#illustrated by peter bailey

[thecollectibles]

The Little Mermaid - Fan art by Peter Brockhammer

[illustration-alcove]

Peter Bailey’s illustrations for Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth.

[the-golden-ghost]

What, if any, were the formative books of your childhood? (once you were old enough to be reading independently ie not picture books, but before high school)

My book of Illustrated Fairy Tales that pretty much included any public domain kid's work at the time (it also had stuff like Peter Pan and the Velveteen Rabbit which aren't really fairy tales). I think I still have it but I'm not 100% sure of the publisher

My abridged 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea copy. Read when I was 7, LOVED that thing. Reading as an adult is extremely funny though. Aronnax buddy why so many exclamation points. Why does Nemo have a gun etc.

A Series Of Unfortunate Events: Yeah Bay Bee but no seriously it was good and shaped my childhood and my writing

Warrior cats: Another formative series but this one was NOT good. Entertaining though? Absolutely. Do I have Opinions on it still? Hell yes

Calvin and Hobbes collections (i.e. There's Treasure Everywhere, Yukon Ho, Something Under the Bed Is Drooling, Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons et al. I don't think I had EVERY one but I did have a lot of them and they were masterful)

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane: Filed under Kid's Books That Went Really Fucking Hard (emotionally) For No Good Reason (but we're happy they did)

Bailey School Kids: Books about kids and their teachers are like. folklore monsters and they just have to put up with that. Kinda Scooby-Doo but it was fun and got me started on cryptids as a young'un. Source of a Mandela Effect for me cause I remember one of the covers scaring the everloving shit out of me but when I look for it now it's not remotely how I remember.

Goosebumps: I liked children's horror a lot when I was young and Goosebumps was THE series for it.

The Underneath: Another one of the Emotionally Fucked Up But Dear God Did it Hit extraction, highkey recommended

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is that all there is?

epigraph of Thin Places, Jordan Kisner/Rainbow Connection, Kermit via Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher/Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich/Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman/Giants in the Sky, Stephen Sondheim/the Flammarion engraving/Past Life, Maggie Rogers/His Dark Materials illustrations, Peter Bailey/Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

[danielfeketewrites]

DOCTOR WHO TOP 10 - 5th Doctor

And now for the fifth Doctor...

Oh, dammit! It's 2024 already... Can we just pretend that I managed to do all of these in 2023, like I originally intended?

10. The Tides of Time

A big epic at the start of the fifth Doctor's DWM run, Tides goes to some weird places and I really like it for that.

9. Omega

While I think it's safe to call it the weakest of the 40th anniversary villains trilogy, I still think it's bloody good and Nev Fountain isn't appreciated enough.

8. The Curse of the Scarab

As a nerd who's into film history, I really think Doctor Who should be doing stuff like this more often. I really love this one. It's the start of the Ground Zero Threshold arc. It's also probably my fave out of that arc.

7. Enlightenment

Doctor Who trilogy finales... aren't necessarily bad but they usually aren't the best. The Last of the Time Lords, Hell Bent, Castrovalva, The Giggle... I don't think any of these stories are bad and they all have their fans. I personally like most of the stories I just mentioned. But I'd wager finding Doctor Who fans that love them over both of the preceding parts of their respective trilogies would not be an easy task.

That's not the case with this one. Enlightenment is rich, lovely, vivid, well-written, and just overall really great. It's a crime that Barbara Clegg never wrote another Doctor Who story...

6. The Caves of Androzani

I think everyone knows that Caves is amazing. It's only at number six because I feel there are two TV stories with Five that manage to do something more interesting... And also there's some eu stuff that I need to shout out like the pretentious eu fan that I am...

5. The Elite

Sike! You thought there weren't other Barbara Clegg Doctor Who stories? Ha! Alright, it's not actually a Big Finish story by Barbara Clegg. It's written by John Dorney but adapted from an unmade TV script written by Clegg. Trust me - this one is a masterpiece.

4. The Moderator

After Dave Gibbons had left DWM, the comic strip was stuck in a rut imo. The stories just sort of waddle around... But not this one. No, the last fifth Doctor comics to be released during his era is an absolute blast. An outpouring of neat ideas, masterfully illustrated by Steve Dillon. I would be lying if I said that it's the most well-plotted thing ever... But I love this one to bits anyway.

3. Kinda

Gonna hand over the next two entries to people who are slightly more qualified...

"Kinda above all things. You give actual drama to actors and you see what they can do with Doctor Who. It's head and shoulders over most of the things around it. In the 1980s, fanzine writers spent a lot of time trying to decode it. But the whole point of drama is to get your mind working and to get you involved in the mystery and to do a bit of work. Kinda is functioning on the level of a Play for Today, which is so completely different to where Doctor Who was at the time."

-Paul Cornell, DWM 542, p. 31 (New Who writers on their favourite 1980s Doctor Who scripts)

2. Snakedance

"Snakedance manages to be even cleverer than Bailey's Kinda the year before. I was 12 years old when it was broadcast, and the brilliant ways it plays upon the 20th anniversary's nostalgia, upon the way the Doctor is perceived - and the shocks, and the wit - had a profound effect on me. I remember watching it over and over on my parents' new VCR machine, and deciding I wanted to be a writer."

-Robert Shearman, DWM 542, p. 31 (New Who writers on their favourite 1980s Doctor Who scripts)

1. Circular Time

Admittedly, I'm cheating a bit with this one. It's four stories in a trench coat. But they all deserve the top spot and I'll explain why.

Confession: I used to really dislike the fifth Doctor. While Peter Davison is brilliant, I always thought his Doctor was a bit... flavour-less? Beige? Not that interesting? Most of this top 10 is formed by eu stories, so you can already see that I'm also not a big fan of this era as a whole. Even the really popular ones like The Five Doctors or Earthshock don't do much for me. So yeah, I was a fifth Doctor hater.

Then I fell in love with the fifth Doctor because of Circular Time. Well, specifically because of 'Autumn', which made me reconsider basically everything about the fifth Doctor. But I don't think 'Autumn' would work as well if it wasn't a part the larger patchwork. 'Spring' gives us a peak at the rules of regeneration and Time Lord politics that feels unique and intriguing 17 years later. 'Summer' is a historical romp that deals with the inherent anachronicity of the Doctor. And 'Winter' reframes this incarnation's final destination in a way that's cold and dark, yet sweet and hopeful. Together, these stories radically shifted my perspective on the fifth Doctor. You owe it to yourself to give them a listen.

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Lynn Johnston For Better or For Worse Illustration Original Art (2019). A wonderfully strange bar crowd... featuring Elly Patterson, Olive Oyl, Peter (from B.C.), Zippy the Pinhead, Mickey Mouse, Shoe, Popeye, Blondie, Mis Buxley (from Beetle Bailey), and even Charlie Brown. (Hey, who let him in here?) Created in ink over graphite on bright white Bristol board.

Source: Heritage Auction

[bardicbramley]

'All Time Favourites' of 2022 - Part 2

July

The Wild Robot - Peter Brown

Illustrated Novel - KS2+ - Family, parenthood, friendship, found family, science and technology, environment, animals, death and grief, bullying, differences.

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Cici's Journal: The Adventures of a Writer-In-Training - Joris Chamblain, illustrated by Aurélie Neyret

Graphic Novel / Comic - KS2+ - Friendship, intergenerational, mystery, adventure, writing, books, family, letter/scrapbook/journal.

