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Linnda Caporael: lol everyone in the Salem Witch Trials was on acid
Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum trying to explain the intricate web of religious, class, and personal conflicts that would actually cause a small isolated village of extremist, ptsd-ridden people to kill each other:
#welcome to the niche corner#history#salem witch trials#reading witchy books again yes hi#feeling cute might go visit the BATS tomorrow what a town
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Let's Play Ping Pong With Peter Lorre
Just felt like collecting the Peter Lorre ping-pong pictures in one place. Any others?
The bottom one is Conrad Veidt + Peter Lorre during the simultaneous shooting of the three versions of "F.P.1 antwortet nicht," 1932 (Peter was in the German version, Conrad in the English; Charles Boyer was in the French):
"After dinner, there was only one diversion—Ping-Pong. Much to everyone’s amusement, the six-foot-five Veidt and the five-foot-five Lorre—who tipped the scale at the same undisclosed weight—paired up. 'And these two guys, the one who played ‘Caligari’ and the other one who played the mass murderer in M became a team in Ping-Pong that was unbeatable,' said [screenwriter Walter] Reisch. 'It was not just if we win tonight, it was a matter of life and death to win the tournament. Not for the money, but there was a gala reception afterwards and a medal. And these guys played together like a team, with beautiful timing.'"
And not too much later:
News of Lorre’s arrival in Los Angeles had preceded him by over a month. “In all of the newspapers here, we read of his coming,” Elisabeth Hauptmann wrote Walter Benjamin in Paris. “One has to congratulate the man who engaged the ‘genius actor.’” Hollywood extended a warm welcome to the Lorres. Invitations summoned Peter and Celia to lavish Viennese and Tyrolean dinner parties, where they mixed with old friends such as Fritz Lang, G.W. Pabst, Billy Wilder, and Franz Waxman and met new ones, among them Jean Negulesco, Delmer Daves, Paul Muni, and Olivia de Havilland. The Friedrich Hollaenders also enrolled Lorre—along with Ernst Lubitsch, Conrad Veidt, and Josef von Sternberg—for their Sunday afternoon Ping-Pong tournaments."
All quotes from "The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre" by Stephen D. Youngkin.
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I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Schting!
I really should have known better. For some ridiculous reason I went into this expecting a straight-forward, bloody slasher book told from the slasher's point-of-view. What I got was an inventively written examination of horror as a whole that gleefully dismantles the tropes of the genre to further understand—and therefore better execute—what they represent at their core.
Just because you learned it from VHS tapes doesn't mean it was bullshit, right?
Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher is so much more than just another horror thesis from one of the most resounding voices in literary horror, though. In addition to dissecting the genre, Jones also expertly utilizes each and every one of the tropes he's dissecting to deliver a deeply affecting coming-of-age story about the complex connection of friendship, the crushing weight of grief and trauma, and the forlorn feeling of being an outsider looking in.
The crowd I do run with are . . . well. We're the ones with black hearts and red hands. Masks and machetes.
This may not be the story I was expecting, but through Jones's brilliantly executed prose and astounding character work, he's able to tackle these themes in a wholly unpredictable manner that makes them simultaneously feel every bit as familiar and relatable as they do utterly groundbreaking.
The world's so much simpler when you've got a chainsaw in your hand, isn't it? A chainsaw or a machete or an axe, that's the elegant solution to every problem.
I Was a Teenage Slasher is horror lit in its highest, most unassuming form; a violently empathetic piece that delivers its maniacal slasher mayhem while never solely relying upon it.
It's liberating, not having to be yourself, isn't it?
9/10
-Timothy Patrick Boyer.
#booklr#book review#horror books#stephen graham jones#i was a teenage slasher#horror lit#horror fiction#new books#2024 books#slasher books#readers of tumblr#book reviews#fiction#reading#books
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Stephen Malkmus performing the end of Freeze the Saints. He plays the tambourine a bit too enthusiastically and knocks over bandmate Mike Clark’s equipment. Malkmus grimaces apologetically.
seattle, neptune theater, 2014 recorded and uploaded to YouTube by Matt Boyer
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My Week in Reviews: October 5, 2024
Only two this week...
