#kaaron

[quequeishere]

outfit swap!

[dunces-hat]

unbelievable that aaron is shipped with two k-name characters and not one of his ship names is kaaron

[purpleshadow-star]

I'm trying to think of what fic I wanna write for this month, so:

[anxious-alyssia]

KAARON - Kenji x Aaron

pt.1

“Why do I have to join you in this... childish activity?” Warner asks his boyfriend as they put on their vests. “Because I won the bet you made on me and J, and also because you love me.” Kenji replies, looking up from the straps to see Warner in the opposite colour. He smiles, “Think of it as target practice, babe.” Warner huffs “With you as a target? I see no point.” Kenji’s smile becomes a smirk “Then I guess I’ll just win this game and prove who’s the better shot~” Warner rolls his eyes, picks up his blue gun.“We’ll see, Kishimoto. We’ll see.” They enter the arena and once the two groups are spread out, Castel’s voice comes through the intercom. “You may begin in 5, 4, 3…”

Kenji grips his gun.

“2…”

Warner Sighs.

“1- BEGIN”

Kenji grins and turns on his invisibility. Not bothering to crouch, he walks around the arena shooting anyone in a blue vest. “Hey! Kenji that’s not fair!” Ella stands from where she was hiding before she was caught. “No powers!” He laughs “Sorry not sorry, Jello,” and runs off before she could get someone else to shoot him.

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Warner shoots Ian’s vest before he hears Ella cry out “KENJI! That’s not fair! No Powers!” So, Kishimoto wants to play dirty. Well two can play at that game. Warner feels around the arena, searching. He finds Kenji not that far from him, on a lower level. A small smile spreads on his face as he borrows some of Kenji’s energy before crying out “Ella?”

He sees Kenji stop, look up, and smile. He watches as Kenji makes his way up and then goes invisible. Now he might not be able to see Kenji but he could still sense him getting closer to where he stood.

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Kenji stalked towards where he heard Warner calling. The guy wouldn’t know what hit him when he managed to shoot him. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a shadow move, head down a dead-end path. Gotcha. He creeps after the shadow but finds no one there. Strange... he could’ve sworn he saw someone come this way. He’s about to turn and leave when his gun is knocked from his hand and his arms are held above his head as he’s pressed on his back against the wall.

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“So, cheating now, are we?” Warner whispers next to Kenji’s ear. “It’s not cheating- Castel never said I couldn’t use my abilities” Kenji squirms in Warner's grip, trying -and failing- to get free. “So, what are you gonna do-  shoot me?” 

[allfortheslay25]

Goretober: Doctors

[icescrabblerjerky]

Periodic reminder that if you want deeply unsettling and disturbing horror and you haven't read Kaaron Warren yet please just READ KAARON WARREN.

Here's her bibliography

May I personally recommend Tide of Stone and Bitters (Bitters isn't on her bibliography for some reason but it's a novella and it's... amazing) for just some... deeply gross and disturbing stuff that will stay with you and make you think FOREVER.

ALL of her work is amazing however. Just a visceral sense of place and emotion. I swear I can SMELL some of her works.

Any way I love Australian horror an unreasonable amount and Kaaron is absolutely the queen of it.

[makingdonalddrumpfagain]

[nettirw]

MADNESS AND WRITERS

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[fahye]

book recs: june 2024

it's been a weird few months of swinging wildly between mood reading of new things and needing to reread old favourites. all of these were new-to-me, and * means I read an ARC so they're not out yet BUT keep your eyes peeled/preorder if you like the sound of them.

SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by john wiswell - sapphic monster romance but make it asexual rep (woo!) between a protagonist who is usually a ball of shapeshifting goo, and a woman whose awful family is trying to hunt down the shapeshifting monster. it's both delightfully gruesome and a sweet, angry story about two hurt people finding and saving one another. this book deserves to become tumblr-famous.