September

That's Not My Name - Anoosha Syed

Picturebook - EYFS+ - Activism, cultures, languages, school, empathy, friendship, self acceptance, self empowerment, family, emotions.

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Like A Charm - Elle McNicoll

Novel - UKS2 / KS3 cusp - Disability and Neurodivergency (Dyspraxia), family, fantasy, magic, folklore, Scotland, school, bullying, self acceptance, self empowerment.

The Secret Sunshine Project - Benjamin Dean

Novel - UKS2 / KS3 cusp - LGBT, family, bullying, intergenerational, death and grief, activism, art and music, emotions, self acceptance.

October

Paws - Kate Foster

Novel - KS2+ - Disability and Neurodivergency (Autism), friendship, family, dogs, slice of life, school, Australia, self acceptance, bullying.

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Roar of the Beast - Chad Sell

Graphic Novel - KS2+ - LGBT, friendship, family, mystery, dark, adventure, imagination, superheroes, halloween, bullying, emotions.

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How To Be More Hedgehog - Anne-Marie Conway

Novel - UKS2 / KS3 cusp - Disability and Neurodivergency (Speech difficulty, Stammer), bullying, self acceptance, family, friendships, environment, activism.

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My Shadow is Pink - Scott Stuart

Picturebook - EYFS+ - LGBT (Transgender), gender roles, family, bullying, differences, mental health and emotions.

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Arthur and the Golden Rope / Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx / Leo and the Gorgon's Curse - Joe Todd-Stanton

Graphic Novels - KS2+ - Historical, mythology, folklore, fantasy, adventure, mystery, family, emotions.

November

Love Your Body - Jessica Sanders, illustrated by Carol Rossetti

Nonfiction - KS2+ - Growing up, body positivity, self acceptance, differences, science and development, empathy, girl power.

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Life Size - Sophy Henn

Nonfiction - KS1+ - Animals, interactive, facts, science, environment.

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Me and My Dysphoria Monster - Laura Kate Dale, illustrated by Ang Hui Qing

Picturebook - KS1+ - LGBT (Transgender), self acceptance, mental health and emotions, family, friendships.

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Timid - Harry Woodgate

Picturebook - KS1+ - LGBT (Nonbinary), anxiety, emotions, friendship, school, self empowerment.

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We Want Our Books - Jake Alexander

Picturebook - KS1+ - Activism, community, family, libraries, books, self empowerment.

December

When I see Blue - Lily Bailey

Novel - UKS2 / KS3 cusp - Disability and Neurodivergency (OCD), family, friendship, bullying, school, slice of life, divorce, mental health and emotions, pop culture, positive masculinity.

[sqnon]

Illustrated by Peter Bailey

[browsethestacks]

Comic - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers #02

Pencils: Peter Gullerud Inks: Gary Martin Colors: Gail Bailey Disney (July1990)

[jessiarts]

Broken Art Masterlist

[Last updated: 17 May 2022]

List post broken. For current list please redirect here to new list!

Hey, there! I'm Jessi :)

This is my Art Masterlist with links to my art, with such popular posts as my Infinity War Rewrite Comic, Supernatural Charlie Fix-It comic, as well as other various fanart and personal art pieces. Also, I used to participate in Drawlloween a lot, so you're bound to find plenty spooky art as well.

My personal art tends to have a more surreal/magical quality to it, as it's usually a way for me to illustrate my thoughts or feelings. You can typically purchase prints of my art at my Etsy.

I also sell my designs on TeePublic, though I can be a bit slow to add new designs, so if there's a piece of mine you like but don't see in any of my shops just shoot me a message.

Currently accepting Requests for These! Commissions: Closed

Upcoming Projects: Selkie animation, 'Hey Alice' animation, Yondu comic

I'm mostly active here on Tumblr and Tiktok but you can also find me on other socials like Insta and Twitter if you want. You can also check out my FAQ. If you'd like to support my work I also have a Patreon where I post WIPS of my projects.

List got long so everything is under the cut until I can decide how I want to make it neater lol

Bare with me as the list is bound to change while I figure out how to best organize all my sections lol

FANART

Marvel

Loki

Avengers 1 Loki - Very first experiment with photorealistic digital painting! (2015)

Ragnarok Loki - more photorealism experiment (2018)

Noobmaster69 Comic - Loki feels (2020)

Infinity War Rewrite Comic - Sorta a "Loki fix-it." My most popular art post tbh (2019)

Kid Loki and Classic Loki's Helmet (2021)

Braiding Hair - Thor braiding Loki's hair sketch practice (2022)

Do you ever shut up? - Thor covering Loki's mouth sketch practice (2022)

Gleeful Brushes - alligator Loki getting gleeful brushies from Kid Loki sketch practice (2022)

Loki borrows Tony's 3D printer - Funny comic where Loki messes with Thor (2022)

Guardians of the Galaxy

Learn the Alphabet with Groot - Meme video (2019)

Gamora - Digital watercolor style (2020)

"You Were Always my Boy" - Yondu & Peter feels (2020)

Touching Foreheads - Peter x Gamora feels (2022)

Shielding - Yondu protecting little Peter Quill (2022)

"They didn't feel a thing" - Mantis feels comic (2018)

Listening to Heartbeat - Sketch practice (2022)

Starmora Embrace - Sketch practice (2022)

Misc.

Deadpool 1 - Vector art portrait (2016)

Deadpool 2 - Digital watercolor style (2020)

Okoye - Low-poly portrait (2018)

Dark Pheonix - Digital watercolor style silhouette (2020)

Professor Hulk - (2020)

Spiderman and Black Cat - (2020)

Disney

Stitch - colored pencil (2016)

Halle Bailey as The Little Mermaid - Full underwater scene photorealism experiment | Face Painting Process (2019)

Untooned Mulan

Untooned Megara

Doctor Who

Are you my Mummy? - pencil drawing (2015)

Impossible Astronaut (2016) | Colored Version (2018)

Supernatural

Demon Dean - pencil drawing (2015)

Bean Dean - silly vector drawing of Dean Winchester as a bean with a giant piece of pie (2016) | Process video

Rowena - digital photorealism portrait experiment (2019)

Charlie Fix-It - Comic where Charlie lives at the end of S10 E21: Dark Dynasty

Misc

ET - colored pencil portrait (2016)

Captain Jack Sparrow's Compass - colored pencil (2016)

Yoda - colored pencil portrait (2016)

Graveyard Girl - digital photorealism portrait experiment (2018)

Skyrim Character - my character in Skyrim. Low-poly portrait (2018)

Simpsons Werewolf - silly comic, Marge is a werewolf (2018)

Winnie the Pooh Xenomorph Comic (2019)

Tim Burton AHS Coven - digital ink style (2019)

Unus Annus Tribute Comic - Chibi Mark and Ethan vs giant Spider (2020)

Unus Annus Tribute Video - Unus Annus meets Hamilton (2020)

Baby Smaug - ink sketch (2015) | Timelapse

Shrek in Space - Pretty much as stated (2022)

Morticia Addams Mermay - Morticia Addams as a mermaid (2022)

would you like to fall down a rabbit hole?

ORIGINAL ART

Personal Pieces:

These are more surreal in nature.

