Rick Powell

This is Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in “Wuthering Heights” OR Jan Brady and her boyfriend George Glass. You decide.

“Wuthering Heights” (2026)

1: Floral black grey background with a partial image from The Hunger poster (1983) in the centre (pencil-drawn greyscale image of three main characters), with the colors of the pride flag over the top (text reads: Grim Reader's Syllabus; Queer Horror: Celebrating LGBT+ History Month).

2: Floral grey background with black bands containing text at top (Queer Horror) and HoL logo at bottom. Six covers in the middle (clockwise): New Queer Horror Film and Television (Darren Elliott-Smith & John Edgar Browning (Eds.), University of Wales Press, 2020). Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema (Caden Mark Gardner & Willow Catelyn Maclay, Repeater, 2024). The Queer Uncanny: New Perspectives on the Gothic (Paulina Palmer, University of Wales Press, 2012). It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror (Joe Vallese (Ed.), The Feminist Press, 2022). Queer Horror: Fun and Freaky Perspectives on Macabre Media (Gina Brandolino & Joe Carlough, Microcosm Publishing, 2025). It Used to be Witches: Under the Spell of Queer Cinema (Ryan Gilbey, Faber & Faber, 2025).

3: Floral grey background with black bands containing text at top (Queer Horror) and HoL logo at bottom. Six covers in the middle (clockwise): Queer Screams: A History of LGBTQ+ Survival Through the Lens of American Horror Cinema (Abigail Waldron, McFarland, 2022). Queer Horror Film and Television: Sexuality and Masculinity at the Margins (Darren Elliott-Smith, I.B. Tauris, 2016). Vampires and Violets: Lesbians in the Cinema (Andrea Weiss, Penguin, 1992). Queer Slashers (Peter Marra, Indiana University Press, 2025). Beyond the Lesbian Vampire: Reclaiming the Violent Lesbian in Contemporary Queer Horror (Sam Tabet, University of Wales Press, 2025). Queering the Gothic (William Hughes & Andrew Smith (Eds.), Manchester University Press, 2009).

4: Floral grey background with black bands containing text at top (Queer Horror) and HoL logo at bottom. Six covers in the middle (clockwise): Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator (Heather O. Petrocelli, University of Wales Press, 2023). Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters (Sacha Coward, Manchester University Press, 2025). Sleepaway Camp (BJ Colangelo & Harmony Colangelo, DieDieBooks, 2024). Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film (Harry M. Benshoff, Manchester University Press, 1997). Desire After Dark: Contemporary Queer Cultures and Occultly Marvelous Media (Andrew J. Owens, Indiana University Press, 2021). Queer Horror: A Film Guide (Sean Abley & Tyler Doupé (Eds.), McFarland, 2024).

In honour of LGBT+ History Month (UK), here's some of our fave books exploring queer horror across film, television, literature, and folklore. To access the full list, visit holpublishing.com/grimreader!

#lgbthistorymonth #queerhorror #booksky #horrorsky #bookrecs #readinglist #grimreader

Now watching. Haven’t seen this in the longest:

Now watching:

$1.50 each thrift finds:

Now watching:

I feel you, sign:

Marry her. Now!

Happy birthday, Wilbur:

“In the rural town of Dunwich, Massachusetts on February 2, 1913 at 5 a.m. Lavinia Whateley gave birth to a son, Wilbur Whateley. The date of his birth is noted for the night before the hills rumbled and dogs barked incessantly.”
113 years ago today.

Finished Wuthering Heights. Damn, that was a wild ride. The Victorian dialect was difficult to get through, but it kept my attention.
A scene in The Evil Dead that seems to be inspired(?) by an early scene in the book.
Also, the same reading in Evil Dead Rise is a mind blower:

Now reading:

Free book scores:

😂

This was a popcorn treat of a film.

Ok. I may have been left unsupervised at the thrift store. Just saying:

I have an idea. Don’t ask:

Now reading:

Worked on it more yesterday and finished it this morning.
The photo on the right popped up on social media a while back, then the idea hit me:
Craft glue: $1.25
Paint: $1.25
Toilet paper: $1.25
Reproduction of the bird that Regan (Linda Blair) crafted in The Exorcist: Priceless.

This was my present to myself that I ordered last month from eBay. $10.00. Finally arrived today. Next on my to-read list:

Oh, nice!

.50¢ library find:

Started painting it. The right eye is giving me a little trouble sculpting it.
Hint time:
“You know who you look like? John Garfield.”

My email list subscribers got to hear about it first, but I haven't been working on much in the way of actual art projects lately because I'm finally making good progress on the art book that I've been threatening for close to a decade...

Started on the eyes and beak:

My $2.00 indulgence of serotonin for today:

Got a little more done this morning. This is very therapeutic:

Ok, folks!
Coming in 2026!
Details in the future!
Cover artwork by @schamballah.com