I don’t want postmodern cheese

ao3: serindrana | gw2: serindrana.7046 | THE LUMINOUS DEAD out 2019

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Film still from Hamlet, a 1964 film adaptation in Russian of William Shakespeare’s play of the same title, based on a translation by Boris Pasternak. It was directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Iosif Shapiro / source: MAMM

[olosta-deactivated20220417]

From In Powder and Crinoline : old fairy tales retold. By Arthur Quiller-Couch; illustrated by Kay Nielsen

[sixpenceee]

Gorgeous skull creations by Heather Demarest.

[meinegedankenimkopf]

Skull

[lycomorbid]

I can't stop putting Kim Kitsuragi in Microsoft word. It will happen again.

[honeyginsen]

[ancientannoyance]

the sixth, the emperor's (t)reason, because i haven't drawn my faves in a month and that's illegal

(this will be my holiday mailout postcard for this year so if you know me on twitter you can sign up to get a postcard and a couple stickers)

[ancientannoyance]

#THE IDEA OF ANY OF THE HOUSES DYING OR LEAVING... #shall the emperor's strength be killed as the second house perishes on the field? #shall the emperor's mouth be shut as the line of the Third's heirs is cut off? #SHALL THE HOPE OF THE EMPEROR BE LOST as the children of the fourth are given away as martyrs? #shall the heart of the emperor be lost to the river! #shall the joy of the emperor die a slow withering death! #shall the forgiveness of the emperor be hard and unyielding as dogma! #SHALL THE REASON OF THE EMPEROR BE LOST AS IT FLEES FROM HIM UTTERLY [x]

well damn @takiki16

[madcat-world]

Hades and Persephone - Alexandria Huntington

[kayleerowena]

🏚🕯

“A wall. Safety. Three hundred and sixty degrees, and also zero; everything and nothing. The infinite line in the finite space.”

a haunted house commission for caitlin starling, based on her amazing book the death of jane lawrence! it’s my favorite book i’ve read so far this year, and i was so thrilled to have a chance to illustrate lindridge hall. 💌 patreon | ko-fi

[hanguangbunny]

drew one of the photos i took in japan

[mlobsters]

mister will graham is fed up with everyone's shit.

song: no by meghan trainor

thank you Seri for the request, got me out of my editing funk <3 also on youtube here

[gnars-house]

I think we should make Puritan naming customs cool again, but like, updated to reflect Millenial values. So we can have names like Resistance Jones, Self-Care Williams, and I-Am-Not-Throwing-Away-My-Shot Anderson.

[deus-ex-aquila]

I-Will-Face-God-and-Walk-Backwards-Into-Hell Watson

Hydrate Mather

Healthcare-Is-A-Right-Not-A-Privilege Bradford

Body Positivity Watts

WTF-the-Fuck Preston

Cinnamon Roll Milton

Y'all-Need-Jesus Henderson

Snape-Was-Not-a-Hero Whitaker

Battery Life Wiggins

Reblog-If-You-Agree Bolton

@Horse_ebooks Humphrey

Renewable Moore

I-Came-Out-to-Have-a-Good-Time-and-I’m-Honestly-Feeling-So-Attacked-Right-Now Rutherford

Representation Hopkins

Organic Hurst

Money Cat Wallington

Fuck-It Wentworth

Impeachment Shepard

Don’t-Forget-To-Like-And-Subscribe Simpson

Consent Pimple

I-Bless-the-Rains-Down-in-Africa Woodford

Green Hoyle

Social Anxiety Travers

Kinkshame-Not Bailey

[serindrana]

HEY I’VE GOT ANOTHER BOOK COMING OUT.

THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE is secondary-world gothic horror. It’s about a marriage of convenience, 1800s surgical practices, secrets, trauma, and esoteric magic. It’s dark and twisty and full of ghosts. It’s Crimson Peak meets A Dark Song, with some Call the Midwife thrown in for fun. It contains six (SIX!) abdominal surgeries and an exceedingly rare skeletal disease. It’s gross and intense and I adore it beyond all reason.

Cover artist is Colin Verdi who fucking rocks.

(still not really back on tumblr but if you miss me and have twitter, I’m over there at @see_starling)

 NINTH HOUSE meets MEXICAN GOTHIC in this gothic fantasy horror from Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Caitlin Starling.“A keen, visceral s

[mischief-and-misanthropy]

Why TF am i laughing so much at this

[dduane]

Tom Lehrer...

At age 92, Tom Lehrer has put all his songs and lyrics in the public domain. Before he dies.

God love the man. 

https://tomlehrersongs.com/

[itscolossal]

In Artist Adrian Brandon’s Incomplete Portraits, A Year of Life Equals One Minute of Color

[luntfontanne]

When Adrian Brandon starts to color a portrait, he sets a timer. For his rendering of Breonna Taylor, the clock is set to 26 minutes—for George Floyd, 46 minutes, for Tony McDade, 38, and for Aiyana Stanley Jones, just seven. “When the alarm sounds, I am hit with a wave of emotions ranging from anger, to deep sadness, to hopelessness, to feeling lucky that I am still here,” he says.

The Brooklyn-based artist is working on Stolen, a series of partially filled-in depictions of Black people murdered by police. Each portrait remains incomplete as Brandon only colors one minute for each year of the subject’s life that was cut short. “Aside from being able to give the viewer a visual of the various ages affected by police violence, the timer creates a lot of anxiety for me as the artist,” he says, wondering, “’When is the timer going off?’ ‘Will I be able to finish this eye?’ ‘Damn, I haven’t even gotten to the lips yet.’” In a note to Colossal, Brandon expanded on the project:

Although this anxiety may seem minor in that the consequences for me are very low, it does really have an effect on me. Anxiety is a feeling that black people are far too familiar with, and to experience that feeling while illustrating these portraits allows each piece to feel like a performance. A lot of Black people are forced to live with this anxiety and accept it as part of our every day. But these feelings build up and are exhausting. I shouldn’t have to do a prayer every time I see police pursuing a Black person in the streets. I shouldn’t feel anxious when the police are talking to a person of color. I shouldn’t feel so damn anxious that I remove my hat and jewelry when the cops pull me over. I shouldn’t feel so anxious that I would second guess calling the police if I ever needed to. This series is pulling me in, in ways that art has never done.

Brandon has been sharing deeper insights behind the portraits, in addition to timelapse videos, on Instagram.

[serindrana]

HEY YOU

want a copy of VtM Bloodlines 2?

how about a neat as fuck audiobook collection to go along with it, including (get this) a vampire running a farming and arts commune in Portland getting way too obsessed with her newest human tenant (yeah that one’s mine, there are so many sheep)???

https://twitter.com/harpervoyagerus/status/1263884839738015746?s=21

Harper Voyager US on Twitter

“TEN digital downloads of WALK AMONG US and VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE® - BLOODLINES™ 2 are up for grabs! Enter for a Chance to WIN Here: https

[serindrana]

-jonathan frakes voice- do you believe in the power of a curse

aka I wrote a short story about a death curse, a lesbian arranged marriage to a stone cold fox, fancy cars, and the painful ordeal of Being Known

It’s up for free, but please also consider donating to the Patreon it’s posted at- proceeds to go an Italian charity supporting refugees

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-decameron-37350828