Creation - (2020)

Black Butterfly - thyroid piece (2020)

Hold Me Close So I Don't Shatter - light shining through the cracks (2020)

Scream - (2020)

Drowning - (2020)

Blue - Music can help sometimes… (2021)

Floating - Surreal. Space, whales, starfish, trees. (2021)

Hurt - Also known as “Idk sometimes I just doodle to help me deal with stuff” (2022)

Random Stuff

Scarecrow - creepy scarecrow in rainy cornfield with some lightning. More realism experimentation (2018)

Our Mother is Burning - climate piece about rising temperatures using actual climate data (2020)

Blocked - mermaid trapped under ice (2020)

DTIYS Naga Angler Mermaid (2020)

Brain

Creating things - Comic based on actual events (2022)

Galaxy Girl - Digital watercolor style 2020

Make me - Silly comic based on Tumblr post (2020)

Swimming with the Fishes - Mob boss comic (2018)

You are my sunshine - Comic based on Tumblr post (2018) | Animatic version

Fav Drawlloween Pieces

2019: Vampire | Witchy Toad | Haunted Forest |

OLD ART

[agrippinaes]

books i read in 2021

i read a total of 290 books in 2021. i wanted to round it up to 300, but other things got in the way, but obviously i can't complain about the final total. one of those was read twice in the same year.

i was unemployed for a big chunk of the year and this is reflected in my reading habits. my most productive months reading-wise were all ones shortly after becoming unemployed in march: i read the most in may and april, with 37 and 32 books read in those months respectively. my least productive month for reading was october, which is the month i started work again. i read 15 books in october, with november having a similar count.

of the books i read, i gave the majority of them a 3 star rating, followed by 4 star. i only read 2 book this year that i rated as 1 star. of the 290 books i read, 259 of them were romance books, which is very similar to the year before. i read 25 mystery/crime novels. the rest were non-fiction or other genres. of the non-romance books, 11 of them had romance as a major subgenre.

in terms of the romance novels, 140 of them were contemporary, followed by 51 historical novels, 34 romantic suspense novels, and 22 paranormal/fantasy romance novels. there were some other subgenres, but not in great number. my most-read trope was enemies-to-lovers, with 53 books containing that trope, followed by forced proximity, friends-to-lovers, boss/employee, and age gap tropes.

i also tracked things outside of genre/tropes. 264 books i read this year were ebooks - only 26 of them were physical books. 279 were first-time reads, 12 were rereads. 287 books were fiction, 3 were non-fiction. 242 were novel-length, 48 were novellas.

i also tracked cover types this year. i was curious because of the current debate in romancelandia about the new wave of cute illustrated covers - i wanted to know how many books i read followed this trend, as there seems to be this general opinion that the illustrated type are "taking over". i was surprised to find that the 'cute' illustrated covers were not in my top 5 cover types by the end of the year. most of the books i read this year - 91 - featured a lone man, followed by the more traditional 'clinch' style covers, of which i read 61. only 23 of the books i read had this new kind of 'cute' illustrated covers.

outside of numbers - generally i feel very satisfied with my reading habits of this year. i read some really good books and i continued to indulge myself in reading things that made me happy. that said, i would like to read a bit wider this year. i'm going to be setting myself a goal to read certain things - i want to read more non-fiction and more physical books, and i want to read more outside of genre romance. but i'm not going to be strict with myself - i got back into reading romance because i was losing enjoyment with reading in general by forcing myself to read in certain genres. i don't want to go back to that, so i'm going to set myself realistic goals, likely based around the numbers for 2021. i'm also going to continue keeping track of all the details above, as i've found it really interesting to see my habits in number-form.

finally, some highlights. books that immediately spring to mind as having been the highlights of my reading year: it happened one summer by tessa bailey, her soul to take by harley laroux, marrying winterborne by lisa kleypas, the amelia peabody series by elizabeth peters, the veronica speedwell series by deanna raybourn, priceless by miranda silver, and you deserve each other by sarah hogle. i also want to mention cate c. wells, who i only read 3 books by but 2 of them were real standout reads if you like darker romance: run posy run and the tyrant alpha's rejected mate.

i've put the full list below. all my 5 star reads are in bold, rereads in italics, non-fiction asterisked.

