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A stack of books: The Tower of Love by Rachilde Mills of Silence by Charles Wilkinson Mesmer by Tim Lebbon Witch-Cult Abbey by Mark Samuels Pictures of Apocalypse by Thomas Ligotti The Onyx Book of Occult Fiction anthology edited by Damian Murphy Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque by Joyce Carol Oates The Five of Cups by Caitlín R. Kiernan

October 👻

... @timlebbon.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social

I saw a dog today with raw and bloody Glistening beads for eyes. Horrified, I asked the pitiful beast's raggedy owner, "What's wrong with his eyes? Is he blind?" "Does he act like he's blind?" he testily replied. "No..." I answered truthfully. Before moving on, He spoke four words. Troubles me often. "Those aren't his eyes."

Four Words by @cschneiderart.bsky.social

Earthdivers omnibus, limited hardcover edition, by Stephen Graham Jones. It weighs about 4 lbs.

Got a brick in the mail today. @sgj.bsky.social

An open can of brown paint. It looks like melted chocolate.

In your defense, it really does.

Screenshot of The Untouchables. Sean Connery's character is holding a club.

"That's the Chicago way"

It's a tie between @valancourtbooks.bsky.social for variety and obscure books they've rescued and Centipede for their nice limited editions.

@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social

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Hemingway would've killed someone to be able to write Red Harvest's opening paragraph.

A row of 21 books, followed by 7 issues of The Green Book magazine: The Lure of the Unknown by Algernon Blackwood A Mystery of Remnant by B. Catling The Satyr and Other Tales by Stephen J. Clark Bending to Earth: Strange Stories by Irish Women anthology edited by Gia/Showers Atmospheric Disturbances by Helen Grant A Vanished Hand by Clotilde Graves Insect Literature by Lafcadio Hearn Uncertainties volume 7 anthology edited by Carly Holmes Written by Daylight by John Howard Treatises on Dust by Timothy J. Jarvis Lucifer and the Child by Ethel Mannin Eyes of Terror by L. T. Meade Not to be Taken at Bedtime by Rosa Mulholland The Ruins of Contracoeur by Joyce Carol Oates Sparks from the Fire by Rosalie Parker The Dummy by Nicholas Royle You'll Know When You Get There by Lynda E. Rucker Agents of Oblivion by Iain Sinclair The Death Spancel by Katharine Tynan Lost Estates by Mark Valentine Leaves for the Burning by Mervyn Wall

The first seven books from the previous photo, in the same order, but shorn of their dust jackets. The Lure of the Unknown by Algernon Blackwood A Mystery of Remnant by B. Catling The Satyr and Other Tales by Stephen J. Clark Bending to Earth: Strange Stories by Irish Women anthology edited by Gia/Showers Atmospheric Disturbances by Helen Grant A Vanished Hand by Clotilde Graves Insect Literature by Lafcadio Hearn

The next seven, likewise denuded. Uncertainties volume 7 anthology edited by Carly Holmes Written by Daylight by John Howard Treatises on Dust by Timothy J. Jarvis Lucifer and the Child by Ethel Mannin Eyes of Terror by L. T. Meade Not to be Taken at Bedtime by Rosa Mulholland The Ruins of Contracoeur by Joyce Carol Oates

The last seven books from the first image. Sparks from the Fire by Rosalie Parker The Dummy by Nicholas Royle You'll Know When You Get There by Lynda E. Rucker Agents of Oblivion by Iain Sinclair The Death Spancel by Katharine Tynan Lost Estates by Mark Valentine Leaves for the Burning by Mervyn Wall

@swanriverpress.bsky.social makes gorgeous limited edition hardcovers with complementary artwork under the jacket.

Charles Stross' Laundry Files books

A wide gravel path, shaded by the road above, leads ahead and to the right. Small trees, shrubs, and rocks are on both sides. Buildings on the other side of the James River can be seen in the distance.

Under the Manchester bridge in Richmond, VA (2011).

"Star Catcher" by Remedios Varo features a mystical figure clad in an ethereal, flowing gown, holding a net and a small cage, symbolizing a magical pursuit. The artwork reflects Varo's surrealist style, blending fantasy and introspection on a checkered floor that suggests a dimension between reality and dreams.

Star Catcher
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/20016

A: ship it ship it SHIP IIIITTTT

Is there actually an Earthdivers hardcover? I don't see it listed anywhere.

Don't forget crypto "currency" and NFTs.

The Unclean Force by Avalon Brantley (her last, unfinished novel)

The Dream Archipelago (stories) by Christopher Priest

King Sorrow?

Been waiting a looong time for this one. That art is amazing though.

A stack of books: The Plotinus by Rikki Ducornet The Children's Crusade by Marcel Schwob Ellis Island by Georges Perec Água Viva by Clarice Lispector Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica The Bella Vista by Emma Ruth Rundle Transcensience by Avalon Brantley The Light Inaccessible by Peter Bell Raising Goosebumps for Fun and Profit by T.E.D. Klein The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Read in September:

[ @emmaruthrundle.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social ]

The seven members of Swans, albeit not easily visible, on stage, lit red and blue.

Swans @ Bluebird Theater

On the Pike's Peak cog railway.

That's how we know it's good, right?

I spent hours reading about hurricane impacts in a specific area for a single sentence in a story that's not about hurricanes.

This is why I haven't finished anything.

The GOG version ran without issues the last time I tried it.

That looks amazing.

When does autumn start?
I'll have to look it up. I
Love September as
An ecotone, between two
Domains, like a riverbank.

- Quentin S. Crisp.

Do they think climate change is localized to where the fossil fuels are burned?

My worry is that such work becomes mandatory & lack of expertise is not an accepted excuse. Be pressured to do something, code seems ok, tests pass, then a production bug occurs. No expertise gained because AI did the "thinking" so how does one fix it?

Dev is responsible because the AI can't be.

That's all that keeps me from telling people about the cool astronomy/astrophysics I read about as a hobby.