The Crypt Journals

the spooky and the old, dark academia and whimsygoth, folklore and stories.

[dailyclassicart]

Theodor Kittelsen - "Nøkken som hvit hest" (1907)

[lovelettersandjournals]

— james joyce.

[mournfulroses]

Franz Kafka, from a letter to Felice Bauer written in 1913, featured in Letters To Felice

[dailykafka]

— July 9, 1912 / Franz Kafka diaries

[shisasan]

From February 16 to 17, 1913 Letters to Felice by Franz Kafka First published : 1973

[mournfulroses]

Clarice Lispector, from a letter in translation to Tania Kauffman, featured in All Letters of Clarice Lispector

[oldwinesoul]

I resent the sun, the way it kisses your skin. That should be me.

That should be me.

// Greg Santora

[mournfulroses]

Emily Berry, from a poem titled "Arlene & Esme," featured in Dear Boy, originally publ. c. 2013

[redlipstickresurrected]

Mia Middleton (British, b. 1988, London, England, based Lisbon, Portugal) - Two, 2024, Paintings: Oil on Linen

[mournfulroses]

Clarice Lispector, from a letter to Fernando Sabino featured in Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector

[pmamtraveller]

Woman in water by Danny LaiLai

[pmamtraveller]

light pillars

[charnel-grounds]

Invocation Ritual with Apparition of a Skull

cabinet card, c. 1880’s — source

[mournfulroses]

Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

[oditorie]

[mindinthevoid]

[deeptrospection]