You cannot pluck moonlight to bring in your pocket!Helen Hoyt – October Letter “C’mon, be adventurous for a change,” said Tommy, his voice an edged plaintive whine. Again, I was inadequate in Tommy’s estimation. Like when Tommy handed me a pink pill and said it would be a thrill. Or when he begged…
Category: horror
Writober Days 7 & 8 and dVerse OLN 348 — Monster Bones
What is that rattle in the yard when moon hides in the clouds, when wind tonight in autumn moans, where howls of wolf pack echoes? A clattered sound of monster bones. Thought he’d wandered far away Last Halloween’s silent midnight I swore I heard his groan across lake, his tears splashing like rain; my guilt…
dVerse Prosery — Night of the Solstice
To be pretty for you I have dropped two seeds of turnsole in the dark of both eyes. — by Isabel Duarte-Gray, from the poem, Garden I remember the date my soul left my body. It was the night before the winter solstice of my seventeenth year. Mother had been down with the grip for…
“Beau is Afraid” (2023) Movie Review
Ari Aster with “Beau is Afraid” posters I’ve been trying to decide whether or not to post about a movie I watched last night as I’m still in the absorption phase of what I experienced. As it keeps coming back to the forefront of my consciousness, much like an earworm, here goes. It won’t be…
Movie Review — “Maps to the Stars” (2014) directed by David Cronenberg
Don’t ask me why, but one day I decided to look for David Cronenberg movies I hadn’t seen before. Oh yes, that’s right, it was after seeing, “Crimes of the Future.” It’s been in the queue for awhile, and last night I finally had a chance to watch it. Let’s start out with the genres…
#TSM239 — Sir Hugh, or le Gros (long)
Chester CathedralLearn more about this magnificent structure here. “Jesus said, ‘the water that I shall give will be an inner spring always welling up for eternal life’ ”— John 4:14 Water of Life [at Chester] Cathedral Sculpture by Broadbent (1994) to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the establishment of the Benedictine Abbey on this site. …
Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge — Part 8 Blood
Dia Del Muerto, Mexico City Marty kept his eyes open as they hurried through the community merriment. A loudspeaker interrupted the music, announcing the beginning of the parade, which meant the Sugar Skull Zombie Society’s float would soon start to move – and it did. The zombified young men jumped onto the moving red, white,…
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