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There's some discourse going around about The Hobbit not being a kids novel (it is, btw) and I told my husband that one argument is "kids won't understand the themes" and without hesitation he deadpans "Clifford the Big Red Dog has themes that adults don't fucking understand"
The Twilight Zone: Our episode "A Slot Machine Chases You Around Physically" was meant as a cautionary tale about the predatory nature of the gambling industry
The Gambling Industry: We've invented the slot machine that chases you around physically from The Twilight Zone episode "A Slot Machine Chases You Around Physically"
TIL in 1915, San Diego hired a “rain maker” who used a secret mix of chemicals to “attract rain” for $10,000, payable if he filled their reservoir. It rained for most of January, destroying bridges, dams, and causing 20 deaths.
His name was Charles Hatfield and I’m not saying that you shouldn’t make a deal with him, but I am saying that you should be very clear about the terms and conditions
I think we need to fully appreciate the fact that the reason he “looks like the Devil” is that many depictions of the Devil in American popular media are specifically caricatures of this guy. Like, imagine being a con man and fucking up your hustle so badly that for more than a century afterwards people start drawing the Devil to look like you.
Found in the Aftermath of a Tornado (found on Reddit).
I'm sorry, cuntal lips? We're just making up words in erotica now. I mean I like it and I'm going to use cuntal in the next thing I write because it's perfect, but also...cuntal, really?
Been talking to a girl who works at the bookstore cafe for a while (not flirting… I think?) about the works of Chuck Tingle. I was excited to tell her about the book tour last month and showed her this pic.
Her: Is he… wait, is that him?
Me: Yeah!
Her: Is he wearing a costume? What’s that on his head?
Me: That’s his… have you never seen a photo of him?
Genuinely amazed at how many slurs humanity has come up with over its existence, so yesh, check it. Also make sure your invented place name isn’t a real place name.
*Unless your book is a comedy. Then you can have someone from Gvyvy who had to ask their doctor if they had one or more of the following symptoms including heart palpitations, brain smegma, toenail exodus, or spontaneous human combustion.
Boxes is a grimdark descent through a labyrinth of strange and quite satirical horrors with a few people who deserve a better fate.
Tales From A Mall cranks up the absurdity and the humor to their maximum for an Invader-Zim-worthy farce of corporate hell, runaway consumerism, and rat vorticies.
Rabbit Hunt is Forrest's best and most stunning work yet, beyond dark and emotionally powerful, this is a world built on absolute nightmare and the world-building is as good as it gets.
Whichever way you go, you will find something quite unlike the mainstream or anything it will likely ever have the guts to offer.
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"The magic system is never fully explained" yeah that's how life works. Imagine having a story set in modern day America and the characters have several pages of exposition on combustion engines and telecommunication networks before we get to the plot
i think this is absolutely correct and good writing advice but also victor hugo would like to have a word with you about the parisian sewer system circa 1832