Wolfs (Jon Watts, 2024)
A buddy action-comedy that's light as a feather and only ever really works because of the two leads' natural and highly enjoyable chemistry. It's really not a terrible way to waste an evening, but these days it's so, so easy to stumble upon a better way to waste an evening. - 5.5/10
'Salem's Lot (Gary Dauberman, 2024)
In my opinion, Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot is the Best Horror Novel Ever Written. So, yeah, I was pretty excited (if extremely cautious) going into this one. I'll start with the positives... - The Production Design: It's (mostly) phenomenal. Every setting throughout this film really, truly feels like the 'Salem's Lot I experienced while reading the book. - The Horror: There are so many amazing moments throughout the book, and (thankfully) several of the big ones are adapted effectively, here. - Mark & Burke: The only three members of the cast that didn't disappoint. Mark is a little badass, and Bill Camp makes a fantastic Matt Burke. Now, the rest... - The Rest of the Cast: Atrocious. Just flat out atrocious. I'm talking laughable New England caricatures and awkwardly amateur performances by damn-near every single actor in this cast. Exceptions (naturally) are the aforementioned Mark & Burke, and the miscast but rather decent Ben & Susan. Everyone else, especially the Glick brothers, Straker, Dr. Cody and the realtor and librarian, were so painfully bad. - Dauberman's Direction & Screenplay: They were awkward, if not downright awful. This movie is a structural mess, and a lot of tension is abandoned for rushed moments that almost feel comedic (in the worst way imaginable). Then there's that gargantuan clusterfuck of a final act. The Cinematography: Just way, way too bright. This film's shadows should have been terrifying. Instead, they're damn-near non-existent. Two moments, both featuring Burke, are exceptions... Thank God. - 4/10
Enjoy!
-Timothy Patrick Boyer.
#movies#film#'salem's lot#wolfs#george clooney#brad pitt#stephen king#my week in reviews#movie#cinema#film review#movie reviews#etc.
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new septembers readathon book recs
i like making lists so i thought it would be fun to make a list of recommendations that fit at least one prompt in case people were struggling to find books!! every book on this list, i have either already read & enjoyed, or it's on my tbr:) books i have not read yet will be marked by an asterisk! and if you're not joining the readathon, this can still help you find some good books to read this autumn :)
The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (a book about witches)
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna* (a book about witches, a cozy fantasy)
Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)
Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia (a book about a haunted house, a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel)
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)
Weyward by Emilia Hart* (a book about witches)
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (a gothic novel, an autumnal classic)
Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass (a creepy/horror book, a september 2023 release)
Wild Is the Witch by Rachel Griffin* (a book about witches)
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones (a creepy/horror book)
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)
After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis (a murder mystery, a book with a red cover)
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston* (an autumnal romance)
Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo (a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house)
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow* (a book about witches)
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)
Legends & Lattes* by Travis Baldree* (a cozy fantasy, an autumnal romance)
Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, Berenice Nelle, and more (a graphic novel, a retelling/reimagining)
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas* (a book about a haunted house, a creepy/horror book)
M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton (a graphic novel, a retelling/reimagining)
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys edited by April Genevieve Tucholke (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake* (dark academia)
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron (a creepy/horror book, a book with a red cover)
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher* (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining, a gothic novel)
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book with an orange cover)
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill* (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining)
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Joseph Andrew White (a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel, a september 2023 release)
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson* (a creepy/horror book, a book about vampires, a retelling/reimagining)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery)
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher* (a gothic novel, a creepy/horror book)
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (a book with an orange cover)
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson* (a book about vampires, a creepy/horror book)
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson (dark academia, an autumnal classic)
Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo* (a graphic novel, a book about witches, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school)
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz (a murder mystery, a september 2023 release)
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu* (a creepy/horror book, a book about vampires, a book with a red cover, an autumnal classic)
