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#gothic

Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦
6 hours ago

"Boats in the Harbour at Evening," Caspar David Friedrich, 1828.

Friedrich (1774-1840) is a favorite of mine for his hugely atmospheric, Romantic, and sometimes Gothic, landscapes. His work is often used as book covers for various Romantic/Gothic reprints. His body of work is worth checking out, I say.

From the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

#Art #CasparDavidFriedrich #Romantic #Gothic #Landscape

A group of small ships sit in a harbor. Overhead is a sky marked by bands of clouds, mostly gray, with a small bit of sun visible near the horizon. A few boats are visible out on the water, presumably heading home. The canvas is dominated by evening colors of gray, blue, and brown, and is commonly viewed as a parable of life, with the boats representing people coming to their spiritual homes at the end of the day.
Tina LeCour
6 hours ago
This is a vertical image a beautiful raven bird perched in some colorful roses
Tina LeCour
7 hours ago
This is a portrait of a man reincarnating onto a black raven bird
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
8 hours ago

#CallForPapers: #TheMummy

While academic research has been focused on various releases of The Mummy (1932, 1959, 1999, and 2017), there has not been a singular scholarly text devoted to the film franchise. The recent “Brenaissance” in Fraser’s film career and the film’s anticipated 25th anniversary in 2024 make it an appropriate time to celebrate and re-evaluate…

#FilmStudies #Horror #HorrorStudies #Gothic #GothicStudies #MediaStudies #Mummy #CFP #BrendanFraser #FilmFranchise

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/09/25/call-for-chapters-the-mummy-edited-collection

Pictured are posters for various films in The Mummy franchise (1932, 1999, and 2017).
Florian Schrofner
9 hours ago

#gothic 😍

a physical copy of the game "gothic" for nintendo switch
Gothic Sillies
10 hours ago

Forgive a dying necromancer to please a goth in the vicinity of a catacomb. #gothic #silly

Topless Topics
10 hours ago

#toplessTopics / #CeriGotGame now #livestreaming! Gonna get my arse kicked with more #LiesOfP - the #gothic #steampunk #soulslike (aka similary to #darkSouls or #Bloodborne or #EldenRing ) #videogames that's got me obsessed!

SFW livestreams M/Th 12-2pm PST at
https://www.twitch.tv/cerigotgame
and https://www.youtube.com/@toplesstopics

"NSFW" streams T/F 12-2pm pst at
https://www.joystick.tv/u/toplesstopics

screenshot from my livestream setup, with me smiling and holding my white ps5 controller in the corner and the opening screen for Lies of P in the main screen
Gertlushgaming
16 hours ago

Gothic Classic is OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch

Embark on an epic journey through a dark and immersive world of an RPG classic, for the first time on a handheld console.

#Gamenews #NintendoSwitch #GLG #Gaming #Gothic #RetroGaming

https://youtu.be/631HECnhMgM

Gothic Sillies
1 day ago

Gleefully summon a blacksmith in memory of a weeping mimic under a hidden dungeon. #gothic #silly

David Seed
2 days ago

It’s that time of the year again.
The calendars are now in my shop. This is the best quality print we’ve had so far and I’m really proud of them. They are A4, ring-bound, month-to-view calendars with my best twelve drawings of the year. If you’d like one follow the link, although if Gloucester or Cheltenham friends want to approach me directly, I can sell you one without you having to pay for postage.

https://davidseedfineart.etsy.com/listing/1571723181
#calendar2024 #ChristmasGift #Prints #Pagan #Gothic

5Y5T3M4T1C D3CL1N3
2 days ago

e l e m e n t s

#gothic #collage #art

Digital gothic collage art by 5Y5T3M4T1C D3CL1N3

Coming soon—available to preorder

POEMS BY A LADY
by Helen Craik
Ed. by Rachel Mann & Patrick Scott

The poetry of Helen Craik (1751–1825), #Gothic novelist & friend of Robert Burns, was long thought lost. The rediscovery of her manuscript Poems by a Lady (1790) invites a fresh evaluation of her life & work

#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #Romanticism #RobertBurns #WomenWriters

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/poems-by-a-lady/

Book cover

Poems by a Lady
by Helen Craik
Edited from the Beinecke Manuscript by Rachel Mann and Patrick Scott

Cover image: Cover image: William Nicholson (1781–1844), Portrait of a Lady in Rustic Costume with a Sheaf of Wheat. An oil painting of a seated young woman, looking off to the left. She has dark hair, with loose curls falling past her ears. She is dressed in a somewhat fanciful costume, with a red bodice and white sleeves. A pink – possibly silk – scarf is tied loosely around her neck. Her right arm rests on a sheaf of wheat and her left arm is resting on top of a large straw bonnet. There are trees behind her and a sky patched with some dark clouds.

