#matthew st. claire

[americangirlstar]

American Girl + Percy Jackson PicCrew (4/?)

Lindsey Bergman, daughter of Apollo

Kailey Hopkins, daughter of Neptune

Marisol Luna, daughter of Terpsichore [alt idea: victoria]

Jess McConnell, daughter of Mercury

Nicki Fleming, daughter of Pluto [sidenote: if we get a better contemporary pluto girl, nicki can easily transfer to arcus]

Mia St. Clair, daughter of Victoria

Chrissa Maxwell, daughter of Venus

Gwen Thompson, daughter of Apollo

Sonali Matthews, daughter of Invidia

[the-halfling-prince]

Rip Shawn Hunter you would've loved American Girl GotY 2009 Chrissa Maxwell's best friend doll Gwen Thompson

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 2024 - November 20

Say their names:

NOVEMBER 2023

Savannah Williams

Bernardo Panteleon

Pepper Mychel Peterson

Mariah Ruby Rachel Williams

F. L. “Bubba” Copeland

Lola Laperla Ebony McDaniels

Shandon Floyd

Tiesha McFarland

Kejuan Richardson

Amiri Jean Reid

Mya Finch

Travis Stimeling

DECEMBER 2023

Demita Jo Armstrong

Onteris Owens-Campbell

Jesse Viviano White

Star Possum

Jermaine Golden

Meghan Riley Lewis

Zoey Flye

Madison Montana

Care Hansen

Amber Minor

Ashlei Jasmine Colgate-Edwards

Fleetwood Mars Mozee

Shelby “Lexus” Riddick-Walker

Kimbella Blackshear

Easley Jeffcoat

Tripp Schultz

JANUARY 2024

Lady Fabian Sanchez

James Moen

Dana Randolph “Desiree A. DeMornay”

Quin Joy

Sasha Williams

Jennell Jaquays

Sarina Mihailoff

Sasha Washington-Cohen “Sasha Fierce”

Guelila “Gigi” Iyob

Videl Lombardo

Savannah Rose Rivers Amore

Kathy “Otter” Ottersten

Robin Valentina

Forrest Douglas Buckley

Giselle Stone

Tristan Michael Bustos “Tristyn St. Clair”

Kitty Monroe

FEBRUARY 2024

Natalia Skye

Teddy Reese Curran

Erick Krouse

Noah Jackson Chase

Ellie Walsh

Nex Benedict

Emma “África” Parrilla García

Blakely Hanson

Righteous TK “Chevy” Hill

Ashton Myles Clatterbuck

Madison Nicole Spann “Madison St. Claire”

Cecilia Gentili

MARCH 2024

Diamond Cherish Brigman

Elliot Ganiel

Fae Morganna Barbone

Aurelia A. Legassey

Alex Franco

Meraxes Medina

Ty Geissinger “Ty Holiday”

APRIL 2024

Andrea Doria Dos Passos “Maggie”

Yella Clark

Allister Matthews

Tiffany Azalea Monceaux

Tara Fable

Randy Dudley

River Neveah Goddard

Tee “Ace” Arnold

George A. Schappell

Starr Brown

Robbi Mecus

Basil Brown

MAY 2024

Tayy Dior Thomas

Kita Bee

Kamryn “Cantrell” Smith

Jazlynn Johnson

Daelicious O’hare Mizani

Darri C. Moore

Niomi Jenkins

Michelle Henry

Saanti Bonét Valentino

JUNE 2024

Pauly Likens

M. Tapia

Lynn Conway

Liara Kaylee Tsai

JULY 2024

Dylan Gurley

Griffin Shaun Sivret

Kenji Zemonta Spurgeon

Ev Smith

Shannon Boswell

Levi Castillo

Lily Autumn Rose

Monique Brooks

AUGUST 2024

Noelle Woolley

Indiana Grayson

Vanity Williams

Tai’Vion Lathan

Jhzara “Femmie” Williams

Baxter Zachary Hawk

SEPTEMBER 2024

Kassim Omar

Liam Johns

Mahdia Lynn

Cass Trystero

Chilli Pepper

Barbie Iceland “Redd China”

OCTOBER 2024

Honee Daniels

Serenity Birdsong

Adela Vázquez

San Coleman

Zeta Muirgen Seraph Haber

Despite our best efforts, the names on our list are only those who had the privilege of recognition, the fortune of discovery, or the extraordinary courage to leave indelible proof of their true selves for us to mourn. So many unknown and uncounted people remain that even years from now we will learn the names of people in our community who died this year without the recognition they deserved.

https://www.transremembrance.org/domestic-list

[macrolit]

The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

NYT Article.