the bromance book club by lyssa kay adams

love scammed by rilzy adams

natives: race and class in the ruins of empire by akala *

filthy by serena akeroyd

a wolf in duke's clothing by susanna allen

the unwanted wife by natasha anders

a husband's regret by natasha anders

his unlikely lover by natasha anders

a ruthless proposition by natasha anders

playing by her rules by amy andrews

bite me, your grace by brooklyn ann

the spanish love deception by elena armas

still standing by kristen ashley

at peace by kristen ashley

the boss who stole christmas by jana aston

wrong by jana aston

fling by jana aston

trust by jana aston

the next mrs. russo by jana aston

rake by sophie austin

it happened one summer by tessa bailey

follow by tessa bailey

taking liberties by jackie barbosa

the lesson plan by jackie barbosa

king's captive by amber bardan

scandalous by sybil bartel

private practice by samanthe beck

light her fire by samanthe beck

my (mostly) temporary nanny by penelope bloom

shame by ainsley booth

hate f*@k by ainsley booth

booty call by ainsley booth

bittersweet by sarina bowen

wrong bed, right roommate by rebecca brooks

tailspin by sandra brown

smoke screen by sandra brown

maybe later by claudia burgoa

how to catch a duke by grace burrowes

the highwayman by kerrigan byrne

the importance of being wanton by christi caldwell

make it sweet by kristen callihan

exposed by kristen callihan

those people by louise candlish

barista and the bear by rebel carter

honey, honey by rebel carter

ten things i hate about the duke by loretta chase

beginner's luck by kate clayborn

fool me once by harlan coben

don't let go by harlan coben

caught by harlan coben

a substitute bride for the prizefighter by alice coldbreath

her bridegroom, bought and paid for by alice coldbreath

blame it on the champagne by fiona cole

wolf gone wild by juliette cross

the duchess deal by tessa dare

do you want to start a scandal? by tessa dare

the king of bourbon street by thea de salle

dirty like me by jaine diamond

the pretender by helenkay dimon

the protector by helenkay dimon

everything you need to know by helenkay dimon

ice planet barbarians by ruby dixon

barbarian alien by ruby dixon

birthday girl by penelope douglas

radiance by grace draven

press play by ash dylan

everything's better with you by lucy eden

a lady's formula for love by elizabeth everett

driven to distraction by lori foster

slow ride by lori foster

all fired up by lori foster

my true love by melissa foster

this is love by melissa foster

running on diesel by melissa foster

the alpha's mate by piper fox

bitten by her mate by piper fox

refuge by julianna foxe

tall, duke and dangerous by megan frampton

a wicked bargain for the duke by megan frampton

put up your duke by megan frampton

the bride by julie garwood

i hate you more by lucy gilmore

puppy love by lucy gilmore

lady vivian defies a duke by samantha grace

marry in scandal by anne gracie

caging the wolf by sofia grey

the investigator by anna hackett

the troubleshooter by anna hackett

the specialist by anna hackett

mission: her protection by anna hackett

mission: her rescue by anna hackett

mission: her security by anna hackett

mission: her defense by anna hackett

mission: her safety by anna hackett

mission: her freedom by anna hackett

mission: her shield by anna hackett

undiscovered by anna hackett

the royals next door by karina halle

did you see melody? by sophie hannah

if the duke demands by anna harrington

payback by kristin harte

heartbreak for hire by sonia hartl

romancing the beat: story structure for romance novels by gwen hayes *

smuggler's lair by virginia henley

skulls and scares by jo henny wolf

you deserve each other by sarah hogle

twice shy by sarah hogle

saving the CEO by jenny holiday

sleeping with her enemy by jenny holiday

the wisteria society of lady scoundrels by india holton

deep down by mia hopkins

the marker by ann howes

when a rogue meets his match by elizabeth hoyt

sweetest scoundrel by elizabeth hoyt

twisted love by ana huang

love next door by helena hunting

games we play by dana isaly

to wed a rake by eloisa james

the housekeeper of thornhallow hall by lotte r. james

the virgin and the rogue by sophie jordan

tides of time by luna joya

coaxing the roughneck by jessa kane

the devil you know by emma kavanagh

hidden by emma kavanagh

fighting for what's his by laura kaye

daring to resist by laura kaye

dancing in the dark by virginia kelly

the deal by elle kennedy

the mistake by elle kennedy

coldhearted rake by lisa kleypas

marrying winterborne by lisa kleypas

devil in spring by lisa kleypas

hello stranger by lisa kleypas

devil's daughter by lisa kleypas

chasing cassandra by lisa kleypas

devil in winter by lisa kleypas

lady sophia's lover by lisa kleypas

worth any price by lisa kleypas

suddenly you by lisa kleypas

a deal with the elf king by elise kova

brutal prince by sophie lark

her soul to take by harley laroux

her soul for revenge by harley laroux

the dare by harley laroux

sweet filthy boy by christina lauren

dirty rowdy thing by christina lauren

beautiful bastard by christina lauren

good girl by piper lawson

bad girl by piper lawson

wicked girl by piper lawson

forever wicked by piper lawson

beautiful enemy by piper lawson

walk of shame by lauren layne

good girl by lauren layne

that time i got drunk and saved a demon by kimberly lemming

mistlefoe by kimberly lemming

always only you by chloe liese

like lovers do by tracey livesay

kissing lessons by stefanie london

the maddest obsession by danielle lori

the darkest temptation by danielle lori

alliance by natalia lourose

nine rules to break when romancing a rake by sarah maclean

mudlarking by lara maiklem *

marriage for one by ella maise

the billionaire's wake-up-call girl by annika martin

perfection by r. l. mathewson

falling for the groomsman by jen mclaughlin

wrath by gwen mcnamee

a brazen curiosity by lynn messina

a ghastly spectacle by lynn messina

a malevolent connection by lynn messina

miss fellingham's rebellion by lynn messina

the fellingham minx by lynn messina

the scoundrel's lover by jess michaels

knot my type by evie mitchell

big, bossy mistake by lilian monroe

after the billionaire's wedding vows ... by lucy monroe

blackstone ranger chief by alicia montgomery

mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia

the viking chief's marriage alliance by lucy morris

knockout by hannah murray

one hit wonderful by hannah murray

not the marrying kind by kathryn nolan

a deadly education by naomi novik

battle royal by lucy parker

crocodile on the sandbank by elizabeth peters

curse of the pharaohs by elizabeth peters

the mummy case by elizabeth peters

lion in the valley by elizabeth peters

the deeds of the disturber by elizabeth peters

the last camel died at noon by elizabeth peters

just one night by carly phillips

wrecked by c. c. piper

love, laugh, lich by kate prior

ten things i love about you by julia quinn

the lost duke of wyndham by julia quinn

mr. cavendish, i presume by julia quinn

fireman daddy by taryn quinn

hot as hades by alisha rai

love bank by marika ray

a curious beginning by deanna raybourn

a perilous undertaking by deanna raybourn

a treacherous curse by deanna raybourn

a dangerous collaboration by deanna raybourn

a murderous relation by deanna raybourn

josh and gemma make a baby by sarah ready

(not) the boss of me by kenzie reed

just like that by nicola rendell

do you feel it too? by nicola rendell

the man in the black suit by sylvain reynard

the amber shadows by lucy ribchester

the fabric of sin by phil rickman

my dad's best friend by katee robert

seducing my guardian by katee robert

seducing mr. right by katee robert

in bed with mr. wrong by katee robert

neon gods by katee robert

the last king by katee robert

the bastard's betrayal by katee robert

forbidden promises by katee robert

the bastard's bargain by katee robert

desperate measures by katee robert

mafia daddy by renee rose

the director by renee rose

alpha's temptation by renee rose and lee savino

alpha's danger by renee rose and lee savino

the predator by runyx

the reaper by runyx

the emperor by runyx

mr. perfect by j. a. russ

the perfect wife by lynsay sands

forever never by lucy score

pretend you're mine by lucy score

finally mine by lucy score

riley thorne and the corpse in the closet by lucy score

fake by kylie scott

repeat by kyle scott (x2)

pause by kyie scott

it seemed like a good idea at the time by kylie scott

the rhythm method by kylie scott

the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society by mary ann shaffer and annie barrows

trapped by vialli's vows by chantelle shaw

mayhem by jamie shaw

the lady gets lucky by joanna shupe

priceless by miranda silver

scoring the player's baby by naima simone

scoring off the field by naima simone

my keeper by stefanie simpson

trouble in a tight dress by lori sjoberg

danger in a dive bar by lori sjoberg

indecent obsession by lori sjoberg

can't hold back by lori sjoberg

rich daddy by amelia smarts

simmer down by sarah smith

matched to the mafia by jenika snow

big bad wolf by suleikha snyder

a touch of darkness by scarlett st. clair

here we go by shannon stacey

a second shot by shannon stacey

anne of manhattan by brina starler

a death, a duke, and miss mifford by claudia stone

the penalty box by odette stone

a rogue to remember by emily sullivan

pestilence by laura thalassa

second first impressions by sally thorne

the simple wild by k. a. tucker

dirty boss games by sedona venez

deal with the demon by chace verity

one by one by ruth ware

charge by cate c. wells

run posy run by cate c. wells

the tyrant alpha's rejected mate by cate c. wells

for the wolf by hannah whitten

going nowhere fast by kati wilde

secret santa by kati wilde

a governess should never ... tempt a prizefighter by emily windsor

claiming her forever by alexis winter

tell me you want me by willow winters

built to fall by julia wolf

unrequited by julia wolf

blossoms and bones by julia wolf

the favor by suzanne wright

reckless at heart by zoe york

a navy seal for christmas by zoe york

white nights by anna zaires and charmaine pauls

midnight days by anna zaires and charmaine pauls

all rhodes lead here by mariana zapata

under locke by mariana zapata

[rubykgrant]

I made a slightly condensed version of my Spooky Ref list; it still has a heck ton of movies and books, but now I combined certain categories, eliminated a few, and removed some of the titles that don’t quite fit. If you are looking for things to watch or read so you can get into the Halloween mood (or of you just like some creepy content), here you go!

