#billy martin

[cosmicwolfking]

EARLY DESIGNS FOR ROTTMNT

BILLY MARTIN

[m4gg0t-f4gg0t]

I think it’s finished! Tentatively titled something to the effect of Orpheus Grieving the Ruined Eurydice, because on this reading I realized that it really is an Orpheus & Eurydice narrative on Luke’s side of things. God my heart aches harder for these two with every passing day

I know the guts should be bloodier but I couldn’t stand to cover up the pink I love it so much

[justplainsimon]

Okay, in keeping with making a playlist off of blood meridian, heres my;

Lost Souls inspired playlist (2026)

Cause I needed something to balance out the spring playlist, and Poppy Z. Brite's book just spoke to me, it went through me, it nourished me. "Oh, but why isn't there any Tom Waits or The Cure here? those are both in the book" "These aren't even from the correct time periods" sssshhhh! its about the vibes, its about getting high, and not giving a fuck.

[brsb4hls]

Pissing myself over this:

Source: Billy Martin's facebook.

[borninwinter81]

Queer horror from my teens

I periodically wonder whether these books are still known and read by young goths and horror fans as they were all extremely important to me in my teenage years, so I thought I'd share them.

Though I'm cishet, during the mid 90s two of my favourite authors wrote primarily queer fiction: they were Anne Rice and another author from New Orleans who is now known as Billy Martin.

He came out as a trans man in 2011, however these books were published prior to that so unfortunately you have to search for them under his deadname. This is why I've used that name in the tags on this post. I don't believe the books were ever reprinted with his current name.

Though I loved Rice, I always felt a more immediate connection with Martin due to his vivid portrayal of subcultures like goth and punk, and how it felt to be a teenager who was part of them. I could see myself in many of his characters as I had the same interests, listened to the same music, and shared the same sense of social alienation. Remember in the 90s the Internet was still a reasonably new thing, and many of us didn't have a home Internet connection at all. There was certainly no social media, no YouTube, and no real way to meet and interact with like-minded teens unless you were lucky enough to have another "weird kid" at your school. If you were a weird kid, you likely had very few friends and were bullied.

That as much as anything else led me to seek solace in books written by an author who I felt understood me, and characters who became my friends.

Lost Souls is about vampires in a kind of Lost Boys/Near Dark way. Fans of the YouTuber OfHerbsAndAltars might be interested to know that this book is where the name of his channel comes from - it's a description of the taste of Chartreuse liqueur.

Drawing Blood is about ghosts, a "murder house", computer hacking, comic art and a very beautiful (if rather messed up) romance. This one is probably my favourite of the three.

Exquisite Corpse is about serial killers, set against the AIDS crisis of the 90s. If you like the Hannibal TV series you'll probably enjoy this one - imagine if Dennis Nilsen and Jeffrey Dahmer had somehow met.

Martin doesn't pull any punches when it comes to descriptions of blood and gore, violence, abusive parents or his portrayal of toxic romantic relationships (of which there are many in his books), but if you can deal with those things there is also a great deal of beauty, phenomenally good writing, and a somewhat unique perspective on the supernatural.

Maybe I'm biased, looking at these through the lens of my teenage self. Maybe they'd seem horribly dated to today's young audience. But I still wanted to make this post in case there's someone out there who will end up loving them as much as I did.

[mikyapixie]

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟓 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤!!!

Man this show was hilarious!!!

[rogueslove]

Gambit & Rogue by Billy Martin

[lottielon]

Does anyone have a way of reading Stay Awake by Billy Martin? I just finished Lost Souls and I'm desperate for even just a tiny bit more of Steve and Ghost, but I've searched everywhere and can't seem to find it :(