*************

Q: How many of the 100 have you read? Q: Which ones did you love/hate? Q: What's missing?

Here's the full list.

100. Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson 99. How to Be Both, Ali Smith 98. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett 97. Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward 96. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman 95. Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel 94. On Beauty, Zadie Smith 93. Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel 92. The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante 91. The Human Stain, Philip Roth 90. The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen 89. The Return, Hisham Matar 88. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 87. Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters 86. Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight 85. Pastoralia, George Saunders 84. The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee 83. When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamin Labutat 82. Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor 81. Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan 80. The Story of the Lost Child, Elena Ferrante 79. A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin 78. Septology, Jon Fosse 77. An American Marriage, Tayari Jones 76. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin 75. Exit West, Mohsin Hamid 74. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout 73. The Passage of Power, Robert Caro 72. Secondhand Time, Svetlana Alexievich 71. The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen 70. All Aunt Hagar's Children, Edward P. Jones 69. The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander 68. The Friend, Sigrid Nunez 67. Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon 66. We the Animals, Justin Torres 65. The Plot Against America, Philip Roth 64. The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai 63. Veronica, Mary Gaitskill 62. 10:04, Ben Lerner 61. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver 60. Heavy, Kiese Laymon 59. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides 58. Stay True, Hua Hsu 57. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich 56. The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner 55. The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright 54. Tenth of December, George Saunders 53. Runaway, Alice Munro 52. Train Dreams, Denis Johnson 51. Life After Life, Kate Atkinson 50. Trust, Hernan Diaz 49. The Vegetarian, Han Kang 48. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi 47. A Mercy, Toni Morrison 46. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt 45. The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson 44. The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin 43. Postwar, Tony Judt 42. A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James 41. Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan 40. H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald 39. A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan 38. The Savage Detectives, Roberto Balano 37. The Years, Annie Ernaux 36. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates 35. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel 34. Citizen, Claudia Rankine 33. Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward 32. The Lines of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst 31. White Teeth, Zadie Smith 30. Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward 29. The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt 28. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell 27. Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 26. Atonement, Ian McEwan 25. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 24. The Overstory, Richard Powers 23. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, Alice Munro 22. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo 21. Evicted, Matthew Desmond 20. Erasure, Percival Everett 19. Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe 18. Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders 17. The Sellout, Paul Beatty 16. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon 15. Pachinko, Min Jin Lee 14. Outline, Rachel Cusk 13. The Road, Cormac McCarthy 12. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion 11. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz 10. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson 9. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro 8. Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald 7. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead 6. 2666, Roberto Bolano 5. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen 4. The Known World, Edward P. Jones 3. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel 2. The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson 1. My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante

[scotianostra]

The Construction of Rosslyn chapel began on 20th September 1456.

Properly known as the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew in the village of Roslin, Midlothian, this is just a couple of miles from where I grew up.

The building of the chapel is sometimes incorrectly given as ten years before, but that date comes from the chapel’s receiving its founding charter from Rome.

We are very lucky that Rosslyn Chapel remains intact, as we see it today, you only have to look around Scotland at the ruins of our Abbeys destroyed during the Reformation, Rosslyn was closed from around 1560,The chapel’s altars were destroyed in 1592 but the main structure is thought to have survived and any real damage was avoided.

The chapel was built by The Sinclair family and has been linked with the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, that’s the Knights Templar to you and I, the order was disbanded around 150 years before construction but symbols, such as the “Two riders on a single horse” that appear on the Seal of the Knights Templar, can be found on the building.