Movies and Books for October

These range from children’s media to adult content, so be sure to check the ratings/reviews, this way you’ll find ones that are suitable for the right viewers. The dates of movies and names of authors for books are included to make searches easier

(a * symbol is for when a title is in both sections, a book that got made into a movie, ect)

Halloween and Ghosts

Movies- Hocus Pocus (1993), *the Halloween Tree (1993), the Nightmare before Christmas (1993), Trick r Treat (2007), Monster House (2006), Halloweentown (1998), the Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949), Scary Godmother Halloween Spooktacular (2003), Poltergeist (1982), the Haunting (1999), Casper (1995), Ghostbusters (1984), the Haunted Mansion (2003), Thirteen Ghosts (2001), the Others (2001)

Books- How to Drive Your Family Crazy on Halloween by Dean Marney,*the Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury, the Haunted Mask (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge, Stonewords a Ghost Story by Pam Conrad, Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn, Ghost Beach (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn, the Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein, Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn

 Witch/ESP/Mental Powers

Movies- *Practical Magic (1998), *the Wizard of Oz (1939), *the Witches (1990), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost (1999) *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), the Craft (1996), the Witches of Eastwick (1987), *Carrie (1976), *Firstarter (1984), *Matilda (1996), the Last Mimzy (2007)

Books- *Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, *the Witches by Roald Dahl, Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones, *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling, *the Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum, T*Witches by HB Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld, the Worst Witch by Jill Murphy, *Carrie by Stephen King, *Firestarter by Stephen King, *Matilda by Roald Dahl, Scorpion Shards (Star Shards Chronicles) by Neal Shusterman, the Witch’s Boy by Michael Gruber

 Vampire and Werewolf

Movies- Blade (1998), the Little Vampire (2000), Hellboy Blood and Iron (2007), *Hotel Transylvania (2012), Fright Night (2011), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Alvin and the Chipmunks meet The Wolfman (2000), Ginger Snaps (2000), Van Helsing (2004) Wolf Children (2012), the Wolfman (1941)

Books- Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe, Dracula by Bram Stoker, ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King, Red Rider’s Hood by Neal Shusterman, the Werewolf of Fever Swamp (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, Werewolves Don't Go to Summer Camp (Bailey School Kids) by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones, Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause, Night of the Werepoodle by Constance Hiser

 Zombies and Slasher/Gore

Movies- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), ParaNorman (2012), Night of the Living Dead (1968), *Pet Sematary (1989), Zombieland (2009), Resident Evil (2002), Dawn of the Dead (2004) Scream (1996), a Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), *I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Kill Bill (2003), Happy Death Day (2017), the Hills Have Eyes (2006), US (2019), Friday the 13th (1980), the Thing (1982), *the Girl with all the Gifts (2016)

Books- *Pet Sematary by Stephen King, the Haunting of Derek Stone by Tony Abott, Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, *I know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan, the Dark Half by Stephen King, The Dead Girlfriend (Point Horror) by RL Stine, Another by Yukito Ayatsuji, the Prom Queen (Fear Street) by RL Stine, *the Girl with all the Gifts by MR Carey

 Demons/Possession/Afterlife

Movies- the Omen (1976), Insidious (2010), the Exorcist (1973), *Christine (1983), City of Angels (1998), All Dogs go to Heaven (1989), Fallen (1998), *Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Bedazzled (2000), What Dreams May Come (1998), the Book of Life (2014), Flatliners (2017), *the Lovely Bones (2009), Coco (2017), Jennifer’s Body (2009), the Mummy (1999)

Books- *Christine by Stephen King, Needful Things by Stephen King, HECK where the bad kids go by Dale E Bayse,* Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Paradise Lost by John Milton, Inferno by Dante Alighieri, *the Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

 Monsters/Mythology/Dangerous Animals

Movies- Monsters Inc (2001), Godzilla (1998), *a Monster Calls (2016), *Jurassic Park (1993), King Kong (1933), Doug’s 1st Movie (1999), Darkness Falls (2003), Atlantis the lost empire (2001), Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), *the Last Unicorn (1982), Urban Legend (1998), *How to Train Your Dragon (2010), the Flight of Dragons (1982), Shrek (2001), *the Hobbit (1977), Quest for Camelot (1998), Ferngully the last rainforest (1992), Lake Placid (1999), Jaws (1975), *Cujo (1983), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Anaconda (1997)

Books- *a Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, *Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, Sasquatch by Roland Smith, *the Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle, the Moorchild by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, the Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan, the Boggart by Susan Cooper, *How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville, *the Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, *Cujo by Stephen King, Cat in the Crypt (Animal Ark Hauntings) by Ben M Baglio, Congo by Michael Crichton, Watership Down by Richard Adams, the Dark Pond by Joseph Bruchac

 Dolls and Toys, Circus/Carnival/Clowns, Comedy Horror

Movies- *Coraline (2009), the Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), Child’s Play (1988), Toy Story (1995), 9 (2009), We’re Back a dinosaur’s story (1993), the Care Bears Movie (1985), Little Nemo adventures in Slumberland (1989), *Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983), *Big Top Scooby-Doo (2012), Killer Klowns from Outer Space, *IT (2017), *Beetlejuice (1988), Army of Darkness (1992), Gremlins (1984), Arachnophobia (1990), Jawbreaker (1999), Tremors (1990), the Frighteners (1996), Twilight Zone the Movie (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Eight Legged Freaks (2002), the Goonies (1985)

Books- Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell, *Coraline by Neil Gaiman, No Flying in the House by Betty Brock, Doll Bones by Holly Black, Joyland by Stephen King, *Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, the Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, *IT by Stephen King, the Cuckoo Clock of Doom (Goosebumps) by RL Stine, a Dirty Job by Christopher Moore jr, Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Treasury) by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell, JTHM (Director’s Cut) by Jhonen Vasquez

 Gothic/Dark Fantasy, Curse/Transformation

Movies- *the Addams Family (1991), Rebecca (1940), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Mama (2013), the Phantom of the Opera (2004), Crimson Peak (2010), Legend (1985), the Dark Crystal (1982), Labyrinth (1986), *the Neverending Story (1984), *the Secret of NIMH (1982), Anastasia (1997), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Willow (1988), *the Last Unicorn (1982), the Princess Bride (1987), *Legend of the Guardians the Owls of Ga'Hoole, Beauty and the Beast (1991), the Princess and the Frog (2009), the Swan Princess (1994), the Thing (1982), the Mask (1994), Freaky Friday (2003), Song of the Sea (2014), Pirates of the Caribbean the Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Books- the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, the Shining by Stephen King, Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark, a Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, Well Witched (Verdigris Deep) by Frances Hardinge, Poison by Chris Wooding, *the Neverending Story by Michael Ende, *Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C O'Brien, a Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz, the Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis, Zel by Donna Jo Napoli, *the Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle, *Guardians of Ga’Hoole by Kathryn Lasky, Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl

 Mystery/Thriller/Psychological/Suspense

Movies- Clue (1985), *Holes (2003), Get Out (2017), Hot Fuzz (2007), Minority Report (2002), Kidnap (2017), Saw (2004), Wind River (2017), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), the Great Mouse Detective (1986), Eve’s Bayou (1997), Breaking In (2018), Cube (1997), *Secret Window (2004), Silent Hill (2006), the Sixth Sense (1999), the Good Son (1993), Psycho (1960), Donnie Darko (2001), Fargo (1996), the Game (1997), the Invisible Man (2020), Breaking In (2018)

Books- *Holes by Louis Sachar, the Lost (the Outer Limits) by John Peel, We’ll Meet Again by Mary Higgins Clark, When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman, *Secret Window Secret Garden (Four Past Midnight) by Stephen King, House of Stairs by William Sleator, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