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis (a book with a red cover, a september 2023 release)
Coven by Jennifer Dugan, Kit Seaton* (a graphic novel, a book about witches)
Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould (a creepy/horror book, a book with an orange cover)
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes* (a book with a yellow cover)
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman* (a book with an orange cover)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson* (a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (autumnal romance, a book with a red cover)
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book with a red cover)
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran* (a creepy/horror book)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (an autumnal classic)
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (an autumnal classic, a book that (partially) takes place in september)
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (a creepy/horror book)
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick* (a book with a yellow cover, a book that (partially) takes place in september)
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall (a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house)
Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (a creepy/horror book)
The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror edited by Tori Bovalino (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (an autumnal romance, an autumnal classic, a book with a red cover)
Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (a creepy/horror book)
Dracula by Bram Stoker (a book about vampires, a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)
The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow, Liz Lawson (a murder mystery)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (an autumnal classic)
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (a retelling/reimagining, a murder mystery, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (an autumnal classic)
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (a murder mystery, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school, a book that (partially) takes place in september)
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (a murdery mystery)
If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun* (a book with an orange cover, an autumnal romance, september 2023 release)
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (short story collection, creepy/horror book)
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (a book with a yellow cover, a book that takes place at a boarding/private school)
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould (a creepy/horror book)
Crooked House by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book that (partially) takes place in september, a book with a red cover)
Ace of Spades by Fariday Àbíké-Íyímídé (dark academia)
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (retelling/reimagining)
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (a cozy fantasy)
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (an autumnal classic, a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house, a book with an orange cover)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (an autumnal classic)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (an autumnal classic)
Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist* (a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel)
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RULES, TAG 10 FOLLOWERS YOU WANT TO GET TO KNOW BETTER!
tagged by: @arcxnumvitae tagging: anyone!
NAME: Steph STAR SIGN: Aries HEIGHT: 5′2″ (travel friendly!) MIDDLE NAME: Sorry I don’t share that 😅
PUT YOUR ITUNES/SPOTIFY/YOUTUBE ON SHUFFLE. WHAT ARE THE FIRST 6 SONGS THAT POPPED UP?
1. Volver Volver - Vincente Fernandez 2. And the Waltz Goes On - André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra 3. You’re Gonna Leave (Acoustic) - Stephen Marley 4. Hikari - Royal Scandal 5. Fleur Blanche - Örsten 6. Aprendiz - Alejandro Sanz
EVER HAD A POEM OR SONG WRITTEN ABOUT YOU: Only one time that I was able to read it but the second was sent directly to my house and uh ... yeah, someone else got a hold of it before I did so I never had the chance to read it 😅
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PLAYED AIR GUITAR: Earlier today when I was on facetime with my dad. He plays guitar so it was more to practice my dexterity as I’m trying to learn how to play it whenever I visit him meanwhile working on the piano at home.
WHO IS YOUR CELEBRITY CRUSH?: Hmm ... I don’t really know? I think there are some good looking celeberties like Cristano Ronaldo, Michael B. Jordan, Chayanne (oh man back in the day he was the guy), Chris Hemsworth, good ol’ Henry Cavill, Zendaya and Angelique Boyer.
WHAT’S A SOUND YOU HATE; SOUND YOU LOVE?: Scrapping of utensils on a plate that makes this weird screech sound and anything close to nails on a chalkboard. As for what I love, it’s the loud clickity clack of a keyboard and best of all: a doggo’s nails clicking on wood floors!
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?:Eh ... so so, like I’m not a die hard believer but I also won’t walk into a creepy place where someone was murdered and poke to ask the spirits because I ain’t about to have an exorcist episode in my house, nope nope nope.
HOW ABOUT ALIENS: Hmm ... I’m not really sure. I’ll listen to a friend of mines talk about it but I don’t really have much of an opinion either way.
DO YOU DRIVE?: Absolutely! I enjoy it, especially when it’s some nice curvy roads!
IF SO HAVE YOU EVER CRASHED: Just a minor accident or two that wasn’t my fault, never anything major.
WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ?: I’m working through ‘The War of Two Queens’ when I’m home but I’m going to start ‘Fourth Wing’ this weekend as my travel book since I will be going out of town (again). So ... I guess both???