Rosslyn Chapel was constructed almost entirely in stone, with no structural timber except within the much later Victorian baptistery added to the west end of the chapel. The chapel is thought to be only part of what was intended to be a much larger church, and it exhibits immense historic, architectural and cultural value. The extent of carved stonework both internally and externally makes this little chapel truly unique. Though incomplete, it took around 40 years to build, and has the largest number of Green Man carvings of any medieval chapel in Europe.

The carvings of the chapel have been the subject of much speculation and conjecture, as Christian symbolism and other references are interspersed throughout the building. In 1630, Sir William Sinclair of Rosslyn was granted the charters from the Masons of Scotland, which confirms that the St Clairs were traditional Grand Masters of the Masons of Scotland. Accordingly, Rosslyn Chapel is of considerable interest to Masonic groups. Other carvings at Rosslyn Chapel are of religious, natural, or decorative nature, such as the Apprentice Pillar and the Seven Acts of Mercy panel.

Following the Reformation, services stopped being held in 1592 and did not begin again until the Chapel was re-dedicated in Victorian times.

Oliver Cromwell had his men stable their horses in the chapel in 1650 when he and General George Monck conquered nearby Roslin Castle.

Queen Victoria visited the site during her reign and was instrumental in restoring the Chapel to it’s original state for worship according to Protestant rites of the Scottish Episcopal Church and was re-dedicated as a place of worship on 22nd April 1862

I remember my mum talking about the Apprentice Pillar and how there was speculation that The Holy Grail is possibly encased within it, she talked about this in the 1970′s, about 30 years before the Chapel became more famous due to Dan Brown’s novel and film The Da Vinci Code.

I got the majority of the pics from the Alamy website, they date from the mid 19the century, some are from around 1852 while the one with the two figures walking through the church is from a book printed in 1859. Note most of these are before Queen Victoria's visit, so it shows the building was still in a good state of repair then. The top pic is from John Slezer's 'Theatrum Scotiae' is an important record of Scottish towns, castles and palaces in the 17th century. For most of these places, it contains some of the earliest views that survive. The first edition was 1693 so I think I am safe in saying it is the oldest depiction of Rosslyn Chapel.

Theatrum Scotiae also included written information on the drawings featured, the noted Scottish physician and antiquarian Robert Sibbald wrote;

Rosslyn Chapel

To the Right Honourable GEORGE Earl of Caithness, Lord Biridall, &c.

Roslin Chapel

This Chapel lies in Mid-Lothian, Four Miles from Edinburgh, and is one of the most curious Pieces of Workman-ship in Europe. The Foundation of this rare Building was laid Anno 1440 by William St Clair, Prince of Orkney, Duke of Holdenburgh, &c. A Man as considerable for the publick Works which he erected, as for the Lands which he possess'd, and the Honours which were conferred upon him by several of the greatest Princes of Europe. It is remarkable that in all this Work there are not two Cuts of one fort. The most curious Part of the Building is the Vault of the Quire, and that which is called the Prince's Pillar so much talk'd of. This Chapel was possess'd by a Provost, and Seven Cannons Regular, who were endued with several considerable Revenues through the Liberality of the Lairds of Roslin.

Here lies buried George Earl of Caithness, who lived about the Beginning of the Reformation, Alexander Earl of Sutherland, great Grand-Child to King Robert de Bruce, Three Earls of Orkney, and Nine Barons of Roslin.

The last lay in a Vault, so dry that their Bodies have been found intire after Fourscore Years, and as fresh as when they were first buried. There goes a Tradition, That before the Death of any of the Family of Roslin, this Chapel appears all in Fire.

