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Book Review: Year of the Monkey - Patti Smith

Book Review: Year of the Monkey – Patti Smith

It is always an occasion when Patti Smith has a new book published, her memoirs are inspiring and insightful and Year of the Monkey is no different.

The fluidity of her writing is almost akin to a direct conversation or a session of storytelling. The book is very thematic and explores dreams, exploration, travel and the passing of time. Her travels and encounters open the reader up to an…

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#Bloomsbury #Memoir #Patti Smith #Year of the monkey

Welder Wings is an artistic duo specialising in digital collage work. Francisco Abril and Nuria Velasco create art with a truly hellish twist from morbid scenes to anatomical nightmares.

You can find a catalogue of their work on Instagram @welderwings

Restless Soul

The Tearful Bride

Sanctuary (Noli Me Tangere)

The Rapture of Consciousness

The Absent

Digital Hell: The Art of Welder Wings Welder Wings is an artistic duo specialising in digital collage work. Francisco Abril and Nuria Velasco create art with a truly hellish twist from morbid scenes to anatomical nightmares. You can find a catalogue of their work on Instagram @welderwings

#anatomy #Art #Collage Art #dark art #Digital Collage Art #macabre #morbid #Surreal #Welder Wings

Man, Myth and the Macabre: The Art of Denis Forkas Kostromitin

Denis Forkas Kostromitin currently resides in Moscow, Russia. His work is exquisite and could sit quite comfortably next to the work of William Blake with a clear love for the romantic age whilst gently weaving in elements of the macabre, death, religion and folklore. It is a beautifully dark world that one can lose themselves in.

You can find more of his work here

Miniature decorative motif…

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#Art #dark art #Denis Forkas Kostromitin #fine art #occult #religion #Russia

Man, Myth and Machen

Arthur Machen is an author I had been dying to indulge in for many years. My ever-growing reading list was out of control and by the off chance, I happened upon a compilation of his stories in Foyles on Charing Cross Road in London. Instead of adding this to the pile, I simply picked it up and began reading it.

As I began to read his story The Great God Pan, I was so intrigued by the writer that…

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#Arthur Machen #magic #occult #wales #writer

The Subversion of Images - Photography of Paul Nouge

The Subversion of Images – Photography of Paul Nouge

Paul Nougé popped up via Pinterest, usually a treasure trove of images for those of us who miss it the first time around. As a fan of surrealism and in particular photography; he intrigued me.

Between 1929 and 1930 he took an ordinary and rather inexpensive camera and starting taking photographs. They are at first glance seemingly normal looking scenes depicting scenes of people but if you…

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#Belgium #Paul Nouge #Photography #surrealism

Book Review: The Dark Masters Trilogy by Stephen Volk

Stephen Volk. Now there is a name that makes me sit up and listen.

I reviewed his novella, Whitstable a little while ago and was so enveloped in its beautiful story I remember carrying the feeling I had around with me for quite some time. Fast forward a few years and I welcome The Dark Masters Trilogy onto my reading pile. I was not disappointed.

The trilogy consists of three novellas, all with…

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#Aleister Crowley #Alfred Hitchcock #book review #Dennis Wheatley #horror #Leytonstone #Netherwood #Peter Cushing #Stephen Volk #The Dark Masters Trilogy #Whitstable

Book Review - Morbid Curiosities: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre by Paul Gambino

Book Review – Morbid Curiosities: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre by Paul Gambino

Words: Katie Doherty

I was alerted to this book by the fact that one of my favourite collectors Ryan Matthew Cohn was featured in its pages together with his wife. Without a second thought I ordered it as its content intrigued me and if everyone was as obsessive and particular about their collection as Ryan then I was in for a treat.

The book is beautifully printed and bound, it is a piece of art…

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#anatomy #bizarre #morbid #Morbid Curiosities #occult #Paul Gambino #weird #weird collections

Sculpting Fear: An Interview with Bryan Moore

Bryan began his career as a sculptor in 1984, working on many horror films such as the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Jumanji, Mortal Kombat, Underworld 2 and The Cave and Backwater. His TV work includes Tales from the Darkside, Monsters, Love and Curses and the new Sci-Fi Channel special Monsters of the UFO.

