Bianca es una niña prodigio de mirada fría que esconde un pasado misterioso tras despertar de un coma. Mientras su hermana Rebeca teme el peligro que acecha en la ciudad, Bianca lidia con la paradoja de Teseo...
https://fictograma.com/d/3081-el-diario-del-sapo-cronicas-de-un-demonio

#books #literature #writing

László Krasznahorkai, Tango satánico.

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László Krasznahorkai, Tango satánico.

☄️ "Los viajes de Shin": En este mundo, el Imperio ganó la guerra y Dante Lorian se convirtió en un dios tirano. Shin intenta encajar las piezas de una realidad distorsionada mientras camina bajo una lluvia de meteoritos...
https://fictograma.com/d/3083-los-viajes-de-shin

#books #literature #writing

PUNTO Y COMA; (Parte 1): Un escritor, un asesino que quizás salió de sus páginas y una realidad que comienza a confundirse con la ficción. Noir psicológico, obsesión y sombras.
https://fictograma.com/d/3089-punto-y-coma-parte-1

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“Todas las mañanas son iguales”… hasta que descubres quién observa la historia y quiénes son los verdaderos culpables. Un cuento inquietante sobre rutina, sueños rotos...
https://fictograma.com/d/3091-los-verdaderos-culpables

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BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES. Counterfeiters of passes. Cant.

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): BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES. Counterfeiters of passes. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand #books #literature #dedication

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This book is dedicated to the father I never knew... and the mother I did.

"The most beautiful body is the body that is most itself, that has refused every offer to be something smaller." — Mark Doty. The body that insists on being itself is the most dangerous thing a regime can meet.
https://twp.ai/4hsAk3
#Poetry #MarkDoty #Queer #LGBTQ #Resistance #Literature #Writing #Mindfulness #SelfCare #Healing

"No soy un psicópata, mis decisiones son racionales". La locura y las presencias extrañas se desatan en el sótano de la cabaña. El destino de Edna pende de un hilo en un juego macabro de lealtades. 🕯️💀
https://fictograma.com/d/3080-intuicion

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Bianca es una niña prodigio de mirada fría que esconde un pasado misterioso tras despertar de un coma. Mientras su hermana Rebeca teme el peligro que acecha en la ciudad, Bianca..
https://fictograma.com/d/3081-el-diario-del-sapo-cronicas-de-un-demonio

#books #literature #writing

Una cigüeña dedica su existencia a encontrar hogares llenos de amor para los bebés que entrega. Pero incluso las mejores intenciones pueden terminar en tragedia.

"Cindy Cigüeña" es un microcuento sobre maternidad, abandono y las ironías del destino.

Lee la historia completa:
https://cgalcocer.com/cindy-ciguena/

#writing #literature #Microcuento #FlashFiction #Ficción #NarrativaBreve #CuentoCorto #Literatura #Amor #Destino #Maternidad #Duelo #Lectura

"Private profit is often hidden under a careful coating of great patriotism."

#literature

☄️ "Los viajes de Shin": En este mundo, el Imperio ganó la guerra y Dante Lorian se convirtió en un dios tirano. Shin intenta encajar las piezas de una realidad distorsionada mientras camina bajo una...
https://fictograma.com/d/3083-los-viajes-de-shin

#books #literature #writing

Una pareja pelea

a unos metros

de donde estoy sentado:

No se golpean,

tampoco escucho

lo que dicen.

Él agita los brazos

para señalar

algo que está...
https://fictograma.com/d/3085-el-tunel-en-la-mirada

#books #literature #writing #poesia #poetry

El Sol arde y la Luna espera en la sombra. Se aman a la distancia para no destruir el firmamento, pero la Tierra, cansada de su nostalgia, se interpone y les regala un eclipse: el milisegundo...
https://fictograma.com/d/3082-el-vals-de-las-ausencias

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No has cumplido nada de lo que prometiste.

Incapaz de expresar hablando lo que siento sobre mi futuro.

Es una debilidad mental

en la que me sumerjo cuando me enfrentan...
https://fictograma.com/d/3087-los-senderos-que-permanecieron-ocultos-19

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En el final de "Siddhartha" , la sabiduría no llega por las palabras, sino por la experiencia, la aceptación y el fluir de la vida. Como el río, todo está unido en un mismo instante.
https://fictograma.com/d/3088-siddhartha-capitulo-final-herman-hesse

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Inspirada en los misterios de la numerología bíblica y la cábala, nació esta historia donde el 666 es sombra, el 33 iluminación y el 7 protección. ¿Y si nuestro destino estuviera escrito en cifras? Entre manuscritos, secretos
https://fictograma.com/d/3090-el-codigo-de-la-septima-linea

#books #literature #writing

Twain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, edited by Eric Paul Roorda #books #literature #dedication

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TO MY GRANDPARENTS BEP AND HENDRIK, who gave their son an illustrated edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on his fifteenth birthday, December 19, 1938. TO MY FATHER, WILLIAM, who gave me that book— reading it launched my love of Mark Twain. MOST OF ALL, TO MY ANGELS — A. E. DEE, ALIDA, AND FRANCES.