 Sci-Fi/Space Aliens, Robots and Technology

Movies- I Robot (2004), the Iron Giant (1999), the Terminator (1984), AI artificial intelligence (2001), the Stepford Wives (2004), Wall-E (2008), *Screamers (1995), *Sphere (1998), *Blade Runner (1982), *2001 a Space Odyssey (1968), MIB (1997), Mission to Mars (2000), Galaxy Quest (1999), Alien (1979), ET the extra terrestrial (1982), Independence Day (1996), Spaced Invaders (1990), Buzz Lightyear of Star Command the Adventure Begins (2000), Chicken Little (2005), *War of the Worlds (1953), *Contact (1997), Signs (2002), Treasure Planet (2002), Frequency (2000), Back to the Future (1985), the Time Machine (1960), Planet of the Apes (1968), Lost in Space (1998)

Books- the Terminal Man by Michael Crichton, Feed by Matthew Tobin Anderson, *Second Variety (Screamers) by Phillip K Dick, *I Robot by Isaac Asimov, Cell by Stephen King, *Sphere by Michael Crichton, *Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner) by Philip K Dick , *2001 a Space Odyssey by  Arthur C Clarke, a Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, the Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman, *War of the Worlds by HG Wells, *Contact by Carl Sagan, Childhood’s End by Arthur C Clarke, Aliens Don’t Wear Braces (the Baily School Kids) by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones, the Invasion (Animorphs) by KA Applegate

 Dystopia/Disaster, Other Worlds

Movies- Waterworld (1995), the Matrix (1999), Escape from New York (1981), *Demolition Man (1993), the Day After Tomorrow (2004), Volcano (1997), the Fifth Element (1997), Titan AE (2000), Armageddon (1998), Twister (1996), the Birds (1963), the Book of Eli, (2010) Spirited Away (2001), *Alice in Wonderland (1951), Pleasantville (1998), *the Phantom Tollbooth (1970), *the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), *Hook (1991), the Pagemaster (1994), *James and the Giant Peach (1996)

Books- Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the Road by Cormac McCarthy, the House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, 1984 by George Orwell, Armageddon Summer by Bruce Coville and Jane Yolen, the Giver by Lois Lowry, the City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, *Brave New World (Demolition Man) by Aldous Huxley, Malice by Chris Wooding, * the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, the Golden Compass (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman, *The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (the Chronicles of Narnia) by CS Lewis, *James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

 Anime/Manga and J-Horror

Movies- Akira (1988), Perfect Blue (1997), Ring (1998), Dark Water (2002), Ghost in the Shell (1995), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Cat Soup (2001), *Cowboy Bebop the Movie (2001), Blood the Last Vampire (2000), Pokemon the First Movie (1998), Sailor Moon R Promise of the Rose (1993), DBZ the World’s Strongest (1990), Digimon the Movie (2000), Ju-On (2000)

Manga- Claymore by Norihiro Yagi, Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, *Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi, *Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa, *Blue Exorcist by Kazue Katō, *Soul Eater by Atsushi Ōkubo, *Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi,

Anime- *Yu Yu Hakusho, *Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, *Soul Eater, *Blue Exorcist, *Inuyasha, *Cowboy Bebop, Mob Psycho 100, .hack//SIGN , the Promised Neverland, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Ghoul, Hellsing Ultimate

 Super Hero

Movies- Hellboy (2004), Ghost Rider (2007), the Incredibles (2004), Batman Beyond return of the Joker (2000), TMNT (2007), Logan (2017), Black Panther (2018), Sky High (2005), Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse (2018), Justice League Crisis on Two Earths (2010), Batman Under the Red Hood (2010)

Comics- Animal Man (New 52, 2011) DC Comics, Swamp Thing (New 52, 2011) DC Comics, BPRD Dark Waters (2012) Dark Horse Comics, Nextwave (Agents of HATE, 2006) Marvel Comics

Animated Series- Batman the Animated Series, X-Men Evolution, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Darkwing Duck, the Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans (2005), Static Shock, Green Lantern the Animated Series

 Cartoons and TV shows

Over the Garden Wall, The Simpsons (Treehouse of Horrors), Regular Show (Terror Tales of the Park), Adventure Time (Stakes), Scooby-Doo Where Are You/What’s New Scooby-Doo,  El Tigre the Adventures of Manny Rivera, Phineas and Ferb (Night of the Living Pharmacists), Gravity Falls, Good Omens, Miracle Workers, Grimm, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, What We Do In the Shadows, Hotel Transylvania the series, Wolf’s Rain, Danny Phantom, Aaahh Real Monsters, the Munsters, So Weird, Tutenstein, Gargoyles, Xena Warrior Princess, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Tales from the Crypt, Goosebumps, Samurai Jack, Metalocalypse, Super Jail, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Futurama, the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, *Beetlejuice (animated series), Sabrina the Animated Series, the Owl House, Bewitched, Growing Up Creepy, the Addams Family (animated series), a Series of Unfortunate Events, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Star VS the Forces of Evil, Amphibia, Infinity Train, Penn Zero Part-Time Hero, Murder She Wrote, the Venture Bros, Avatar the Last Airbender, Invader ZIM, People of Earth, Star Trek Next Gen, Rick and Morty, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

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Biblical Inerrancy vs. Biblical Infallibility

While biblical infallibility claims that the Bible is without error in every matter required for salvation, Biblical inerrancy claims that the Bible is without error in every detail possible, including scientific and historical details.

The distinction between Biblical infallibility and Biblical inerrancy matters because many people, when first confronted with the apparent contradictions in the Gospels, stop believing in central doctrines like the virgin birth and physical resurrection of Jesus.

Another way of describing this distinction is that the Bible is inerrant in a limited sense, on matters of doctrine and practice, rather than in an unlimited sense, on every possible historical and scientific detail. The Bible, like Jesus, is fully divine and fully human.

To insist upon unlimited inerrancy seems like docetism, ignoring the element of human authorship. We have four Gospels specifically to give us four uniquely human, though divinely inspired, perspectives.

When assessing ancient documents by normal historical standards, their reliability isn't determined by exactness in every possible detail. For example,  Jesus most likely cleansed the temple near the end of His ministry, like in the synoptic Gospels, rather than in the beginning, like in John.

This would explain why the Jewish authorities were provoked to execute Him. John, on the other hand, placed it in the beginning, in order to establish Jesus' authority over the temple as the Son of God, since the primary emphasis of John's Gospel is the deity of Christ.

