🎃 Halloween 2017. Tres niñas, un disfraz de Cazafantasmas y una casa al final de Hillside Lane. Entraron buscando caramelos. Solo dos volvieron. La tercera nunca apareció. 👻🖤
https://fictograma.com/d/3225-halloween-2017-relato-i-de-que-paranormal-es-todo

#books #literature #writing

Esperar el colectivo en esta ciudad es deporte olímpico. El cartel del 132 lleva 10 minutos diciendo “0 minutos”. Filosofía pura. Mientras tanto, le explico a una señora cómo llegar a Spielberg al 800: “Siga por Granizo..."
https://fictograma.com/d/3226-eventos-anomalos-cartografia-intuitiva

#books #literature #writing

🌊 Abraham llega a Ocevaris: una ciudad flotante que se ahoga en agua negra y pesada. Para llegar a las Islas Muertas debe hacer un trato peligroso… pero el precio es su último artefacto. Entre la desesperación y la...
https://fictograma.com/d/3229-los-hechiceros-y-la-piedra-de-los-elementos-4-ocevaris-y-las-ruinas-del-norte

#books #literature #writing

ROUGH. To lie rough; to lie all night in one's clothes: called also roughing it. Likewise to sleep on the bare deck of a ship, when the person is commonly advised to chuse the softest plank.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): ROUGH. To lie rough; to lie all night in one's clothes: called also roughing it. Likewise to sleep on the bare deck of a ship, when the person is commonly advised to chuse the softest plank. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

En "La presión espacial, Cap. XIII: Convencidos": 43 planetas acaban de cederle su voto.
La cascada de firmas no para. Su madre, sin embargo, solo tiene una pregunta:
—¿Por qué no has usado aún las ojivas nucleares? ..."

https://fictograma.com/d/3234-la-presion-espacial-capitulo-13-convencidos

#books #literature #writing

The Last Spirits of Manhattan by John A. McDermott #books #literature #dedication

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For Cornelia Banks McDermott, who taught her children many vital lessons, chief among them— never leave the house without a book

🎃 Halloween 2017. Tres niñas, un disfraz de Cazafantasmas y una casa al final de Hillside Lane. Entraron buscando caramelos. Solo dos volvieron. La tercera nunca... 👻🖤
https://fictograma.com/d/3225-halloween-2017-relato-i-de-que-paranormal-es-todo

#books #literature #writing

Esperar el colectivo en esta ciudad es deporte olímpico. El cartel del 132 lleva 10 minutos diciendo “0 minutos”. Filosofía pura. Mientras tanto, le explico a una señora cómo..."
https://fictograma.com/d/3226-eventos-anomalos-cartografia-intuitiva

#books #literature #writing

«Al otro lado de los saberes del hombre, cansado y sumiso ante la realidad, reclamo: este corazón latiente y este brazo son míos. Aunque me llamen loco, dejaré...»
https://fictograma.com/d/3227-corazon-de-perro-coleccion-de-cuentos-fantasticos-70-deg

#books #literature #writing

"Vio la luz antes de la luz...
y volvió con el infinito escrito en el alma." Poema sobre el alma inquieta que cruza los límites del cielo para encontrar lo que...
https://fictograma.com/d/3228-acerca-del-que-vio-mas-alla-del-amanecer-versos-apocrifos

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🌊 Abraham llega a Ocevaris: una ciudad flotante que se ahoga en agua negra y pesada. Para llegar a las Islas Muertas debe hacer un trato...
https://fictograma.com/d/3229-los-hechiceros-y-la-piedra-de-los-elementos-4-ocevaris-y-las-ruinas-del-norte

#books #literature #writing

Aquella noche no llovió, pese a los lamentos el mundo se estaba secando. Fue una sed inaudita que se grabó en la tierra y en la piel de todos los vivientes...
https://fictograma.com/d/3230-una-ilusion-una-esperanza

#books #literature #writing

"Capítulo 1: Welcome to the Jungle 🌿 Un pueblo que se hunde en barro, ojos verdes que asustan a las maras y una navaja en el bolsillo. Mérida solo quería proteger a su familia… y acabó uniéndose a...
https://fictograma.com/d/3222-el-cuerno-del-toro

#books #literature #writing

How's it Going?: A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers by Carl Anderson #books #literature #dedication

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For Robin, who always confers with love

Currently on BBC Sounds: Douglas Stuart speaks to Take Four Books about his latest novel, JOHN OF JOHN, and, together with presenter James Crawford, they explore its connections to three other works of fiction.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xnt0