[cemeterygrace]

remembering my trans ancestors and those we’ve lost on this trans day of remembrance. they are all so loved by us, and unique in their own ways. fly high and know that you are beloved. for those not on this list, you are known and remembered.

rest in peace and in freedom.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

NOVEMBER 2023

Savannah Williams

Bernardo Panteleon

Pepper Mychel Peterson

Mariah Ruby Rachel Williams

F. L. “Bubba” Copeland

Lola Laperla Ebony McDaniels

Shandon Floyd

Tiesha McFarland

Kejuan Richardson

Amiri Jean Reid

Mya Finch

Travis Stimeling

DECEMBER 2023

Demita Jo Armstrong

Onteris Owens-Campbell

Jesse Viviano White

Star Possum

Jermaine Golden

Meghan Riley Lewis

Zoey Flye

Madison Montana

Care Hansen

Amber Minor

Ashlei Jasmine Colgate-Edwards

Fleetwood Mars Mozee

Shelby “Lexus” Riddick-Walker

Kimbella Blackshear

Easley Jeffcoat

Tripp Schultz

JANUARY 2024

Lady Fabian Sanchez

James Moen

Dana Randolph “Desiree A. DeMornay”

Quin Joy

Sasha Williams

Jennell Jaquays

Sarina Mihailoff

Sasha Washington-Cohen “Sasha Fierce”

Guelila “Gigi” Iyob

Videl Lombardo

Savannah Rose Rivers Amore

Kathy “Otter” Ottersten

Robin Valentina

Forrest Douglas Buckley

Giselle Stone

Tristan Michael Bustos “Tristyn St. Clair”

Kitty Monroe

FEBRUARY 2024

Natalia Skye

Teddy Reese Curran

Erick Krouse

Noah Jackson Chase

Ellie Walsh

Nex Benedict

Emma “África” Parrilla García

Blakely Hanson

Righteous TK “Chevy” Hill

Ashton Myles Clatterbuck

Madison Nicole Spann “Madison St. Claire”

Cecilia Gentili

MARCH 2024

Diamond Cherish Brigman

Elliot Ganiel

Fae Morganna Barbone

Aurelia A. Legassey

Alex Franco

Meraxes Medina

Ty Geissinger “Ty Holiday”

APRIL 2024

Andrea Doria Dos Passos “Maggie”

Yella Clark

Allister Matthews

Tiffany Azalea Monceaux

Tara Fable

Randy Dudley

River Neveah Goddard

Tee “Ace” Arnold

George A. Schappell

Starr Brown

Robbi Mecus

Basil Brown

MAY 2024

Tayy Dior Thomas

Kita Bee

Kamryn “Cantrell” Smith

Jazlynn Johnson

Daelicious O’hare Mizani

Darri C. Moore

Niomi Jenkins

Michelle Henry

Saanti Bonét Valentino

JUNE 2024

Pauly Likens

M. Tapia

Lynn Conway

Liara Kaylee Tsai

JULY 2024

Dylan Gurley

Griffin Shaun Sivret

Kenji Zemonta Spurgeon

Ev Smith

Shannon Boswell

Levi Castillo

Lily Autumn Rose

Monique Brooks

AUGUST 2024

Noelle Woolley

Indiana Grayson

Vanity Williams

Tai’Vion Lathan

Jhzara “Femmie” Williams

Baxter Zachary Hawk

SEPTEMBER 2024

Kassim Omar

Liam Johns

Mahdia Lynn

Cass Trystero

Chilli Pepper

Barbie Iceland “Redd China”

OCTOBER 2024

Honee Daniels

Serenity Birdsong

Adela Vázquez

San Coleman

Zeta Muirgen Seraph Haber

[americangirlpolls]

The second round of the doll tournament will start tomorrow! Here are the matchups:

1. Isabel Campion vs. Leyla

2. Minuk vs. Neela San

3. Kaya’aton’my vs. Caroline Abbott

4. Josefina Montoya vs. Cécile Rey

5. Addy Walker vs. Rebecca Rubin

6. Claudie Wells vs. Nanea Mitchell

7. Molly McIntire vs. Melody Ellison

8. Ivy Ling vs. Courtney Moore

9. Lindsey Bergman vs. Marisol Luna

10. Jess McConnell vs. Mia St. Clair

11. Sonali Matthews vs. Kanani Akina

12. Saige Copeland vs. Grace Thomas

13. Gabriela McBride vs. Tenney Grant

14. Luciana Vega vs. Joss Kendrick

15. Makena Williams vs. Evette Peeters

16. Corinne Tan vs. Kavi Sharma

[goalhofer]

2024-25 Toronto Maple Leafs roster

Wingers

#11 Max Domi (Toronto, Ontario)