This is only a problem if one insists that the Bible is inerrant word-for-word, rather than in doctrine and practice:

First, we may need instead to revise our understanding of what constitutes an error. Nobody thinks that when Jesus says that the mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds (Mark 4.31) this is an error, even though there are smaller seeds than mustard seeds. Why? Because Jesus is not teaching botany; he is trying to teach a lesson about the Kingdom of God, and the illustration is incidental to this lesson. Defenders of inerrancy claim that the Bible is authoritative and inerrant in all that it teaches or all that it means to affirm. This raises the huge question as to what the authors of Scripture intend to affirm or teach. Questions of genre will have a significant bearing on our answer to that question. Poetry obviously is not intended to be taken literally, for example. But then what about the Gospels? What is their genre? Scholars have come to see that the genre to which the Gospels most closely conform is ancient biography. This is important for our question because ancient biography does not have the intention of providing a chronological account of the hero’s life from the cradle to the grave. Rather ancient biography relates anecdotes that serve to illustrate the hero’s character qualities. What one might consider an error in a modern biography need not at all count as an error in an ancient biography. To illustrate, at one time in my Christian life I believed that Jesus actually cleansed the Temple in Jerusalem twice, once near the beginning of his ministry as John relates, and once near the end of his life, as we read in the Synoptic Gospels. But an understanding of the Gospels as ancient biographies relieves us of such a supposition, for an ancient biographer can relate incidents in a non-chronological way. Only an unsympathetic (and uncomprehending) reader would take John’s moving the Temple cleansing to earlier in Jesus’ life as an error on John’s part. We can extend the point by considering the proposal that the Gospels should be understood as different performances, as it were, of orally transmitted tradition. The prominent New Testament scholar Jimmy Dunn, prompted by the work of Ken Bailey on the transmission of oral tradition in Middle Eastern cultures, has sharply criticized what he calls the “stratigraphic model” of the Gospels, which views them as composed of different layers laid one upon another on top of a primitive tradition. (See James D. G. Dunn, Jesus Remembered [Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans, 2003].) On the stratigraphic model each tiny deviation from the previous layer occasions speculations about the reasons for the change, sometimes leading to quite fanciful hypotheses about the theology of some redactor. But Dunn insists that oral tradition works quite differently. What matters is that the central idea is conveyed, often in some key words and climaxing in some saying which is repeated verbatim; but the surrounding details are fluid and incidental to the story. Probably the closest example to this in our non-oral, Western culture is the telling of a joke. It’s important that you get the structure and punch line right, but the rest is incidental. For example, many years ago I heard the following joke: “What did the Calvinist say when he fell down the elevator shaft?” “I don’t know.” “He got up, dusted himself off, and said, ‘Whew! I’m glad that’s over!’” Now just recently someone else told me what was clearly the same joke. Only she told it as follows: “Do you know what the Calvinist said when he fell down the stairs?” “No.” “‘Whew! I’m glad that’s over!’” Notice the differences in the telling of this joke; but observe how the central idea and especially the punch line are the same. Well, when you compare many of the stories told about Jesus in the Gospels and identify the words they have in common, you find a pattern like this. There is variation in the secondary details, but very often the central saying is almost verbatim the same. And remember, this is in a culture where they didn’t even have the device of quotation marks! (Those are added in translation to indicate direct speech; to get an idea of how difficult it can be to determine exactly where direct speech ends, just read Paul’s account of his argument with Peter in Galatians 2 or of Jesus’ interview with Nicodemus in John 3.) So the stories in the Gospels should not be understood as evolutions of some prior primitive tradition but as different performances of the same oral story. Now if Dunn is right, this has enormous implications for one’s doctrine of biblical inerrancy, for it means that the Evangelists had no intention that their stories should be taken like police reports, accurate in every detail. What we in a non-oral culture might regard as an error would not be taken by them to be erroneous at all. What Price Biblical Errancy? | Reasonable Faith

It's simply an unprovable assumption that the Gospel authors intended for the events described to be placed in a strictly chronological, rather than thematic, order.

Sometimes you run into gospel events that aren’t the same chronologically. You can find this when Jesus is tempted in the desert. Matthew and Luke have the order of the last two temptations reversed (Matt. 4:1–11; Lk. 4:1–13). It makes perfect sense that Luke would make the climax of the temptations occur at the top of the temple since there’s a real focus throughout his gospel on Jerusalem and the temple. Matthew, on the other hand, ends with Jesus standing on a mountain looking at all the nations of the world. For a writer who sees mountains as places of revelation and epiphany, this is understandable, too. What about Christ’s teachings? Was the Sermon on the Mount one long message or did Matthew—like many argue—pull Jesus’ various teachings together into one place? From reading Luke, it would be easy to make the argument that the Sermon on the Mount is a compilation of Christ’s teachings. But it’s just as likely that Jesus taught the same lessons multiple times throughout his ministry. Either way, rearranging Christ’s teaching doesn’t nullify the gospels... It’s not outside the realm of possibility that Jesus felt the need to clear the temple multiple times, but the credibility of the gospels doesn’t rest on having to believe that. There’s a possibility that Mark moved this event to the end of the gospel to emphasize its significance as an act of judgement against Israel, or that John moved it to the beginning as a historically symbolic inauguration to his ministry. Bible Contradictions Explained: 4 Reasons the… | Zondervan Academic

Like William Lane Craig, I believe in limited inerrancy, that the Bible is inerrant on matters of doctrine and practice, rather than in every scientific and historical detail.

The limited inerrancy view offers room for the Bible to err in non-redemptive matters – matters that are not salvific by nature e.g. geographical, historical, scientific etc. The proponents of this view state that the main purpose of the Bible is “spiritual transformation” – to bring the lost man into a saving relationship with God. They then affirm that “If the Bible contains some errors, some discrepancies, that do not affect its power to transform lives through faith-filled communion with God, that is not important.” 3... Bart Ehrman, the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, lost his faith in Christ because he apparently discovered one minor error in the gospels. It seemed Professor Ehrman held the doctrine of biblical inerrancy as the core of Christianity. When a particular passage in the Gospel of Mark befuddled Bart Ehrman, his strong belief in inerrancy of the Bible was shaken. He became a liberal Christian and then ended up as an agnostic atheist after being unable to reconcile the philosophical problems of evil and suffering. http://christianapologeticsalliance.com/2017/07/19/the-bible-has-errors-what-do-we-do/

The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine sets out to disprove the Gospels simply by pointing out discrepancies between the virgin birth and resurrection accounts. It's a complete joke compared to what they know today about how ancient history was actually written, but liberal theologians like John Shelby Spong still use the same arguments.

While every historian agrees that Hannibal crossed the alps to Rome, the ancient accounts contradict each other on which road led him there:

Speculation on the crossing place stretches back more than two millennia to when Rome and Carthage, a North African city-state in what is now Tunisia, were superpowers vying for supremacy in the Mediterranean. No Carthaginian sources of any kind have survived, and the accounts by the Greek historian Polybius (written about 70 years after the march) and his Roman counterpart Livy (120 years after that) are maddeningly vague. There are no fewer than a dozen rival theories advanced by a rich confusion of academics, antiquarians and statesmen who contradict one another and sometimes themselves. Napoleon Bonaparte favored a northern route through the Col du Mont Cenis. Edward Gibbon, author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , was said to be a fan of the Col du Montgenèvre. Sir Gavin de Beer, a onetime director of what is now the Natural History Museum in London, championed the Traversette, the gnarliest and most southerly course. In 1959, Cambridge engineering student John Hoyte borrowed an elephant named Jumbo from the Turin zoo and set out to prove the Col du Clapier (sometimes called the Col du Clapier-Savine Coche) was the real trunk road—but ultimately took the Mont Cenis route into Italy. Others have charted itineraries over the Col du Petit St. Bernard, the Col du l’Argentière and combinations of the above that looped north to south to north again. To borrow a line attributed to Mark Twain, riffing on a different controversy: “The researches of many commentators have already thrown much darkness on this subject, and it is probable that, if they continue, we shall soon know nothing at all about it.” How (and Where) Did Hannibal Cross the Alps? | History | Smithsonian Magazine

While every historian agrees that Hannibal crossed the alps to Rome, the ancient accounts contradict each other on which road led him there, just as the Gospels contradict each other on minor details like how many angels were at the tomb, while agreeing on Jesus' physical resurrection.