"The fact that the general incidence of leukemia has doubled in the last two decades may be due, partly, to the increasing use of x-rays for numerous purposes. The incidence of leukemia in doctors, who are likely to be so exposed, is twice that of the general public. In radiologists … the incidence is ten times greater."

#literature

Seasonal Quartet: New European Ensemble ft. Ali Smith
2 July, London. Tickets from £15.00.

Ali Smith joins forces with the New European Ensemble, bringing her iconic Seasonal Quartet novels into a new dimension with the UK premieres of four new musical works based on Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer, interspersed with readings from the books that inspired them.

https://spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/events/seasonal-quartet/

#Scottish #literature #music #AliSmith

“Only the most radical kindness will suffice”

In 2020, during lockdown, poet & artist Alec Finlay discussed Tom Leonard’s poem “June the Second” ☝️ on the Scottish Poetry Library’s blog

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2020/03/poetry-on-lockdown-alec-finlay-on-tom-leonards-june-the-second/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #TomLeonard #lockdown #Covid

The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 by Molly Peacock #books #literature #dedication

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for Michael Groden Ruth Hayden Augusta Hall, née Waddington (1802-96) Ruth McMann Wright (1896-1976) Pauline Wright Peacock (1919-92) all those for whom it's never too late

Get a head start by having a first name
that doesn’t really go with your second name.
Your parents were just trying to keep everyone happy…

—Palma McKeown, “How To Be Scots-Italian”
published in TALKING ABOUT LOBSTERS: New Writing Scotland 34 (ASL, 2016)

A poem for Festa della Repubblica 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Italy #FestadellaRepubblica #ScotsItalian

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Get a head start by having a first name that doesn’t really go with your second name. Your parents were just trying to keep everyone happy. Keep a bottle of Lacryma Christi for when your Auntie Anna calls in unexpectedly. Hide the jar of instant coffee in case she comes into the kitchen & dust off the old metal coffee pot that unscrews in the middle. Put out that panettone you got at Christmas then watch as she scoffs all the Tunnock’s Teacakes. Learn to sidle down side streets or melt into shop doorways when you see old Mr D’Ambrosio coming because, despite the fact he’s lived here for over sixty years, you still can’t make out a word he’s saying. Be prepared to serve sausage rolls & salami di Milano at Hogmanay parties & give equal play time to Jimmy Shand & Dean Martin. You’re just trying to keep everyone happy. Listen politely to your Auntie Carmen from Coatbridge when she phones at three in the morning to ask if everything’s okay because she’s had a dream about you and the number 62 which signifies death & pestilence. Try unsuccessfully to get back to sleep. Feel torn when Italy is playing Scotland at football until the crowd starts to sing ‘Flower of Scotland’ & a wee tear runs down your cheek. Try not to get bitter that you never knew your Italian granddad because during the war he was taken away by two Scottish policemen in the middle of the night, herded onto a ship & was lost at sea when it was torpedoed. Churchill was just trying to keep everyone happy.

Also of interest:

Past & Current Trends in Italian Scottish Migration Writings: Time & Memory in Joe Pieri & Anne Pia
—Manuela D’Amore, Scottish Literary Review 17/1, Spring/Summer 2025

Available online through Open Access via Project MUSE

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/article/966584

#Scottish #literature #Italy #ScotsItalian #migration #memoir

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This paper sheds light on Joe Pieri (1918–2012) & Anne Pia (1950–) as key figures of Italian Scottish migration literature. Although they have been neglected by academic criticism, their commitment to representing their transnational identities, as well as the ‘process of becoming’ of their community members, now deserves full recognition. Time & memory are central themes in their writings. Isle of the Displaced: An Italian-Scot’s Memoirs of Internment in the Second World War (1997) & Language of My Choosing: A Candid Life-Memoir of an Italian Scot (2017), Pieri’s & Pia’s respective first memoirs, both revisit the horrors of the Second World War while maintaining strong ties to the present. Pieri includes a detailed description of Île Sainte-Hélène today, while Pia reflects on immigration as a ‘pilgrimage’ & expresses gratitude to Scotland as an inclusive, multiethnic country. Their works affirm that the hardships of their early lives were pivotal in shaping their complex identities. Belonging to different historical periods and endowed with unique sensitivities, Pieri & Pia also represent the earliest stages and latest trends of Italian Scottish migration literature. After analysing these memoirs – especially their relationship between past & present – the article concludes with Pia’s Magnacioni … My Food, My Italy (2023). … this hybrid work confirms that time, self-reflection, and writing are distinctive features of this under-researched branch of the Italian diaspora