#16 Mitch Marner (Markham, Ontario) A

#19 Calle Järnkrok (Gävle Stad, Sweden)

#23 Matthew Knies (Phoenix, Arizona)

#46 Alex Steeves (Manchester, New Hampshire)**

#67 Max Pacioretty (New Canaan, Connecticut)*

#75 Ryan Reaves (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

#88 William Nylander-Altelius (Södertälje, Sweden)

#89 Nick Robertson (Detroit, Michigan)

Centers

#18 Steven Lorentz (Waterloo, Ontario)*

#24 Connor Dewar (Dauphin, Manitoba)

#29 Pontus Holmberg (Västerås, Sweden)

#34 Auston Matthews (Scottsdale, Arizona) C

#64 David Kämpf (Jirkov, Czech Republic)

#74 Bobby McMann (Wainwright, Alberta)

#91 John Tavares (Mississauga, Ontario) A

Defensemen

#2 Simon Benoit (Laval, Quebec)

#8 Chris Tanev (Toronto, Ontario)*

#22 Jake McCabe (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

#25 Conor Timmins (St. Catherines, Ontario)

#28 Jani Hakanpää (Kirkunummi, Finland)*

#36 Dakota Mermis (Alton, Illinois)*

#44 Morgan Rielly (Vancouver, British Columbia) A

#51 Phil Myers (Dieppe, New Brunswick)*

#95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Karlskrona Stad, Sweden)*

Goalies

#41 Anthony Stolarz (Jackson Township, New Jersey)*

#60 Joe Woll (Dardenne Prairie, Missouri)

[palmviewfm]

mw female counterparts?

i'd  love  to  see  the  following  being  used  for  counterparts  !  if  you'd  like  anymore  suggestions,  then  feel  free  to  send  in  another  message  !  counterparts: marissa  cooper,  aria  montgomery,  spencer  hastings,  emily  fields,  alison dilaurentis, maya st germain, mona vanderwaal, prue  halliwell,  paige  matthews,  phoebe  halliwell,  claire  standish,  allison  reynolds,  sloane  peterson,  mia  thermopolis,  sam  montgomery,  lindsay  weir,  paris  geller,  lane  kim,  allie  hamilton,  sabrina  spellman,  angela  chase,  betty  cooper,  cheryl  blossom,  toni  topaz,  josie  mccoy,  torrance  shipman,  missy  pantone,  andie  walsh,  kat  stratford,  joey potter, jen lindley, carrie bradshaw, miranda hobbs, jade  west,  addison  montgomery,  lexie  grey,  arizona  robbins,  mary  jane  watson,  elena  gilbert,  katherine  pierce,  anna stern, cat valentine, brenda walsh, kelly taylor, belly conklin, sarah cameron, kiara carerra, cleo anderson, donna martin, caroline  forbes,  jenna rink, bonnie  bennett,  hayley  marshall,  buffy  summers,  willow rosenberg, faith  lehane,  cordelia  chase,  daphne  bridgerton,  lorelai  gilmore,  heather  chandler,  veronica  sawyer,  regina  george,  blair  waldorf,  cora hale, allison argent, malia tate, siobhan roy, fiona gallagher, veronica fisher, serena  van  der  woodsen,  georgina  sparks,  brooke  davis,  peyton  sawyer,  haley  james  scott,  tashi duncan, quinn  james,  alex  dupre,  rachel  gatina,  rosalie  hale,  alice  cullen,  esme  cullen,  jane  volturi,  daphne  blake,  dionne  davenport,  aimee gibbs, amber  mariens,  samantha  baker,  sandy olson, olivia baker, layla keating, betty rizzo, marcia  brady,  lyla garrity, jackie burkhart, donna pinciotti, and  monica  geller  !