He then spent five years as a staff sculptor at Mattel Toys working on such…

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#Arkham Studio #Bryan Moore #H.P Lovecraft #Nightmare on Elm Street

Film Review: The Elephant Man Dir. David Lynch (1980)

The Victorians liked to be entertained and the usual freak shows that did their rounds were of the very best entertainment for them. Little was known of the true medical problems that these people endured resulting in them making money through their afflictions. One young gentleman we have all heard of is Joseph Merrick: The Elephant Man.

Many books have been written about him but one film that…

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#Anthony Hopkins #Black and White Film #David Lynch #Freak Shows #John Hurt #Joseph Merrick #London #The Elephant Man

Interview with editor and writer Loren Rhoads

Loren has been on our radar for a while now after reading issues of her fabulously dark magazine Morbid Curiosity. We wanted to ask her a few questions about how she became to lurk on the dark side of life (and death).

Where did your interest in the macabre come from?

I grew up on a farm outside of Flint, Michigan, so the combination of raising animals to eat and watching a big city die made me…

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#death #horror #Loren Rhoads #macabre #morbid #supernatural

Encounters: Patti Smith and David Lynch Sometimes when people collide ideas are spun, created and shared. Here we have Patti Smith and David Lynch interviewing each other back in 2014 as part of the BBC Arts Encounters series.

#Creativity #David Lynch #Film #Music #Patti Smith

The Collection by Nina Leger

Jeanne is on a quest for pleasure. In her “memory palace” there is a plethora of images and descriptions, all of which contain her encounters with men. The men she picks up from the streets of Paris. The men she takes to a series of hotels. All these images are safely stored away. She is collecting descriptions of her sexual encounters and focussing on one thing in particular – the penis.

From…

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#erotica #literature #Mise en Pieces #Nina Leger #Prix Anais Nin #The Collection

THE SACRED CHILDREN

There are a number of poems being published on the Black Flowers Literary Journal, each and every one is handpicked and I love how much contemporary poetry is just so wonderful. Poetry is not dead.

Often I look back to those that have come before us and today I wanted to share this with you. A poem by H.R. Hayes.

Sacred Children by H.R Hayes

Children believe in clover, magic numbers,

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#Cottingley Fairies #H.R. Hayes #Poems #poetry #The Sacred Children

LISTEN UP: ART AND LITERARY PODCASTS

Podcasts are a saviour when you don’t have the urge to pick up a book or write that novel you keep starting. We are living through an odd time in history and what used to be normal may seem difficult at the moment. With a podcast you can listen, learn and enjoy subjects you already love or you can learn something completely new.

Here are my favourite podcasts right now that can help brighten…

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#Anais Nin podcast #Art #books #female artists #feminist art #feminist books #Katy Hessel #Podcasts #Reading Women #The Guardian

Welcome to the Witches Garden: An Interview with Uncle Acid and the deadbeats

Little is know about Uncle Acid and the deadbeats. As quiet as they may be they certainly make up for it onstage with their hard rocking psychedelic tunes that stay in your head for days. Black Sunday Magazine was lucky enough to coax the hermit out of his woodland retreat and talk to us about what it was like touring with the mighty Sabbath and what is to come in 2014.

Uncle Acid and the…

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#heavy rock #Psychedelic #Rise Above Records #Uncle Acid and the deadbeats

There's Something in the Fog: An Interview with Ben Ward

There’s Something in the Fog: An Interview with Ben Ward

Orange Goblin’s frontman and horror connoisseur Ben Ward was kind enough to be interviewed by the ghouls at Black Sunday Magazine, dare you read on…?

Interview by Katie Doherty

Photo: Esta Segarra

Tell me, what is your earliest memory of discovering the wonderful world of horror?

I can’t pin point any particular time or age but I know I was affected by horror from a very early age. As a small…

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#Ben Ward #Orange Goblin

Interview: Electric Wizard's Liz Buckingham

Interview: Electric Wizard’s Liz Buckingham

Liz Buckingham – Electric Wizard’s guitarist kindly agreed to do an interview with me. She delves into her love for the English countryside, ale and her dream of living in a cave, read on to find out more.

I’m half English because, my father was English, so I have a dual citizenship which made it easier for me to come here and live. When I was a little girl I always planned on coming and living…

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#Doom #Electric Wizard #Liz Buckingham

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