‘An Eternity’ by Archibald MacLeish

#poem #poetry #english #literature

https://www.deadpoetsdaily.com/p/archibald-macleish-poem-an-eternity

𝘓𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢, the cult 1968 Italian TV adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, is “a fascinating example of how literary texts are subject to a process of endless re-interpretation, and also testifies to their transformative power”
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/12/talking-about-a-revolution-the-1968-italian-tv-adaptation-of-robert-louis-stevensons-the-black-arrow/

#Scottish #literature #Italiy #Italian #translation #TV #adaptation #1960s #FestadellaRepubblica #RobertLouisStevenson

Mixing Noir & Humour

Page One – The Writer’s Podcast speaks to award-winning crime writer Callum McSorley. His debut novel, 𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘺 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 (2023) won the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year. Its sequel, 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘺, was released in 2025 & was a finalist for the same award. His latest book, 𝘙𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘦, is out now.

@bookstodon

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

#Scottish #literature #CrimeFiction #noir #podcast

Born this day: 06/02/1915 (d. 05/10/1993)
Lester del Rey was an American SciFi author and editor. Author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the SciFi/Fantasy editor at Del Rey Books and Ballantine Books. 1991 winner of the Nebula Grand Master Award.

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

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

https://astralcomputing.com

Art by Paul Orban

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Illustrated by Paul Orban, the cover art for Lester Del Rey’s "Marooned on Mars" features a massive, vertical rocket ship dominating the upper and middle-left. Rendered in dark, shadowed tones, the vessel tapers to a sharp tip and is anchored by large stabilizing fins. In the right foreground, two astronauts are shown from the waist up, angled toward the ship. The lead astronaut wears a deep blue pressurized suit, while the figure behind wears dark red. Both sport large, clear, spherical helmets revealing their facial expressions. Their bulky suits are highly detailed, showing rugged fabric, utility belts, and functional straps. The setting is a desolate Martian landscape under a star-studded, pitch-black sky. At the rocket's base, a brilliant yellow light erupts, illuminating tiny, distant figures near the landing site and casting a harsh glow against silhouetted, dark green mountains. A single, pale moon or planet hangs in the upper left. Sharp, directional lighting creates long shadows across the jagged terrain and highlights the textures of the astronauts' gear. At the bottom, a black band contains the text "A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL" in bold, bright yellow capitals. The title, "Marooned on Mars," appears in the upper right in a large, white, flowing cursive font, with the author's name, "By LESTER DEL REY," positioned directly below in a clean, white, sans-serif font.

FAULKNER. A tumbler, juggler, or shewer of tricks; perhaps because they lure the people, as a faulconer does his hawks. CANT.

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): FAULKNER. A tumbler, juggler, or shewer of tricks; perhaps because they lure the people, as a faulconer does his hawks. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Weird Tales vol 09 number 02 (February 1927) - featured story: THE MAN WHO CAST NO SHADOW by Seabury Quinn

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

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Cover art by "PETRIS"

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Weird Tales vol 09 number 02 (February 1927) - featured story: THE MAN WHO CAST NO SHADOW by Seabury Quinn. Cover art by "PETRIS". The tagline reads The Unique Magazine. Edmond Hamilton, John Martin Fehry, G. Appleby Terrall, Bassett Morgan, Victor Rousseau, and B. Wallis are listed. The price is 25 cents. The signature 'PETRIS' is in the lower right. The illustration depicts a scene in a dark, indoor space with brown wooden structures. In the foreground, a person with light skin and light hair lies on a flat, light-colored surface. Their head is on the far left, turned toward the center. A single green candle stands in a small, dark holder near the person's left shoulder. A bright, vertical beam of white and yellow light descends from the top left corner, illuminating the central portion of the scene. On the right, an older man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a dark green garment, is visible from the chest up. He holds a thick, brown wooden staff vertically. To the right of the man, a dark brown, rounded container sits on a wooden surface. Behind the man, vertical dark brown wooden planks form a wall. A dark, rectangular brick-like pattern is in the upper left corner. A dark, thin, cord-like object is tied around a vertical post on the left edge. The background consists of dark shadows and dark brown tones. The top of the magazine cover features a rectangular white area containing the title and publication information.

10 Victorian Literary Masterpieces by Thomas Hardy You Need to Read

Discover the works of Thomas Hardy, a Victorian writer who captured the intricacies of families and relationships within his texts through evocative, poetic prose.

https://www.thecollector.com/victorian-literary-masterpieces-thomas-hardy/

Books by Hardy at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/23

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Head shot of Thomas Hardy. He is balding with a mustache. He is wearing a dark coat and tie and a white shirt.

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline D. Davis #books #literature #dedication

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To the women who have gone before us, brave women, outlaws, who sought only to find a life of love and dignity, and some of them did.