#peter dickenson

[rozmorris]

Your first pages - 5 manuscripts critiqued at @Litopia by literary agent @AgentPete @AJ_Dickenson and me!

I’ve just guested again at Litopia, the online writers’ colony and community. Each week they have a YouTube show, Pop-Up Submissions, where five manuscripts are read and critiqued live on air by literary agent Peter Cox @agentpete and a guest, or sometimes two. This time the other guest was Andy Dickenson @AJ_Dickenson, ITV reporter and YA author. The format is simple. Five manuscripts, each…

[davedyecom]

PODCAST: Dave Brown

When I put these blogs together I build up a file. Work for every client goes into a file, that goes into the appropriate agency file, the agency are numbered so that they come chronologically. It sounds a faff, it is a faff, but the only any way I can do it. Anyway, the last file is generally ‘P.R’ – all the news clippings, interviews and pictures that the individual has accumulated over the…

[pastlivesandpurplepuppets]

Well, a while after the folks from Playtone visited, a nice young actor named Peter Youngblood Hills phoned me up and asked if he could also come by for a spell. He was going to play me in the Band of Brothers miniseries. From him, I learned this wasn’t going to be just one movie, but a lot of different episodes they were going to show on a cable channel called HBO. I said sure, I’d like to meet Peter. It also tickled me to think that some fine-looking young fella was going to play my character on TV. Peter flew over from London, where they were working on the series. He spent a day and a night with us in our home, and asked me all sorts of questions about my life, about how I did things, how I said things. I showed him how I carried my rifle and what kind it was. Lot of guys used the carbine, you know, and some guys used Thompsons, but I always liked the M1 Garand best. Even though I couldn’t see very well, I still knew my way around Dickenson County, so I drove Peter up to Cumberland Gap where you can see several states from this one point. All the while he asked about little mannerisms I had. How I said certain words. He was practicing the way I talked, you know. I told him I talked like everybody else, you know, but he was studying hard to get my accent down, I reckoned that’s what they call it. I didn’t believe I have an accent, and I told Peter exactly that. He just grinned. Well, Peter was a fine boy, and we were all getting along real swell. I joked to Peter that Dorothy and me might want to adopt him as one of our own. But then we went to town one night and took him to eat. My, that boy could attack a plate of food, and afterward I said, “You know, Peter, you better forget about that adopting business—I can’t afford to feed you.”

~ Shifty Powers

[christian-oc-tournament]

Round One Schedule

may 27 (group 1 left side)

Joy O'Connor vs A'den

Adelle vs Adrian Alyward

Ahleri vs Aithus

Aleksander Thunderblade vs Alice Liddell

Amelia vs Amaranth

Andre Caron vs Anwedd

Anise vs Lt. Strike

Aqua vs Ariella

may 28 (group 1 right side)

Adrian Mori vs Alexander

Andris Harkin vs Ashley Bethaz

Arkyn Thornburn vs Athaliah Taveet

Aris vs Atlas Fletcher

Arryn va Azarias

Barir Stelmer vs Beck Valentine

Bela Balogh vs Betani D'Agia

Billie Way vs Black

may 29 (group 2 left side)

Betty vs Bob Guppington the 1st

Blodeuwedd vs Brat

Burr vs Caldren

Cpt. Ambivalent vs Casey Dickenson

Caroline Schaeffer vs Cedric Blackwell

Cassidia Reynolds vs Christopher

Celeste vs Cluinn

Bobbert Guppington the 2nd vs Clair

may 30 (group 2 right side)

Bobby Guppington the 3rd vs Chris Carnovo

Conas vs Crispin

Copper vs Cusick

Connell vs Cymin

Dae vs Dallow

Daniel Grace vs Daven

DeathScreen vs Derik

Doc vs Domitius

may 31 (group 3 left side)

Dr. Victor P. Henly vs Dhrake

Dorothy Gale vs Dr. Elliott Sinclair

Eabennor vs Edith Wickham

Ellie vs Edlyn

Elysia vs Elwin

Emma Gardner vs Erin

Ephesia vs Eniss

Epic Palustre vs Eriol

june 1 (group 3 right side)

Dr. Riku Honda vs Edmund

Ethylene Petra vs Eva Blythe

Faraena vs Farold

Evelyn Vordur vs Felix Rodzic

Feire vs Gail Goffrey

Gerdie vs Ferir

Ghost Lad vs Gigi

Evangelinne vs grandma Maudie

june 2 (group 4 left side)

Haru vs Heather

Henry Pebbleton vs Hibiscus

Hiromi vs Hope Espy Chase

Hugo Mallory vs Ilumi

Ilias vs James Zauberen

Ilya Severin vs Impossible

Jacer vs Jack Archer

James (Loriair) vs Isidore Kavi

june 3 (group 4 right side)

James (Eyurenia) vs Isabel

Jarryd vs Jasper

Jett vs Joden

James Bracegirdle vs Julia Cook

Kabos vs Kate Riley

Kathryn vs Keres Blake

Keyto vs Kimera

Kodi Archer vs James Mulligan

june 4 (group 5 left side)

Korosa vs Kylin

Laughing Hare vs Leeli

Kurtis vs Kyra

Len vs Licia

Leo King vs Lt. Matthew

Lina Lane vs Loch

Logis vs Lucas Greydawn

Lt. Madeline vs Logolas

june 5 (group 5 right side)

Kyr vs Laurentiu

Maddox Darling vs Luria

Kestler vs Matthew Johnson

Marin of Yuneth vs Meridian

Mathilda Talbot vs Mina

Mihalis vs Max Way

Mip vs Milton

Misty Way vs Maristella

june 6 (group 6 left side)

