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[dykensteinery]

Hiiii do you have any recommendations for lesser known gothic fiction? Esp. late 1800s? Also any recs for books (or other media I guess) about architectural horror?

haii! really had 2 rummage through my brain for lesser known gothic fiction; i haven't even read a lot of the popular ones due to my ability to eread only having been gained recently... i don't have many recommendations for this sadly:

mathilda: another work by mary shelley, death note of the titular character mathilda that tells the story of her life up until her dying. deals with gothic incest, i often bring it up as criticism on incest. defs a fave

fosca: i need to read this myself but it's a favourite of @can-of-w0rmz!! so definitely go to him about it maybe... there's a musical adaptation free on youtube that is just gutwrenching, too.

la morte amoureuse: i do Not know what this is about. frankly. but the girl i mentioned above likes it. so.

the sorrows of satan: "set in late victorian london, the novel tells the story of geoffrey temptest, a struggling writer who unexpectedly inherits a fortune and is drawn into high society by the prince lucio rimânez. explores the themes of corruption and excessive decadence as well as the gothic trope of the faustian bargain." (as described by @frankingsteinery)

as for architectural horror!!! i do actually have two google drives full of books for it as made by someone else!! i'll link it here and here, most works are essays and i am currently reading the architectural uncanny by anthony vidler. here is a book and an essay in the drive i found inaccessible but later found elsewhere. and short essay about the house being metaphorical to the body in 19th c. novels! and another short essay discussing the feminist implications of identity loss in haunted house narratives. as for other media...

anatomy (game) — absolutely brilliant writing!! a biiiiig favourite, i have quotes from it as my discord status and private twt bio!! always quoting the monologue...

control, anatomy and the legacy of the haunted house (video essay): this actually was my introduction to the concept of architectural horror! started my descent into madness and all... i adore jacob geller, check out his other videos as well! both on architecture and not :3

gaming's harshest architecture (video essay): more geller, yaaay! more about nonsensical architecture

the black tower (short film): i interpret this as some type of traumatic memory loss with the trauma affecting the narrator's life, alongside an inaccesible childhood home

haunted houses (shrine): this is like a cocomelon to me. frankly.

childhood homes (game): makes me ill!!! i need to play it again ugh

the cellar door is an open throat (zine): i dont have anything to say its just very good.. i don't have access to it anymore, it used to be free and im a cheapskate but its def worth the money now LOL

also here is a collection of poetry as compiled by another user, whose artwork i also suggest you check out. she also has a rec list that is very cool and organised and has waaayyy more stuff than this post.

whilst trying to find my things, i kept stumbling upon new rec lists made by other users!! here's one and two and three!

i cannot think or find anymore at the moment... but that's plenty, i think... i may come back to edit this later!

[aro-culture-is]

aro culture is talking about your friends with such tender passion that the allos think you're in love with them

[here-inside-the-void]

ghost, banshee, fury, succubus

Ghost: Do you have any regrets? 

Oh, sure, of course. Some of the worst of which involve accidentally hurting people before realizing I was aro… :// 

Banshee: If you knew one of your loved ones/best friends had only one day left to live, how would you spend that last day with them?

Oof, uh… Probably just doing what we always do together, chilling out and talking about the stories we plan, (I guess planned, in this case) to write one day. Just really indulge. 

Fury: What is a word/phrase that you dread to hear? 

Any variation of “you’re in trouble” or “I’m mad at you” lmao 

Succubus: What’s one thing you can’t live without?

Hmmm idk, I guess just fiction in general? Yeah, not being able to live without consuming or creating some form of media

[dykensteinery]

I went to a writer's group yesterday and this woman said something about how the vast majority of people don't want to read historical fiction that's too accurate to how the Victorians wrote/spoke, because it's really long-winded and boring. Which was very funny to me because trying to emulate Victorian prose is actually something I've become incredibly obsessed with since I started writing historical fiction a year ago. I am. Obsessed. Also what makes it even funnier is that I'm in my 20s and she was like in her 60s. #MyOutdatedTaste

AHAHAH NO LITERALLY SAME. im not even in My 20s yet but still the way i write even the way i SPEAK is influenced by older prose espeically mary shelley's language 😭😭😭 and its truly no help that my intimate friend's natural way of speech is near-perfect "victorian"... it's like she learned english from reading austen. so Too many influences around me. i have a heavy dislike for most modern fiction because i rarely find myself enjoying the description or dialogue ESPECIALLY DIALOGUE which is one of the reasons i lean to the classics. and my mother in her age calls me BORING AND OLD!!!! for it. evil evil evil. and i really do wish that classic literature was TRULY an "old people interest" because then my friend circle would be much bigger but IT ISN'TTTTT IT'S SO DIFFICULT! To find a person of any age that actually give a big shit about the classics without you. idk. converting them. the main old friend i have is a guy in his 50s thats insane about moby dick. anyways. #OurOutdatedTaste

[dykensteinery]

here take these hamlet memes and doodles i made when i reread it last year

the doodles are ADORABLE hamlet looks like some type of bug. squishes him. the last meme 😭😭😭😭

[dykensteinery]

Trick or treat 🎃

YOU 🫵 get my haunted house masterdoc that i said i would make months ago and forgot to share until now

ARCHITECTURAL HORROR: all things related to the House.

understand that i may have not watched, read or played some of the listed media; my interest in architectural horror mainly comes from my ow

[a-queer-kind-of-fear]

Chai, lemongrass, spearmint

Chai: Favourite colour combination?

Different shades of the same colour. Grey, red, and green, mostly.

Lemongrass: Favourite childhood bedtime story?

I don’t remember being read bedtime stories. I must have, but I have no memory of it. Maybe because I started reading early? I think I went for variety rather than repetition as a child. I enjoyed classic fairy tales, ghost stories, poetry, and nonfiction.

There was one story that started like this, “In einem dunklen, dunklen Wald, in einem dunklen, dunklen Haus...” (= In a dark, dark forest, in a dark, dark house...). I liked that one.

And I’d like to use this opportunity to give a shoutout to Ritter Rost.

Spearmint: What’s an interesting fact about you?

I have black dishes and golden cutlery because I’m extra.

[a-queer-kind-of-fear]

💡🎻🥐📅🕯

💡 what hobby did you start doing most recently?

studying languages!!!! it’s good

🎻 if you began learning a new instrument today, which one would you pick?

the drums, methinks. i long to... Release The Beast. serious vibing with animal from the muppets.

🥐 what food is your go-to when you want something easy to make/prepare?

pasta

📆 what are you looking forward to in the next year?

the end of the world as we know it. fingers crossed!! or, alternatively, getting my tits chopped off.

🕯 do you have any self-care activities you do routinely?

Alone Time.