#goth #song of the night: She Past Away - Katarsis

Not going to post any obscure goth bands today - I've had this song by SPA stuck in my head as an earworm, so you shall too :neocat_evil:​ :gothsparkleheart:​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7mPRAiwPdk

#goth #darkwave #gothicrock #gothrock #gothic #music

Blockforest
3 days ago

Me waiting for Halloween to start.
Close up from my Zombear print.
🧟 🧟 🧟
#zombie #bear #cute #spooky #halloween #spookyseason #print #linocut #character #undead #goth #gothic #animalart #brains

Metin Seven 🎨
3 days ago

Used AI image processing and some manual retouching to recover a heavily compressed 320 x 240 pixels video frame from an early-generation digital camera.

The video frame shows me and my wife, only a couple of years younger than we are now. 😉 We were preparing for a night out to a Gothic Industrial music event in Amsterdam.

More photo restorations can be found here:

https://www.behance.net/gallery/165695385/Photo-retouching-restoration-and-coloring

#photo #photography #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #image #gothic

Comparison of two images. One is an old, compressed, low-resolution video frame. The other is a retouched version with the aid of artificial intelligence.
5Y5T3M4T1C D3CL1N3
4 days ago

e m b e r s

#gothic #collage #art

e m b e r s

Digital collage poster art by 5Y5T3M4T1C D3CL1N3
Starchy Compliment
4 days ago

"In Flanagan's version, Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood), the head of the Fortunato pharmaceutical company, sits in a ruined mansion that’s a reflection of his fortunes. His company is under investigation for pushing a highly addictive opioid on the market, his children are dead, and he’s got no one left to talk to but investigator C. Auguste Dupin (Carl Lumbly)."

Pharma Clan Go Gothic, Vex Opioid Crisis in 'House of Usher' Twist

https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/23884213/the-fall-of-house-usher-teaser-review-release-date Polygon
Eike Schroter/Netflix
#Gothic

The Gothic Dispatch
4 days ago

There’s a lot to look forward to from the Gothic Dispatch. For you, I mean. All the future brings for me is dread.

Later this week, I’m finally returning to England to cross some well-known (and lesser-known) sights off my list. Dispatches to follow over the next few months.

And in October, the dispatch that inspired me to launch the blog in the first place – exploring Paris from a very unique perspective…

More soon but, in the meantime, thanks for being here.

#gothic #blogging #travel

Orion Petitclerc
4 days ago

Just watched #Carmilla (2019) directed by #EmilyHarris based on the #novella by #SheridanLeFanu.

I really loved this #movie #adaptation! #DevrimLingnau puts on a truly enchanting performance as the titular character. Her first scene with #HannahRae (Laura) was surreal and subtly unsettling. Absolutely masterful performance and cinematography.

#review #moviereview #indiemovie #gothic #horror #romance #sapphic #vampire #lgbtq

Movie poster for Carmilla (2019) directed by Emily Harris depicts Laura (Hannah Rae) laying next to Carmilla (Devrim Lingnau) with Carmilla's head turned to the side and pressed against Laura's temple with her eyes closed. The tagline at the top reads "Destroyed by a kiss".
Hayden Thorne
5 days ago

After a lot of back-and-forth over the book's focus, I finally got the first chapter written for 'Nightshade's Emporium'. It'll be good to balance the darker and more dramatic (and ghoulish) plots of the other books under the 'Grotesqueries' heading with dry humor as well as a contemporary setting.

So yay, progress!

#WritingLife #Writing #WritersOfMastodon #Books #Gothic #GothicFiction #Humor

Cover art for a book. Against a whimsical background in pale pinks and peaches, a collection of Victorian ephemera are set. The back most image is of a torn page with faded handwriting in cursive. A decorative flourish sits on top of it on the lower left corner of the book cover. And on top of both is an illustration of a book lying open. Drawings of the sun and the moon fill the visible pages along with the words "love" above the sun and "death" above the moon. In the foreground is a cut out drawing of a Victorian woman in full costume. A semi transparent gray bar runs across the lower half of the cover. The book's title, Nightshade's Emporium, is written inside the gray bar.
Neat Erotic Art
5 days ago

𝕲𝖔𝖉𝖎𝖛𝖆 𝕲𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖑 Erotic black and white illustrations. Very neat style, if you wanna follow Godiva Ghoul, here i a link for her socials: https://linktr.ee/Godiva_Ghoul
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#illustration #erotic #erotica #nsfw #blackandwhite #gothic #trans #queer #gay #NeatEroticArt

Magazine, gay pride illustration breasts
Skulls and lady illustration
Trans floating illustration
McHonicle
5 days ago

