Actually we should just give citizenship to every undocumented person in the United States who wants it. Walking over an imaginary line isn't some great moral atrocity. Making people live in the shadows as a permanent underclass absolutely IS.

If you want revenge, then dig two graves. the first one is a practice grave to get a feel for it and the second is your main or "show grave"

Przeczucie, or Premonition (1893) by Henryk Weyssenhoff #PhantomsFriday

Monthly Trans Creators Boost! - Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below. - Go into the replies and look for works to read and share. - Follow new creators and make your feed brighter! NSFW and erotica welcome. #TransSky #WriteSky

Okay! Paid rent and an outrageous water bill and now have $2 to my name until my tax return hits... whenever it does. I currently have 2 slots opened for comms! Any donations would also greatly be appreciated!

More short fiction for free! The Occult & Supernatural Horror giveaway has begun on BookFunnel: newsletter magnets free to download via this link! books.bookfunnel.com/horror_and_s... Listen free w/ ads on my podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social #FreeEBooks #FreeBooks #HorrorBooks #Horror 📣📚💙😱📚🩸

Goodnight. #PhantomsFriday From The Little Ghost (Das kleine Gespenst) by Otfried Preußler, illustrated by Nika Goltz.

According to a Flemish folktale, the murderer of a woman was doomed to appear as a ghost dog after he died. It's said his eyes looked like lanterns. The dog jumped on people and forced them to carry him to the place where he had committed the crime. 🎨Dillon Samuelson #PhantomsFriday

Perfect for #PhantomsFriday!

The Haunted House (Catherine Duke Quickened her Steps) by Howard Pyle, 1904 #PhantomsFriday

Spirit photo from an article on how to create fake photographs published in Harmsworth's Magazine in 1898. #PhantomsFriday #ghosts #photography #Victorian

The Tihany Abbey stands proudly on the shores of Lake Balaton. The ancient Benedictine monastery is a popular tourist destination, where monks live and work to this day. By day, it is an imposing and beautiful historic site, #PhantomsFriday 🧵

Hey, cool cats and cutie pies! My work is once again on Kobo! MINTY FRESH and UNWELCOME HOSTS are available for purchase, and through Kobo Plus. 🔪🩸 www.kobo.com/ebook/minty-... 👻🐈‍⬛ www.kobo.com/ebook/unwelc...

Przeczucie, or Premonition (1893) by Henryk Weyssenhoff #PhantomsFriday

For #PhantomsFriday and #ForteanFriday in advance of #Easter, the tale of a ghost longing for an Easter bonnet and the dire lengths she went to get it. mrsdaffodildigresses.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/t...

In Scottish lore, folk born on Good Friday not only have the ability to see ghosts but to order them about... #PhantomsFriday

Skeletons in a Cave with Stalactites #Art by Caspar David Friedrich, 1826

It's up! You can book! My new course with the University of Liverpool starts in May! 'Transformations of the Gothic' Online. Open to all. You can join from anywhere. No previous experience necessary. Just bring a love of the subject! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

I will not respond to Starkey's stupid rage bait take but... if you are interested in histories of religious persecution in the UK, movements for toleration, and how the Gothic dives into the debate, may I recommend... youtu.be/m2teiMn7fXo?...

Just to be clear, there are currently two translunar travelers lounges - one is aboard the Artemis II. We're the other one, the SFF magazine open to submissions. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

#PhantomsFriday "For outside, riding the mist in ghostly majesty, a great Viking dragonship lay parallel with our compartment, its sides adorned with moisture-dripping shields. And behind those shields, spears raised in hideous salutation, ranks of armored skeletons..." Book/art credit in alt text

This Story Hour was a vibe! Thomas Ha and Karlo Yeager Rodríguez read creepy but very poignant stories. Gorgeous, heartbreaking, thought-provoking stories. You can still watch! @thomasha.bsky.social @kjy1066.bsky.social #Booksky youtu.be/vMWyg6vFDs8

#PhantomsFriday 'No elegant ghost would settle for less than Dan River sheets' A couple of vintage spooky ghost ads from Vogue magazine, circa 1964

An issue of RAT magazine from the early 1970s: "don't let those silly fascists pluck at your nerves... smile and know that they are sad and completely void of the love that people like you possess."

A new episode of A Curious Appetite is available 🍪 Funeral food with @drdan.bsky.social ⚰️ I hope you enjoy it. open.spotify.com/episode/1tvn...

🏳️‍⚧️Time to be visibly trans!🏳️‍⚧️ I'm Math, and trans artist making comics and illustrations. I focus on quiet horror, bombastic kaiju, and women dealing with critters! I have a bunch of comics you can read, and if you want to support me in them, you can become a member on ko-fi! Links below!

