop which you can find here: ko-fi.com/vesperdoom/s... Shares help so much, and I appreciate each and every one of you. (this is so hard to do)

Check it out! New from @anjalialappat.bsky.social @darknlightzine.bsky.social darknlight.com/projects/int...

I have started to dislike watching shows. Watching something is synonymous for me with eating food for most OTT content consumption takes place at lunch/dinner. However, I cannot stop watching Severance. It's devastating, visceral, emotionally breaking, but SO immersive.

A witch doctor tries to tame an invisible spirit. A murder victim speaks from beyond the grave through a haunted melon. Three zombie-slayer women drive a gold Ambassador w/ lethal mods à la Fury Road through post-apocalyptic Chennai. All this & more in ANTI-CASTE SF www.blaft.com/collections/...

I revisited Shirley Jackson's 'We Have Always Lived In The Castle' and it breaks my heart to read it now, when I can understand it. The feelings of desolation and misery that she can evoke are unparalleled I feel. It's not even fear, rather a profound sense of sadness and loss that comes forth.

This was a beautifully written book that haunted me for several days after I finished reading

This is an astonishing story. These are the true heirs of the legal brilliance and enduring justice of Ambedkar. Wow.

The worst thing about shit like this is that they're counting on having lowered standards and blitzed attention spans so thoroughly with content-hose programming that this garbage becomes acceptable and beyond the notice of most 'consumers'. I hope people don't let that happen. & fly the 🏴‍☠️.

I'm 83% of the way there. thank you, everyone, for the reposts and donations. we truly appreciate it. gofund.me/01fb9858

I hate people who compare being sick WITH a continuing, added, chronic illness to someone having the flu taking a 'break' from work. Like, no my frenemy I cannot be happy and watch X show cuz I'm barely able to sleep and shut out the pain WITH meds.

Chronic Illness #chronicillness #chronicallyill #chronicillnessmemes

Chronic illness is horrible. It makes normal life horrifying. Yet, my fever dreams have somehow managed to trump the general fear I experience. I feel like I'm the man from 'Dreams in the Witch House', (with a normal cat instead of a human faced rat).

Of all the weird/spec. fiction authors I found much too late in life (Lovecraft, Butler, Douglas Adams), I lament not discovering Shirley Jackson earlier. @chmmagazine.bsky.social is doing a tribute edn. and I was curious to know why-hence spent the last week with her stories. It was an experience.

What are the 'horror classics'? Having chatted about this briefly yesterday I've been pondering what might constitute the outline of a 'canon' – essential novels and stories that help us appreciate and understand the genre. So, here's a first take, after a couple of disclaimers. 👇

THE BLAFT ANTHOLOGY OF GUJARATI PULP FICTION and THE BLAFT BOOK OF ANTI-CASTE SF are both out! Blaft's mailing room is a little backed up rn, in the meantime you can order from Champaca! champaca.in/products/the... champaca.in/products/the...

I think most of my favorite books that I read as a preteen, and a lot of books I read as a teen, are unreadable for me as an adult. That seems like an important lesson.

Winter is my favorite season as it's spooky and inspires good writing. It also wreaks havoc on my neurocrazy musculoskeletal condition. This makes me think about life the universe and everything else. Then I write more with twitchy cold skeleton hands.

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you? Hmm, I think I'll be okay 🥹

Some authors of longform Weird and weird horror: Eric LaRocca Daniel Kraus Carson Winter Monika Kim Jennifer Thorne CJ Leede Delilah Dawson Clay McLeod Chapman Mae Murray Sofia Ajram Hailey Piper Shortform: Joe Koch Ria Hill Sasha Brown Zines: Skull&Laurel Weird Horror Cosmic Horror Monthly

Ugh there's so many! MR James was my introduction to horror, mum bought the book after an hour of begging her. I think I will be Number 13, for I too am annoyed at neighbours dancing their demonic dances, investigate, then stay huddled in a friend's room to pass off the scare I received.

This was the first year I submitted stories to magazines, one was rejected and the other is still under consideration. I really liked the first one. Motivated to redo it and submit, deals with death and the afterlife and upper caste eyes.

Our sister imprint Violet Lichen is open for queries! Send in your weirdest, most wonderful speculative fiction before the mid-winter window closes on January 10th! 🔮🕯🕸🌙📚 Submission guidelines and details can be found in Marissa's blog post linked below, or here: violetlichen.com/2024/12/08/v...

Launch events for THE BLAFT BOOK OF ANTI-CASTE SF: Dec 21: Champaca Bookstore, Bangalore Jan 5: Community Library Project, Delhi Jan 29: The Common Press, London Link to buy if you're in a different city or can't make it: www.blaft.com/collections/...

Eagerly awaiting my copy of the book! To me this is one of a kind as aside from @mimimondal.bsky.social I've not come across many dalit futurist/anti caste lit in SF/Horror. The younger me would be immensely happy to find identifications I'd been searching for in SF for so long 🥹

Hello new folks! I see a lot of "Hey, is there a starter pack to help me find [interest/group/my people]?!" Here's a big #directory of #StarterPacks so you don't have to reinvent the wheel! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...