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therefugeofbooks · 2 years

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Spring Scavenger Hunt 🌼

Thank you to @booktheraepy and @e-b-reads for tagging me! I spent a lot of time just staring at my books because of this scavenger hunt 😅

Two books are a bit dark for the spring theme, but let's say it's because it's autumn here 🤣 half autumn, half spring, I guess?

A book that starts with S: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

A book with birds on the cover: If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (I swear I don't have another book with birds on the cover 😭😭)

A book with an insect on the cover: The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan

A book with flowers on the cover: The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott

A book that takes place at Spring time: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (this is just a guess? I can't remember season in books!!)

tagging: @yourneighborhoodbibliophile, @the-head-in-the-clouds, @the-haunted-pencil, @abbeyx, @themelodyofspring, @magic-dustt, @bookworm-of-camelot, @thatstudyblrontea, @maddiesbookshelves, @thequeerlibrarian, @a-ramblinrose and @midnightlibrarymouse 💫

#booklr #books #book photography #tag game #spring scavenger hunt #if we were villains #m. l. rio #the lucky list #rachel lippincott #the drowning girl #caitlin r. kiernan #alice in wonderland #lewis carrol #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #becky albertalli #the refuge of books

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angela-yuriko-smith · 1 year

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Historic Return of Weird Tales

I am honored to be a part of this incredible, historic return just in time to destabilize a world view that could use some adjustments. I can’t wait to hold this in my hands ❤ In keeping with the poetry theme, my poem “Lost Generations” is included in this issue. From weirdtales.com: The first issue in the second century of Weird Tales features a cover and new HELLBOY story by Mike Mignola and…

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#Caitlin R. Kiernan #Christopher Golden #cosmic horror #F Paul Wilson #horror fiction #jonathan maberry #Mike Mignola #new release #Paul Cornell #Ramsey Campbell #Tim Lebbon #Weird Tales

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doormouseetcappendix · 1 year

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My Winter 2023 Audiobook Listening Log Part 11

Anno Dracula: 1999 Daikaiju (2019) by Kim Newman

Devil House by John Darnielle (2022) read by John Darnielle

A Headful Of Ghosts by Paul Trembly (2016) read by Joy Osmanski

The Troop by Nick Cutter (2014) read by Corey Brill

The Deep by Nick Cutter (2015) read by Corey Brill

Little Heaven by Nick Cutter (2017) read by Corey Brill

Threshold by Caitlin R. Kiernan (2001) read by Lauren Fortgang

Daughter Of Hounds by Caitlin R. Kiernan (2007) read by Suzy Jackson

Paradise Lost by John Milton (1667) read by Simon Vance

The Sandman Act II by Neil Gaiman (2021) read by Neil Gaiman, James MckAvoy, Emma Corrin, Brian Cox, Kat Dennings, John Lighgow, Bill Nighy

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queerlit · 2 years

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Six Spooky Queer Novels

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

Photo Source Alex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. So while most girls celebrate their Quinceañera, Alex prepares for her Deathday―the most important day in a bruja's life and her only opportunity to rid herself of magic. But the curse she performs during the ceremony backfires, and her family vanishes, forcing Alex to absorb all of the magic from her family line. Left alone, Alex seeks help from Nova, a brujo with ambitions of his own. -- Amazon

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle L. Gómez

Photo Source The winner of two Lambda Literary Awards (fiction and science fiction) The Gilda Stories is a very lesbian American odyssey. Escaping from slavery in the 1850s Gilda's longing for kinship and community grows over two hundred years. Her induction into a family of benevolent vampyres takes her on an adventurous and dangerous journey full of loud laughter and subtle terror. -- Goodreads