I didn't participate in #MorbidMarch as often as I wished, but it's been an enjoyable month seeing what people shared in the tag. To wrap up my own Morbid March offerings, I'll settle for boosting this post about my current WIP. Might be my most morbid work yet, which is, in fact, saying something.

Story Hour does not believe in April Fooling. Story Hour is no tricks, all treats. For instance, our April 1 guests are the seriously awesome Thomas Ha and Karlo Yeager Rodríguez. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT—and that’s no joke! @thomasha.bsky.social @kjy1066.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Thank you for hosting! #MorbidMarch I'm trans + write dark fantasy including a series about an all queer cast trying to survive a world corrupted by death magic The Witch of Eden Hollow revolves around grief & how it changes each character. All are free to read! 🔗 archiveofourown.org/users/TheEld...

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Horror anthology by trans authors for Trans Visibility Day!

It's #TDOV. Trans day of visibility. Any money you send me will go towards surviving an increasingly transphobic country. And/or books, you know. ko-fi.com/cbblanchard

#morbidMarch #day31 #theLastDay Reader, I drowned. No, really. The caul didn't save me, and my ears are still ringing with the sounds of the waters. There was something, or rather someone out in that cold wet abyss with a thousand weighted needles stitching me to the floor of the lake.

A maritime superstition said it was unlucky to “save a stranger from the sea” for “he’ll turn your enemy”. There was a belief that the one who saved the other, would soon be drowned themselves... #MorbidMarch 🎨Niss

The last day! No prompt. We're celebrating any and all morbid imaginings! Use #MorbidMarch to share/boost work inspired by death and dying — art, writing, reading recs, music, folklore, history, science, etc. Thank you to everyone who's joined in the fun 🖤 Please use alt text on images. No A.I.

Every time I hear men talk about destroying this planet so they can travel to a dead one, I think about how miraculous the existence of Earth is, and how capitalists should never be permitted to make decisions about space exploration.

Refuge

I do a lot of rewatching. A LOT.

#morbidMarch #day30 #waters So, you never said if that Caul can stop you from drowning. I looked at the waters edge, and back at those Whitby Jet eyes and I knew what he was thinking. He was faster than me and the water was cold. A thousand needles all at once, latching like weighted stitches.

Books should take forever to write. They should torture you your entire life and the things you could have said slightly better should haunt you forever. This is what art is for, transferring the discomfort of being human into something relatable to the other humans

For day 30 (WATERS), did you know that the phrase "blowing smoke up your ass" comes from a resuscitation technique utilized in the 1700s, often for drowning. Tobacco smoke was blown up into rectums to stimulate and "revive" the person. This pre-dated CPR.

Day 30 of #MorbidMarch! The last prompt! Prompt: WATERS Use #MorbidMarch to share and boost art, writing, reading recs, music, folklore, history, science, etc. Whatever the prompt inspires, whether it's creative work or something to stoke morbid imaginings. Please use alt text on images. No A.I.

Balls of light have been reported hovering over various stretches of water on the Scottish lochs, sometimes stationary, then moving fast and dropping down into the water. In local lore such lights were thought to foretell death, and upon seeing them, fisherman would stay on dry land... #MorbidMarch

When the witching hour struck, cloaked figures emerged from the fog, surrounding the house at five points. Discordant voices called up a storm, until the earth cracked open, swallowing the house and all its inhabitants… (For better or for worse, the roots sheltered the youngest.) #MorbidMarch

Grab the child, and go. The others have made their choice. Or, leave the child behind. Their eyes are already not right. Pray the car starts. If it doesn’t, just run. You have the key to the gate. There’s blood on your hands, but you have the key, and that is all that matters. Now, run. #MorbidMarch

Hungry for change?

Both of my younger siblings had shingles under the age of 30. My sister had it in her eye. I have not had shingles (*knock on wood*), but then, unlike my siblings, I never had chickenpox. I had the chickenpox vaccine. Which is to say vaccines are awesome. Get the shingles vaccine if you can.

#morbidMarch #day29 #jet They were the darkest eyes I've ever seen. Even the iris seemed devoid of colour. Eyes of Whitby Jet. They seemed to hold the soul of anyone that looked their way, like the way that Whitby Jet holds onto the trees until there's nothing left but a fossil indentation. And I

We would love to see more nonfiction in our queue! We're especially interested in topics compelling to an audience interested in both queerness & speculative literature. Think: queer history, science, critical analysis, & pieces that blur genre boundaries. Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/