Miranda Hayes vs Nikki Way

Mochrar vs Myra

Mr. Guardian vs Nabikio

Naru vs Ms Hallifax

Nimble vs Nevin Imre

Orchid Finch vs Prince Adar Griffith

Nokh vs Obsidious

Onne vs Peter Pensworth

june 7 (group 6 right side)

Mr. G vs Ourem

Pandora vs Owen

Oriana vs Peg

Peter Dragonsbane vs Percy

Pietro vs Princess Torva

Peter Bethaz vs Prince Adric

Princess Rovyna vs Prometheus

Protagonist vs Naphtali

june 8 (group 7 left side)

Puddles vs Queen Alyth of Avena

Quinn vs Ragunoe

Ramona vs Rannis

Relaner vs Rhyin

Ril'siya vs Ripple Fisher

Riema vs Riser Way

Rocoroi Markus Mikko vs Rosemarie

Ryphl vs Santeri

june 9 (group 7 right side)

Saskia vs Senaka

Sh'zkai vs Shleaema

Shiido vs Skylar

Sonrisa Firiel vs Syx

Sly Bastion vs Stelemi

Spike vs Sz'nami

Tad vs Tamaki

Teasel vs Tannufia

june 10 (group 8 left side)

Tehvlar vs Thaendric

the Enemy vs the Mailman

the Poppy Queen vs the Runaway Prince

Theo Gray vs Tiger

Thomas Hargrove vs Tiny

Thessaly vs Tsuname

TJ Valentine vs Toka

Trajeda vs Val (Keepers)

june 11 (group 8 right side)

Veelia vs Trevin

Verity vs Vokku

Vellatra vs Waizu

Valentina vs Wendy

Wryden vs Yasmin

Wisteria vs Zac O'Connor

Yuro vs Zaire

Zhahara vs Ziph

[girldragongizzard]

Chapter 4: A cause for alarm

I’m being chased through the sky by someone that looks like they were drawn by Mercer Meyer. And I don’t really know what I’m going to do about it.

It’s extremely frustrating, because now that I can think a little, I’d really rather stop and talk. But my tablet was almost certainly destroyed in the initial attack, and I don’t have it anyway. I can only communicate in non-verbal cries and squawks, and body language I feel like I’ve adopted from an array of other animals.

It’s ironically much easier for me to communicate with a human right now than it is for me to talk to another dragon.

And it really feels like it shouldn’t be that way.

And, if I’m honest, I have no idea if this dragon spent any time as a human (or resembling a human) like I did. How should I figure out whether to call them “it” or “they” or what?

Anyway, in the air I’m more agile and faster than them, just like when we were both in the apartment. And they’re bigger than me and have that terrifying mouth, with teeth the size of… Very Big Things.

This means that, while I really don’t want to face them in physical combat again, I can get away. I’m pretty sure neither of us have a hell of a lot of stamina, though they do seem more mammalian than I am. I don’t think that we can go by appearances in judging those things though. But, in the moment, I can leave them in the dust and am in the process of doing so.

The problem is that I’m scared that if I keep fleeing, I’m going to cede the entire city to them, and I don’t want to do that. Shit, I want to protect my claim to my block with my coffee shop, and I’ve already given that up.

I need to find a way to humiliate them, and make them back down. I need to show my dominance, and as the dragon fleeing I don’t exactly have that position right now.

I’m headed out over the bay, which means I’ve still got city on three sides of me, and an island in front of me. We can fight out here without hurting anyone, but then they have the advantage. Unless it turns out I’m more aquatic than they are, but I’m feeling a wariness about the water. And they’re hippo-like and I don’t have webbed toes.

And if I keep going and truly leave the city limits, they probably won’t follow me, and just assume they own my home town now.

If I turn us right or left, I have an array of waterside parks I can lead us to. Or, I have a choice between residential neighborhoods to fly over. But a sharper left turn will take us over the south hill and the university to the arboretum, a very large park on a hill filled with trees.

And if I can draw the conflict into the thick of those trees, I think I can find the leverage I need to overpower my opponent.

God, I should name them something.

You know? They yawped. They declared their presence with a mighty yawp.

I’m going to fucking name them Whitman.

So, I’m turning a sharp left and heading back over buildings and houses, and hoping that Whitman here will follow me into the arboretum.

And I’m also wondering if either of us can or will breathe fire.

There’s this book called The Flight of Dragons by Peter Dickenson. And in it, Peter speculates that dragons could breathe fire because they filled themselves up with hydrogen to float like blimps, and it’s a simply matter of igniting the gas with an electrical spark upon expelling it. And I’ve always liked the goofiness of that theory, but I’m pretty sure we don’t work that way. Or, I don’t, at least.

I fly a heck of a lot like how a pterodactyl would, just with an extra set of limbs. And I haven’t been able to watch Whitman fly to be really sure of how they work, but they’re just a little too fast for how I think the blimp concept would work.

If Whitman was a biological blimp, I think I could get away just by soaring, and I’m not doing that. I’m burning a lot of calories by constantly pumping my wings. And the few glances back I’ve taken indicate that Whitman’s doing the same.

We’re going to be so exhausted when we make it to where I’m going.

But I make the peak of my flight over the south hill, which is taller than the arboretum, and I’m aiming for a more open space near the entrance to the park. I can glide down to that and gain speed and momentum. And the small field there will look less threatening and worrisome to Whitman, I hope.

Of course, I’ll be able to dash into the trees rather easily after insulting the other dragon.

I take another glance back and see that Whitman hasn’t gained quite as much height as I did, and is having to work harder to keep up. And I’m getting a bit of a rest with this glide.

Perfect.

Well, it’s an advantage, at least.