Hey, ich bin Chris 🙋‍♂️
Zeit für mein #neuhier
Ich freue mich grade über eine interessante und weniger wütende Alternative zu FB. 😊
Ich bin vor einem Jahr aus Schwaben an die Ostsee gezogen und arbeite in HH.
Interessiert an
#tierrechte war auch auf der Straße aktiv für Tiere.
#vegan
#meditation #Buddhismus
#wingchun habe ich im Süden lange trainiert
Spiele #Schlagzeug seit ich Dinge greifen kann
#lesen #Computerspiele #joggen
und würde mich über Termine für #Metal #Gothic #Konzerte freuen.

wptopark
5 days ago

🔥🐱 Behold the 'Purrfectly Hellish' #Gothic #Queen of Meow! This #cat - #human #hybrid reigns supreme under a moonlit #throne in the #underworld . #Buy this #unique #NFT #art and help us do some 'good' in #hell. Proceeds go to #charity . It's not your typical #caturday it's NFTurday! 😈🌕

https://wptopark.blogspot.com/2023/09/unveil-gothic-queen-of-hell-mystical.html

Grammargeddon Angel
1 week ago

1946 Vincent Price was kind of a snack

#Dragonwyck
#CriterionCollection
#NoirByGaslight
#Gothic

Liz Molnar
1 week ago
Freebie! Digital Junk journal pocket tag kit for Halloween on one sheet. Just print it on a thicker printer paper and create! You can download it from my Ko-fi shop: https://ko-fi.com/s/844642d516 #kofishop #halloween #junkjournal #junkjournalideas #diy #gothic #mixedmedia #scrapbooking #crafting #artistsonmastodon #craftersonmastodon #mastoart #papercraft #vintage #junkjournalcommunity
Freebie Junk journal pocket tag for halloween
The Gothic Dispatch
1 week ago

The first danse macabre appeared in Paris between 1424 and 1425 – on the back wall of a charnel house in Holy Innocents’ Cemetery.

Unfortunately for this gothic traveller, the site is better commemorated as the location where King Henry IV was assassinated. (Ironically, it’s his assassination that led to the piece’s destruction.)

Image source: Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer, public domain

#gothic #cemetery #history
#paris #france

A historical illustration of a charnel house in Holy Innocents’ Cemetery and, visible between the arches, an impression of the danse macabre.
Four arches form an arcade in central Paris. Trash overflows from bins against the dividing columns, while street art climbs the walls.
5Y5T3M4T1C D3CL1N3
1 week ago
b u r n
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
1 week ago

It's almost October, which means it's almost time to start my annual re-read of one of my all-time favorite books, A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER by #RogerZelazny. With 31 chapters, one for each day of the month, it is a fantastic mash-up of creepy seasonal goodness wrapped into a compelling story, a kind of literary advent calendar for #Halloween.

#Dracula #Wolfman #SherlockHolmes #Lovecraftian #Frankenstein #JackTheRipper #Witch #Halloween #Horror #Gothic #Victoriana #Books #Bookstodon

A picture of A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER (with cover art depicting a meeting of many familiar Gothic characters, including Sherlock Homes and Count Dracula in the forefront) sitting on a brick walk beside a stone gargoyle.
Patrick Schmidt
1 week ago

"And #God called the light day and the darkness he called night
And God saw everything that he had made and behold it was good
And God created man
And man created machine and machine...
Machine created music
And machine saw everything it had created and it said - behold" :blobcat:

Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song - VNV-NATION remix

https://youtu.be/i5-9vIZyvTw?si=JTyTHd_bTHSPbzhb

#musikmittwoch #electro #gothic

The Amaliaville Horror
1 week ago

There is this song by Bauhaus, "Bela Lugosi's Dead" and it's basically 9,5 minutes of playing around with some instruments and a little bit of singing. It rather sounds like the band was rehearsing something. And I love it. 🖤
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy9h2q_dr9k

#Gothic #PostPunk

Andrzej
1 week ago

Ok so I'm still trying to keep my distance from #onHere, but I just finished #reading The Woman in Black, and omfg what a #book jfc

#gothic #horror

Nigel
1 week ago

Decided which of my old tunes to revamp first! Its title has taken on new connotations since 1997 but I am keeping it anyway.

The #Kraken that I had in mind when I named it was the classic sea monster variety and not the #batshitcrazy #alternativefacts brigade's misappropriation...

... Although my tune does have a certain #techno #gothic #horror quality! 😁

Gothic Sillies
1 week ago

Become friends with a ghost on request of a skeleton in the vicinity of an altar. #gothic #silly

The Gothic Dispatch
1 week ago

The higher you climb, the further there is to fall…

Join me on the Gothic Dispatch blog as I look beneath the imposing exteriors and discover the cracked foundations of gothic architecture. Wander through the remains of once-proud castles and the families that crumbled with them. And dig up the true and terrible stories behind monuments lost or overlooked.

