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gameraboy2 · 1 year

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"Angel of Mercy" Spicy Adventure Stories, January 1936 Cover by Harry L. Parkhurst

#angel of mercy #harry l. parkhurst #1936 #1930s #vintage #western #cowboy #art #illustration #painting

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artdecoblog · 7 years

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<strong>The Stick-Up, Complete Detective Novel Magazine, July 1934, cover by Harry L. Parkhurst <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/randar/">by Tom Simpson</a></strong>

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notpulpcovers · 5 years

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Spicy Western, December 1938, cover by Harry L. Parkhurst https://flic.kr/p/2hbam6i

#harrylemonparkhurst #painting #art #illustration #vintage #pulp #pulpart #cowboy #western #westernar

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batboyblog · 7 years

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My very gay reading list

So I’m a book hoarder, and I have MANY unread books (gay!) waiting for me to get around to them so here they are, feel free to tell me if you’ve read something on it, and if you liked it

Flesh and Bone by William Alton

Spellbound by Marcus Atley

If We Shadows by D.E. Atwood

Guyliner by J. Leigh Bailey

Queeroes by Steven Bereznai

Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block

I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block

Children of the Knight by Michael J. Bowler

Every Nine Seconds by Joseph Brockton

Debbie Harry Sings in French by Meagan Brothers

Weird Girl and What's His Name by Meagan Brothers

The Manny Files by Christian Burch

Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World by Janet E. Cameron

The Lavender Menace: Tales of Queer Villainy! by Tom Cardamone

Dragon Slayer by Isabella Carter

Repeating History: The Eye of Ra by Dakota Chase

Potluck by A.J. Colher

Boy Robot by Simon Curtis

Zhukov's Dogs by Amanda Cyr

My Side Of The Story by Will Davis

A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day

Ghost Songs by Andrew Demcak

You and Me and Him by Kris Dinnison

Birdy Flynn by Helen Donohoe

Seidman by James Erich

Dreams by James Erich

The Ghost of Buxton Manor by Jonathan L. Ferrara

This is Not a Love Story by Suki Fleet

Willful Machines by Tim Floreen

Always Leaving by Gene Gant

Falling From The Sky by Nikki Godwin

Whatever.: or how junior year became totally f$@ked by S.J. Goslee

Three Truths and a Lie by Brent Hartinger

Rapture Practice: A True Story About Growing Up Gay in an Evangelical Family by Aaron Hartzler

Pukawiss The Outcast by Jay Jordan Hawke

Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim

The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey

Cupid Painted Blind by Marcus Herzig

Bi-Normal by M.G. Higgins

Freaks and Revelations by Davida Wills Hurwin

Exile by Caleb James

Finding Our Way Series Collection by Jayson James

Gilded Cage by Vic James

Reasons to Love a Nerd Like Me by Becky Jerams

Another Kind of Cowboy by Susan Juby

Martyr by A.R. Kahler

The Dead Will Rise First by Logan Kain

Ómorphi by C. Kennedy

Coins in the Coffee Cup by Ambriehl Khalil

The Red Sun Rises by Victoria Kinnaird

Love Drugged by James Klise

A Destiny of Dragons by T.J. Klune

Read Between the Lines by Jo Knowles

The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis

Andy Squared by Jennifer Lavoie

Collide by J.R. Lenk

Draw the Line by Laurent Linn

True Letters from a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan

The Star Host by F.T. Lukens

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee

One Boy's Shadow by Ross A. McCoubrey

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

Bottled Up Secret by Brian McNamara

Stranger in the Wizard's Tower by Deric McNish

The Straight Road to Kylie by Nico Medina

Diary of a Teenage Taxidermist by K.A. Merikan

Cut Both Ways by Carrie Mesrobian

It Looks Like This by Rafi Mittlefehldt

Normal? by Stephen J. Mulrooney

Subject to Change by Karen Nesbitt

Exiled to Iowa. Send Help. And Couture by Chris O'Guinn

Blood Moon by M.J. O'Shea

Away We Go by Emil Ostrovski

I Hate Summer by H.T. Pantu

Thanks a Lot, John LeClair by Johanna Parkhurst

Thinking Straight by Robin Reardon

Chulito by Charles Rice-González

Gemini Bites by P.E. Ryan

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

Private Display of Affection by Winter Sandberg

A Man's Man by Genta Sebastian

Timekeeper by Tara Sim

Oswin by Timm Spire

Maps by Nash Summers

Nowhere Near You by Leah Thomas

Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey

The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson

Encounter by Perie Wolford

Money Boy by Paul Yee

Sometimes We Tell the Truth by Kim Zarins

Miguel's Secret Journal by A.V. Zeppa

again, let me know if you’ve read any of these and let me know what I should read! :) thanks!

#gay books #books #read list #book list #books im reading

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sabulana · 7 years

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the-beloved-panda said: Anyone in particular that this is about?

