Happy Solstice!
20.12.2024 16:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@kalimopsispress.bsky.social
Publisher specializing in mythology, folklore, and liminal fiction.
Happy Solstice!
20.12.2024 16:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Books are arriving and people are finally able to check out the creepy creatures of Christmas. It was a journey to get here but we made it!
14.12.2024 06:59 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0close up illustration of a Mari Lwyd in profile: a cloaked figured festooned with ribbons, bells, and a flower crown with a screaming horse skull head
"Let me in, let me in!"
Mari Lwyd for this year's holiday card~β¨
Just in case any one who is interested doesn't know, Bjork has an excellent song about the Yule Cat. It's so good you'll want to learn Icelandic!
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Thanks to the intrepid fulfillment team of Cilicia (aka my mom) and Janessa (aka my sister), hundreds of creepy christmas creature books are on their way all around the world.
11.12.2024 18:59 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Happy Krampus night!
05.12.2024 13:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is it fulfilling to see pictures of books in the midst of their own fulfillment?
01.12.2024 03:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0After you read this, be sure to leave a review on goodreads.
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Just a big ol' pile of Creepy Christmas Creatures.
23.11.2024 02:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Consoling your friends who didn't order Creepy Christmas Creatures.
10.10.2024 17:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Christina Ricci is older than Anjelica Huston was when she played Morticia in the original Addams Family film.
How does that make you feel?
Never!
04.10.2024 19:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just a reminder that editing a physical page is much more effective than editing in a PDF or (not recommended) in the layout program itself.
04.10.2024 06:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The best thing you can do to become more efficient around the house and with future-planning is to start writing a novel. You'll find yourself doing literally anything else you can think of but spending time on it.
24.09.2024 17:08 β π 513 π 70 π¬ 14 π 5A path through a sparse wood in late autumn.
37 days until Halloween. π
23.09.2024 17:11 β π 14 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0I just got the proof of Creepy Christmas Creatures from the printer. Spoiler alert ... It looks good!
24.09.2024 04:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A calendar sheet for September 2024 with the 13 highlighted in red.
It's Friday 13th today! So naturally I dug out my podcast episode about the myths and misconceptions about both the date and the number 13!
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Any old anybody can punish naughty children, but only Frau Perchta wipes her butt with unspun linen to prove how bad lazy children are. #folkhorror #creepmas #witchsky #pagansky
03.09.2024 03:14 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That Ded Moroz is a pretty chill dude.
01.09.2024 20:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Watercolour mari again today (I was procrastinating today)
26.08.2024 18:19 β π 199 π 31 π¬ 3 π 1Creepy Christmas Creatures: Weird Winter #Folklore features a modern take on the Grey Mare. This Mari Lwyd is ready to boogie.
25.08.2024 09:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Humans have used for birds for hunting, their song, food or divination - and because some of them are pretty!
From death omens to holy birds, I'm looking at the folklore of peafowl, partridges, doves, and finches in this week's instalment of Fabulous Folklore!
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Creepy Christmas Creatures: Weird Winter Folklore is getting close to the finish line. The Badalisc is one of our favorites, but with art from Dutch legend Esther Wijnacker, you know all the creatures will be a feast for the eyes.
#folkhorror #creepmas #witchsky #occultsky #pagansky