The full collection is available on the blog.

https://gothicdispatch.com/by-type/gothic-architecture/

#gothicarchitecture #gothic #architecture #travel #blogging

Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#WakingTheMoon by #ElizabethHand (1994)

Quote:
They never found her. Nothing at all: no clothes, no jewelry, no bones or teeth or locks of auburn hair.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

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Pictured is the title page of Waking the Moon was a pin laying on it that depicts an owl and the phases of the moon. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#PlainBadHeroines by #EmilyMDanforth (2020)

Quote:
You’re much too young to haunt your own life.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

22/32

Pictured is PlainBadHeroines (with cover art of red on black) on a background of black with red skulls. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#VitaNostra by #MarinaDyachenko and #SergeyDyachenko, translated by #JuliaMeitovHersey (1st edition 2007, English edition 2018)

Quote:
“If we get to the end of the course… we shall become just like them. And we shall speak their language. Then we’ll take revenge.”

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

21/32

Vita Nostra is pictured on a wood shelf behind a steampunk skull. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#HowWeFallApart by #KatieZhao (2021)

Quote:
A kid at our school died, and my parents’ biggest concern is my calc grade. Smh —Anon

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

20/32

Cover of How We Fall Apart, with artwork depicting parts of various students' faces. The blurb reads, "Study hard. Betray harder."
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#IfWeWereVillains by #MLRio (2017)

Quote:
You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

19/32

Two covers of If We Were Villains, one depicting a skull and one depicting a dead bird.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#InMyDreamsIHoldAKnife by #AshleyWinstead (2021)

Quote:
It turns out the real you is a quilt, made up of the light and the dark. The life you’ve lived in sunshine and your shadow life, stretching underneath the surface of your mind like a deep underwater world, exerting invisible power. You are a living, breathing story made up of the moments in time you cherish, all strung together, and those you hide. The moments that seem lost. Until the day they’re not.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

18/32

The cover of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife, with cover art depicting a pair of scissors  cutting through a ribbon.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#NeverLetMeGo by #KazuoIshiguro (2005)

Quote:
We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

17/32

Pictured is Never Let Me Go (with cover art of a face in closeup) on bricks, surrounded by autumn leaves. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#TrulyDevious Series by @maureenjohnson (2018-present)

Quote from TRULY DEVIOUS (2018):
Schools may be famous for many things: academics, graduates, sports teams.
They are not supposed to be famous for murders.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

16/32

The cover of Truly Devious (with cover art depicting leaves) and the dedication page, which reads, "For anyone who has ever dreamed of finding a body in the library."
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#ALessonInVengeance by #VictoriaLee (2021)

Quote:
“Didn’t they say all the witches died here at Godwin House?”

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

15/32

Pictured is the Fox and Wit edition of A Lesson in Vengeance (with cover art depicting two women students lounging and reading) beside an autumn mug before a background of greenery. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#CatherineHouse by Elisabeth Thomas (2020)

Quote:
You are here. You are in. And doesn’t it feel good?
You are in the house and the house is in the woods.
You are in the house and the house is in you.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

14/32

Pictured is Catherine House (with cover art of a wrought-iron fence) propped up next to a phrenology bust. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#WilderGirls by #RoryPower (2019)

Quote:
We don’t get to choose what hurts us.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

13/32

Pictured is Wilder Girls (with cover art of a young woman with ribbons of her missing) against a background of green shrubbery. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#Legendborn by #TracyDeonn (2020)

Quote:
That memorial over at the Arboretum is the pretty acknowledgement, the polite one. But the blood? The blood’s buried here.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

12/32

The cover of Legendborn, depicting a young woman surrounded by energy and flame.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#ThisIsNotATest by #CourtneySummers (2012)

Quote:
Sometimes you catch something specific like the screams & cries of people trying to hold on to each other before they're swallowed into other, bigger noises. This is what it sounds like when the world ends.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

11/32

Pictured is This Is Not A Test (with cover art depicting a young woman, her face obscured by her hair) on top of a scarf in similar shades of blues and purples. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#GhostWall by #SarahMoss (2018)

Quote:
Who are the ghosts again, us or our dead? Maybe they imagined us first, maybe we were conjured out of the deep past by other minds.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

10/32

Cover art of Ghost Wall depicting a lone figure traveling over mossy ruins with threatening roots beneath the soil.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#ConjureWife by #FritzLeiber (1943)

Quote:
Things are different from what I thought. They’re much worse.

Film Adaptations: Weird Woman (1944), Night of the Eagle (AKA Burn, Witch, Burn!) (1962), and Witches’ Brew (AKA Which Witch is Which?) (1980)

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

9/32

The cover of Conjure Wife with classic "woman in white gown fleeing dark castle under a full moon" Gothic artwork. Text reads, "Dark shadows of evil trapped her in a web of witchcraft -- a modern classic tale of terror and suspense." Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#NinthHouse by #LeighBardugo (2019)

Quote 1:
I want to survive this world that keeps trying to destroy me.