(this gets waaaay longer than i think you may have expected or wanted....)

There are so many I could choose but I was thinking mostly of Ruth Kerr from Stormhaven, by Jordan L. Hawk when I made this post.

It's part of the Whyborne and Griffin series of books (It would also be about Maggie Parkhurst, Whyborne's secretary, but then Undertow came out and I became a very happy woman. :D). I’m re-reading the series for the nth time before I read Draakenwood, the 9th and latest book of the series.

Anyway. idk if you've heard of/read the books. They're awesome gay paranormal historical romance with a helping of Lovecraftian horror (I’m such a slut for Lovecraftian horror. You can’t even imagine how giddy I get when I get Lovecraft references in literally anything). I'm even more obsessed with these books than I am with Harry Potter or any other series. I just love them so much. I could go on forever, but I won't, because right now I want to talk about Ruth, who shows up for a few brief scenes of Stormhaven, then leaves and is only mentioned in passing a couple times because she still writes to Griffin.

I can't even really say why I love her except that she’s clearly intelligent and being held back by her family, and either doesn’t figure out that Whyborne and Griffin are together or she doesn’t care because she keeps writing to Griffin afterwards to say she’s left her family behind and gone to Baltimore. :/ And I just... want more? Because she’s introduced in such a way that she could create tension between the characters but she doesn’t. And for some reason I just want to see her encountering her own monsters and beating them and/or befriending them as necessary???

But also there are so many others, like Isabella, who I’m inserting a loooot of headcanon into in the Floriography series simply because I can. There are the Potential Slayers, who showed up in Season 7 of Buffy, who I don’t remember enough about because I haven’t watched it in forever (I really should, I know, I loved that show so much growing up), and when I used to watch Supernatural, I used to wonder about some of the women on that show, who encountered horrors and survived - how were they affected afterward? How did their lives change, knowing that the monsters are real?

Also, ‘Candy Morningstar’ in Lucifer - how did she and Lucifer meet? There was a mention of something that happened in Las Vegas, but no specifics, and then she just left. I need to know, though! Who was she? Why did Lucifer help her? Where did she go after leaving LA? (What even was her real name? Was it actually Candy?

There are just so many stories untold and it’s bugging me.

oh god i’m sorry i rambled so much i lost control

but, after making that post, I discovered Whyborne and Griffin fanfic on AO3, so I know I’m not alone in my love of these books, but there’s still no Ruth.

and don’t get me wrong, I love the female characters we do get plenty of info on, but sometimes, they don’t excite me like the minor side characters do.

#i'm sorry #i rambled #whyborne and griffin #ruth kerr #female characters never get enough love #i don't know why i'm so attached #I need a fic where a minor character goes off and becomes badass after their experiences or something idk #or they just try to get on with their lives but then more monsters show up or whatever #only the heroes have moved on and there's no one to help #so they have to sort shit out themselves

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cookiesandcreame1983-blog · 7 years

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Quotes for Wednesday March 29,2017

Happiness quotes Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” Winnie the Pooh “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” Epictetus “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” Frederick Keonig “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” Thich Nhat Hanh “Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” Eskimo Proverb “To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” Mary Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Challenges quotes Above all, challenge yourself. You may well surprise yourself at what strengths you have, what you can accomplish.--Cecile M. Springer Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.--Gen. George S. Patton Above all, challenge yourself. You may well surprise yourself at what strengths you have, what you can accomplish.--Cecile M. Springer Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.--Gen. George S. Patton ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appreciation quotes Appreciate what you have, accept the blessings waiting for you to need them, and above all - realize that Source from which it all comes.--Michael Rawls Appreciation can make a day--even change a life, Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.--Margaret Cousins Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.--Voltaire Appreciation, not possession, makes a thing ours.--Marty Rubin Jesus, please teach me to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had.--Susan L. Lenzkes Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.--Sydney J. Harris Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.--Abraham Joshua Heschel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Encouragement quotes Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe) It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.--Thomas Fuller I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.--Maya Angelou May the road rise to meet you May the wind be always at your back And until we meet again May God hold you in the palm of his hand.--Irish blessing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Faith quotes Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.--Voltaire Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the window which hope has opened.--Charles Spurgeon Faith is a continuation of reason.--William Adams Faith is a function of the heart. It must be enforced by reason. The two are not antagonistic as some think. The more intense one's faith is, the more it whet's one's reason. When faith becomes blind it dies.--Mohandas Gandhi Faith is a higher faculty than reason.--Henry Christopher Bailey Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.--Charles Henry Parkhurst (Sermons: Walking by Faith) Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.--Mitch Albom (Have a Little Faith: a True Story) Faith is a knowledge within the heart beyond the reach of proof.--Kahlil Gibron Faith is affirming success before it comes. Faith is making claims to victory before it is achieved.--Robert Schuller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thankful quotes For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.--Clarence E. Hodges For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.--Storm Jameson (Journey from the North, v.2) Give thanks for all things. All things great and small, good, bad, for all things are for a purpose.--Ann Herbstreith Giving thanks is one course from which we never graduate.--Valerie Anders God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?"--William A. Ward God has need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.--Thomas Aquinas A grateful thought toward Heaven is itself a prayer.--Rudolph Block

#happiness quotes #challenge quotes #appreciation quotes #encouragement quotes #Faith quotes #thankful quotes

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swipestream · 6 years

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Retro Fandom Friday – Bring us the head of Harry Parkhurst!

