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[aprilsteahouse]

Have you ever fallen in love with a mermaid?

A Song for the Water can be found in Read Furiously’s anthology Stay Salty: Life in the Garden State which is available to order wherever books are sold. Visit here for more details or here to add it on Goodreads.

[dibator]

Last Of the Pops, a new graphic novel by Adam Wilson

An all-new graphic novel coming to Read Furiously in 2024 from critically acclaimed comic book writer Adam Wilson!  Coming to bookstores everywhere October 2024, Last of the Pops is a mixtape for the end of radio. Five interconnected stories soundtracked by a series of mysterious songs being broadcast across long abandoned radio waves- the story is never what you think. Meet some of the key…

[salamispots]

read a manga and went a little bonkers

[humbuns]

what a really dumb expression you have on

[emberwritesinsight]

POV you found Shiori's post-Ohtori Tumblr account (shoutout to the ohtori dashboard simulator post by @transmascutena big inspiration)

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Buying yourself flowers and pretending they were sent by a secret admirer is self-care~ ✨

#girlblogging #lana del rey #coquette

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Anonymous asked: Oh so that's what guidance counselors are like when you go to Catholic school

😭 THAT WASN'T EVEN THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS TITLE WAS. THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR WAS SOME UNHINGED MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN WITH INDOOR SUNGLASSES AND A RIDING CROP

#ask #not to dox myself but do not go to ohtori academy #do not let your KIDS go to ohtori academy

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Who gave her the right to be so disgustingly pretty? Looking at her makes me sick.

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You all think I'm exaggerating but I'm not. I get physically sick. I feel like I'm going to vomit out my own heart.

#vent post #also stop telling me to go to therapy #my last therapist convinced me to attempt murder

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Who gave her the right to be so disgustingly pretty? Looking at her makes me sick.

#vent post #she has so many pretty clothes she never wears because she doesn't NEED to #she's wanted no matter what #meanwhile i've had this dress for weeks and been afraid to try it on #because i keep picturing her telling me it looks good while trying not to laugh

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Almost cried while getting a manicure because it's the closest I've come to having someone hold my hand in months, how are you all doing

#vent post #yearning post #god... i need to be either kissed with tongue or sedated whichever one is easier #on the bright side my nails look great

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I need to go here...

#girlblogging #coquette #fairycore #ugh i want wings so bad

[eightspringdays]

Near in this chapter. Exactly.

[incognito-lionbeast]

Rotating an AU where Bingge is transmigrated into a younger version of himself from the SV universe at the same time as Shen Yuan. But unlike in the normal SV timeline, The System only minimally interferes with SY!Shen Qingqiu's choices (something, something about Bingge's transmigration...).

Not that Bingge makes it easy for things to change. He spends what's left of his second "childhood" waiting for the shoe to finally drop, suspicious of this "nice" Shen Qingqiu. Yet, he plays along anyway-- there are pieces he needs to setup. To redo it all. Reclaim his position of power, anyway. He'll just kill Shen Qingqiu again later. Or so he tells himself.

Not that it isn't sort of nice...

The Immortal Alliance Conference eventually comes again. Bingge plans to fall--he needs Xin Mo, after all--regardless of what Shen Qingqiu does. Though he does expect the reveal to finally shatter that mask of niceties his beloved shizun has worn for so long. Too long.

Yet, things don't go according to plan. Without the System breathing down his neck to push Luo Binghe down into the Abyss, Shen Qingqiu tries to--

Well, he won't succeed. Luo Binghe falls, taken aback by his master's compassion. An image irreversibly seared into Bingge's mind of his shizun braced over the edge of the abyss, reaching, struggling to hold onto an unwilling damsel.

Why?

He refuses that help. Falling, falling. The abyss awaits and he's prepared this time. How can he rebuild an empire without his generals, his sword?

Above, Shen Qingqiu is distraught and all he can think to say to Liu Qingge and the others who soon arrive is "He fell." Unable to fully process what had just happened-- and it wasn't even... To his eyes, it almost seemed like a genuine accident.

Straightforward as ever, Liu Qingge suggests that he--as in himself, no incurably poisoned Shen Qingqiu's allowed--could simply go after Binghe. If there'll even be anything left to find.

An idea that honestly might not have even occurred to him had Liu Qingge not suggested it. Of course, this meant that he wouldn't for even a moment allow his dear shidi to go on his own! That was his disciple! (And his dedicated meridian clearer!)

So what if he was poisoned? He also happened to be the most knowledgeable about the Endless Abyss!

TLDR: though it takes much longer than anticipated, both to find a reliable way in/out of the Endless Abyss and to find Binghe at all...

They manage.

Yet, after stewing for so long on that image of Shen Qingqiu trying to save him--unable to rid himself of that obsessive sentiment no matter how he tried... Something Breaks.

He spent a lifetime trying to please shizun, cursing him, tearing him apart... why is it only now that shizun's hands are soft? Why?