As I come in low over the southern part of the university campus, students playing ultimate frisbee stop and point at me. Others notice Whitman and point at them. I can hear them shouting in excitement, but I can’t understand what they’re saying. But they definitively are not taking the sight of dragons in stride now. They’ve stopped striding to gawk.

Dorms and conifers fly by as I rocket into the park.

I swerve and weave to get exactly where I’m going, briefly following the drive in and gliding in between sets of reasonably tall trees. And I realize that I’m going to leave some significant divots right before I do.

I do my best to land running, but my heels skid and my tail slaps the ground, and then my claws are digging up moss and grass as I change directions and wheel around to face Whitman to shout at them.

I do a repeat of my first challenge cry, drawing up a good rumble for a couple seconds as I watch them flapping madly into the park after me. And then I screech as loudly as I can, and rear up and flap my wings.

That should do it.

They come right at me, jaw slowly opening wide as if to try to swallow my head.

I drop and bow like a playing dog, and use that maneuver to spring to the side and gallop toward the woods to my right, uphill. And again, after a few strides I’m up on my hind legs, using my wings for balance and a bit of lift.

If Whitman is a local, they should know that just on the other side of the road here, a few paces beyond the tree line, there’s a short cliff of rock, about twelve feet high. I’ve got my eyes on a spot between the trees that I can leap up into and pull my wings tight to fly through like a spear or a rock.

If I can leap high enough at just the right moment, I can make it safely to the top of the cliff. I can see it through the trees. A clear shot.

And I’m hoping that Whitman will try to do the same thing in rage and indignation, and fail.

I rattle and clack as I go, cackling like a wood block, and it kind of sort of works!

When I land atop the cliff, I do have too much momentum and as I try to turn to face Whitman I slide sideways uphill into a tree.

Whitman lands right on the edge of the rock ridge, the corner of the cliff right into their gut, with a sharp exhale of breath and foreclaws scrabbling on stone and dirt for purchase. I’m suitably surprised that they made it between the trees, but they are sliding backward, at least, and look stunned.

I huff and stomp and turn to face them, taking a couple of steps in their direction. Then I rear up, close the translucent nictitating membranes of my eyes, which I hadn’t really known were there until just now, and take a really deep breath into chambers of my chest that don’t quite feel like my lungs.

Is this going to work?

Is this going to work?!

Holy shit!

It’s going to –

I’m a flame thrower.

What I expel isn’t just flaming gas, it’s an oxygenated fluid, a lot like biologically produced napalm. And I have no idea how to explain it. I just know what it feels like and how it behaves once it leaves my throat.

I aimed for just over Whitman’s head, not right at their face. But the liquid falls and creates a trail of fire from me all the way to the road, and right down Whitman’s spine, from snout to tail.

And from how I feel, I don’t think I can do that again right away. I’ve got to generate more of that fluid. I feel empty, thinner.

Whitman is clearly nonplussed, for possibly both of the definitions of that word. Conflicted.

I rear up and cackle, flapping my wings half open to avoid hitting trees.

Then I drop and stomp a few steps closer, menacingly, but stopping short of any sort of lunging distance they might have.

And then I start rumbling again, and wait for them to make the next move.

They were foolish to follow me into the trees, but I think I got lucky in learning how to breathe fire first. They might be able to do it themself right now, though I suspect their physical position will make it hard to project the liquid. That is, if they can even do it.

I’ve known I was a dragon since I was nine years old. I’ve done a lot of reading. And when I talked to Chapman earlier today, I learned a few more things. It turns out that there’s so much material out there about dragons that two dragon lovers who’ve researched the shit out of them for a few decades will still end up with information that the other won’t have learned. And we agreed that there was one thing for certain about mythical dragons, and that’s that no two dragons are alike.

In the original myths, dragons weren’t originally dragons. They weren’t a single species of monster, but a collection of individual creatures tailored for their individual stories. And while breathing fire became a common trait after the word dragon began to be applied to them all, it wasn’t universal.

And we’re real, actual dragons here? But here’s Whitman looking so different from me that I’m pretty sure we both feel like we should be called different things.

They might have a completely different surprise.

But the look in their eyes as they continue to slide back off the cliff suggests not.

I really, really want to ask them, “Why are we fighting, asshole?” But I just can’t.

I can only watch them decide to let go and land with a thump on the ground below, and then try to roll to put out the flames.

I don’t know if the flames are hurting them all that much, but they certainly are charring the shaggy fur that lines their back, and threatening to spread.

I walk to the edge of the little cliff and look down at them, and then cackle-chatter again.

Then I remember the chime sound I managed to imitate by accident earlier, and have an idea for a roasting taunt.

I take a little breath and imagine what the noise I want to produce should sound like. Like I said, I’d been practicing a lot at home, and I have a pretty good idea of the limits and range of my vocal apparatus now, and what I’m going for is a fairly constant tone, with a long, slow worble.

Before I do it, I take a full breath so I can maintain it.

And then, as Whitmat struggles to put out the flames on their back, the sound of a fire engine’s siren begins to wail from my open throat, keening and changing in pitch and tone just like the real thing. Just as obnoxiously loud. Then, to add insult to injury, I add in the brap and double horn honk as well.

Slink away, Whitman, slink away, I think to myself. Maybe if you approach me meekly sometime in the future, we won’t have to do this.

It also occurs to me that if we dragons are going to make a habit of doing this, the humans are probably going to stop being so mysteriously reasonable with us.

And shit.

Now my lair is half destroyed.

I’m starting to see the appeal of a cave.

Fortunately, I know of one just to the south of here, an old abandoned coal mine. But there might be another dragon already there, if Whitman and I are not the only ones that have manifested in the county. Heck, it might be Whitman’s cave now.

