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Amanda M. Blake
@amandamblake.bsky.social
Horror and fantasy author of QUESTION NOT MY SALT and the Thorns series; mid-age goth, horror movie aficionado. Coming soon: IN THE DOLLHOUSE WE ALL WAIT (2026), MASQUE (2027). 🪚

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Reposted by Amanda M. Blake
Musk: i reada da frankenstein
Mary Shelley: motherfucker
Shelley: you better not get this one wrong
Shelley: i literally could not spell it out any more obviously
Mus: itsa about how meddling in da domain ova god is good!
Shelley: MOTHER
Shelley: FUCKER
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
the bone china under a waning half moon
to conceal your secret better than
the body the wolves are digging up now. (2/2)
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
More likely they said 'this isn't the case to do it.' We'll still take the W for now.
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Reposted by Amanda M. Blake
Here is the full orders list from the Supreme Court: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

And here is my earlier report at Law Dork on the Sixth Circuit decision rejecting Kim Davis's case, which the Supreme Court let stand with today's cert denial. www.lawdork.com/p/kim-davis-...
Kim Davis loses. Again. Unanimously. (But, this still might not be the end.)
The Sixth Circuit rejected the appeal of the former Kentucky county clerk who was sued after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
www.lawdork.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Reposted by Amanda M. Blake
I think part of the reason I liked the mutant imagery in the second half is because it reminded me of that scene in ALIEN: RESURRECTION--hardly the strongest in the franchise, but the when new Ripley sees all the previous iterations is one of the most chilling scenes.
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Yeah, they'd be related in vibe and elements. I'm just not sure how best people might appreciate them, dropped one at a time or all at once.
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I think the reason the first half felt weaker to me is that it cribbed a lot from ANACONDA.
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The way it was attracted to fire rather than repelled was a nice touch. Bolstered by a good main cast. The family angle was a bit meh, but that part of the story had its moments, too.

Don't think they can belabor the mutants much more, though, if they make another one.
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM