#rough magick

[pixie-mask]

Love this quote

[forgottengenres]

Bad Dreams on the Far Ledge by Manuel Chavarria

Her smile was sharp and immediate; her eyes were twin voids.

He built the scene in his mind: crouched over a trap door, he faced an ornate latch decorated with the devil’s grin. Whatever was inside glowed bright enough to illuminate walls hung with memories. Behind him he heard a pistol cock. She looked him hard in the eyes and even though he was convinced there was some love there, he braced himself for the exit wound.

[bella-geek]

goodreads link

1/5 stars

Tried really hard to finish this (got to 56%)...but I just can't make myself care about anyone in it and I can't get into the story. Every time the word "gnomestress" is used I want to gouge out my eyes. Good thing it was cheap on Amazon.

[pagansquare]

When I was about fourteen, I purchased Teen Witch—Wicca for a New Generation and began spending a lot of time in my grassy backyard trying to connect with the Goddess and to learn the logistics of casting protective circles (I lived behind a mean girl and her meaner hyper conservative holier-than-thou grandmother). It was also around this time that I picked up a copy of Francesca Lia Block’s Violet & Claire, falling in love with Claire’s gauzy purity in juxtaposition to Violet’s sultry darkness. Violet & Claire, like many of Block’s works, hone in on the dynamism of female identity. Those who have read a lot of Block (I have some catching up to do), know that she works with a sensibility that could best be described as…magical.