The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Photo Source Caitlín R. Kiernan is a master of her craft of dark fantasy-sci-fi horror and The Drowning Girl is an excellent place to start with her books. India Morgan Phelps — aka Imp — begins her first person story by telling the reader that she is schizophrenic and that she’s aware of her own unreliability. This, of course, calls into question the entirety of the book that follows. But this is not a story that asks you to guess whether the supernatural elements are real or whether they are just a product of Imp’s mental health status. Instead, it’s an investigation of how the paranormal — Imp’s encounter with a mysterious figure — interacts with mental illness. This post-modern creepy, if not outright scary story, also features a lesbian relationship between a cis and a trans woman! -- Autostraddle

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Photo Source Shady Grove inherited her father’s ability to call ghosts from the grave with his fiddle, but she also knows the fiddle’s tunes bring nothing but trouble and darkness. But when her brother is accused of murder, she can’t let the dead keep their secrets. In order to clear his name, she’s going to have to make those ghosts sing. -- Goodreads

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Photo Source Marion: the new girl. Awkward and plain, steady and dependable. Weighed down by tragedy and hungry for love she’s sure she’ll never find. Zoey: the pariah. Luckless and lonely, hurting but hiding it. Aching with grief and dreaming of vanished girls. Maybe she’s broken—or maybe everyone else is. Val: the queen bee. Gorgeous and privileged, ruthless and regal. Words like silk and eyes like knives, a heart made of secrets, and a mouth full of lies. Their stories come together on the island of Sawkill Rock, where gleaming horses graze in rolling pastures and cold waves crash against black cliffs. Where kids whisper the legend of an insidious monster at parties and around campfires. Where girls have been disappearing for decades, stolen away by a ravenous evil no one has dared to fight… until now. -- Goodreads

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Photo Source Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it ﬁrst appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel’s corrupting inﬂuence, he responded that there is, in fact, “a terrible moral in Dorian Gray.” Just a few years later, the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde’s homosexual liaisons, which resulted in his imprisonment. Of Dorian Gray’s relationship to autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, “Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps. -- Goodreads

#Labyrinth Lost #Zoraida Córdova #The Gilda Stories #Jewelle L. Gómez #zoraida cordova #Jewelle L. Gomez #The Drowning Girl #Caitlín R. Kiernan #Caitlin R. Kiernan #Sawkill Girls #Claire Legrand #The Picture of Dorian Gray #Oscar Wilde #spooky #queer novels #queer books #my list #BIPOC AUTHORS

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coollovebibliophilethings · 5 months

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Hauntings edited by Ellen Datlow

Title: HauntingsAuthor: Ellen Datlow, Pat Cadigan, Dale Bailey, E. Michael Lewis, Lucius Shepard, David Morrell, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Hand, Neil Gaiman, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Carroll, Terry Dowling, Paul Walther, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Connie Willis, Stephen Gallagher, Michael Marshall Smith, Richard Bowes, James P. Blaylock, Jeffrey Ford, Gemma Files, Kelly Link,…

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wolfythoughts · 2 years

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Book Review: The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Audiobook narrated by Suzy Jackson)

Summary: India Morgan Phelps, Imp to her friends, is sure that there were two different Eva Cannings who came into her life and changed her world. And one of them was a mermaid (or perhaps a siren?) and the other was a werewolf. But Imp’s ex-girlfriend, Abalyn, insists that no, there was only ever one Eva Canning, and she definitely wasn’t a mermaid or a werewolf. Dr. Ogilvy wants Imp to…

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thegothicalice · 1 month

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Eclectic 🔮✨Cardigan from Disturbia, shoes by American Duchess, everything else secondhand.

#ootd #current reading #braids #American duchess #Disturbia #caitlin r kiernan #silk skirt

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stevelieber · 3 months

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Old art: Here's an illustration I did for a postcard for an exhibit of my original art from Alabaster, a comics series I drew at Dark Horse, written by Caitlin R Kiernan. I just remembered it because of all the downed trees around here!

