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@alyravenous.bsky.social
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former pirate historian, sometimes RT-approved film critic, constant practitioner of escapism, and forever sleepy mom. (she / her)
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Well well well, you learn something new every day. (from “The Ugly History of Beautiful Things” by Katy Kelleher)
Like many luxury items, musk came to Europe from the Far East. Derived from the Sanskrit word for testicle, "musk" refers to the glandular products of small male Asian deer. These little sacs of animal juice were harvested from the bodies of slain deer and left to dry in the sun.In its raw form, musk smells like urine, pungent and sharp. But atter being left to dry, musk develops a softer scent. The reek of ammonia… (from The Ugly History of Beautiful Things by Katy Kelleher)
July 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Never been so called out in my life
For those of you who read the trigger warnings and said, "Accidental cannibalism?! Count me in!" This one's for you.
July 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Last night I brought The Buffalo Hunter Hunter to the Done & Dusted book club. As Chuck would say, I contain multitudes.
A table with a nicely plated grilled cheese and a small side of chips next to a wine glass of vinho verde and two books (one closed, one open). Fancy bitch mode activate.
June 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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#independentbookstoreday 🖤
Photo of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
April 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The Quest for Camelot poster in the background during Buffy’s fight with Angel in “Innocence” takes me OUT every time, what in the bizarro product placement
Screenshot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a Quest for Camelot poster in the background
March 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The way Laura Dern was looking at Isabella Rossellini made me so emotional UGH
Screenshot of Laura Dern and Isabella Rossellini at the Oscars. Ralph Fiennes is also there.
March 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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The Dead Romantics is a reylo book, right? Right????
The man cleared his throat, impatiently waiting. I hugged the cactus so tight to my chest, I could feel the pot beginning to creak with the pressure, and stepped into his office. And froze. The man in question sat in the leather chair that for thirty-five years (longer than he'd been alive, I figured) Tabitha Margraves had inhabited. The desk, once cluttered with porcelain knickknacks and pictures of her dog, was clean and tidy, everything stacked in its proper place. The desk reflected the man behind it almost perfectly: too polished, in a crisp white button-down shirt that strained at his broad shoulders, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows to reveal rather intimidatingly sexy forearms. His black hair was swept back out of his long face and somehow accentuated his equally long nose, black square glasses perched on it, and there were very faint freckles speckled across his face: one by his right nostril, two on his cheek, one just above his thick right eyebrow. A constellation of them. For a second, I wanted to take a Sharpie and connect them to see what myth they held. The next second, I quickly came to the realization that- Oh. He was hot. And I'd seen him before. At publishing functions with Rose or my ex-boyfriend. I couldn't place the name, but I'd definitely run into him more than once. I held my breath, wondering if he recognized me—did he? "You must be Ann Nichols's assistant," he greeted without missing a beat. He stood and came around the desk to offer his hand. He was ... enormous. So tall I felt like I'd suddenly been transported into a retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk" where he was a very hunky beanstalk that I really, really wanted to climb No. No, Florence. Bad girl, I scolded myself. You do not want to climb him like a tree, because he's your new editor and therefore very, incredibly, stupendously unclimbable. "Florence Day," I said as I accepted his hand. His almost completely enveloped mine in a strong handshake. "Benji Andor, but you can call me Ben," he introduced. "Florence," I repeated, shocked that I could mutter anything above a squeak. The edges of his mouth quirked up. "So you said."
February 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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This book slaps! I’m not a religious person but I love religious horror. Would love to see this adapted for TV, but at the same time, I’m also completely fine revisiting this as it is when I need another dose of extremely depressing yet hopeful escapism
Book cover for Between Two Fires: An Epic Tale of Medieval Horror by Christopher Buehlman
February 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Good morning to ME
Still of Oscar Isaac as Dr. Frankenstein in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankstein
January 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
January 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Got to that part
GIF of Eric Bogosian as Daniel in Interview with the Vampire saying “Okay, did you eat the baby?”
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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🖤
Screenshot of David Lynch as Gordon Cole in Twin Peaks: The Return saying, “and when you became Denise, I told all your colleagues, those clown comics, to fix their hearts or die.”
January 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Had fun reading these back-to-back. Daughter has a lot of CAT PEOPLE vibes + top notch yearning, aka my very favorite things
Book cover for The Island of Dr. Moreau by HG Wells Book cover for The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
January 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I got this @superyakishop.bsky.social shirt for myself for Christmas and at first glance Evan thought it was a reylo shirt alslkskdk 😂😂😂
Moonstruck crop top by Super Yaki
December 25, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Work gave us plants for Xmas. I shall call him Phineas and use the Anthony J. Crowley Method of raising him (iykyk)
December 20, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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‘Tis the season
A pot of vegetarian chili and a skillet of cornbread
December 15, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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My kids are fully WICKED pilled
Mac & cheese dyed green and pink with food coloring because my kids asked for Wicked Witch mac & cheese
December 10, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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My feral children watching “Dancing Through Life”
December 7, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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I found this at Once Upon a Child two days after showing 2yo THE WIZARD OF OZ, this may be my most serendipitous find yet!!!
A secondhand Cowardly Lion hoodie
December 3, 2024 at 11:52 PM
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THE WIZARD OF OZ is the only exception to a 2-year-old’s goldfish-esque attention span
The back of a curly-headed toddler’s head while he watches The Wizard of Oz
November 30, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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Worth the peeling and coring and slicing of seven apples
A half-eaten apple pie
November 29, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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She’s resting
An unbaked pie covered in plastic wrap in the fridge because I can’t handle babying this bitch in the oven tonight
November 27, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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I’m going to mcflippin LOSE IT, WHY IS HE NOT HEATHCLIFF
November 21, 2024 at 1:13 AM
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Been a while since I’ve been to a press screening!
November 12, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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Bonus: she sang “Miracle” directly in front of me 🥹
Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES performing in November 2021
November 11, 2024 at 1:45 AM