[urween]

- 𝖂𝖍𝖔 𝖎 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗. 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔡𝔢𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢

𝔄ctors ◦◦○➣

Austin Butler (× not his characters)

Hugh Grant (× not his characters)

Jake Gyllenhaal (✓a lot of his characters)

James McAvoy (✓some of his characters)

Pedro Pascal (✓some of his characters)

Sebastian Stan (✓some of his characters)

Tom Hiddleston (✓some of his characters)

𝔍ake's characters ◦◦○➣

Adam Bell

Anthony St Claire

Billy Hope

Colter Stevens

Danny Sharp

David Loki

Davis Mitchell

Donnie Darko

Louis Bloom

Pilot Kelson

Quentin Beck

Tommy Cahill

Robert Graysmith

𝔐arvel ◦◦○➣

Bucky Barnes

Charles Xavier

Eddie Brock

Erik Lehnsherr

Frank Castle

Kurt Wagner

Logan Howlett

Loki Laufeyson

Matthew Murdock

Quentin Beck

Thor Odinson

Tony Stark

Venom

Wade Wilson

𝔊ladiator II ◦◦○➣

Emperor Geta

Emperor Caracalla

Lucius Verus

Marcus Acacius

𝔖plit/𝔊lass ◦◦○➣

Dennis

Hedwig

Kevin

Kevin’s global system

Orwell

Patricia

The Beast

The Horde

𝔒ther 𝔐ovies ◦◦○➣

Fresh : Brendan Steve Kemp

𝔗he 𝔏ost 𝔖ymbol ◦◦○➣

Alfonso Nuñez

Mal’akh

Robert Langdon

𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎

request are open

bannières : @/cafekitsune and @/thecutestgrotto

[bookclub4m]

Episode 184 - Horror

This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Horror! We talk about fear, control, Goosebumps, bad dogs, horror-comedy, creepypasta, the apocalypse, lizard romance, and more! 

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Straight by Chuck Tingle

Mister Magic by Kiersten White, narrated by Rebecca Lowman

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

The Wicked Unseen by Gigi Griffis

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

Leech by Hiron Ennes

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen edited by Ellen Datlow

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Into the Pit: Fazbear Frights #1 by Scott Cawthon and Elley Cooper

Sadako at the End of the World by Koma Natsumi

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus, Book 3 by Eiji Otsuka and Yamazaki Housui

Things We Read (but didn’t talk about in this episode)

Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki

Résumé With Monsters by William Browning Spencer

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu and Soo Lee

Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw

A Song for the Quiet by Cassandra Khaw

The Helios Syndrome by Vivian Shaw

Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum

Other Media (& Authors) We Mentioned

Captain Britain And MI13, Volume 3: Vampire State by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk, and Mike Collins

Stephen King

Misery

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Cujo

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Alien: Isolation (Wikipedia)

Dead Space (2008 video game) (Wikipedia)

R.L. Stine

Goosebumps

Fear Street

Junji Ito

The Enigma of Amigara Fault - “T-this is my hole! It was made for me!”

Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu

Emily Carroll

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Smart Podcast Trashy Books: 579. Punk Rock Writing with Chuck Tingle

Candle Cove by Kris Straub

Candle Cove (Wikipedia)

SCP Foundation 

SCP-087

The SCP Foundation: Declassified (YouTube)

The Ring (2002 film) (Wikipedia)

We talked more about the novel The Ring in Episode 078 - Supernatural Thrillers

Crapshots Ep608 - The Old Ones (YouTube) 

Links, Articles, Etc.

Episode 176: Fantasy

Episode 123: Psychological Horror

Does the Dog Die?

Matthew’s spooky phone case is a variant of this one

Matthew did a “31 Spooky Manga” challenge a few years ago and read a different spooky manga every day in October.

The Midnight Library: Episode 001 - Halloween Poetry

Sound Effects

Big Thunder And Distant Thunder Rain Birds by morvei01

Dramatic Organ, A by InspectorJ

bats1 by sofie

Pigeons (St Stephens Green, Dublin) by iainmccurdy

31 Recent Horror Books by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

This list features horror fiction by BIPOC authors published within the last 3 years.

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

The Spite House by Johnny Compton

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell

Piñata by Leopoldo Gout

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Morena-Garcia 

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn

Manmade Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

Chlorine by Jade Song

Midnight Storm Moonless Sky: Indigenous Horror Stories by Alex Soop

There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality: Stories by Lindsay Wong

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth 

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[americangirlstar]

American Girl – Kingdom Hearts AU

4/?

