Kristen

I’m a caregiver for my beloved aging parent and I just burst into tears. Thank you Gumbus.

*nods approvingly while eating a cinnamon roll*

I’ve got my copy!

Spot on. If your only language is power, you’ve already made a Faustian bargain, but instead of being an illustrative Faustian drama, your life is evidence of the banality of evil.

OUR SHARE OF NIGHT is one of the best books in any genre I’ve ever read. Breathtaking prose. Megan McDowell’s translating is sublime. Can’t wait to get my hands on this (after I finish FIEND!).

Thank you for posting beauty. It’s such a lovely respite, your walk photos!

I’m so sorry, Texas Paul.

It's getting ~spooky~ out there, so just a reminder that this book exists. 👻🖤 It has "all the makings of a modern classic...like Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" (SLJ, starred review) and is "certain to be a gateway drug to @stephenking.bsky.social" (Portland Press Herald).

SO WORTH IT

omg I’m CRYING

Opened FIEND by the inimitable @almakatsu.bsky.social, read the dedication, felt my heart quiver and grow three sizes. I am seen.

Oh, excellent news! Congratulations!

“Ah, let us snerdle! To snerdle on a Saturday is one of life’s great pleasures.” Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra(probably). And we all nod, sip tea, and, sighing, think of Colin Firth.

*Shouts to the cats from California* JUST STAY IN THE HOUSE PLS

I was in junior high when I read it.
Trees scratching at the window, already concerning(clearly Triffids), now could also be Ralphie Glick.
Creature Features and Stephen King made for an amazingly terrifying, thought-provoking adolescence. So grateful to him.

Oh no! Hope you feel better soon!

Not everyone can look elegant and stunning while holding a stuffie, but Nick pulls it off effortlessly.

Some of the many things I collected are postcards of bleak-looking motels (for some odd reason), and looking through them recently, I was inspired to pair up a few of them with a particularly grim excerpt from "Two-Lane Highway," a track from John Zorn's Spillane.

Well, it’s pretty swell to have something to look forward to in a year or so. This counts as good news!

C. Robert Cargill is so good at Bluesky in addition to being one of the best writers out there. A joy to follow.

The world would indeed be a better place if we had more human (dik dik) stories. So much gratitude for “Lenora” and Jonathan Janz for starting this new genre of story to bring light to the world.

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!

Catbus is right! I don’t remember the last time I read a list like this and added so many films to my queue.

1980s Halloween makeup kits.

Showtime Halloween makeup ad, from 1985. Forty years later and I still haven't realized my dream of becoming a shark in a silver tracksuit.

The Welsh for June is Mehefin, which means midsummer. May is Mai which, like the English word, derives from the Roman Maius. However, there is an archaic name, Cyntefin, which means the start of summer. So summer is Wales is 3 months long. It rains in all three.

Vintage postcard featuring cats riding bikes on a street. One cat biked over a pig and fell. There's a cat family on a tandem pulling a baby trailer with a missing wheel. There are two cat road cyclists. The postcards were published by Künzli before World War II and by Alfred Mainzer after the war.

A World War II-era fad was postcards of cats dressed up like humans and doing everyday things

Artist: Eugen Hartung

I can’t tell you how much I love “The Mosque at the End of the World”.
Exquisite phrases. Characters that have stayed with me. Grace notes. And Hero? An all-time favorite.
Thank you.

Just an abomination on so many levels. I just loathe AI.

I just love these peeks into life on Orkney. Thank you!

I love this idea almost more than I can say.

(Though it surely helps to have been well copyedited.)