LORD OF SCOUNDRELS by loretta chase - an absolute platinum-level classic in regency romance history, and for good reason. jessica trent: best heroine to ever appear on the page. wild hijinks, superb feelings, jessica can we please be best friends so you can teach me all about your antiques dealership.

THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by vajra chandrasekera - everyone describes this as 'impossible to describe' and they're right. truly original urban-ish fantasy about the oppression of underclasses, magic, identity, the inconvenience of being prophesied to kill your father, and a support group for failed messiahs. it's splendid and will stretch your mind like a muscle.

ALL THE SINNERS BLEED - by s.a. cosby - a contemporary crime thriller about a black sheriff in the american south trying to catch a serial killer in the face of systemic racism and obstruction. dark themes, wonderfully written, extremely gripping: I read it in a day.

THE UNDERHISTORY by kaaron warren - an elderly woman running tours of her infamously 'haunted' family home is confronted with a group of dangerous escaped killers looking for somewhere to hide. half slowburn crime horror and half a fantastic, meandering exploration of one person's history. you all know I love a vaguely fucked-up house, and this one comes with an older protagonist hiding secrets of her own.

THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI by akwaeke emezi - there's a new emezi book coming out soon so I finally let myself read this one! a brief, bittersweet slap of a novel about gender and sexuality and family and longing, told in emezi's uniquely electrifying prose style. I wish I could write like this.

THE FRIEND ZONE EXPERIMENT* by zen cho - zen's first contemporary romance! inspired by kdrama tropes! a hardworking singaporean entrepreneur heroine in london! I enjoyed the romance itself but even more I enjoyed watching renee fight to prove herself in the face of various terrible men.

THE FORMIDABLE MISS CASSIDY* by meihan boey - if susan sto helit is your favourite discworld character, you will love the hell out of this. no-nonsense magical governess deals with folklore monsters and social drama in 19th century singapore. lively and heaps of fun. I wish it was an episodic buffy-esque tv show.

THE PAIRING* by casey mcquiston - two exes accidentally reunite on a food & wine tour of europe for the sluttiest and most self-indulgent bisexual summer ever. food porn, drinks porn, european scenery porn, feelings porn, porn-porn: this is a book that is 95% Various Vibes and Porn and if that sounds like your kind of thing, you'll love it. warning: will make you very hungry.

[icescrabblerjerky]

Christ I would give a lot to know Alex's liveblog of The Locked Tomb ngl.

Please add any novels/stories by Kaaron Warren to your list, she writes... um... flesh aligned books I think. Flesh and corruption. In ways that I think Alex would like.

hello!!

this is coming out of the blue honestly but still,, have you ever read/heard about the locked tomb? i read it around the same time i started to listen to tma and it made me realize that while they are two completely different stories they have sorta similiar vibes???? like, in the "if you like one of these two things, you would surely enjoy the other too" way

it might be the body and existential horror and the mainly queer cast,, anyways hope you're having a nice day/evening/night!

I'm afraid I honestly haven't heard of it before. I'll add it to THE LIST.

[all-for-the-game-confessions]

The ship names are shit

This might be just me, but most of the ship names are just kinda shit. Ok it’s definitely me I just kinda hate the use of names that obviously sound like two individual names inelegantly mushed together

Like, Andreil, Kandreil, Renison and Jeanee are good.

Jerejean and keremy are maybeeeeee just barely okay but we could have had Jeanemy and kevemy

Then you get the absolute horrendous ones. No creativity has gone into these and most of them are with Kevin: Kevjean, kevthea, sethallison, kevseth, kevriko, kevaaron, Kateaaron, like………

No creativity.

Of course with critique you must also give ways to improve so I present to you:

Kevean (Kevin Jean), theavin or Mulday (Thea Kevin), alliseth (Allison Seth), Sethin or Gorday (Seth Kevin), Keko (Kevin Riko) (I really like this one bc it’s so stupid) katon or Aarlyn or Aatelyn (last one bc it sounds stupid)(Katelyn Aaron) Datt or Man (Dan Matt) (the former is better imo) Caila (Cat Laila) and last but not least my absolute favourite Kaaron.