Quote 2:
All you children playing with fire, looking surprised when the house burns down.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

8/32

Pictured is the book Ninth House (with a black cover showing a snake) bracketed by black skull bookends. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#TheSecretHistory by #DonnaTartt (1992)

Quote:
Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

7/32

Pictured is the title page of The Secret History with a metal The Secret History bookmark (showing a classical bust) resting there. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#GreyLandDuology by @TheCallYA (2016-2018)

Quote from #TheCall (2016):
“Oh, they mean to do more than kill you, child. They want to twist you. To crumple you up like an old sheet of paper.”

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

6/32

The Call (with a skull image in the middle letter) against a background of skulls, all in shades of dark rust red. Photo by AHS>
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#PicnicAtHangingRock by Joan Lindsay (1967)

Quote:
The girl so far had remembered nothing of her experiences on the Rock; nor, in Doctor McKenzie’s opinion or that of the two eminent special­ists from Sydney and Melbourne, would she ever remember. A portion of the delicate mechanism of the brain appeared to be irrevocably damaged.

“Like a clock, you know,” the doctor explained. “A clock that stops under a certain set of unusual conditions and refuses ever to go again beyond a particular point.”

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

5/32

A photo of the novel Picnic at Hanging Rock (with cover art from the 1975 film adaptation, showing the picnic) on a stone background. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#AceOfSpades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (2021)

Quote:
I feel like I’m reliving the same nightmare over and over, and it will never stop.

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

4/32

Pictured is the book Ace of Spades against a red background. The cover art shows two students in the manner of a playing card. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#Conversion by #KatherineHowe (2014)

Quote:
Something was eating away at the back of my brain. Girls. Dominant narratives. Sex. Death. Arthur Miller. Ann Putman sitting invisible right in the middle of history.

Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/l8eoGjkOX-A

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

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Photo of two books (Conversion and the Penguin Book of Witches) against a brick background, surrounded by autumn leaves. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

#DarkAcademia work:
#Hangsaman by #ShirleyJackson (1951)

Quote:
Poor things, she thought - do they have to spend all this energy just to surround me? It seemed pitiful that these automatons should be created and wasted, never knowing more than a minor fragment of the pattern in which they were involved, to learn and follow through insensitively a tiny step in the great dance which was seen close up as the destruction of Natalie, and far off, as the end of the world.

They had all earned their deaths, Natalie thought…

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

2/32

Photo of Shirley Jackson's Hangsaman on a Kindle (cover art depicting a young woman and a letter, both splattered with blood) sitting beside a lit candle and a mock headstone. Photo by AHS.
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 🎃
2 weeks ago

Thread! 🧵📚 In October, I'll be making a daily #Halloween Countdown post on the theme of #DarkAcademia, with a separate book recommendation and atmospheric, eerie quote each day.

This will be "Part 2," in a way, adding to my Halloween Countdown of 2021. But I wasn't on Mastodon on 2021, so I'm sharing those countdown posts now to get you in the mood! My October posts this year will feature all new recommendations and quotes representing different works than those in this thread. I hope you enjoy this!

CW: Death, ghosts, and other dark subjects

#Gothic #Books #31DABooks

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Photo by AHS depicting the first page of Shirley Jackson's novel Hangsaman ("Slack your rope, Hangsaman,/ O slack it for a while,/ I think I see my true love coming,/ Coming many a mile.") and a pin depicting a snake wrapped around a classical bust with the words "Dark Academia" below the image.
Ben Higbie
2 weeks ago

Here is a painting made by one of my amazing artist friends named Muai, this one is perfect for the upcoming Halloween season, the title of this one is 'Apparition'. It's a nice large size, a really fine piece of gothic artwork. Anyone who is interested in this one, please contact me, it is affordable!~ #art #arts #artlover #artlovers #supportthearts #supportlivingartists #painting #paintings #artforsale #artfinder #handmade #artmarket #artfinder #goth #gothic #ghost #ghosts #supernatural

Blockforest
2 weeks ago

Don't usually do the hard sell here but bizarrely Etsy is covering a £5 off of orders over £25+ for this weekend only (ends Sunday eve) so head over to my shop - https://blockforest.etsy.com - if you want a little discount.
Offer is open to buyers in UK, USA and Canada only (etsy's rules - not mine).

I don't usually do sales so this as good as it gets!