It's infuriating. He still wants to rip him limb from limb. He'd planned to. Meticulously. For the first time in over two hundred years, his eyes are hot with withheld tears. Allowing an awkward teacher-disciple hug, gripping Shizun just a little too tightly, clawed fingertips digging into his back, Binghe supposes.

If killing Shizun is no longer an option, then he'll simply have to have him.

[luxurysystems]

I'll sell my soul for Irwin wearing pearls draped over his muscles and neck

He wasn't entirely sure why he always played along with the rich man's games and catered to his every impulse.

This isn't me, right? He wondered as he puckered his lips and applied the mascara on his lashes.

Surely, this isn't me! He begged as he choked, lipstick smeared, a black stream running down his face...

Maybe. Maybe not. Who is he to decide?

I accept apple pay and souls /j

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

the x files au where everything is exactly the same except mulder takes home the child neanderthal from the jersey devil episode and raises them as his own

[iwaasfairy]

babe /gen what got u into in/stepcest? (im not an anti im rlly into it too 😞)

stepcest I kinda rolled into mostly by virtue of just being into daddy kink and ddlg and in (audio) porn those often get paired together yk? but then I distinctly remember reading an enji x daughter fic by kaz with some touya and natsuo tossed in (I was still into bnha at the time and that was my first dc fic) and I felt like all the planets aligned and my third eye opened up bc of that fic pFGDNFJFJ

so it was really just like,,, pretty instant. I saw it done once and found my calling in life it was just sooooo hot and I just nodded like “yup that’s what I was looking for this is it for me”

[aprilsteahouse]

Requesting books at your library is a great way to ensure you and your community can enjoy stories and support authors!

What’s the last book you requested at your library? Mine was Nona the Ninth! Yours could be The Path Home

[dibator]

Read Furiously, a shining light of innovation in the book publishing industry

Publishers, Samantha Atzeni and Adam Wilson are making waves in the industry with new innovations in publishing and marketing In 2012, Read Furiously published its first title, the graphic novel series The MOTHER Principle. Today we dedicate our time and energies to publishing titles that offer a new perspective on the world through a roster of fascinating voices. Our goal at Read Furiously is…

[kanerallels]

Finished the first chapter! I love that it featured my favorite trick from the movie (the one where the Captain of the guard and the other guards were aristocrats) and it's so similar to the beginning of the movie! And the humor is *chef's kiss*

[daddy-long-legssss]

sometimes i think if i put as much effort into other things as i did as arctic monkeys/tlsp stuff, i could be so successful.

why can't my passion BE my job???!

[vimbry]

while I'm thinking about analysing the moomin stories today, the subject of teety-woo's identity in "the spring tune" is one of my favourite themes in the novels.

it's definitely not a stretch to suggest the outline of that story was inspired by tove jansson's struggles as a creative and a public figure. teety-woo serves as a stand-in for the countless fans who looked to her for inspiration, maybe validation, and her reasonable discomfort with being lauded as some sort of all-knowing idol because of it.

snufkin, as her sort of mouthpiece, sets a boundary that he's just another person in the world who happens to create art and shouldn't be looked to as a role-model. he's flawed, irritable, and a little-self-centred (arguably, through this interaction, sympathetically so). he doesn't have all the answers nor the stamina to help people who are practical strangers, and reminds teety-woo that "you'll never be free if you admire someone too much". a sentiment snukfin understands, not just because of his guilt over moomintroll's admiration of him as well, but also his Own admiration of moomintroll. (earlier, when trying to craft his tune, he imagines going back to moominvalley and playing it for him, and how he'd say that "it's a good one"). it's a message that's especially resonant in a world with an increasing problem with parasocial interaction.

but although that's an important lesson to take from the novel, snufkin Does in fact leave an impact on teety-woo. he's the one to give teety-woo his name, which finally gives him a solid identity - and once teety-woo understands his identity, he almost immediately becomes independent and stops needing snufkin's attention and approval. the message I get from this story is that, while we shouldn't treat other people - regardless of fame - as infallible figures to project ourselves and rely on to solve our problems, it's human nature to "scaffold" from others you admire.

snufkin's role in teety-woo's life was a positive one, but teety-woo needed to learn how to be his own person separate from the idealised version of him. it's impossible to exist without being an influence or source of inspiration to someone. it may not always be easy or what we want but, that's how it is.

[helenstudies]

Guys, I finally learned how to spell my name in IPA! Ready for it?

n̥ɪ́ɴ ʔú lwɪ̀ɴ

I can't express how psyched I am about it. No foreigners I've met could ever pronouce the word "n̥ɪ́ɴ" like they don't even know how that "n̥" sound is coming out of my mouth. I've tried time and time again to spell it phonetically but it's just not intuitive for people from other countries. Well, now I can show this! and yeah, that n̥ is a doozy. apparently it's an "unvoiced apical alveolar nasal stop" (oof) it's "hn" where you're relasing the h into your nose while not voicing the word "n"