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Author, Artist, Musician. Avid researcher of the strange & unusual & otherwise hidden; ever-evolving; human engaged in being.
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This is a book I never thought Iβd run across π
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#BookChatWeekly
Actress Aaliyah portrays Akasha, the first of all vampires, in the film, βThe Queen of the Damnedβ from Anne Riceβs 3rd novel in the book series, The Vampire Chronicles.
This is super cool. Human creativity kicks ass.
28.10.2025 10:23 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Wyrdlings! With Halloween looming large over us this week, it's time for our annual #WyrdWednesday Spooky Spectacular!
Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!π»π§ββοΈπ§ββοΈπΏ
Iβll definitely check them out. πΆ
27.10.2025 11:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0#MythologyMonday
#DavidBowie
David Bowieβs 6th album βAladdin Saneβ [1973] has a portrait on the cover of his face, painted w/a lightning bolt slashed down his forehead over to the r-side of his face, a persona he cultivated into an icon.
Close-up of a Henna tattoo being applied to an arm.
Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for tomorrow's theme: BODY ART. Give us your stories that feature tattooing, body painting, piercings, or makeup and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with [β¦]
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#HeathLedger
Heath Ledgerβs memorable make-up as the Joker in βThe Dark Knight.β
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βDo devils love each other? Do they walk arm in arm in hell saying, βAh, you are my friend, how I love you,β things like that to each other?...β
βThe Vampire Lestatβ(The Vampire Chronicles No.2)~ Anne Rice
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25.10.2025 15:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have always loved Sociology- Iβm going to enjoy reading this documentary since Iβm already a fan of the film βSinners.β
25.10.2025 13:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0π»This is darling β¨β¨β¨π―
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#Caturday
In #StephenKingβs , βDoctor Sleep,β a hospice cat, Azrael (L) [aka Angel of Death], who lives in a nursing home & provides comfort to the dying patients, is based on real-life cat, Oscar (R) w/ a similar ability who once resided in a RI nursing home.
#Caturday
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#governmentshutdown2025
Why not put some funds from the $1m-a-plate dinner in the offering plate towards the U.S. citizens who rely on #SNAP to put food on their table? Itβd go a long way towards establishing a nomination for theNobel Peace Prize in 2026 for humanitarian deeds
#wyrdwednesday
Nina Dobrev, as vampire βKatherine Pierce,β attends a #masquerade ball [#TheVampireDiaries S2/E7] trying, once again, to impersonate βElena Gilbertβ, as she awaits the delivery of the moonstone from the Salvatore brothers, who plan to kill her.
#Horror
#Haunted
βHorror is Ever Presentβ
a video by Mina Stillwater. π³
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#FairyTaleTuesday
The featured film shots of Lake View Cemetery (Seattle, WA), the cemetery used in βThe Crowβ [1994] is also the place where actor Brandon Lee is now buried due to his untimely demise while filming the movie.
R.I.P. Brandon Lee π
#FairyTaleTuesday
From its dark & rainy ambiance to Eric Dravenβs return from the dead to exact vengeance for his lost love, together w/the backdrop of the perfect πΆ score, βThe Crowβ [1994] is absolutely the most satisfying #gothic film thus far.
#31DaysofHalloween
#31DaysOfHorror
#Caturday
Black cats make perfect witchesβ familiars, perhaps stemming from Ancient Egypt when the black cat was seen as the protector of the home from evil spirits who would bring good luck to those who cared for them.
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Human evil lurks & seeps down through the ages.
On 6/13/1233, Pope Gregory IX issued a ludicrous but official document βVox in Rama.β In it βblack cats were declared an incarnation of Satan.β
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βThe Black Catβ [1934 film loosely based on the classic by Edgar Allan Poe], about a Satan-worshipping architect who holds a newlywed couple captive, popularized psychological horror by using a continuous πΆmusical score emphasizing eerie sounds.
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Mama Cecile & Papa Justify are hoodoo practitioners in the film βThe Skeleton Key.β
Violet Devereaux:
βAll that circle there protects is youβ¦from leavingβ¦ We've been waiting for you, Caroline. Waiting for you to believe. It doesn't work if you don't believe.β
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βThe spirit who inhabits her animates us all. Destroy the host, you destroy the power. The young die first; the old wither slowly; the eldest perhaps would go last. But she is the Queen of the Damned, and the Damned can't live without her.β
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The Church of the Dead are no longer worried about how long the sermons are, nor whether they are late for Sunday dinner. They only await the passing of time that never arrives.
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πΌοΈ βChurch's Inhabitantsβ by Dieter JΓ€schke
#FridayHorror
My new eBay score and Friday night #Halloween horror flick:
SALEMβS LOT [1979]
#TFTEOTW
The shackles fell away. They werenβt real. I know that now. So, here I am - walking away from the lies towards the light thatβs peaking around the corner. If you ever come lookinβ for me, thatβs where Iβll be - in a place called Peace.
πΌοΈPeaceable Kingdom~Edward Hicks
Today's prompt: This isn't real! You'll find me here, just around the corner...
Let the image and spooky music inspire a story! Make it as long as it needs to be!
Don't forget to use the #tfteotw tag! π©Έπππ
I will be watching! Cheers!
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The βGrim Reaperβ as Death coming to reap oneβs soul upon passing surfaced circa 19th C. Though the robed skeleton holding a scythe isnβt the only death escort. There are many kinds of psychopomps (e.g. spirits, angels, deities, demons or even birds & animals).