KAARON. WE COULD HAVE HAD KAARON. THATD BE SUCH AN APPROPRIATE NAME FOR THEM

Ok tbh I’m open for suggestions on any of those names except for kaaron bc my names r probs shit too but at least I try more than just the full names directly attached to each other.

We can even do things like the marauders fandom does with the association game! Like Rabbitqueen or runnerqueen for KevinxNeil. And sunqueen for Jeremy x Kevin, historic bitchfight for Neil and Jean, maybe rabbitmonster for Andreil but idk Andreil’s fine and I don’t like the association with monster with Andrew

But yeah some of them are passable at best

.

[haveyoureadthispoll]

The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together—for better and for worse. From the eerie Austrian Schnabelperchten to the skeletal Welsh Mari Lwyd, by way of ravenous golems, uncanny neighbors, and unwelcome visitors, Christmas and Other Horrors captures the heart and horror of the festive season. Because the weather outside is frightful, but the fire inside is hungry... Featuring stories   Nadia Bulkin Terry Dowling Tananarive Due Jeffrey Ford Christopher Golden Stephen Graham Jones Glen Hirshberg Richard Kadrey Alma Katsu Cassandra Khaw John Langan Josh Malerman Nick Mamatas Garth Nix Benjamin Percy M. Rickert Kaaron Warren

[rockinaroundthepole]

do. do karen !!!!! bc. yapping !!!!!!

OKAY THIS WILL DEF BE WEST END BECAUSE. I CANNOT BEGIJ TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCJ GRACE!KAREN MEANS TO ME

karen smith (💕)

how i feel about this character — i love her. but she’s quite frankly misunderstood. not in the ‘shes happy because she’s secretly sad and it’s a mask’ way or whatever. no. as in she definitely knows more than she lets on!! maybe not in an educational value, but in things she’s interested in 100%. i also believe that cady taught karen everything about kenya so she knows a lot about animals. :3

all the people i ship romantically with this character — gretchen and cady are my number ones!! :D separately ofc. like fetchen/cady x karen. if that had to be clarified.

my non romantic otp for this character — AARON. give me kaaron smithuels besties or give me death.

unpopular opinion — i don’t actually think karen was brainwashed by regina like gretchen was. i think she genuinely enjoyed being around regina without having to be at her beck and call every second. if that makes sense LMAO i don’t even know im listening to mean girls west end. unrelated okay moving on.

one thing i wish happened to this character in canon — that we got an actual inside look inside what happened with her. we got it for the other three female leads, but with karen we just got a song about sexy halloween costumes. west end however is the exception (mean girls west end how i love you) with her half of stupid with love reprise, which is her talking about how stupid she is and how what she goes through applies to what happened with cady and it’s so. hhhehehehhe :)

[jlcomicsandgames]

Don John Oliver Interviews RFQ Jr, KAaron"I Demand To Talk To Your Manag...

[anxious-alyssia]

Ok I love Warnett and it's beautiful but...

what about Kaaron

Kenji x Aaron

please

i can't be the only one

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb: Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more.

The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together—for better and for worse.

From the eerie Austrian Schnabelperchten to the skeletal Welsh Mari Lwyd, by way of ravenous golems, uncanny neighbors, and unwelcome visitors, Christmas and Other Horrors captures the heart and horror of the festive season.

Because the weather outside is frightful, but the fire inside is hungry...

Featuring stories from: 

Nadia Bulkin Terry Dowling Tananarive Due Jeffrey Ford Christopher Golden Stephen Graham Jones Glen Hirshberg Richard Kadrey Alma Katsu Cassandra Khaw John Langan Josh Malerman Nick Mamatas Garth Nix Benjamin Percy M. Rickert Kaaron Warren

Review:

Come one come all for some holiday horrors! This is a really fun anthology filled with holiday horror stories based on winter solstice traditions around the world. These are short and sweet and perfect for little horrors for the winter time.

*Thanks Netgalley and Titan Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*