If I decide to claim it, I’ll have to approach it with due caution.

But, first, I really need to check on Rhoda.

After I catch my breath.

Also, I should probably make sure I haven’t just burned the whole arboretum down.

So, I end up having to wait until Whitman leaves, which they eventually do. Skulking away down the road into the southside neighborhoods. I don’t suspect they’ll leave town, but between us I guess I’m top dragon. For now.

Then I spend some time tearing limbs off of trees and bushes that are on fire, and kicking dirt over all of the flames that I can. There isn’t much dirt I can kick, and it’s not working. And I consider just lying down on top of the flames myself, but I don’t know if I’m impervious or not and don’t feel like testing it.

It turns out that someone saw the fight and the flames and called the real fire department, and I decide to leave when I hear the actual sirens.

Maybe I need to reserve fire breathing to more extreme circumstances, if I’m going to care about the local trees and neighborhoods.

—

We sitting in Rhoda’s apartment, listening to the local news radio station over her internet connection, waiting for a story about my fight to hit. So far it hasn’t.

We’re both surprised about this, but we also don’t really know how the local news works in cases like this.

She’s lending me her phone to talk, which is not as good as my tablet, but does work. And I’ve been slowly and carefully explaining what happened in words as sparely as I can.

And I have a salad bowl full of water to drink.

I’m being super gentle and slow moving, keeping my body as small as I can. I feel oafish and dangerous, and I don’t want to mess up her apartment too.

For her part, she’s just listening to me talk. I think she’s taken some sort of medication to calm her nerves. If it’s like the propranolol I used to use for my C-PTSD, it will help to have something soothing to relax to, though, and I don’t know if what we’re doing is that. But she seems subdued enough.

When I get to the point where I make the sound of a siren, she holds up a finger and gestures for her phone. Then, picking it up she uses her thumb to navigate to an app and activates a ringtone. A pretty simple one, a classic bell, like the phones we both grew up with as children.

Then she points at me.

I lower my head and turn my left ear toward the phone, blinking, and wait.

She plays it again, and I listen carefully.

It’s a high pitch with a quick warble, with some harmonics. I think it’s going to feel a little bit like fizzing bubbles in my chest, so I lift my head and open my mouth and shoot for that feeling.

The siren wasn’t actually perfect when I did it. It was recognizable and loud but off.

My ringtone is also off, at first. But now I’ve got the time and patience to concentrate and adjust. So I try it again and get it much closer.

Rhoda grins and laughs, and then quietly but firmly says, “Stop.” She looks meaningfully at me, and then says, “Say ‘Stop.’”

Hm. That’s a word. That’s actually way more complex than I think she realizes. If I do the glottal stop like sound at the end of it, it might sound like a labial plosive. So, I need to do a kind of hiss, a stop, an open vowel sound, and then another stop.

Again, I try to visualize what that will feel like before attempting it. But what comes out is just not right.

I try it three more times, failing miserably each time, until Rhoda shakes her head and waves her hand, then passes her phone back to me.

I’m about to knuckle a couple of words into the device when there’s a knock on the door.

Rhoda gets up and goes to the door to look through the peephole.

“It’s the police,” she says.

[himalia-aesthetics]

Fairycore Aesthetic

The Fairycore aesthetic is both ethereal and natural. This style is rooted in fantastical stories passed down for generations. Individuals with a love for nature and a longing for a fantasy life may be drawn to this aesthetic.

Visuals:

Babbling creeks

Wildflower fields

Butterflies 

Mushrooms

Rainbows

Lush forests 

Lily pads 

Beds of moss

Fairy Wings

Rabbits 

Waterfalls

Blue skies 

Gardens 

Key Colors:

Green

White

Yellow

Pink

Beige

Brown 

Blue 

Purple

Clothing:

Tops:

Corsets 

Lace tops 

Flowy long sleeves

Tank tops

Bottoms:

Flowing skirts 

Layered skirts 

Shorts 

Baggy pants

One Pieces:

Flowy dresses

Ruffled dresses

Layered dresses

Lace dresses

Outerwear:

Fishnet cardigans

Sheer cardigans 

Knit cardigans 

Shoes:

Sandals 

Mary janes 

Ballet flats 

Platform shoes

Boots

Accessories:

Shiny necklaces

Bead necklaces 

Gemstone rings 

Dangling earrings

Fishnet tights

Leg warmers 

Satchels 

Canvas bags 

Beauty:

Shimmering eyeshadow 

Lip gloss 

Glowy highlighter 

Light blush 

Media/Music:

Movies:

Thumbelina 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tinkerbell

The Lord of the Rings 

Barbie of Swan Lake

Barbie in Fairytopia 

Cinderella 

Peter Pan

Enchanted 

Ella Enchanted 

Ferngully

Labyrinth 

Maleficent 

The Spiderwick Chronicles 

Epic 

Shows:

Winx Club

Once Upon a Time

Fate

Carnival Row

Cursed 

Shadowhunters

The Magicians 

The Other Kingdom

Playlists:

Ethereal fairy vibes by Anouk

Fairycore by Ella Dickenson

Fairy core by Casper

Classical fairycore by dayfly

YouTube:

How to Build a Fairycore / Grunge Fairy Wardrobe by Mariel

Fairycore: history fashion influences and how to style outfits by Hali’s Room

I bought a Fairycore thrift store mystery box so I could feel ✨ magical ✨ thrifting TikTok trends

Authors:

J.R.R. Tolkien 

Holly Black 

Cassandra Clare 

Carolyn Turgeon 

Neil Gaiman 

Sarah J. Maas

Hobbies/Activities:

Gardening 

Walking nature paths

Drawing 

Picking Flowers

Painting 

Singing

LARPing

Reading 

Rock Collecting

Related Aesthetics:

Cottagecore

Whimsigoth 

Crowcore 

Ethereal 

Angelcore

Princesscore

Elfcore

[satelitis]

𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐌𝐄.

hello!! here’s some quick info ab me <3

— fifteen, tw american 😨😨, january aquarius, entp, child of hermes & dionysus, gryffindor, extrovert, guitarist (learning), avid cinophile, future screenwriter and director! loud asl, chaotic, random emoji user, certified yapper, smarty 🤓☝️

loves of my lives — warren rojas, felix catton,wally west, ponyboy curtis, john b routledge, steven meeks, stu marcher, gar logan/beast boy, yeah-yeah, lee flynn, edmund pevinse, sirius black, fred weasley, george weasley, tasm! peter parker, james potter, regulus black, richie tozier, mike wheeler, max mayfield, lucas sinclair, augustus waters, charlie conway, guy germaine, adam banks, luis mendoza, kenny wu — arianna greenblatt, george harrison, ringo starr, roger taylor, robert smith, kurt cobain, walker scobell, mason thames, this blonde guy i saw on pinterest, carrjond, finn wolfhard, lars ulrich, james iha, steve lacy, frank ocean, tyler the creator, beabadoobee, patti smith, emily dickenson, jake gylenhaal, heath ledger, joseph gordon levitt, cillian murphy, jacob elordi, stevie nicks, barry keoghan

jamie’s ultimate playlist — the smashing pumpkins, nirvana, insane clown posee, fleetwood mac, the beatles, david bowie, the cure, the smiths, tyler the creator, frank ocean, tears for fears, queen, metallica, lana del ray, djo, zach bryan, the white stripes, beabadoobee, steve lacy, weezer, cheap trick, green day, the beastie boys, the killers, talking heads, alex g, tv girl, max demarco, radiohead, chappel roan, mazzy star, adrienne lenker, frank sinatra, the rolling stones, guns n’ roses, gorillaz, arctic monkeys, childish gambino, current joys, eye dress, deftones, eminem, kid cudi, the weeknd, the strokes, bush, the cranberries, jeff buckley, kate bush, sorry mom, benson boone, the ataris, bowling for soup, noah kahan, mitski, abba, billy joel, måneskin

[nerds-yearbook]

After a successful radio series, then book series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy made the jump to television on January 5th, 1981. Most of the principle cast of the radio series kept their same roles - Simon Jones (Arthur Dent), Peter Jones (the Book), Mark Wing-Davey (Zaphod Beeblebrox), and Stephen Moore (Marven the Paranoid Android) - but Ford Prefect was recast to David Dixon as the producer didn't consider Geoffery McGivern weird enough looking and Trillian was recast to Sandra Dickenson due to Susan Sheridan being unavailable. The show also kept the same theme, but with a new arangement. The first episode followed the introduction of both the radio series and book series, with Arthur Dent trying to prevent his house from being knocked down only to find out his friend was an alien and the Earth was about to be destroyed to make a Galatic Bypass. ("Episode 1", The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, TV, Event)

[konmarkimageswords]

In Arte Arcana Death 105 awesome artists share their visions of death, mortality, memento mori, Hades, skull & bones, graveyards, and related subjects. 

Featured artists:

Adam Chiodo, Agustin S. Lobos, Alan Lathwell, Alcides Burn, Alejandro Blasi, Alejandro Colucci, Alex Eckman-Lawn, Andrej Bartulović, Andrzej Kuziola, Angelo Roccagli, Ardha Lepa, Artur Szolc, Augusto Peixoto, Bahrull Marta, Benjamin A Vierling, Björn Gooßes, Blacksshark, Cadence Bennett, Caleb Dickenson, Camille Alquier, Camille Murgue, Candice Angélini, Christina Dressel, Christine Moren, Christophe Prades, Cláudio "Bharaduur" Moreira, Cyril Lawniczak, Daniel Bollans, Daniel Francisco, Daniel Valencia, Danielle Masek, David Berbel, Dávid Busai, David Ocampo, Declan Tiger, Devil-M, Devinez, Dis-Art Design Hans, Douglas Alvarenga, Drowned Orange, Galen Baudhuin, Gavin Sodo, Geert Kroes, George Martzoukos, George Patsouras, GodLikeIkons, Alexey Sivitsky, Heather Rose, Heidi Tailleferr, Ikosidio, Theopisti Tiftikoglou, Isabel Maria Gonzalez, Jamie Christ, Jan Maly, Jesus Lhysta, John Paul Whetzel, Josh Beamish, Kacper Gilka, Ken Coleman, Ken Jeremiassen, Ken Miller, Kon Markogiannis, Kornel Kwieciński, Le Nevralgie Costanti, Leon Bakalarz, Ludovic Robin, Márcio Blasphemator, Michael Peter Stokes, Michele Sanguin, Mike Redman, Mothmeister, Nestor Avalos, Nethern Temple Designs, Oswaldo Castillo, Parjo Surodilogo, Paul McCarroll, Paul Thureau, Paula Golemo, Rheblys, Roberto Toderico, Ruslan Stanchula, Ryan Clark, Sam Hayles, Scott Shellhamer, Sebastian Jerke, Shuel Duo, Simon Bossert, Sludgework Megan Umpleby, Steve Knerem, The Iron Parasite, Thomas Ewerhard, Timbul Cahyono, Timo Wuerz, Truly Lost, Violence Artwork Nanda Dika, Vladimir Smerdulak Chebakov, Vladislav Cadaversky, Waclaw Traier, Yannick Bouchard, Yuriy Skorohod.