There is a historical difference between evangelicalism and fundamentalism, and the scholars interviewed in Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ, including William Lane Craig, would be considered evangelical, but not fundamentalist.

Those who believe in limited inerrancy have a higher view of scripture than Martin Luther did:

Luther considered Hebrews, James, Jude, and the Revelation to be "disputed books", which he included in his translation but placed separately at the end in his New Testament published in 1522. Luther's canon - Wikipedia

Those who insist upon unlimited inerrancy miss the point as to why the scriptures were written in the first place, to instruct in righteousness, to equip for every good work, and to correct false doctrine, none of which requires that the Bible be word-for-word inerrant on every possible historical and scientific detail.

2 Timothy 3:15-17 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

If unlimited inerrancy were true, then the mustard seed would be the smallest of all seeds, which it obviously isn't. Jesus' point was to illustrate the power of faith, even if the size of a mustard seed, rather than teach botany. 

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The Folio Society, a British press well known for their high-quality prints of popular books, sells this exquisite edition of the original novels. The set has unique design characteristics, a preface by Philip Pullman, and illustrations by Peter Bailey. 

The set is available on the UK and US sites, selling for $230. The first book in the UK set is titled Northern Lights, in line with the series’ publication history.

Folio Society Edition

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Ouranosaurus nigeriensis

By José Carlos Cortés

Etymology: Brave Reptile of the Sky

First Described By: Taquet, 1976

Classification: Dinosauromorpha, Dinosauriformes, Dracohors, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Styracosterna, Hadrosauriformes

Status: Extinct

Time and Place: Sometime around 112 million years ago, in the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous 

Ouranosaurus is known from the Elrhaz Formation of Agadez, Niger 

Physical Description: Ouranosaurus is an exceptionally iconic dinosaur, primarily because of its very weird distinguishing physical feature: it has a sail. Probably. The reason for this idea is that Ouranosaurus had extremely high spines on its back, creating a notable ridge along the center of the animal. These spines become thicker and flatten as they go along the body, and bony (ossified) tendons ran across the spines and the tail. The spines grew biggest over the forelimbs, rather than over the hips. This structure may have been a sail; it also could have been a hump containing muscle or fat - similar to living bison and camels. This would have allowed for the storage of energy during the dry season or another time of year. If a sail, this structure would have been primarily one of display, flashing colors and patterns to communicate with other members of the species. It had very long forelimbs with lightly built hands, which had sharp thumb claws and the middle fingers built into a broad hoof-like structure. In short, it was capable of quadrupedal walking. It had very robust hindlimbs as well, and thus was able to walk bipedally in addition to quadrupedally. Ouranosaurus was quite large, reaching 7 meters in length and weighing somewhere around 2.2 tonnes - despite its length, it was fairly lightly built. With its sail, it was just under 3 meters tall. Being of such large size, it is unlikely that Ouranosaurus retained any fluffy covering; if it did, it was sparse and mainly ornamental.  

By Slate Weasel, in the Public Domain

It had a very long, flat head, with an even longer snout that greatly surpassed the size of Ouranosaurus’ close relative, Iguanodon. It had a straight beak, rather than a curved one, and no teeth in the front of its snout. The snout also was covered in a sheath of horn, which made it wider and more like something of a beak. This beak was then followed by densely packed batteries of teeth in the cheeks, forming a single surface like those found in the much later Hadrosaurs. The jaws had fairly weak muscles, but this was made up for with a narrow back of the skull, which made the bite ability of the jaws greater to make up for the weak musculature. In short, Ouranosaurus, despite having a very different head than the later Hadrosaurs, was still a strong chewer. Interestingly enough, the eyebrows of Ouranosaurus featured small rounded horns - making Ouranosaurus the only known Ornithopod (Hadrosaurs and their close relatives) with horns. It had highly placed nostrils, and two small bumps between the nose and the eye socket for display. 

By Pavel Riha CC BY-SA 3.0

Diet: Ouranosaurus primarily fed on leaves, fruit, and seeds, using its chewing to break up tougher plant material and to gain food from it. Given its decent height, Ouranosaurus would have been a mid-level browser. 

By Audrey M. Horn, CC BY-SA 4.0

Behavior: Ouranosaurus would have spent most of its time foraging on a variety of plants in its ecosystem, wandering about the river delta searching for leaves, fruits, and other delicious foods. It is fairly unlikely that Ouranosaurus would have been a herding animal, as herds seemed to have been more of a behavior for Ornithopods more closely related to Hadrosaurs; instead, Ouranosaurus probably wandered about its environment alone, or in small family groups. That said, it almost certainly took care of its young in some capacity, and it did have complex social behaviors if the sail was a sail and used for display - and it used those bumps and horns on its head for display as well. It was also probably at least somewhat vocal. As for the spiked thumbs, those could have been used for defense, as well as in-fighting amongst members of the group. It wouldn’t have been a good runner, but it would have moved on two legs when needing to move at least somewhat faster, and stuck to four legs for most movements throughout the day. It probably would have used that narrow head to selectively grab a variety of foods from in between more dense foliage. 

By Scott Reid

Ecosystem: Ouranosaurus lived in an extensive river delta, filled with extensive waterways and wetlands. These wide rivers were home to many animals, including a truly extensive number of dinosaurs. Plenty of trees, including ginkgoes and pines, and some flowering plants, in addition to horsetails and ferns, were present for Ouranosaurus to feed on. There were many types of fish and invertebrates, and the turtle Taquetochelys, but the archosaurs were the main stars of the show. There was the duck-croc Anatosuchus, the giant croc Sarcosuchus, and the running croc Araripesuchus on the Crocodylomorph side of things. There was a weirdo sauropod here too, the duck-billed Nigersaurus, which decidedly does not get enough press. As for other ornithopods, there was the fast-running biped Elrhazosaurus, and a close cousin of Ouranosaurus - Lurdusaurus, an equally-weird creature, with a long neck like a sauropod and the ability to live semi-aquatically in the river system. As for theropods, there was the possible Ornithomimosaur Afromimus, the mid-sized carnosaur Eocarcharia, the Abelisaurid Kryptops, and the spinosaur Suchomimus. You will note that Ouranosaurus did not live with Spinosaurus. This is a misconception. The two did not live together - never, not once, not even close, they are not found in the same place. Spinosaurus (probably) comes from later, and while it seems that it did live that southward, it decidedly did not live in the Elrhaz formation, because its job was being done by Suchomimus. As for predators, Ouranosaurus probably had to mostly watch out for Eocarcharia and Kryptops, as they would have been the main land predators of the area. 

By Ripley Cook

Other: Ouranosaurus, being a Hadrosauriform, was most closely related to one of the more famous Ornithopods, Iguanodon, and shared the thumb spike in common with it. Interestingly enough, Ouranosaurus wasn’t the only hump or sail backed dinosaur at that point of the family tree; Morelladon, which lived much earlier, also supported some sort of odd structure on its back.

~ By Meig Dickson

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Peter Bailey, internal illustration for the Folio Society edition of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass