tomorrow's halloween & today's my birthday! to celebrate, here's some of my favorite haunted houses i've drawn 🏚🎈
thank you to everyone who's enjoyed any of my funny little haunted house art in the past year! i've done a lot of really cool stuff this year — ran my first kickstarter, self-published my first artbook, tabled some really exciting comic conventions, made some cool art, worked on some comic projects i'm stoked to be able to share sometime soon — and i'm super excited to see what 24 has in store for me! 💖
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CHILDHOOD HOMES (and why we hate them):
After over a decade, you return home to find it unchanged.
A short, interactive horror story, and my first attempt at making something in Twine. Inspired by Anatomy, House of Leaves, and my deep hatred for my own childhood home! Full trigger list included on the itch.io page.
Play here!
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A short poem-type-thing I wrote last year and then took wayyyy too long to finally complete as a comic. Not entirely autobiographical, but close. I put many hours in on this one, so I hope you like it.
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why are you haunted?
creature, half•alive // why be happy when you could be normal?, jeanette winterson // one need not a chamber - to be haunted, emily dickinson // robert breault // midnight visitor, dean gioia // real estate, richard brautigan // the bloody chamber and other stories, angela carter // i'm broke and mostly friendless, and i've wasted my whole life, heather havrilesky // ghost i, christina marie brown // john koenig // velocity, dean koontz // ghosts in the attic, cosimo s. // real estate, richard siken // remaining, dean gioia // tomorrow, and, tomorrow, and tomorrow, gabrielle zevin // haunted womanhood, heather havrilesky // haunting of night vale live show
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🎃 Halloween is just around the corner and we've got some thrilling reads for you from JSTOR Daily - where academia meets current events.
First up, ever wondered why Victorian mansions are synonymous with haunted houses? 👻 Dive into the eerie world of architectural horror and uncover how these grand structures came to embody our deepest fears in "How Victorian Mansions Became the Default Haunted House."
Next, let's stir the cauldron and delve into the mystical realm of witchcraft. 🥀 In "Herbs & Verbs: How to Do Witchcraft for Real", explore the authentic practices of witchcraft, from spell casting to potion brewing.
And lastly, join us in a poetic journey through shared imagination and the belief in the supernatural. 🕯️ "A Belief in Ghosts: Poetry and the Shared Imagination" is a captivating read that combines spectral musings with literary critique.
JSTOR Daily is your go-to source for smart, historical takes on what’s happening today, and they're offering free access to related articles this Halloween season. Check out their full Halloween roundup here.
Happy reading, and remember, things are not always as they seem... 🌙
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I just remeber a post from a while back ( >.>)
Remember the Dairy King? Ghosts that STAY for one reason or another, instead of moving on? I made a prompt about HAUNTS, but?
What of Haunted Houses? Haunted by what? Themselves. Their People are gone. They lay abandoned. Dead homes. Limnal places. Haunted and alive.
And yes, some of them are angry. Who wouldn't be? They did nothing wrong! Their People are gone, the world strange, and they have known nothing but neglect and suffering. They of course lash out.
Maybe they saw horrors, inside their walls. Abuse they could not stop. Death they could not prevent. Humans are terrible things to them. Painful. Ugly.
But there are also those, we must imagine, who are DESPERATE. Clinging. Covetous. Trapping any unfortunate enough to stumble into them, because they can not bear to be alone again. Ugly cycles of suffering and need.
Not all, of course. There are houses you would never know were Haunted. So comfortable and warm, they just feel like a hug. Blankets ready just where you need them, tables always set for just as many as arrive. If they have gardens, they can even feed you!
The problem? For there always IS some sort of concern.
You can't just... let ANYONE live in these Houses. These manors and castles, huts and homes. In the same way you can't let just ANYONE keep a disable eagle or tiger. And even beyond that? Guess who's voice is still cracking, just got a crown that doesn't fit, and needs to CHECK on these homes?
Because unlike other Ghosts? Most of these ones? Can't run away. They exsist where they exsist. Many in need of careful, patient, therapy and socialization. They're scared. People keep trying to EXSORSIZE them.
It hurts.
They don't understand why people are hurting them.
Why they are punching HOLES in their walls to "renovate" them instead of asking for things.
It HURTS.
And? If we want to do a cross over? I bet you two coffee and a doughnut, Danny meets Constantine and the Bats at one such house, in old Gotham. Where the last of one branch died and when then greedy mofo OTHER branch tried to turn their stately home into a McMansion? They nearly died.
Which, to be fair. Great Aunt Agatha DID warn them. "Leave the house be. She's a good girl."
But of course, things escalate. Building crews are lied too, nearly die. Batman gets involved. Breaks a rib. Now Constantine is staring down a Haunted House, who is very scared and just wants the bad men to go away. Wants her Aggy back.
And all DANNY sees is the equivalent of a terrified cat, cornered by a group of thugs, who is puffed up desperately to make themselves seem Scary(tm), all while those same group of thugs level WEAPONS at that poor creature.
Ghost king FROM THE HIGH BAR! With the FULL BODY FLYING TACKLE!!!
You get away from THAT HOUSE, you magical BASTAAAAARD! *SLAM*
@hypewinter @ailithnight @hdgnj
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BETTER FIND ANOTHER SUPERSTITION!
playing around with some new designs!
i'm gonna be making stickers of this for june's ouija board mail on my patreon — patrons can vote here on which version is their favorite for the sticker! i'll also be making buttons of this design at some point.
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Text: There’s a second house, hiding in this one. I see the unfamiliar rooms through the cracks by the hinges, and keyholes. I don’t trust its dark red walls, its emptiness, suggesting parasitic hunger.
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