Cynthia Lee
@cynthialeewrites.bsky.social
Writer, lover of gothic horror. I hate talking about myself.
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So I wrote a book about a pretty young woman and her trusty hell hound.
It's available now at the usual places.
I had such fun writing this one, ya'll.
It's available now at the usual places.
I had such fun writing this one, ya'll.
Man, I am sick of this shit.
June 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Man, I am sick of this shit.
I made myself look creepy at a dance party.
I like the ghoulish grin.
I like the ghoulish grin.
May 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I made myself look creepy at a dance party.
I like the ghoulish grin.
I like the ghoulish grin.
I hate my job. I work for corporate cartoon dickheads.
Time to sew myself a catsuit.
Hell here. 🔥🐈⬛
Time to sew myself a catsuit.
Hell here. 🔥🐈⬛
April 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I hate my job. I work for corporate cartoon dickheads.
Time to sew myself a catsuit.
Hell here. 🔥🐈⬛
Time to sew myself a catsuit.
Hell here. 🔥🐈⬛
I still want to be Ripley, just without the alien DNA stuff. I don’t know why they did that.
April 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I still want to be Ripley, just without the alien DNA stuff. I don’t know why they did that.
Here’s some writing advice:
1) Do not listen to writing advice on social media.
Seriously, I think some writers dispensing advice are trying to stop people from writing.
No shit. 💩
1) Do not listen to writing advice on social media.
Seriously, I think some writers dispensing advice are trying to stop people from writing.
No shit. 💩
April 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Here’s some writing advice:
1) Do not listen to writing advice on social media.
Seriously, I think some writers dispensing advice are trying to stop people from writing.
No shit. 💩
1) Do not listen to writing advice on social media.
Seriously, I think some writers dispensing advice are trying to stop people from writing.
No shit. 💩
Vampirella!
Today's repost: Vampirella I, first of a set of four drawings I made to apply to Dynamite Entertainment. I grew up reading the old Warren anthologies, so this would be a bit of a dream gig for me. Bonus material in replies!
#art, #DarkArt, #pulp, #Vampirella, #comics
#art, #DarkArt, #pulp, #Vampirella, #comics
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Vampirella!
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Consciousness is hurting my feelings.
April 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Consciousness is hurting my feelings.
Some mornings, coffee cup in hand, my husband does his famous (in our house) Indiana Jones impression.
It involves Indiana drunkenly discussing his many crimes, his traumas, his penchant for violence, his pursuit of an underage Marian, etc.
This is, incidentally, the reason I married my husband.
It involves Indiana drunkenly discussing his many crimes, his traumas, his penchant for violence, his pursuit of an underage Marian, etc.
This is, incidentally, the reason I married my husband.
April 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Some mornings, coffee cup in hand, my husband does his famous (in our house) Indiana Jones impression.
It involves Indiana drunkenly discussing his many crimes, his traumas, his penchant for violence, his pursuit of an underage Marian, etc.
This is, incidentally, the reason I married my husband.
It involves Indiana drunkenly discussing his many crimes, his traumas, his penchant for violence, his pursuit of an underage Marian, etc.
This is, incidentally, the reason I married my husband.
Home sick so I am searching for vintage book covers. Doesn’t everyone do that? I found two with wanton Southern women on the covers.
I am also a Gulf Coast Girl. Might I suggest you pair this one with Sin on Wheels?
Have yourself a sleazy Southern shindig.
I am also a Gulf Coast Girl. Might I suggest you pair this one with Sin on Wheels?
Have yourself a sleazy Southern shindig.
April 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Home sick so I am searching for vintage book covers. Doesn’t everyone do that? I found two with wanton Southern women on the covers.
I am also a Gulf Coast Girl. Might I suggest you pair this one with Sin on Wheels?
Have yourself a sleazy Southern shindig.
I am also a Gulf Coast Girl. Might I suggest you pair this one with Sin on Wheels?
Have yourself a sleazy Southern shindig.
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Love seeing Kurt there smiling and celebrating his friend!
Witnessed history with John Carpenter getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Love seeing Kurt there smiling and celebrating his friend!
I can still sing all the songs from Top Secret.
RIP, dude.
RIP, dude.
April 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I can still sing all the songs from Top Secret.
RIP, dude.
RIP, dude.
It’s been a while.
I have been distracting myself from crushing anxiety and dread by dancing (and drinking lots of wine). 🍷 🪩
It’s mostly kinda working.
I have been distracting myself from crushing anxiety and dread by dancing (and drinking lots of wine). 🍷 🪩
It’s mostly kinda working.
March 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It’s been a while.
I have been distracting myself from crushing anxiety and dread by dancing (and drinking lots of wine). 🍷 🪩
It’s mostly kinda working.
I have been distracting myself from crushing anxiety and dread by dancing (and drinking lots of wine). 🍷 🪩
It’s mostly kinda working.
More reasons to adore this house. The wallpaper, the shaggy carpet, the candelabra.
March 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
More reasons to adore this house. The wallpaper, the shaggy carpet, the candelabra.
I love this one. It has stained glass in some kind of sacrificial sun god setup, a creeping statue garden and faintly yellow wallpaper.
March 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I love this one. It has stained glass in some kind of sacrificial sun god setup, a creeping statue garden and faintly yellow wallpaper.
Writing tip:
Look at art you enjoy. It will trigger your subconscious . . . or something.
Look at a cover and think what the hell is going on in this book?
Ask yourself, what fresh fuckery is this?
Examples below:
George Ziel art. Yes, that is Phoebe Cates.