Marisol Luna of a place Under Starry Skies, where she uses the power of the sky to fuel her dance-based magic.

Jess McConnell of the Thousand Foot Falls, a dense jungle filled with mysteries to explore.

Nicki Fleming of Nightlit Meadows, a farming community based around humanity’s connection with the animals.

Mia St. Clair of the Lucerne Arctic, a cold and frozen kingdom of warriors and heroes.

Chrissa Maxwell, Gwen Thompson and Sonali Matthews of Edgewater Lake, an aquatic-based land where only true friends together can defeat Darkness.

Lanie Holland of the Monarch Warrens, a world overrun by mystical flora, as dangerous as it is wondrous.

Kanani Akina of Napali Coast, a beautiful beachfront where Kanani strives to protect the local wildlife.

[prettymvgic]

my muses ; this is temporary until i figure out how to make things mobile friendly !

FEMALES : poppy : age unknown, pixie, currently captive by a vampire - madelaine petsch. kiana murphy : 22, college student, waitress - samantha logan. kimberly vaughn : 24, 1990's - young!julia roberts. olivia harrington: 22, college student - grace van dien. robyn bailey : 29, model & influencer - laura harrier. sidney prescott : 17-22, scream 1-3 - neve campbell. samantha palmer : 18-23, hs student/college student - katherine langford. marianne parker : 55, ranger wife - diane lane. katherine foster : 42, conwoman - anne hathaway. andrea "annie" bennett : 41, inn owner & keeper, starting over - bethany joy lenz. mercedes hart: 27, influencer & industry plant, upcoming musical artist - ryan destiny. bristol harper : 35, online jewelry store owner, mother to two - hilary duff. evangelina constance : 48, owner of a cult - carla gugino. allison barnes : 38, former nurse now surviving the apocalypse - lauren cohen. lacey thomas : 18-20, college student - nicole wallace. seline castillo : 33, owner of flattop bar & grill, more info upon request - vanessa hudgens. cassandra foxx : better known in her world as ALASKA, 30, sugar baby/escort, more info upon request - vanessa hudgens. marzia vadala : 34, italian, jewelry store owner - phoebe tonkin. gianna ortiz : 34, spanish, receptionist for a corportation - ana de armas. mariana ruiz : 19-22, spanish, hs or college student - alexa demie. holland st. clair : 25, model trying to get her debut, trans-female - hunter schafer. angeline swanson : 23, pornstar - sabrina carpenter. first last : 40, prosecutor - kerry washington.

MALES : marshall "the judge" owens : 49, apocalyptic cult member - andrew lincoln. jude mitchell : 34, lives in an apartment in nyc, struggling artist - andrew garfield. david bascom : 26, 1950's, closeted homosexual - harry styles. casey theriot : 27, nomad. - tom holland. pak dae-hyun : 23, idol struggling with fame - junkook. patrick galloway : 29, blackballed actor starting over - nicholas galitzine. choi minho, 25, establishing actor, mostly indie films waiting for his break - kim jiwoong ( aki. ) hak su-jin : 31, book store / cafe manager in seoul - woo do-hwan. kai kahinu : 19, younger brother to zane, new zealand native, maori - matthew sato. wihan chen : 24, indie musician - first kanaphan puitrakul. ( tashi. ) felix maynard : 30, owner of tart & thyme restaurant, chef - will poulter. caskey dallas : 18-23, outcast, more info upon request - cole sprouse. robin sallow : 28, manager of off beat records, more info upon request - thomas doherty. jesse dylan : 18-30 ( 1985 - 1997 ), teen/convict, more info upon request - dacre montgomery. dean maddox : 22, college student, more info upon request - hero fiennes tiffin. simon parker : 29, lead singer & guitar player of killin' time, more info upon request - joe keery. maverick reed : 26, fisherman's son - rudy pankow. hwan van : 26, mechanic - cha eun-woo choi daehyun : 20, idol, au!fae - felix lee. trevor elliot : 24, college, indie musician, au!fame - felix mallard. kim hanuel : 26, ceo- yeo jin-goo. andrew baker : 19, homeless. - brandon flynn. casper cromwell : forever 20, ghostboy haunting a house. - louis patridge.

