Welcome to My Dark Library. A monthly bookclub & digital curio cabinet of horror-related fiendishness. c. 2015. Personal Site - @DoomKittieKhan
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Happy International Bat Appreciation Day!
Did you know that bats are vital to our world’s ecosystems and economy, but nearly 200 species are threatened with extinction?! Follow @BatConIntl to learn more about how you can help the dark sky puppies in your area!
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EXCLUSIVE POSTER: 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR premieres on @Shudder March 20.
From writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, the documentary offers a deep dive into how women pioneers revolutionized horror cinema through their groundbreaking work as directors, actors, and creators since 1895.
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.@VikingBooksUK will publish a new five-book series this Halloween, featuring literary horror writing of the 20th century 👇 ebx.sh/6rff4d
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"Witches Three" (1952)
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Royal Mail launches Myths & Legends stamp collection based on UK folklore:
Designed by Adam Simpson they feature include:
• The Loch Ness Monster
• Cornish piskies
• Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion
• Beowulf & Grendel
• Grindylow
• Black Shuck
• Selkie
• Fionn mac Cumhaill
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One of my favourite uncanny images from Nosferatu (Murnau & Herzog) is Orlok scuttling through Wisburg by night with his prized box of dirt. Decided to make that the subject of my latest lino print! 'Night Sneaker' will be available in the shop from midday on Thursday... 🐀
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VICTORIAN PRINCESS TALES
The PRINCESS & the GOBLIN a fantasy novel by George MacDonald published in 1872, a key influence on Tolkien; PRINCESS MYRA and her adventures among the fairy folk by Frederick Scarlett Potter published in 1880 #FairytaleTuesday
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A new exhibit honors Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan’s librarian who was Black but passed as white. It is heartbreaking, infuriating, and astonishing to walk through a show devoted to a life that was built on repression and erasures, Hilton Als writes. nyer.cm/jshglFU
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A Christmas Carol might be Charles Dickens’s best known Christmas ghost story, but it definitely isn’t his only one. @oldrutigliano recommends more of Dickens’s spooky Yuletide reads.
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GHOSTS OF YULETIDE: RECLAIMING A CHILLING TRADITION is an upcoming virtual event celebrating the creepiest Christmas ghost stories with an outstanding lineup of acclaimed Black women authors.
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Happy Krampusnacht!
Have you been naughty or nice?
On December 5, St. Nicholas rewards the good, while Krampus - the "Christmas devil" - punishes the wicked. If you have been bad, you can *try* to appease him with schnapps… 🥃
#Krampusnacht #FolkloreThursday
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Human sacrifice, the fury of a god and the perils of disturbing standing stones. In “Shards of the Dark World”, Nick Freeman seeks the essence of Yuletide in stories where a dark, ancient world returns to haunt ours.
👉🏼 Pre-order Yuletide Hauntings on helleborezine.bigcartel.com/…
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The November issue is out and bursting at the seams with more than three dozen book reviews + Mariana Enriquez on “ambivalent horror,” Mahmoud Shukair on writing for the children of Palestine, and much more. Read it now in print or online!
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JACK O LANTERNS Turnips not pumpkins this #Halloween - going back to our roots. Grimacing pumpkins just beet it! Pardon the puns #turniplanterns Send us your pics & RT #31daysofhalloween
