Upright Beasts

a blog about books and beasts and monsters (and this book I wrote about beasts and monsters)

[kammartinez]

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Atavism at Twilight (1934) 

Salvador Dali

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H R Van Dongen

[celiamarquis]

alright

[70sscifiart]

The Fantastic Ursula K. Le Guin (art by Essy May)

[kitschatron]

[sixpenceee]

The result of a lightning strike in a forest. (Source)

[catapultbooks]

31 Fairly Obscure Literary Monsters

Halloween used to belong to the monsters. Tracing a perfect near-continuum from the Frankenstein’s Monsters and Gill-Men that papered many a boyhood bedroom to the disturbed teenager’s diet of Love...

From Morlocks to Mr. Potato Head.

[uprightbeasts-blog]

“If you were taking the pulse of American short fiction circa now, you might begin with Lincoln Michel’s Upright Beasts (Coffee House Press, 2015) and Alexandra Kleeman’s Intimations (Harper, 2016). “

[gameraboy]

The Haunted House (1929)

[uprightbeasts-blog]

Yes, Writing Is a Job (Even if it Doesn’t Pay Well)

The attitude that writing is a hobby allows writers to be exploited

[weirdchristmas]

A good ole’ fever dream card.

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[silosenovengo]

[uprightbeasts-blog]

Is it October yet or what? 

[artsyskills]

Korean Artist Paints Tranquil Surrealist Illustrations of Books

Korean Illustrator Jungho Lee produces surreal art that embraces the subtle beauty of magic. Books are where dreams begin and the artist gently guides his viewer through a narrative treading this path. 

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[monkeybicycle-lit-mag]

This morning I murder your mother, but then I always murder your mother.

Lincoln Michel, from “Routine” at Monkeybicycle.net (via monkeybicycle-lit-mag)

[nekasuz]

The Giantess (The Guardian of the Egg) (c. 1947), Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)