A4 Portrait 210mm x 297mm (11.7inch x 8.3inch) Hardback  Silk laminated dust jacket Over 232 pages 150gsm silk paper Limited to 1000

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1960s Movies Id on't care for

1960

Home from the Hill             Robert mitchum, Eleanor Parker

Inherit the wind                    Spencer Tracy

Midnight Lace                      Doris Day, Rex Harrison

Let’s make love                   Marilyn Monroe,

Ocean’s 11                            the rat pack

The Grass is Greener     Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons D: Stanley Donen

The Unforgiven               Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, John Saxon D: John Huston

1961

The Children’s Hour           Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner D: William Wyler

The Deadly Companions   Maureen o’hara brian keith

1962

The Lion                                William Holden, Capucine

Mr. Hobbs takes a vacation   James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara

Boys’ night out                                    Kim Novak, Tony Randall, James Garner

1963

Irma la Douce                      Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine D: Billy Wilder

Spencer’s Mountain            Henry Fonda, Maureen O’Hara

The VIPS                               Maggie smith, Richard burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Rod Taylor, Orson welles

Toys in the attic                   Dean Martin, Gene Tierney, Geraldine Page

1964

A Hard day’s night (CC)                    beatles

Father Goose                                        Cary Grant, Leslie Caron

My fair lady                                         Audrey Hepburn, rex Harrison

Night of the iguana                             Ava Gardner, Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr

The Americanization of Emily         James Garner, Julie Andrews

1965

The Great Race*                                 Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon

The Rounders                       Henry Fonda, Glen Ford

The Art of Love                   Dick Van Dyke, James Garner, Angie Dickenson

36 hours                                                Eva Marie Saint, James Garner, Rod Taylor

The nanny                            bette davis

1966

7 Women                              Anne Bancroft JOHN FORD

A man for all seasons        

Any Wednesday                 Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Dean Jones

Arabesque                             Gregory peck, Sophia Loren

Blow up (CC)

Penelope                                Natalie Wood

The Chase                             Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Marlon Brando

Torn Curtain                         Julie Andrews, Paul Newman HITCHCOCK

The sand pebbles                 steve mcqueen

1967

Thoroughly Modern Millie                 Julie Andrews, Carol Channing, Mary Tyler Moore

Guess who’s coming to dinner          Katharine Hepburn spencer Tracy

The graduate. Katharine ross, Dustin Hoffman, anne Bancroft

1968

Madigan                                                Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark

The lion in winter                 Katharine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole

The Thomas crown affair  Faye Dunaway, Steve McQueen

Bullit                                                      Steve McQueen

The legend of Lylah Clare                 Kim Novak,

Romeo and Juliet (CC)

Bandolero!                                            James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welsh

1969

The wild bunch                    William Holden, Ernest Borgnine

The prime of miss jean Brodie          Maggie smith Robert stephens

[silvestromedia]

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 30

Bl. Francis Dickenson, 1590 A.D. English martyr. He was born in Yorkshire, England, and was a convert to the Church. After being ordained at Reims, France, in 1589, he returned to England and was promptly arrested. Francis was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Rochester. He was beatified in 1929.

St. Gerard Miles, 1590 A.D. Martyr of England with Blessed Francis Dickinson. He was born in Lancashire, England, and went to Douai and Reims where he was ordained in 1583. Returning from England, he was arrested when the ship that he and Francis were using wrecked at Kent. They were arrested and hanged, drawn, and quartered at Rochester in April. They were beatified in 1929.

ST. QUIRINUS OF ROME, MARTYRED ON THE VIA APPIA- Quirinus was a Roman tribune who was charged with executing the Christians Alexander, Eventius, and Theodulus, arrested under Trajan. Instead, converted by the miracles worked by the saints, he converted and was baptized, along with his daughter Balbina, and became a martyr for the Faith. April 30

St. Cynwl, 6th century. A hermit, the brother of St. Deinoil, noted fir his austere life in southern Wales. Several churches in the region were dedicated to Cynwl.

St. Forannan, 932 A.D. Irish bishop of Domhnach-Mor, Ireland, no longer listed as a diocese. With twelve companions he went to Belgium and founded an abbey at Waulsort, on the Meuse River, becoming abbot in 962. Forannan introduced the Benedictine rule to Waulsort. Forannan went to Belgium in response to a dream.

St. Pius V, Roman Catholic Pope from 1566-1572 and one of the foremost leaders of the Catholic Reformation. Feastday April 30

ST. PETER THE DEACON-Papal secretary to Pope St. Gregory I the Great. A Benedictine monk, he was a companion of Gregory and his faithful secretary. The pontiff dictated the four books of the Dialogues to Peter. He is also revered as the patron saint of Biella, Italy. April 30

[ericleo108]

11/03/2023 Click here for Spotify, Apple Music, or Youtube. “Back to life” is my 62nd official release. This is a cosmic luve response track to Hailee Seinfeld. The song was self-recorded but mixed and mastered by Sam Peters at La Luna Recordings in Kalamazoo Michigan. The cover art is made by xoxodesigns from fiverr and the beat is by Tantu beats.

I talk about this blog post and other updates in the latest Sunday update here:

Basically, I want to emulate Hailee because I wanna be like Hailee. She’s an indolic figure. I think she is very talented and beautiful. Naturally, I am attracted to her more than most coupled with how I get cosmic love coincidences I was highly motivated to make this track.

Although I never say her name, it’s obvious who the song is inspired by, and her admiration is more overt. I have other songs inspired by Hailee like “Just Us Two�� but there was nothing definitive before this. I don’t know what Hailee likes or if she likes me so I tried to keep it as professional as possible. But I’m personally very attached to Hailee.

