After Iron Lung, a comment mentioned I should play Still Wakes the Deep and I checked it out and went "Oh that looks absolutely horrific. Sorrryyyy noooo I can't justify spending--Why is it already in my Steam library? I bought it in a sale a year ago?? Oh...no..."
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Fixed the music
Guess who f'd up their own mixing again? Love that for us. Reuploading at 3pm tomorrow and trying not to cry. I need new speakers
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"Do you ever wonder about that? If someone you've forgotten a century ago still remembers you?" Red mood board with images of crossed swords, a maze, and red water
"We could have been friends, you know? This world doesn't do well without them. I've got plenty. What do you have?" Pale gold mood board with jesters, masks and hanging men.
"Medieval-Inspired Dark Fantasy Immortal knights cannibalize common folk to extend their own lives Ideological power struggles decide the fate of the world Swords and Sorcery"
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Write a time travel novel they said.
It’ll be fun they said.
Just spent ages trying to figure out how long it would take a bunch of people to travel from A to B by horse and cart.
Where do they get supplies? Are there water sources? DO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HYENAS?
#writingsky
Three queer books THE CRADLE OF ETERNAL NIGHT, ICE UPON A PIER, and THE FEALTY OF MONSTERS
THE YURI IS DISPLAY COPIES ONLY
Still plenty of vampire political yaoi (I brought way more copies than last year)
Come by WB-30 across from Third Place books
This is amazing.
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#aknightofthesevenkingdoms hit me hard. Anyhow...
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Del Toro's Frankenstein screenshot of Elizabeth with the creature with Deadman from Death Stranding in front
If you follow me on Patreon you have access to a new video. If you don't, you're getting a new video Thursday at 3pm
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
Blessed the Devoured Book Info Graphic -Medieval-Inspired Dark Fantasy -Immortal knights cannibalize common folk to extend their own lives -Ideological power struggles decide the fate of the world -sword and sorcery "When fathers devour their sons, the world cannot flourish. As a Deathless, Darl of Rougenmont rose up from any mortal injury to save his country. Generations later, Darl's country is gone but he is still wandering a withering world that has been sown with salt and blood."
The canary's mood board "We could have been friends, you know? This world doesn't do well without them. I've got plenty. What do you have?" Mandolins, cloaks, hanging men, and jesters
It's been a min since I advertised but... Now would be a really good time to donate to a food-bank. You can call them up and see what they need. If you donate, I have a Free Grimdark Fantasy Book to offer you.
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Blessed the Devoured Decaying Skull Cover by Francis B Corvo
I'm pleased and flattered and honored to announce that 50 of you have donated your time or efforts to charitable causes for a grimdark old man existential crisis. I like you guys.
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Hey. This.
Ato Blankson-Wood as Hamlet holding a dagger over the kneeling John Douglas Thompson as Claudius in Kenny Leon's 2023 Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Hamlet.'
Finally streaming Kenny Leon's 2023 Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Hamlet,' set in modern-day Atlanta. Great cast with Ato Blankson-Wood as an unreadable, unsettling prince, John Douglas Thompson uncommonly sympathetic as Claudius. Streaming free through 12/31. www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/h...
Anddd we're gonna push this back to the 31rst. I have the audacity, but I prefer for my trash to be nice trash
Skull with a helmet on black canvas and medieval mood board and pitch-text "medieval-inspired dark fantasy" "Immortal knights cannibalize common folk to extend their own lives" "Ideological Power struggles decide the fare of the world" "Swords and Sorcery" "When fathers devour their sons, the world cannot flourish. As a Deathless, Darl of Rougenmont rose up from any mortal injury to save his country. Generations later, Darl's country is gone but he is still wandering a withering world that has been sowed with salt and blood"
Obligatory: Hey...Editing...takes forever.
But at least it'll be ready for Jan 1, 26
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A mood board for the character Peregrine with the quote "Do you ever wonder about that? If someone you've forgotten a century ago still remembers you?" 1. Tantalus suspended in water 2. White stairs descending into a lake 3. Smiling man 4. A maze 5. Many hands and swords crossed 6. Men on horseback passing a giant
Book pitch for Blessed the Devoured with a skull cover Medieval-Inspired Dark Fantasy Immortal Knights cannibalize common folk to extend their own lives Ideological power struggles decide the fate of the world Swords and Sorcery
Peregrine's Mood Board 🍎
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Blessed the Devoured is a grimdark fantasy loosely based on the myth of Kronos.
“‘The vast majority are children, working ppl, older Americans, veterans and people w/disabilities,’ Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, says of food stamp recipients. ‘If the SNAP program shuts down, we will have the most mass hunger suffering we've had in America since the Great Depression.’”
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quote text: "My ladies never wore circlets or silks. Their hems were short and their hands were rough." Mood-board for Minthisha the Witch: 1. Cloaked woman 2. Woman reclined against a wall 3. Hands holding a stopper and bottle 4. Sorceress Painting 5. Woman teeth bared
Mood board for Blessed the Devoured: 1. Elden Ring Promo photo 2. Tree shield 3. A human form in willow roots 4. Potions and books 5. Red Book cover 6. Hands reaching for each other 7. candles 8. Dark woods 9. Woman with bared teeth
Now would be a really good time to donate to a food-bank. You can call them up and see what they need. If you donate, I have a Free Medieval Horror Book to offer you in exchange.
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Promo photo of Frankenstein from Del Toro's 2025 movie.
Photo of Deadman from Death Stranding played by Guillermo Del Toro
Now we shall see how different Del Toro's Frankenstein is from Del Toro's Frankenstein.
So when people ask me what my gen vibe for media analysis is, it's stuff like this. Did the creator intend this? Well that's far less interesting than what ended up on the table. If you can argue it, I love to see it youtu.be/QEZ7qFVQZWk
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