Look at art you enjoy. It will trigger your subconscious . . . or something.
Look at a cover and think what the hell is going on in this book?
Ask yourself, what fresh fuckery is this?
Examples below:
George Ziel art. Yes, that is Phoebe Cates.
March 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Writing tip:
Look at art you enjoy. It will trigger your subconscious . . . or something.
Look at a cover and think what the hell is going on in this book?
Ask yourself, what fresh fuckery is this?
Examples below:
George Ziel art. Yes, that is Phoebe Cates.
Look at art you enjoy. It will trigger your subconscious . . . or something.
Look at a cover and think what the hell is going on in this book?
Ask yourself, what fresh fuckery is this?
Examples below:
George Ziel art. Yes, that is Phoebe Cates.
These are from 19th century illustrator Theodor Kittelsen.
The first is a mountain troll. I don’t know what the 2nd is but I love water monsters. The old woman brings plague with her broom and there’s a dragon too.
Gorgeous.
The first is a mountain troll. I don’t know what the 2nd is but I love water monsters. The old woman brings plague with her broom and there’s a dragon too.
Gorgeous.
February 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
These are from 19th century illustrator Theodor Kittelsen.
The first is a mountain troll. I don’t know what the 2nd is but I love water monsters. The old woman brings plague with her broom and there’s a dragon too.
Gorgeous.
The first is a mountain troll. I don’t know what the 2nd is but I love water monsters. The old woman brings plague with her broom and there’s a dragon too.
Gorgeous.
All these years I thought it was “I’m your huckleberry.”
And it’s not.
It’s “I’m your huckle bearer” which makes more sense but is oddly disappointing to me, for no real reason.
And it’s not.
It’s “I’m your huckle bearer” which makes more sense but is oddly disappointing to me, for no real reason.
February 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
All these years I thought it was “I’m your huckleberry.”
And it’s not.
It’s “I’m your huckle bearer” which makes more sense but is oddly disappointing to me, for no real reason.
And it’s not.
It’s “I’m your huckle bearer” which makes more sense but is oddly disappointing to me, for no real reason.
I wrote a substack about Ingrid Pitt.
I read her memoir.
I admire her even more now.
open.substack.com/pub/cynthial...
I read her memoir.
I admire her even more now.
open.substack.com/pub/cynthial...
Inbox | Substack
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February 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I wrote a substack about Ingrid Pitt.
I read her memoir.
I admire her even more now.
open.substack.com/pub/cynthial...
I read her memoir.
I admire her even more now.
open.substack.com/pub/cynthial...
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I think someday I’d like to return to nature.*
*Get mummified in a bog and later unearthed to be shown as an oddity in a traveling show.
*Get mummified in a bog and later unearthed to be shown as an oddity in a traveling show.
February 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I think someday I’d like to return to nature.*
*Get mummified in a bog and later unearthed to be shown as an oddity in a traveling show.
*Get mummified in a bog and later unearthed to be shown as an oddity in a traveling show.
Manager told me to AI my work photo.
The results were hilarious to me.
The results were hilarious to me.
February 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Manager told me to AI my work photo.
The results were hilarious to me.
The results were hilarious to me.
I'm watching The Blood-Splattered Bride, an Italian gothic horror from the 70s. It's perverse, lovely and disturbing, just as you'd expect.
It's based on Carmilla but not really.
It has nice gothic trappings but it's mostly an exercise in perversion disguised as feminism, imo.
I recommend.
It's based on Carmilla but not really.
It has nice gothic trappings but it's mostly an exercise in perversion disguised as feminism, imo.
I recommend.
February 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I'm watching The Blood-Splattered Bride, an Italian gothic horror from the 70s. It's perverse, lovely and disturbing, just as you'd expect.
It's based on Carmilla but not really.
It has nice gothic trappings but it's mostly an exercise in perversion disguised as feminism, imo.
I recommend.
It's based on Carmilla but not really.
It has nice gothic trappings but it's mostly an exercise in perversion disguised as feminism, imo.
I recommend.
My son and I are home sick with flu. We watched Logan today. He loved it and was moved by it, although he mainly loved the claw violence.
My heart is so full. ♥️
My heart is so full. ♥️
February 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My son and I are home sick with flu. We watched Logan today. He loved it and was moved by it, although he mainly loved the claw violence.
My heart is so full. ♥️
My heart is so full. ♥️
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Anxiety. Watercolor, colored pencil, and white ink.
February 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Anxiety. Watercolor, colored pencil, and white ink.
So I wrote a book about a pretty young woman and her trusty hell hound.
It's available now at the usual places.
I had such fun writing this one, ya'll.
It's available now at the usual places.
I had such fun writing this one, ya'll.
February 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So I wrote a book about a pretty young woman and her trusty hell hound.
It's available now at the usual places.
I had such fun writing this one, ya'll.
It's available now at the usual places.
I had such fun writing this one, ya'll.
I think the only way for me (and maybe others) to get through the years of cruel spectacles and heartbreaking news is to double down on the Things I Love That Distract Me From Real Life.
So I recently bought Ingrid Pitt’s memoir. I intend to write a substack about her.
So I recently bought Ingrid Pitt’s memoir. I intend to write a substack about her.
February 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I think the only way for me (and maybe others) to get through the years of cruel spectacles and heartbreaking news is to double down on the Things I Love That Distract Me From Real Life.
So I recently bought Ingrid Pitt’s memoir. I intend to write a substack about her.
So I recently bought Ingrid Pitt’s memoir. I intend to write a substack about her.