#steve lieber #my work #comic book art #alabaster #caitlin r kiernan

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dee-is-for-lots-of-things · 2 years

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#no comment. this is a perfect panel.#lily liveblogs #the corinthian #the dreaming #caitlin r kiernan #corinthian #comicc

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lokitty-supreme · 1 year

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Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️

Shout out to Wanda & Echo of The Sandman Universe for being trans icons

#neil gaiman #caitlin r kiernan #the sandman #the dreaming #echo #wanda mann #trans day of visibility

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nobeerreviews · 1 year

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And I know now how to sum up the smell of her apartment. It smells like time.

-- Caitlin R. Kiernan

#time #vintage #caitlin r kiernan #evening photography #quote #wise #owl

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bigcats-birds-and-books · 9 months

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July Haul, or: Wow, I'm So Good At Acquiring Books In Moderation, Huh.

#spoiler alert: I Am Not #books #book haul #maybe cold turkey ban months are also no good for me lol because then i do shit like this literally the next two weeks #I HAVE A DEFENSE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT:#black helicopters and tindalos are books 2 and 3 in a series i really liked book 1 of #silence and home are from my first visit to my local indie IRL (never mind how much i've bought from them online)#garden was a preorder from A Long Time Ago (i forgot about it)#wake up was because i had to buy a birthday present for someone and i figured i could get one (1) impulse purchase also #i did have a coupon for HOME and SILENCE #and black helicopters is actually used!!! so that was nice #cheaper lol #black helicopters #the tindalos asset #caitlin r kiernan #always coming home #ursula k. le guin #feed them silence #lee mandelo #and then i woke up #malcolm devlin #a half-built garden #ruthanna emrys

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nualas · 1 year

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#sorry i think im funny.#the corinthian #the dreaming #the dreaming 1996 #the sandman #i havent read enough of this series to say if its good or not but man. the corinthian wearing a single earring really got me.#caitlin r kiernan said uhhhhhh make the corinthian transphobic. but also give him an earring.

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bookthroneking · 3 months

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Book Review: The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan

This is exactly the sort of book that seeps into your skin and stays with you... or just an intensely frustrating and unsatisfying read if you're not into this kind of storytelling. Luckily for me, I very much am into it.

The Red Tree is, more or less, a horror novel. It's also a very slow-paced, meandering and dreamlike character study with an unreliable and, to some, unlikeable protagonist. What horror there is in this book is eerie, unsettling, full of tangents and implications, blank spots and mystery. I've read it once before and I found myself not very happy with it, but my taste did a complete 180 last year about most of what makes this book so compelling: the slow pace, the messy and poisonous character dynamics, the amount of question marks within the story. More than anything, I fell in love with the protagonist's voice: Sarah Crowe, whose unhinged journal is the main text of the book, is cynical, mean, obsessive and a generally toxic presence, which made her last relationship end in tragedy... and she's fully, painfully aware of all this. She's also a middle-aged lesbian, and it was honestly really good and refreshing to read sapphic horror where the women are allowed to be bitchy and flawed and damaging to each other, because a lot of sapphic rep I've seen in this genre presents the wlw romance as a force of good in a dark narrative. This book isn't only horror: it's an exploration of bad relationships, and the way people sometimes just can't do the right things for each other, or even for themselves. These characters really stood out, and I came to love them not despite but because of their massive flaws. That's exactly why that ending sent chills down my spine.

What else can I say? This book unsettled me, enchanted me, creeped me out, and left me with a deep sadness after reading. I'm so glad I decided to give it another chance.

StoryGraph rating: 5

#book review #horror #2024 reads #queer lit #favorite books #caitlin r kiernan #bookworm #bookblr #bookish #my posts

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saintofdaggers · 4 months

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gotta love it when a sex scene makes me want to wail into the wind

#lit tag #I say this unironically btw #this book is Good #it's the red tree by caitlin r kiernan if anyone's wondering #love some toxic yuri in the morning <3 #minors dni #my posts

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corpsepng · 4 months

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May have just found my favorite author for real this time. Gotta go read everything they’ve ever written first

#love vandermeer love southern reach and I’ll try his other stuff for sure but #I have tripped and fallen into the worlds of Caitlin r kiernan and I’m going to keep falling

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