The cover emulates Hailee’s back-to-life cover from the Bumble Bee movie. I intentionally released this on the anniversary of Bumble Bee. I’m trying to get Hailee to dive for me

She is a cosmic love. This song is a response to all the coincidences I’ve had over the years. It’s more a culmination of her media presence rather than my personal feelings. I’m actually talking about a girl as if she was Hailee because Hailee is like most girls.

Like with Emma in “Hey Emma” I tried hard not to sexualize Hailee. I wanted to make it about her work and express the way she makes me feel through her media representations and artistic influence.

I loved Dickinson and watched all of it. I watched a couple of episodes of hawkeye. Bumble Bee is the best Transformers movie hands down and I love Hailee's music

If I ever meet her I’d probably fan girl out and ask her in a date. There’s just something about Hailee that gets to me.

In other words. I love you Hailee. I hope you like your song.

Lyrics

No more “I love you’s,” unless you put it into capital letters I love my baby, brings me back to life She got that vibe, leaves me feel’n right I just want her love, and make her shine Make our inner force combine I like history, it appeals to the senses I write every day, and Feel like Emily Dickenson  My poetry is civics, we all have hiccups But I do my best like Kate Bishop  She’s tuned into my frequency I love that she into me   Fit together like Symmetry  And reciprocate the energy  Synergygisticly,  I make syllybls into solliqueys  Complex but simple Yeah it’s something to see   She said I make her feel like she’s starvin’ From the butterflies that conjure up I said I’m flattered but I beg your pardon Can you tell I’m real fond of your love I want your hand to hold Align our souls Play our songs, top-down As we ride the coast Got nothing but time, I’ll stay for more Cuz that’s my whirlwind, she makes me whole I love my baby, brings me back to life She got that vibe, and leaves me feel’n right I just want her love, and to make her shine Make our inner force combine I love my baby, brings me back to life She got that vibe, and leaves me feel’n right I just want her love, and to make her shine Make our inner force combine I do it for my health, I love myself I don’t need no body’s help  I do it for my health, I love myself I don’t need no body’s help  I do it for my health, I love myself I don’t need no body’s help  I do it for my health, I love myself I don’t need no body’s help  Roll it up, take a toke As waves crash on the shore It’s like good times are asking for more It feels like the west coast Where they got the best dope And the beat pulse sounds like a stethoscope I’m about to hit rock bottom And although I keep fallin’ I just want you to be a part of my problem  Real involvement, Feel Indulgence  Make you think about how best to solve it cuz I love my baby, brings me back to life She got that vibe, and leaves me feel’n right I just want her love, and make her shine Make our inner force combine I love my baby, brings me back to life She got that vibe, and leaves me feel’n right I just want her love, and make her shine Make our inner force combine I want her love, even when I’m not right And even beyond into the afterlife I want her love, even when I’m not right And even beyond into the afterlife

[rubykgrant]

If you love high-fantasy, or are just kinda getting into it, and are looking for something to watch while you have extra time, I’d suggest the animated Ranking-Bass trio of the Hobbit (1977) as well as the sequel the Return of the King (1980), the Last Unicorn (1982), and the Flight of Dragons (1982).

I feel like the most well known is the Last unicorn, and a decent number of people are aware of the the Hobbit (but not so much the Return of the King), while the Flight of Dragons is somewhat forgotten. These animated Rankin-Bass movies were actually my first introduction to the Hobbit and anything Tolkein related, and I saw them a long time before I could even read (family friends had the VHS tape, and I’d watch it whenever my parents took me there to visit, starting when I was about 2 years old). This caused something kinda funny when I was in elementary school; I was taking a reading comprehension test, and we were allowed to go as far as we could with the test packet, which took me to high school level books. Because I’d seen the Hobbit (and other shows like Wishbone or Jim Henson’s the Storyteller), I could answer questions about the story, and my teachers thought I must have cheated somehow.

About these movies; the Hobbit/Return of the King are obviously based on the books by JRR Tolkein. Rankin-Bass had already done many animated and sto-motion movies (pretty much all the Christmas classics are them), and they wanted to get into stories with more depth in different styles, so they started making high-fantasy movies. For the Hobbit, the art style was partially inspired by the art of Arthur Rackham, who did the concept art for them. The scenery and backgrounds very beautiful with many details in the tree roots and rocks, creating lush watercolor world. Animation for it was done by Topcraft, which later became Studio Ghibli (the same studio and crew also worked on Return of the King). Many of the poems Tolkeing wrote in the book were used and made into songs, sometimes the characters singing/speaking the lines, but there was also mood-music and singing done by Glenn  Yarbrough (including an original song just for the Hobbit). The voice cast for both movies included many talented people, but some that might be known for their other work; Hans Conreid plays Thorin (who was also Captain Hook in Disney’s Peter Pan), and Casey Kasem as Merry (who was the original Shaggy from Scooby-Doo). Both of these movies include very important scenes from the source material, and they really do them justice (Smaug’s boastful introduction, Thorin’s good-bye, Eowyn taking her stand, ect). Another animated movie, the Lord of the Rings (1978), combines The Fellowship/Two Towers, and was directed by Ralph Bakshi. It has completely different animation, and unique mood for itself, but is still rightfully impressive and worth watching as well (the live-action Lord of the Rings films were heavily influenced by Bakshi’s work)