THEYS : zane kahinu, 22, older sibling to kai, new zealand native, maori - zoe terakes.

[lnthestillness]

Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

book review (spoiler-free !!)

This book tells the story of Will Kempen, a teenage boy living in 19th century England. It is revealed that Will is on the run from men who killed his mother, and have been trying to kill him too. While Will doesn’t know why his mother was killed or why he is next, a run-in with his mother’s old servant, Matthew, changes everything.

This story is amazing. I found myself reading for hours on end, unwilling to put it down for the risk of ending on a cliffhanger. I found myself quickly attached to every character in this story, which definitely was not a good thing; if you read this book, be prepared to be heartbroken.

My favourite character of all has to be James St. Clair. He is one of the main antagonists of the story, but his story is a tragic one.

This story has a queer protagonist, Will, who is seen to have romantic feelings for a guy and a girl. I love how this is not made a big deal in the story, it’s simply something that is glossed over like normal. It’s the same way for all the other queer characters and relationships in the story— which there is an abundance of.

Overall, I think this story is an amazing fantasy novel with an amazing plot and characters!

Final rating:

5 out of 5 !!

“My whole life, all anyone's ever wanted was to possess me," said James. "The only one who ever set me free was you.” — C.S. Pacat

[smithlibrary]

NYT's Best Books - 21st Century A book from the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

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2666 by Roberto Bolano (Classics)

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Fiction)

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (SFF)

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Fiction)

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Fiction)

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (BIO)

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction)

Outline by Rachel Cusk (Fiction)

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (Fiction)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Fiction)

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Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (364.152 KEE)

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The Overstory by Richard Powers (Fiction)

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A Mercy by Toni Morrison (Classics)

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[ivygrovvs]

  ⸻     dearest  gentle  reader  ,  it  is  with  great  pleasure  that  i  introduce  you  to  one  of  the  seasons  most  eligible  ,  gareth  st.clair   ,  the  twenty  three  year  old  mister  that  is  known  around  the  ton  for  being  PERSONABLE  but  those  who  know  them  more  closely  would  confess  that  they  are  more  so  WITHDRAWN  .  and  you  may  not  know  this  ,  but  it  has  certainly  been  brought  to  my  attention  that  HIS  FATHER  IS  NOT  HIS  FATHER  AND  HE  IS  ILLEGITIMATE  ,  IT’S  A  FAMILY  SECRET  NO  ONE  KNOWS  ,  surely  they  would  not  want  that  known  ,  so  for  now  i'll  keep  it  to  myself  .     ⸻     matthew  broome     (  cis  male  +  she  /  her  +  heterosexual.  )

—intro

full name →gareth st. claircurrent age → twenty3 faceclaim → matthew broome based off of → the bridgerton television/bridgerton book series hobbies→ drinking, womanizing, having fun status → unmarried

— he is described to be ;

+, personable, funny, easy going -, flirtatious, secretive, angry

— relationships ;

anne st.clair → mother deceased richard st.clair → father (not really, just claimed as his own) edward st.clair → uncle (actual father unknown at this moment,) deceased george st.clair → brother agatha danbury → maternal grandmother

— biography ;

gareth st.clair never understood why his father, baron richard st .clair seemed to hate him. he was never sure why, and while he tried to do everything to make his father love him, and while he was very close with his older brother, he was always falling short. three years ago he found out why. he was not his fathers son. his mother had an affair and became pregnant. his father claimed him, but never loved him. to this day he has no clue who his father is.

he was always close to his elder brother, unsure if he knows that gareth is not his full brother, and his maternal grandmother lady agatha danbury. he had a falling out with his father when he found out his true parentage. it is well known, although no one knows why. since gareth was a favorite of his grandmother, who most of the ton is scared of, he is still accepted in society

gareth is a known rake, and is not apologetic, not looking for a wife, even if his grandmother is pushing him for it. he enjoys his carefree life, but more so, he is scared any true match, would cause the women's family to look into his own, and find out the truth. he of course is scared to be rejected