Patron Saint of Backalley Mystics

Saint┃"the vision of gas lamps as angels"

[mother-lee]

greenwood plantation, louisiana

[rosieandthemoon]

"The Solar" at Great Dixter House in Northiam, UK

[noheteroexplanation]

We're so back #mygirls

[ijustpressthebutton]

Stourhead, Wiltshire, UK

[blodwyrm]

snapshot from one of Oscar’s memorial paintings i did last year!

[wellwaterhysteria]

me admiring a beautiful man: wow he sure does have a vulnerable looking throat, huh?

[saintmachina]

I'm sure you've heard this a million times already, but I can't stop thinking about David Aristarkhov and Ilya Rozanov. Apparently I love bronze/curly haired green eyed rich Russians who live in Boston, are slightly mean as a defense mechanism, have a dead mom and a shitty father, smokes, and have an autistic boyfriend

I am so happy this archetype is having a moment in the zeitgeist

[saintmachina]

Hi! This is silly, but today I went to a new jewelry shop that just opened near me themed around magic, Greek goddesses, and classic art, and I wanted to show you this ring that instantly made me think of Moira

GASP this is not silly, this is the most Moira ring of all time and I love it desperately

[havingapoemwithyou]

 make out sonnet by F. Douglas Brown

[zzp3r0-v1n3yzz]

The Lesbian Agenda consists of hot women in armor surrounded by flames 🗡 -Roan of Arc

[thatscarletflycatcher]

[enchantedbook]

'Knights of Charlemagne' by Henry Pitz

[saintmachina]

Omg this is going to sound a little unhinged but... my boss told me I had 5 days of PTO to take before the end of the year and Ive decided to take a weekend trip to Boston for my birthday because Evocation has fully overtaken my mind. I need some recommendations on what to do!! I do plan on going to the New England Aquarium bc Ive wanted to go for years, the museum of fine arts to think about Max, the Boston public library to think about that one David and Moira scene, and of course wander around Beacon Hill. But can you recommend some must-sees that one wouldn't know about unless they've been there? Maybe some witchy stores, book stores, etc?

That is AMAZING, just the right amount of unhinged. I hope you had so much fun! I opened my inbox to a couple of people traveling to Boston for Evocation vibes and I think I’ve missed most of the trips. 

Head to Jamaica Plain, though! It’s a fun part of the city, and that’s where Rhys and Moira live. The Botanica San Miguel in JP is the inspiration for Lorena’s Shop, and there are fun vintage stores and ice cream parlors down there where you can get your Moira on. There was not a place in Cambridge called Sofra when I first started writing that place where the Society boys get brunch, but now there is and it’s supposed to be really tasty, so check that out and report back to me!

[saintmachina]

davidmaxxing by buying not just a labradorite bracelet but an anklet as well! still want a ring but can’t find one that speaks to me just yet :/

yes 3 pieces is excessive but i kinda think he’d vibe with that tbh

(david’s associated heavily with labradorite in the books are there any crystals that are as commonly associated with rhys and moira in your head?)

It is excessive and David (and I) vibe with that and love that. A labradorite anklet is so inspired.

Yes there are! I go into this more in depth in ODD SPIRITS, the illustrated hardcover prequel to EVOCATION, where David and Moira feud about crystals. There’s a standard foiled edition and a signed Waterstones special emo black and red foiled edition.

 Moira uses a lot of rose quartz and amethyst in her practice (and if you pay attention David pockets a little piece of rose quartz from Moira in EVOCATION! Her influence). I often think of Rhys with black protective warding crystals, like black tourmaline, but he’s an emotional Cancer moon man, so moonstone reminds me of him as well. 

[saintmachina]

hi saint!! I fucking love a dowry of blood and I think it’s so cool that you have tumblr. your writing is so beautiful and a dowry of blood is one of my favorite books <3

that is so kind! I’m glad to still be here like an eldritch creature who cannot be rousted from her ancestral home

[bebs-art-gallery]

The Fireflies

— by Henri Camille Danger

[moghedien]

That picture of Lady Gaga as a child where she looks like a child pretending to be Lady Gaga means so much to me

[moghedien]

Like I’m so serious 😭