The Last Unicorn is based on the book by Peter S Beagle, and he also worked on the screenplay for the film. Topcrfaft again worked on the animation, and while it is visually similar to the Hobbit in certain areas, it has an entirely different style and feeling, the backgrounds/scenery resembling classic tapestries. There is an especially lovely way hair and eyes are depicted in the Last Unicorn, something we can see in various anime shows/movies; the eyes are deep with shine-sparkles, and the hair flowls either elegantly or wildly. There is again a very amazing cast for this film, each person doing an amazing job. A few people that are known in other animated roles; Jeff Bridges plays Prince Lir (who has been in more recent animated movies like Surf’s Up as Zeke), and Angela Lansbury voicing Mommy Fortuna (who was Mrs Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast). Like many books-turned-movies, certain things were cut for time, but what remains are still very important parts of the story. The movie also has a beautiful collection of original songs, performed by the group America. The over-all vibe of the the Last Unicorn is a combination of bright beauty, dark themes with sad undertones, and little bits of combedy scattered through it all

The Flight of Dragons is interesting, because it actually combines two different books into one animated movie; the Flight of Dragons by Pter Dickenson was where the author explored various myths and legends about dragons, and worked out how it related to real life. In some cases, what existing things people might have mistaken for dragons, but also if it was possible for dragons to have truly existed. Another book, the Dragon and the George by Gordon R Dickson (part of the Dragon Knight series), told the fictional story of a modern day man who works as an assistant to a history professor going on a strange journey to rescue his fiance. He winds up in another world where fantasy creatures are real, and dragons refer to all humans as “George”. While in this world, the man winds up inhabiting the body of a dragon, and a quest involving a knight/a magician/evil dragons/and much more. For the animated film, elements from both stories were used, creating a new one about “Peter Dickenson” being the modern day man who winds up in the body of dragon, which he is very excited about since he can learn more about his favorite subject this way. Yet again, the voice cast was incredible, and two that are known in other media; John Ritter as Peter Dickenson (who was also in Three’s Company and the Problem Child), and James Earl Jones as the evil wizard Ommadon (known for lending his voice to Mufasa in Disney’s the Lion King and Darth Vader from Star Wars). The film follows a similar plot to the Dragon and the George, but still includes the science the works out how dragons coult hypothetically existed, explaining the fire-breath and the flight. Themes in the movie also include science VS magic, how modern ideas often seem to harm forms of fantasy, the dangers of both forms when humans take no consideration with what they create, but ultimately it is using science as a force for good that saves the magical realm. Illustrations for the book Flight of Dragons were done by Wayne Anderson, who created very stylized drawings that was also heavily detailed, many of the dragons have pebbled scales/large eyes/and powerful claws. This art was used as the inspiration for animated dragons, bringing the illustrations to life

OK, enough from me; if you can track these down and feel like it, enjoy some fantasy films~

[m00ngazer]

“Cute little fellow! Awkward, and helpless. Named him Gorbash, in honor of the contest. For it was rather gory, and I did get a bit bashed about.”

Sir Orrin

[rozmorris]

Your first pages - 5 #speculativefiction manuscripts critiqued at @Litopia by literary agent @AgentPete @AJ_Dickenson and me!

Your first pages – 5 #speculativefiction manuscripts critiqued at @Litopia by literary agent @AgentPete @AJ_Dickenson and me!

I’ve just guested again at Litopia, the online writers’ colony and community. Each week they have a YouTube show, Pop-Up Submissions, where five manuscripts are read and critiqued live on air by literary agent Peter Cox @agentpete and a guest, or sometimes two. This time the other guest was Andy Dickenson @AJ_Dickenson, ITV reporter and YA author. The format is simple. Five manuscripts, each…

[pennsyltuckyheathen]

What follows is weaponizing the Bible to criticize, demean and subordinate. A sick perversion of Christianity. Casting aspersions at others, as if they're so above it all and have the inside scoop on what is considered virtuous. Right wing-nuts, Fake Christians and Republicans have no virtue or any other redeeming qualities. Read on for the sick sh*t they want to pass off as Christian truth and charity.

“While ‘being nice’ is a societal norm today, nice is not a virtue because it is not an interior habit of choosing the good. - Fr. Andrew Dickenson  

God has not called us to be nice. Rather, he has called us to be good. Here’s the difference: nice people never confront evil. Good people do. Nice people are weak. Good people are strong. Jesus wasn’t nice. He was kind, he was compassionate, he was caring, but he was unbending and unflinching when it came to standing for the truth. And it cost him his life. …Nice people don’t change the world but good people do. - Bryan Fischer

This is what we call the Church of Nice. We do not speak with the courage and prophetic utterance of the Pentecostal Spirit. Rather, we manage words, tailor phrases, and buckle under the weight of the culture’s latest mores. It is all very nice. It is appeasement. - Father Angel

God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake. - Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

The Church of Nice too often sacrifice truth on the altar of charity and the Church of Nasty too often sacrifice charity on the altar of Truth. There must be a way to be both truth and charitable…. It’s both. The gospels and the lives of the saints will show us how to live this wonderful, paradoxical, strange and marvelous message of life for the whole world… that we can live out a love that is tough and tender at the same time. This is the message of the gospel. We MUST live this or die. We MUST live this or the world will die. - Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces “nice” people, not heroes. - Peter Kreeft

The primary beneficiary of a Christianity that has been systematically redefined to mean little more than “be nice” is Satan.  - Joshua Charles

Nowhere in the Bible does it say to be nice. It says to be kind, to be gentle. to be respectful, to give careful instruction when someone is messing up. Nice is way below all those things, because nice gets used as an excuse to never stand your ground and never have the courage (a virtue the Bible does call us to exercise) to say something that needs to be said. - Glen Fitzjerrell

The moment we diminish the Divine to a moral law of the universe, the moment we rob God of his awe-inspiring mystery, we have started on the road to sentimentalist religion. That road leads to a God who is no longer person, no longer involved in our lives, but rather a feeling that we sometimes seek but that is not worth dying for—and consequently not worth changing your life for! God has become the nice God. - Ulrich L. Lehner