DO YOU LIKE THE SMELL OF GASOLINE: I definitely do! I mean, I’m not sniffing it like a maniac but I do enjoy it. Maybe it’s because my husband is a complete motorhead so we tend to do a lot of car activities and my uncle owned a mechanic shop that we used to visit a lot and my dad for a few years so I guess it’s a comforting thing for me.
WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU SAW?: The Little Mermaid
WHAT’S THE WORST INJURY YOU’VE EVER HAD?: Oooof which one? Let’s see ... probably when I (foolishly) decided to chase after my husband in our previous home with socks on wood floors and right when I turned the corner, I slipped and not only did my back hit the bottom edge of the staircase but I also sprained my ankle and bruised my head. Aside of that, when I fell down the stairs after getting a leash tangled.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OBSESSIONS RIGHT NOW?: Breath of the Wild! So it’s a game I’ve had on backlog and played it on and off. Now that I have to travel a ton, it’s been the main game I’m playing and I’m hooked. It just took a while for me to get really into it but man is it a blast.
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Venom.wad: VENOM E1M3 (3760, -1312, -153) Author: Stephen K. Boyer Date: 1995-12-21 Description: As I was saying, this was my first level for Doom
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If Brandon Santiago's Erma was gonna turn into a fully animated series, here’s what my cast would be like..
- [ ] Erma Williams-Stephanie Sheh
- [ ] Sam Williams-Alejandro Saab
- [ ] Emiko Williams-Dominique McElligott
- [ ] Siris-Derek Stephen Prince
- [ ] Connor-Christian J. Simon
- [ ] Miko-Grey Griffin
- [ ] Amy-Tara Strong
- [ ] Terry-Chris Netherton
- [ ] Felicia-JazzyGuns
- [ ] Sidney-Kira Buckland
- [ ] Regan Williams-Kathy-Chan
- [ ] Michael Williams-Vic Mignogna
- [ ] Emily Williams-Mia Talerico
- [ ] Diablo (Connor’s sister)-Jessica Dicicco
- [ ] Principal Phibes-Dave Fennoy
- [ ] Sylvia (Felicia’s sister)-Grey Griffin
- [ ] Amaya Yūreimoto-Judi Dench
- [ ] Osamu Yūreimoto-David Kaye
- [ ] Kentaro Yūreimoto-CJ Dachamp
- [ ] Rin Yūreimoto-Erica Lindbeck
- [ ] Ena Yūreimoto-Tara Strong
- [ ] Mayumi Yūreimoto-Stephanie Sheh
- [ ] Fumiko Yūreimoto-Tara Strong
- [ ] Haru Kappa-Scott McNeil
- [ ] Yori Yūreimoto-Jamie Lynn Marchi
- [ ] Mitsu Yūreimoto-Jessica DiCicco
- [ ] Momo Yūreimoto- Kelly Boyer/Chi-Chi
- [ ] Toru-Chris Sabat
- [ ] Kiko-Cree Summer
- [ ] Mei-Tara Strong
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Are you excited for Kimberly Akimbo???
I am! I love Victoria and Stephen Boyer and Ali Mauzy and Bonnie Milligan. (I should point out that Victoria is from DFW 😊). I’m excited to see what it’s like I know refreshingly not a lot. And obviously Jeanine Tesori is one of the most reliable in the game.
Fun fact: a friend offered me a ticket to it off Broadway. Along with funds being light, I thought it sounded dumb so I passed. Dumb me.
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In addition to the previous recs, here are some books to help correct @mr-crocodile's extremely shallow understanding of the Salem witch trials:
- In the Devil's Snare, Mary Beth Norton
- A Delusion of Satan, Frances Hill
- The Devil in the Shape of a Woman, Carol F. Karlsen
- Salem Possessed, Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissbaum
It's interesting how you have such nuanced analysis of the "real" victims of witch trials (such that, to you, the face of these victims is male) but handwave the events in Salem as some women and girls who "wiped up histeria" (sic).
P.S. for anyone interested in an actual analysis of why women, specifically, were targeted as witches in early modern Germany, I have to recommend Sigrid Brauner's Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews. It's a great book.