#linocut #goth #gothic #art #illustration #stickers #handmade #zine #vampire #folklore #myth #horror #linoprint #artist #monsters #queer #smallbiz

A selection of black and red gothic designs featuring skeletons, vampiric kitties, a loved up baphomet, a friendly mothman and a bat boy!
Mr. Tengu 👺
3 weeks ago

#Photography by Nona Limmen

#gothic af

So, I guess I finally should make the #introduction post -- no, really. Especially, today is the last day of my current vacation, so now or never.

#German 🇩🇪 of #Ukrainian 🇺🇦 origin, born and grew up in #Ukraine, now residing and researching in #Czechia 🇨🇿 .

[If you can speak German 🇩🇪 with me, please do this - I had no chance to learn the language in my family because of damned #soviet #communist rule and its nationalistic repressions, but I really intend to combat this issue.]

#Scientist . More precisely, #chemist ⚗️ (#Electrochemistry, #Nanoscience, Coordination Chemistry of 3d metals, #Quantum Chemistry calculations ⚛️). #PhD in Physical Chemistry.

#Cisgender #heterosexual #white #male. #Married, no #kids, a #dog.

Voluntarily #Lutheran ✝️ .

#Linuxoid. #Mint, #RaspberryPiOS. #Debian in anamnesis; Fedora/CentOS - in primordial times. #Android on #rugged #smartphones. High performance computing on desktops (#Orca, #CP2K).

#Paranoid. Enthusiastic about #XMPP, #Jami and similar privacy-aware stuff, as well as about reviving of some unfairly forgotten technologies like #Gopher and #RSS (yes, I intentionally put them in one line - maybe a bit sarcastically, but still sadly).

Eventually writing on #Python 🐍 . Enthusiast of modern #Fortran, but so far without extra time to seriously involve, unfortunately. Some #Arduino and #RaspberryPi #GPIO stuff.

#DYI at home 🛠️ .

#Gothic music.

#Filmphotography 🎞️ and #photography 📷 in general. #Biking 🚲 (currently without a bike -- left in Ukraine), #hiking ⛺ , #rafting 🛶 (proudly with travels along 10 rivers in UA on a rubber boat with a friend), #stargazing 🔭 🌌 (currently suspended - the #telescope left in UA, the #binocular donated to Territorial Defense Forces of #Kyiv).

Eventual #DX #radio 📻 (I really believe #AM radio is to be saved as a safety and anti-censorship measure).

A partially related pic for visual pleasure and attention attraction.

A black and white street photo showing buildings on Albertov district, Prague New Town.
legofwoofus
1 month ago

Sad to find out that the fabulous #gothic revival church turned #skate park, Sk8 Liborius, was destroyed by fire earlier this summer. #STL

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/opinion/skatepark-community-stlouis-sk8-liborius.html

Mark@RCR 🌀
1 month ago

Raven’s Cave Radio - Broadcasting your favourite #rock and #pagan anthems to satisfy your desires [24]7

Launched as an #InternetRadio station in Feb ‘21 from #Scotland, #RavensCaveRadio plays an extensive playlist of international artists and various rock #music genres incl. #classicrock #metal #alternative #progressive #psychedelic #postpunk #darkwave #indie #gothic #NeoCelticfolk #Paganmetal and #Norse to name a few…

🎧 Listen LIVE on https://www.RavensCaveRadio.com

Artwork: https://linktr.ee/simz.art

A coloured drawing of a witch rocking out in her room singing on a microphone, holding the stand. There are also transparent cats around the room, an amp, a big leafy plant and patched up windows.
Jasdemi 🎮
2 months ago

Here is my list:
#10gamestoknowme
Fantasy Fantasy IX
Fantasy Fantasy X
Ragnarok Online
Life is Strange
Life is Strange Before the Storm
Gothic
Gothic 2
Black Desert Online
EVE Online
Elden Ring

#ffix #ffx #ragnarokonline #lifeisstrage #gothic #gothic2 #bdo #blackdesert #eveonline #eldenring #gaming #xbox #pcgaming #playstation #mmorpg #mmo

controlfreak
2 months ago

psst. did you hear? we made an oontzy ever so slightly crunchy und dark remix for the amazing @shannoncurtis 's anthem "I Am" and you can has it for free this fine #bandcampFriday and beyond.

read all about it and def go check out Shannon's work from the link below. fedi collabs rule!

https://control.bandcamp.com/album/i-am

#synthpop #techno #industrial #powernoise #ebm #electro #dirtyhouse #gothic #fediMusic #np #fediArt #music

A. A. Rubin
2 months ago

ICYMI, my #gothic #horror #book of #poetry and #flashfiction, illustrated by @MarikaBrousiano, is an official nominee for the Saturday Visiter Award from @poebaltimore.