Today, we’re looking a few of the highlights from the letters section of the Spring 1945 issue of Planet Stories. One thing that virtually every Vizigraph I’ve read has had in common is an overwhelming dissatisfaction with Parkhurst’s cover art. And I can’t say I blame them. While Parkhurst has some fantastic covers to his name (several of which can be viewed here), he frequently failed to bring his A-game to the covers of Planet.

But what did women have to say about the dames on Planet’s cover? Well, I won’t say she speaks for all of them, but Virginia L. Shawl weighs in:

So your Vizi-fanners do not like undraped females? Heh, heh, heh, she laughed wickedly. Are you men or robots? What I dislike is striking one goshawful cover out of every three. The type of cover that you have to buy a newspaper to cover it up with until you get home. The exterior on the Winter issue is a good example. The heroine was completely out of proportion to the monster holding her. And the hero looked as tho he had been drained of fifty percent of his IQ.

Virgina had a point, too. Parkhurst had lousy composition in many of his pieces, and the cover in question is an egregious example. As Chad Oliver concurs—“do you look at those cover, or just clap ‘em on quick to spare the eyes? Or didn’t you honestly think Parkhurst’s current effort was amusing?”

Tom Pace also has some things to say about the art:

…the first Planet I ever saw was the Fall, ’43ish. It had a cover on it that is one of the best I have ever seen…. Rozen’s, of course…next issue, the Winter one, had a Gross, a step down from Rozen, but still pretty good. Especially the dame. Then came Ingels, and I frowned a trifle. But annudder sweet damsel…dams…damse…tomato.

Then Gross returned again, with a luscious brunet beauty…and the awfullest monster I have ever seen in the way of a BEM.

And now, Parkurst, and a step down from the Summer cover. Please, what yarn did it illustrate? And boiled lobster, yet…”

On the other hand, Loretta Adele Beasley thinks

The cover BEMS were swell this time, better than average. So was the girl. I’m glad to see she had some meat on her bones.

Augustus Elliott Kinkade disapproves of the choice of other magazines to go “military”, and clamors for more Brackett:

“I’m glad P.S. has not gone “military”, like a certain one-time competitor—stories, reader letters and illustrations all by military personnel. Also, I’m delighted that P.S. shows no sign of picking authors because they have small (pin?) heads and very large feet (micrencephalia and macropodia), as the editor of the militarized competitor avows that he does. [That a “Rap”, eh?]

One criticism: Neither issue has a Brackett tale. I’ve seen our Leigh’s picture, so know she is not afflicted with micrencephalia or macropodia—besides she’s not a WAC—hence can not have been “Kidnapped” by this alleged, militarized competitor. Her last P.S. tale Terror out of Space was fine; but her Jewel of Bas was an epic.

Not quite the smoking gun of an editor correcting someone on Brackett’s gender, but more proof that it was no secret, certainly.

Also, not everyone was buying what Damon Knight had been selling; Everett Marshall dumps on one of Damon’s circle:

I’m laughing, my friend. Not at you, nor again at Planet Stories, but at one yclept Damon the Demon, who has a letter in the Vizigraph. Now I don’t expect you to recall one letter out of the junk heap, so I’ll elucidate: it seems that this Damon has a friend by the name of Fleming, who sold you a story. Damon has been watching Planet, looking for aforementioned opus, and in the course picked up the Summer Issue, read it, and shipped you a letter of critique theron.

And what sayeth our Knight? Well, in reference to a certain tale called “Warriors of Two Worlds,” by a certain Wellman, he pens: “If anything I’ve read ever justifies the name of “hack” this is it. Reading the thing, I could almost feel Wellman’s mighty mechanical brain whirring effortlessly along…the style is smooth, like a thick coating of gelatin over the rough, ugly shape of plot and background.” And so on.

I’m laughing, pard, because I’ve just read that story by Stuart Fleming in the new issue. And the paragraph quoted above is as good a criticism of “Doorway to Kal-Jmar” as anyone could write.

Lastly, Bob Lambert’s remarks are why we need Alt-Furry:

“[Basil Wells’] The Hairy Ones” stinks. How could any hero in his right mind go for a dame that was covered with fur? I’d skin ‘er and make a rug for my den.( Some rug that would be, according to the picture.) I’m just a vicious character, I guess.

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blueruins · 13 years

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