There are a fair few faux feminist statements I hate, but “We are the daughters of the witches you couldn’t burn” is one of them.
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Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story (2025 Lifetime Movie)
Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story (2025 Lifetime Movie) 📺. Stream/Watch the Movie (Ad): Subscribe to the Lifetime Movie Club Cast: Paige Hurd, Stephen Bishop Director: Manu Boyer Writer(s): Avery O. Williams ➡️ Check out our Youtube Channel: Lifetime Uncorked: Lifetime Movie Reviews 🎧 Listen to the Lifetime Uncorked Podcast: Listen Now 🍷 Support the show with a $5 tip:…
#2025#Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story#lifetime#Lifetime Movie#Lifetime Movie Club#Lifetime Movie Network#Lifetime Movies#LMN#Paige Hurd#Stephen Bishop#tv movie
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The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
Scars proved you lived.
I admittedly have a pretty serious love/hate relationship with Jade Daniels. Her papers throughout My Heart Is a Chainsaw really tested my patience, and her immaturity throughout the events of that book seemed a bit too much. But the person she begins to grow into by the end of Chainsaw and throughout the events of the all-around masterpiece that is the middle book of this trilogy, Don't Fear the Reaper , is so interesting and complete that I couldn't help but fall in love with Jade Daniels and every blood-soaked thing for which she stands.
"...the cool thing about trilogies is you get to use every last part of the buffalo."
Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake isn't quite the all-around horror masterpiece that Reaper is, but it is a wholly worthy final chapter in The Indian Lake Trilogy, or: The Savage History of Proofrock, Idaho. Throughout the trilogy, we've seen Jade Daniels go from immature, delusional slasher fantasist, to begrudgingly badass final girl, to hesitant horror historian. Best to call it the The Violent Coming-of-Age of a Reluctantly Willing Final Girl. It's an authentically compelling character arc that relishes the romance of the final girl without ever shying away from the traumatic weight of the role and the cyclical nature of violence throughout the history America.
She's right. In the rock/paper/scissors of horror, chainsaw always wins. Cops and guns don't work against slashers, trucks and fire are big fat fails, but a chainsaw? If you've got a chainsaw, you're pretty damn golden.
The Angel of Indian Lake ties the trilogy together so beautifully, so viciously, that even its flaws are fascinating. SGJ makes the risky decision to close out Jade's story by throwing us headfirst into her mind, writing Angel in an (often stream-of-conscious) first-person narrative. Jade's mind is a chaotic, damaged landscape that can often create pacing issues due to her unfocused, rambling narration, but it also gives us a deeper look into the root of these horrific events, bringing the many disjointed storylines together in a brutally bloody, emotionally exhausting and thematically cathartic manner.
And the plotting itself is even more risky, bringing together every last piece of this epic horror saga in a batshit crazy onslaught of slaughter. But thankfully, SGJ's vision is complete, and he conducts these exceedingly insane displays of slasher carnage in a way that only ever enriches the overarching themes; and more than makes up for the lulls between. The climactic massacre is so dam wild, and I loved every bizarre, messy minute of it. Jade and those she loves are seriously put through the wringer, here, but it all comes together for such a fitting, bittersweet ending that brings Jade to exactly where she needs to be.
Despite those pacing issues and some moments of feeling completely lost among all those players and plot-points, SGJ sticks the landing, delivering a third installment that does indeed "mash that pedal to the floor until it gets stuck", and thankfully never loses traction.
It's supposed to mean Proofrock's slasher days are over.
8/10
-Timothy Patrick Boyer.
#booklr#book review#the angel of indian lake#stephen graham jones#the indian lake trilogy#jade daniels#book reviews#horror books#new books#horror literature#horror fiction#slasher books#2024 books#horror trilogy#horror#books#reading#fiction#readers of tumblr
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Betty Ann Bell, BJU Class of 1954.