I also have a #poem in @LoveLettersPoe V2, which is nominated for the same award.
#EdgarAllanPoe #gothichorror

2023 OFFICIAL SATURDAY VISITER NOMINEES Into That Darkness Peering A. A. Rubin Marika Brousianou made with mematic @ poefestinternational.com • rell-rare heart, by roeiIovIes • Pit & Pendulum, by J. Aldric Gaudet "Original Works Inspired by E.A. Poe's Life and Writing" Category • Casey in Ulalysium, by Richard Collins Davis • A Different Kind of Nazar, by Amira Ahmad • The Ghosts of Nevermore-A Collection of Poetry, Prose, & Short Stories Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, by Trisha Leigh Shufelt • Into That Darkness Peering, by A. A. Rubin and Marika Brousianou • Love Letters to Poe, Volume Il: Houses of Usher, edited by Sara Crocoll Smith • My Soul's Destiny, by Jennifer Christiansen, Ed.S. • The Serpent, by Marion Cosey Official Winners for the Saturday 'Visiter' Awards will be revealed, and prize medals presented, at The Black Cat Ball, the Official Party of the International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards, October 7, 2023. Virtual programming will also stream live

@futurebird
'um "ominously sexual" like you don't know where this is going foreboding music is playing...'

Makes me think of the archetypal gothic/mystery/romance/thriller/horror novel convention of "Women running from a house":
https://flashbak.com/loads-of-women-running-from-houses-the-gothic-romance-paperback-150/

#Gothic #WomenRunningFromHouses

Cover to novel Beelfontaine by Saliee   O'Brian. Shows a long haired woman in moderately sheerempire waisted dress standing in front of a dark manor house at bight or dusk. The woman's hand is clutched to her bosom and she seems to be uncertain. In the house there is a light in one window.
Cover to book "The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love". Possibly a comic book.
A woman wirh voluminous black hair who is wearing a white or gray dress with long skirts and short sleeves runs toward the viewer across a hillside. Not too far behind her stands a man in s long coat or cape. Above is a full moon and large bats. Further back a large house or castle with one lit window can be seen, and behind that steep mountains.
Mark@RCR 🌀
3 months ago

Broadcasting your favourite #rock + #pagan anthems to satisfy your desires [24]7.

Launched as an #InternetRadio station on 1st February (Imbolc) ‘21 from #Scotland, #RavensCaveRadio play an extensive playlist of international artists + various rock music genres incl. #classicrock #metal #alternative #progressive #psychedelic #postpunk #darkwave #indie #gothic #NeoCelticfolk #Paganmetal + #Norse to name a few…

🎧 Listen LIVE on https://www.RavensCaveRadio.com

📷 https://linktr.ee/simz.art

Cartoon of a witch rocking out in a room and singing through a microphone.
The Amaliaville Horror
3 months ago

Ich war heute bei einem Community-Treffen im #Gothic Shop Nyctophilia in #Hamburg. Sehr sympathische Menschen, interessante Gespräche, sie haben u.a. eine Leseecke & sehr gemütliche Sitzrunde.
Der Laden ist außerdem ein Safe Space, ein Schild am Eingang verkündet: Rassismus, Queerfeindlichkeit und andere menschenverachtende ismen haben dort keinen Platz.
Ich freue mich schon auf den nächsten Community-Treff
(am 2. Samstag im Monat, 15 bis 19 Uhr).
https://nyctophilia-shop.de/
https://www.instagram.com/nyctophilia_shop/

Red
3 months ago

I'm the Vampire Red.

I do a lot of different things- usually #gothic and spooky. My main creative focus is #gamedev, particularly anything retro and rpg focused. I love making PSX looking 3d models.

I also do traditional character illustrations and paintings.

Won't you follow me eternally? 🦇

Tim Goodwin
3 months ago

#Introduction for a new server.

I've been on the Fediverse since October 2022, and I've greatly enjoyed the camaraderie and excellent musical taste of the metal community here. So it was time to join @metalhead.club.

I'm a long-time metal fan (I remember when Quiet Riot's Metal Health broke through the mainstream top 10 charts), now exploring the bands and sub-genres I've missed over the years.

#metal #HeavyMetal #Industrial #gothic

George Stokoe
3 months ago

If you've picked up a card as I'm busking, please follow me on here for regular updates about at what spots in #London and when I'm #busking next. #blues #punkblues #gothic

3 months ago

I’m primarily active on my Mastodon account, but I’ve been curious about Calckey, so plan to use this account to get a better feel for it.

Here’s my
#introduction / #introductions post:

Hi! I’m Michael, but can frequently be found online as “djwudi”.

Grew up in
#Alaska, now exist just south of #Seattle most of the time.

Currently work in
#HigherEducation #accessibility as the #AccessibleTechnology Program Manager at Highline College.

I’m a
#ScienceFiction / #SciFi fan. #StarTrek is my home fandom, and I volunteer for @norwescon@social.seattle.wa.us, a local regional fan-run con.