#Scottish #literature #novel #DouglasStuart

Merlin The Enchanter. Illustration by Gustave Doré (1878)

https://imgur.com/gallery/merlin-enchanter-illustration-by-gustave-dor-1878-ImWOowq

#illustration #drawing #draw #engraving #book #legends #poetry #author #vintage #ancient #retro #art #culture #history #literature #graphicart #wizard #magic #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #gustavedoré

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Merlin The Enchanter. Illustration by Gustave Doré (1878)

"It is very likely that there are many, many planets carrying life, even intelligent life, throughout the universe, because there are so many stars. By sheer chance, even if those chances are small, a great many life forms and a great many intelligences may exist."

#literature

Han pasado 4 años y Raiden ya no es el chico débil del pasado. Con pura fuerza bruta y entrenamiento, aplasta a sus rivales y clasifica al gran torneo de la isla. ¡Luchará por...! ⚔️💥
https://fictograma.com/d/3221-capitulo-5-el-torneo-da-inicio

#books #literature #writing

En "Punto y coma": Cambió la cerradura para mantenerse a salvo. Descubrió demasiado tarde que algunas personas no necesitan llaves para entrar en tu vida.
https://fictograma.com/d/3223-punto-y-coma-capitulo-2-parte-2

#books #literature #writing

En "Qualia": Despertó desnuda bajo un cielo rojo que no pertenecía a la Tierra. Cuando regresó, las manchas en su ropa fueron la única prueba de que no había sido un sueño.
https://fictograma.com/d/3224-el-sol-rojo

#books #literature #writing

Died this day: 06/15/2014 (b. 08/09/1927)
Daniel Keyes was an American writer best known as the author of the novel Flowers for Algernon. Flowers for Algernon (1960) won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Keyes

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#DanielKeyes @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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The book cover for Daniel Keyes’s "Flowers for Algernon" features a minimalist, centered design against a solid, white background. The top portion contains the title and author’s name in a dark blue, serif font. The title, "Flowers for Algernon," is written in an elegant, italicized script spanning nearly the entire width of the cover, while the author's name, "Daniel Keyes," is printed below in a standard, upright serif typeface. Dominating the lower two-thirds of the cover is a large, black, silhouette-like shape resembling a highly irregular, organic form or a simplified insect. The silhouette has ragged, uneven edges, creating a textured, inkblot appearance. This central dark mass is not entirely solid; nestled within its upper center is a small, detailed illustration of delicate flowers and greenery. This floral element consists of thin green stems and leaves interspersed with small, vibrant blue and pale yellow blossoms. The blue flowers have a simple petal structure, while the yellow flowers are smaller and more clustered. This bright, colorful detail provides a sharp contrast to the dark silhouette and the white background. The overall composition is stark and symbolic, utilizing high contrast between the light background, the heavy dark shape, and the small pops of color. The design avoids gradients, shadows, or complex textures, relying instead on flat colors and clean, bold shapes.

Weird Tales vol X number 5 (November 1927) - featured story: The Invading Horde by Arthur J. Burks.

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#ArthurJBurks
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

Cover art by C. C. Senf.

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Weird Tales vol X number 5 (November 1927) - featured story: The Invading Horde by Arthur J. Burks. Cover art by C. C. Senf. The tagline reads The Unique Magazine. Other contributors listed are Edmond Hamilton, Will .Will Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, and G. G. Pendarves, Clare Winger Harris. The price is 25¢. An artist signature reading C.C. SENF is visible near the bottom center. The illustration shows a man and a woman on a light brown wooden pier or deck composed of horizontal planks. The man stands on the left, facing toward the right. He wears a dark blue or black long-sleeved top, dark pants, and dark boots. He has a light-colored, cylindrical head covering with dark, circular goggles perched on top. His right arm is wrapped around the waist of a woman, and his left arm supports her back. The woman is positioned in front of him, leaning toward the right side of the frame. She has brown hair and wears a light tan or grey long-sleeved top and dark pants that end at her ankles, tucked into dark boots. Her head is tilted downward toward the pier. The background consists of white and light blue undulating waves of water beneath a dark blue sky. The pier is a light brown color. In the bottom right corner, a pair of dark, rounded goggles rests on the wooden surface of the pier. The top half of the cover is a solid red color, and the left vertical margin is also red with white text.

