relentless longing for the gothic and grotesque

xxvi. known as dion anja. sometimes conjures stories. she/her. author of MOTION SICKNESS (2022) + VERTIGO PEAKS (2024).

[dionyrtal]

new substack entry: the home is a house is a haunting is a motion. thinking about what home is and why it necessitates flight.

read here

[dionyrtal]

took time off from work to focus on what's important: writing poetry, visiting national parks, and eating ice cream with friends

[oncethingslookup]

Backstage at Rochas Fall 2013 RTW

[dionyrtal]

june comes with a tender heart and poetry

[petaltexturedskies]

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

[fictionalgod]

[henk-heijmans]

A natural wave is formed on Lake Michigan when the riptide meets the incoming tide and explodes upward, 2014 - by Michael Bernhardt, American

[389]

The Wellspring, Brendon Burton

[theinternetarchive]

cinefantastique magazine vol. 1 no. 3, summer 1971.

[dionyrtal]

eating chicken nuggets and reading about trauma

[twippyfan-deactivated20181016]

Ivory and Pearl gripped pistols. Heavily engraved. Luger, Mauser, Colt

[paolo-streito-1264]

Jan Saudek.

[henk-heijmans]

Colorful field on the plain of Castelluccio di Norcia in springtime during an explosion of blossoming, Italy, 2013 - by Roberto Bettacchi, Italian

[muirgilsdream]

A bee-keeper of Valeni village transports his bees in his bee wagon. Romania.

[dionyrtal]

walked on campus without headphones, felt the grass tickle my ankles, watched people rush to their classes/offices :) wonderful morning

[burtoo]

Western Gothic - Brendon Burton

[flowerytale]

Florence Welch during the High As Hope Tour, photographed by Lillie Eiger