I read a lot of SF
#books. Trek novels are my go-to “comfort food”. I’m slowly working my way through all the #HugoAward Best Novel winners, and every year read all of the nominees for the #PhilipKDickAward before the annual award ceremony at Norwescon.

Speaking of the
#PhilipKDickAwards and #Norwescon, starting this year, I am the PKD Award liaison for Norwescon. This means I’ll be overseeing the award ceremony and working with nominated authors and their agents as we invite them to attend the ceremony.

I’m one of the many Seattleites who “used to be a
#DJ”. For me, it was about a decade in #Anchorage in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, primarily at The Lost Abbey and Gig’s Music Theatre. Focused on alternative genres: goth/industrial/synth pop/ebm/techno/etc.

Though recently on the pandemic-induced fringes, I try to be part of the
#SeaGoth (Seattle #goth / #gothic) community whenever possible. Used to hang out at The Vogue (on 12th), and am currently looking forward to getting back to the Mercury…eventually.

#Apple #macOS / #iOS user by choice, Windows user if paid.

Oh, and: 50, white, cis, male, statistically straight, healthy, white-collar employed, not rich but comfortably not poor, married, homeowner, neurotypical (as far as I know). In other words, living with a lot of
#privilege that I try to be aware of and use for good.

#IDIC - #LLAP - 🖖🏻

Emelia 👸🏻
3 months ago

My gosh, it was WAY too hot in Berlin tonight to wear a full lolita outfit with multiple layers through petticoats.

But I looked good, and had a nice night out! Was fun to dress up!

#lolita #fashion #gothic

taste of taboo 📸 🦝
3 months ago

Stepping back in time to the bewitching era of the 90s! 🕸️✨ Join us on a mesmerizing journey as we explore the hauntingly beautiful world of @elli_dings666, captured through the lens of nostalgia and edgy elegance.

The chosen angles and atmospheric vibes will transport you to a bygone era, where grunge meets glamour. 😈💋

📖 Unlock the full series exclusively for our 🔥 magazine subscribers 🔥 and immerse yourself in the enigmatic allure of @elli_dings666.
From spooky to sexy, weird to wonderful, this collection is a treasure trove of dark delights. 😍
https://www.patreon.com/taste_of_taboo

#90sVibes #gothgirl #gettingready #candidportrait #goth #candidphotography #wakingup #gothgoth #portrait #portraitphotography #gothic #candidphoto #candidshot #photography #candids #portraits #instamorning #gothstyle #instabeauty #glam #alternativestyle #witchy #gothfashion #beautyblogger #gorgeous #stylishlook

90s style portrait of goth girl elli on a blood-red studio backdrop, kneeing and looking into the camera. elli wears a dress made of bondage tape.
arielbnz
4 months ago

Instead of waiting for some content, i will try to generate some daily content at the gothic community in Lemmy. It's kind of dead.

Maybe, some will arrive and other will follow doing the same.

FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM - At the gates of silent memory

https://youtu.be/UcdotRkKPmY

#lemmy #goth #gothic

ZombieCrew :verified:
4 months ago

Goth oh Angels #ZombiesCrew #Aiart #gothic

Dr. Amy H. Sturgis
4 months ago

It's alive! The 2023 conference “#Witchcraft and the #Supernatural in Belief, Practice, and Depiction”!

Online. 26th-27th August. All day to hit different time zones. Talks recorded so you don't miss anything. Get discounted tickets for the first month.

#OnlineEvent #Conference #Academics #AcademicMastodon #Gothic #Literature #History #Horror #PopularCulture #Victorian #EarlyModern #GhostStories #Film

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witchcraft-and-the-supernatural-in-belief-practice-and-depiction-tickets-644320508987

Left: The cover of THE NIGHT SIDE OF NATURE, with a ghostly figure before a window showing a moon in the sky. Right: The cover of THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES, depicting witches gathered around a devil figure.
Blockforest
4 months ago

Just completed a new reduction print and another in the postage stamp style (might be a wider series - not sure yet).
'King Baphomet' was printed from a single block that was first carved and printed in a fiery gradient, then carved again and printed in black, and then a final carve and print to add all the gold details. #baphomet #goat #linocut #linogravure #popmembers #graphicdesign #satan #printmaker #printmaking #illustration #darkart #gothic #horrorart

A linocut print in the style of a postage stamp depicting Baphomet - a horned goat with a gold inverted pentagram etched into their forehead on a fiery background. Printed in black, gold and a red through yellow gradient.
Close up shot of a linocut print of a devilish goat showing a diarylide yellow through red gradient, with black as the main colour and gold details.
Stjep
4 months ago

In your opinion: What is *the* must-see vampire film? 🧛🏻

#vampire #film #movie #horror #gothic