Haruki Murakami's upcoming "The Tale of Kaho" will be released this summer in Japanese (the English version won't be out until next year). Fans are looking forward to another game of Murakami bingo — cross off if you spot an empty well, missing cat or erotic ear. Thomas Caffrey writes for @TheConversationUS about why repetition isn't always a flaw, and how this book is likely to differ from Murakami's past 15 novels.

https://flip.it/OT8WqA

#HarukiMurakami #Literature #Writing

Day Nine: Reflections

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📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/blog/day-nine-reflections/

#30daychallenge #literature #photography

Female authors of books on Freemasonry include Mrs. Blake with "The Realities of Freemasonry" in 1879; Edith Starr Miller (Lady Queenborough) with "Occult Theocrasy" in 1931; and Nesta H. Webster with "Secret Societies and Subversive Movements" in 1924.

#Freemasonry #Freimaurerei #Masonry #2B1ASK1 #History #Literature #publishing

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris
#books #literature #dedication

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For you and you and you.

“A Jacobite By Name?”: Jacobitism in the Life & Work of Robert Burns
5 July, Ellisland – £4

Patrick Jamieson explores how ideas of identity, naming & political memory shaped Burns’s engagement with Jacobitism throughout his life & writing

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-jacobite-by-name-jacobitism-in-the-life-and-work-of-robert-burns-tickets-1990504417295

#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #18thcentury #Jacobites #romanticism #poetry

"The military mind remains unparalleled as a vehicle of creative stupidity."

#literature

A new edition of the Sawdust, the email-only weekly diary of my little literary life. Sign up for the Wingback Workshop, my main (yet less frequent) newsletter, to get it delivered to your inbox.

#books #literature

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MORGLAG. A brown bill, or kind of halbert, formerly carried by watchmen; corruption of MORE, great or broad, and GLAVE, blade.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MORGLAG. A brown bill, or kind of halbert, formerly carried by watchmen; corruption of MORE, great or broad, and GLAVE, blade. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

“The Muirs gave Kafka a distinctive voice in English for half a century: fluent, formal, enigmatic and mesmeric” – but a new, award-winning study of Kafka’s translators has almost completely erased their work from literary history, writes Boyd Tonkin

https://engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-forgotten-scots-who-gave-kafka-his-voice/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #translation #translators #Kafka

In Defense of Difficult Reading

The tomes of the past cultivate the lost art of sustained attention

https://theamericanscholar.org/in-defense-of-difficult-reading/

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Bookshelves with books in a library. There are four bookshelves facing each other with four shelves in each. A gray carpet is in between them and lights hang over each bookshelf and over the carpet. Another bookshelf is in the distance facing the viewer.

My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler #books #literature #dedication

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To my parents— Thank you for having me. Now look what I've done.

‘Moonlit Night’ by Du Fu

https://www.deadpoetsdaily.com/p/du-fu-poem-moonlit-night

#chinese #poetry #poet #poem #literature

Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy Is Loaded With Good and Bad, but His Work to Even the Economic Playing Field Is Often Overlooked

He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in ending WWI and strove to improve the plight of American workers. Today, his blind spots shroud most of his accomplishments

by Richard Norton Smith

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/woodrow-wilson-legacy-loaded-good-bad-work-even-economic-playing-field-often-overlooked-180988853/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

Books by Woodrow Wilson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1689

#books #Literature

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Wilson as New Jersey governor in 1911. A formal portrait as Governor of New Jersey, seated at his desk holding papers, before a wall of law books. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson#/media/File:Woodrow_Wilson,_New_Jersey_Governor_-_1911.jpg

Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow #books #literature #dedication

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To Miss Gianna Floyd— i wrote you a black fairy tale i understand if you not ready to read it yet or if your mama told you to wait a bit and that just fine this book ain't going nowhere this book gon be right here whenever you want it whenever you get finished playing outside in that bright beautiful world your daddy loved so much child, it's just right to set this aside Lord knows not a soul on this earth gon blame you for being out in it— running laughing breathing

Memorizing a poem in a linguistics class (Denise Levertov’s “To the Reader”). #111Words #DeniseLevertov #ToTheReader #Linguistics #Literature #MelissaMonroe #CharlesBaudelaire #AuLecteur #Poetry #Poésie #HypocriteLecteur #Classroom #Memorization #MemorizingPoetry https://111-words.ghost.io/memorizing-a-poem-in-a-linguistics-class-denise-levertovs-to-the-reader/