The things in Clark Ashton Smith's Vaults of Yoh-Vombis. The alzabo from Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. The ghouls from Brian McNaughton's Throne of Bones. Jeffrey Ford's Daddy Longlegs of the Evening (named after the Dali painting). Ford's Twilight Pariah is pretty great too!

It's very Ciscoan! (High compliment) I love his writing so much that I always lag one book behind reading them. I get the new one and then wait to read it until the next comes out because I like having a book I know will explode my brain ready for when I need exploding

Pest by Michael Cisco -- I'm pretty sure I wasn't hallucinating that scene where a demon makes a tech cult banker breakdance. (Or the yaks)

One of my favorites! There's something so enjoyable and evocative about his words

But domesticated beavers could have slapped their tails to warn us of enemies! We'd be so ready for dangers

Oh yeah! One of my favorites

Ooh! Hallucinogen's a favorite, excited about this...

Happy birthday!

Hercules in the Haunted World, directed by Mario Bava. Some of my favorite sets ever

The good ones seem to bring in air from somewhere else!

I just read The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald found it impossible not to devour in a few days... The thoughts were so fascinating I just had to see what Sebald connected up next.

Smartphones are the worst invention of recent times

Ticks, maybe?

I've been meaning to reread The Sot-Weed Factor! I hope I don't ever lose the ability to enjoy long books -- there's nothing like slowly learning how to experience the author's world over hundreds of pages

most memorable consumption of potato I have witnessed

They had many years to create increasingly dismal zones -- I approve of this use of time!

Lots I love in there! Happy to see Revenge by Yoko Ogawa in the pile