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i'm shay. this is a funny little blog for silly guys. they/them or she/her | 28 | my partner everywhere @ufonaut

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You know what this place is? It's a slaughterhouse, and I'm the butcher.

The Dawn Patrol (1938, dir. Edmund Goulding)

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The world is either great or wretched, isn't it?

The January Man (1989, dir. Pat O'Connor)

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Somewhere else, everything's beautiful.

The Widow Couderc (1971, dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre)

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sunshine lollipops and rainbows

[ufonaut]

I know what you've done to your mother and to your wife. Don't think I'll be a victim too.

Creezy (1974, dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre)

[ufonaut]

Tough Business has the world's only archive of Richard Stark's Parker reprints in men's pulp/adventure magazines and I'm happy to say we've got some very exciting updates now up on the site! The pages for the reprints of The Seventh ("The Deadly Seven") and The Green Eagle Score ("The Young Bedroom Raiders") now have scans of the title pages, relevant illustrations, and all the info you could ever need about these pulpy takes on the Stark classics. Check them out at the links above! (x)

[ufonaut]

Cure me? Of what?

Mädchen in Uniform (1958, dir. Géza von Radványi)

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point blank poster homage with lee and veronica

[ufonaut]

Our review of The Black Ice Score (1968) is now up on Tough Business! Co-written with my partner everywhere @redstoneofaja, it was a real pleasure to get the chance to do a deep dive into one of Richard Stark's most radical and underrated novels. Read the full review right here, and make sure to check out our gallery of international cover on the novel's main page! (x)

[ufonaut]

In the morning glad I see; My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

The Body of My Enemy (1976, dir. Henri Verneuil)

[ufonaut]

Some guys can sell out, some guys can't.

The Harder They Fall (1956, dir. Mark Robson)

[ufonaut]

How dare he make love to me and not be a married man!

Indiscreet (1958, dir. Stanley Donen)

[ufonaut]

As some of you may know, Tough Business has the world's largest archive of men's magazines reprints of Richard Stark's Parker novels but there's been a few titles that have eluded even us… until now. We're proud to present the newly-discovered pulp-tinted reprint of The Damsel (1967) in Male (Sept. 1967). Check out all the details and illustrations right here! (x)

[ufonaut]

What you need to do is tilt at a windmill or two.

The Perfect Specimen (1937, dir. Michael Curtiz)

[ufonaut]

He couldn't see anything but notes and he couldn't hear anything but his trumpet. He was cut out to be a jazz man the way the righteous are chosen for the church.

Young Man with a Horn (1950, dir. Michael Curtiz)

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crime fiction protag designs i made with wife @ufonaut for a distant future comic