Betty A. Bell, 92, of Monona, IA, formerly of Waukon, IA, passed into the presence of her Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 9, 2024, in her home at Garden View Place in Monona. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 29th, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church in Waukon with Pastor Duane Smith officiating. Burial will be held at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Battle Creek, MI, at a later date. Friends may greet the family one hour before the services on Saturday at the church. Martin – Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling the arrangements.
Betty Ann Greene Bell was born on February 5, 1932, to Rufus Thomas and Mary Celia (Lewis) Greene in Elizabethton, TN. She graduated from Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, in 1953 with a bachelor’s degree in education. She married the love of her life, Bobby Dan Bell, of Meridian, ID, on Memorial Day, May 30, 1953. While her primary responsibilities were as a wife, mother, and homemaker, Betty also worked as a dental assistant, taught grades 5-8 in a one-room schoolhouse, and taught GED classes to the troops on the bases Bobby was stationed after he entered the US Army as a chaplain in 1962. Once her children were in school, she also volunteered at the base thrift stores, led Bible studies, and served in many other capacities. Betty became a surrogate mother to many soldiers through the years, making sure they were well fed and that they had a place to call home while stationed so far away from their own.
She was truly a helpmeet to her husband, supporting him through his military career and higher education, holding down the fort through two hardship tours of duty, and supporting him through his career as a pastor and marriage/family counselor after his military retirement.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Chap. (Col.) Bobby Dan Bell (US Army Ret.); sister-in-law Emma Lou Sunderland; son Larry Duane (Lora Ziemer Bell-Rouse) Bell; and her brothers: Bob Greene and Karl “Dean” Greene. She is survived by her daughter Valeria Ann (Daniel Mark) White of rural Postville, IA; grandchildren: Lauran Elise White, Emily Grace White, Jennifer Annette Bell, and Daniel Timothy Bell; great-grandchildren: Brooklyn Harmony Bell, Brianna Hope Bell, Baleigh Haven Bell, and Olin Knox Hendrix; and nephews and nieces: Stephen Greene of Menomonie, WI, Susan Greene Symon of Hudson, MN, Tom Greene and Scott Greene, both of Knoxville, TN, Jon (Rosemarie) Dirksen of Boardman, OR, Lou Anna Dirksen (Norman) Boyer of Palmer, AK, Nathan (Pavla) Dirksen of Happy Valley, OR, and Sam (April) Dirksen of Kennewick, WA.
#Bob Jones University#BJU Alumni Association#Obituary#BJU Hall of Fame#Betty Ann Greene Bell#Class of 1954
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Poland: Resovia win the marathon in Gdańsk on Sunday game of Round 11
🇵🇱| Resovia win the marathon in Gdańsk on Sunday game of Round 11 Sunday November 10, 2024 • Trefl Gdańsk - Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 2-3 (21:25, 14:25, 25:18, 25:20, 13:15) Read more here 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Round 11 of 2024/25 Plusliga continued today with the clash between Trefl Gdańsk and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, ended with the score of 2-3 (21:25, 14:25, 25:18, 25:20, 13:15) in favor of the visiting side, despite the presence of almost 5000 volleyball fans at Ergo Arena. Stephen Boyer led the charge with as many as 30 points to his name through 62% in attack, 2 aces and 2 winning blocks, and…
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Books Read in Oct 2024:
The Other Ones by Fran Heart - 4/5 - finished Oct 1st
The Spirit Bears Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White - 5/5 - finished Oct 6th
Coming Back - Jessi Zabarsky - 3/5 - finished Oct 9th
Witchlight - Jessi Zabarsky - 3/5 - finished Oct 9th
Maelstrom: Prince of Evil - Lorian Merriman - 4/5 - finished Oct 9th
Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham - 4/5 - finished Oct 10th
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix - 4.5/5 - finished Oct 13th
Hollow by Branden Boyer-White, Shannon Watters and Berenice Nelle - 5/5 - finished Oct 14th
Artie & the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens - 4/5 - finished Oct 14th
Coven by Jennifer Dugan & Kit Seaton - 3.5/5 - finished Oct 19th
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix - 3.5/5 - finished Oct 20th
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston - 5/5 - finished Oct 24th.
This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham - 5/5 - finished Oct 27th
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