Mina Stillwater

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This is a book I never thought I’d run across 👇

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Actress Aaliyah portrays Akasha, the first of all vampires, in the film, “The Queen of the Damned” from Anne Rice’s 3rd novel in the book series, The Vampire Chronicles.

This is super cool. Human creativity kicks ass.

Wyrdlings! 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!👻🧙‍♀️🧟‍♂️👿

I’ll definitely check them out. 🎶

#MythologyMonday
#DavidBowie
David Bowie’s 6th album “Aladdin Sane” [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 […]

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#HeathLedger
Heath Ledger’s memorable make-up as the Joker in “The Dark Knight.”

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“Do devils love each other? Do they walk arm in arm in hell saying, “Ah, you are my friend, how I love you,” things like that to each other?...”
“The Vampire Lestat”(The Vampire Chronicles No.2)~ Anne Rice

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I have always loved Sociology- I’m going to enjoy reading this documentary since I’m already a fan of the film “Sinners.”

😻This is darling ✨✨✨💯

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#Caturday
In #StephenKing’s , “Doctor Sleep,” 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
#Halloween

#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? It’d go a long way towards establishing a nomination for theNobel Peace Prize in 2026 for humanitarian deeds

#wyrdwednesday
Nina Dobrev, as vampire “Katherine Pierce,” attends a #masquerade ball [#TheVampireDiaries S2/E7] trying, once again, to impersonate “Elena Gilbert”, as she awaits the delivery of the moonstone from the Salvatore brothers, who plan to kill her.

YouTube video by Mina Stillwater Horror Is Ever Present

#Horror
#Haunted
“Horror is Ever Present”
a video by Mina Stillwater. 😳
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#FairyTaleTuesday
The featured film shots of Lake View Cemetery (Seattle, WA), the cemetery used in “The Crow” [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 💔

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#FairyTaleTuesday
From its dark & rainy ambiance to Eric Draven’s return from the dead to exact vengeance for his lost love, together w/the backdrop of the perfect 🎶 score, “The Crow” [1994] is absolutely the most satisfying #gothic film thus far.

#31DaysofHalloween
#31DaysOfHorror
#Caturday
Black cats make perfect witches’ 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 “Vox in Rama.” In it “black cats were declared an incarnation of Satan.”

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“The Black Cat” [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 🎶musical score emphasizing eerie sounds.

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Mama Cecile & Papa Justify are hoodoo practitioners in the film “The Skeleton Key.”
Violet Devereaux:
“All that circle there protects is you…from leaving… We've been waiting for you, Caroline. Waiting for you to believe. It doesn't work if you don't believe.”

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“The 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.”

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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.
✍️MStillwater
🖼️ “Church's Inhabitants” by Dieter Jäschke

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#FridayHorror
My new eBay score and Friday night #Halloween horror flick:
SALEM’S LOT [1979]

#TFTEOTW
The shackles fell away. They weren’t real. I know that now. So, here I am - walking away from the lies towards the light that’s peaking around the corner. If you ever come lookin’ for me, that’s where I’ll be - in a place called Peace.
🖼️Peaceable 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! 🩸📚💙📚

I will be watching! Cheers!

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The “Grim Reaper” as Death coming to reap one’s soul upon passing surfaced circa 19th C. Though the robed skeleton holding a scythe isn’t the only death escort. There are many kinds of psychopomps (e.g. spirits, angels, deities, demons or even birds & animals).