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Cuando perdí la magia… y la recuperé por un segundo. Usé lo último que me quedaba para que Nacho sintiera en su piel el miedo, la vergüenza y el asco que nos hacía pasar a los demás...
https://fictograma.com/d/3412-cuando-perdi-y-recupere-la-magia
"Me cuesta dormir… oigo voces todo el tiempo diciendo cosas raras: ‘piertades’, ‘nitoherma’, ‘nameperdo’… Fui al doctor y le conté que casi me tira del 3er piso mi hermano "en broma". Al final de la.."
https://fictograma.com/d/3413-osadi-nitoherma
Nine ways of looking at rain
Beyond the clichés, rain has inspired a rich thread of Scottish culture. From myth and science to film, fashion, and fiction, Sarah Mackay, Curator at the National Library of Scotland, explores how drizzle has soaked into the nation’s imagination in nine objects. The NLS exhibition ‘Rain’ runs until April 2027 and is free to visit.
https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/life-in-the-library/nine-ways-of-looking-at-rain/
#literatura #literature #poesia #literaturefrancaise
Autor: #Chateaubriand ✒️📖✒️
«Mientras que el corazón tiene deseo, la imaginación conserva ilusiones».
In Welsh folklore, the great bard Taliesin claimed to be the embodiment of the Awen, the spirit of creativity and inspiration. He claimed that as a spirit, he had been with Jesus at his crucifixion and Noah on his arc. Though it is ambiguous how literally Taliesin meant this.
🎨 Jenny Dolfen
#FolkloreSunday #Mythology #Folklore #Celtic #Wales #Poetry #Literature #Taliesin
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Born this day: 07/05/1941
Garry Douglas Kilworth is a British science fiction, fantasy and historical novelist, and a former Royal Air Force cryptographer. The Ragthorn (1993) won the BSFA Award.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kilworth
#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#GarryKilworth @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction
Cover Art by "Willard"
𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑷𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝑷𝒕. 1: 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒕
We investigate what we hope to achieve by literary travel . . . and why our packing cannot prepare us for it!
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/packing-lists-pt-1-dreams-and-dirt/
#podcast #literature #books #travelwriting #travelogues #literarygeography #isabellabird #aladyslifeintherockymountains #WalterBenjamin #MartinHeidegger #touristgaze #literarygaze #authenticity
BALSAM. Money.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
"“Things in the past always seem greater.” Brand condescended with a smile. “There is a theorem to that effect which you’ll find in any elementary text. Freshmen invariably call it the ‘GOD Theorem.’ Stands for ‘Good-Old-Days,’ you know. But go on.”Theor frowned at the digression. He hid the beginning of a sneer. “You can always dismiss an uncomfortable fact by pinning a dowdy label to it.”"
for these#DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #lifestylesOfThePeasantry #literary #literature #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #spring #writing
and for all those who have
no plow
and no anvil over which to bend
a plow into beingno seed
and no burgage1
over which
to spread seedno meadow
and no swine to shepherd
into the meadowfor all those who wait
and in their wait make
the square drunk and quarrelsome
lewd and a frightwait for the roads to thaw
and for the thawed roads to drywait to watch a plow cross
a selion2
pulled by an ox
wait for the winter cloak to be hung
and for the grass to greenwho wait for the bloom to blow
off the branch and for the apricot to ripento see a robin wait
for there to come an end of winterfor there to come a war to go to
for all these
under what you’ve already written
in your scroll write
we the undersigned
1
In a medieval context, a "burgage" refers to a tenure, or holding of land, within a borough or town, typically involving a fixed rent or other services to a lord or the crown. AI
2
A "selion" is a historical term referring to a narrow strip or ridge of land used for cultivation in the open-field system of medieval Europe. It was typically one furlong long and one chain wide, making it roughly one acre in area, though exact measurements could vary.
‘Elgar’s hearing was permanently damaged by an ear infection she contracted as a child, which left her struggling to communicate with those around her. She had won a place at Girton College, Cambridge, to study classics but did not complete her degree. “Being female was hard enough, but being deaf was too big a block... One cannot help wondering what kind of scholar she might have become had deafness not isolated her from academic life.”’
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-unlikely-pen-pal-who-shaped-tolkiens-later-years
For the UHI’s Creative Insights podcast, Peter Noble talks to Philip Paris – best known for his historical fiction & non-fiction. Philip shares an insight into his creative writing process & gives tips & guidance for those considering getting into creative writing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_U9rsPi1jA
#Scottish #literature #writing #writingcommunity #creativewriting
WayWORD Ekphrastic Poetry Prize
Deadline: 31 Aug 2026
The 2026 WayWORD Festival is asking writers across Scotland to respond to artworks featured in the University of Aberdeen’s Artworlds exhibition. Shortlisted poems will be read at a special event in October.
https://waywordfestival.com/ekphrastic-poetry-prize-2026/
#Scottih #literature #poet #poetry #art #visualart #ekphrasticpoems
The best books on United States
recommended by Don Watson
As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence, we asked historian Don Watson, author of the excellent The Shortest History of the United States, to suggest books to read to learn more about the country.
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/united-states-don-watson/
At PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69730
🌹💀 Ofelia, entre flores y canciones, reparte romero, ruda y margaritas mientras su mente se deshace.
Laertes jura venganza. Claudio trama un duelo envenenado.
Y Gertrudis anuncia: —Laertes, tu hermana se ha ahogado.
https://fictograma.com/d/3408-hamlet-acto-4-escenas-de-la-17-a-la-24
⛰️🔨 Una carretera que no lleva a la ranchería. Una iglesia ordenada por el cura. Y unos indígenas atrapados entre dos mandatos: trabajar para la autoridad o para Dios. Cuatro días sin descanso, sin salario. Y mientras tanto...
https://fictograma.com/d/3407-el-indio-tercera-parte-la-tradicion-perdida-gregorio-lopez-y-fuentes
A Night Of Designs. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice. #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramespañol #reseñaliteraria #Libros #gothic #Kindle #kindle #explorepage #amazonkdp #amazonkindle #gothicstyle #poetry #poemas #verso #lirica #gothicfashion #literature #poetry #viral #viralvideo #viralvideos #ViralPost
Perpetual Ataraxia. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice. #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramespañol #reseñaliteraria #Libros #gothic #Kindle #kindle #explorepage #amazonkdp #amazonkindle #gothicstyle #poetry #poemas #verso #lirica #gothicfashion #literature #poetry #viral #viralvideo #viralvideos #ViralPost
Noche de designios. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz. #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramespañol #reseñaliteraria #Libros #gothic #Kindle #kindle #explorepage #amazonkdp #amazonkindle #gothicstyle #poetry #poemas #verso #lirica #gothicfashion #literature #poetry #viral #viralvideo #viralvideos #ViralPost
Ataraxia perpetua. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz. #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramespañol #reseñaliteraria #Libros #gothic #Kindle #kindle #explorepage #amazonkdp #amazonkindle #gothicstyle #poetry #poemas #verso #lirica #gothicfashion #literature #poetry #viral #viralvideo #viralvideos #ViralPost
I'm Suffocating! Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice. #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramespañol #reseñaliteraria #Libros #gothic #Kindle #kindle #explorepage #amazonkdp #amazonkindle #gothicstyle #poetry #poemas #verso #lirica #gothicfashion #literature #poetry #viral #viralvideo #viralvideos #ViralPost
¡Que me ahogo! Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz. #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramespañol #reseñaliteraria #Libros #gothic #Kindle #kindle #explorepage #amazonkdp #amazonkindle #gothicstyle #poetry #poemas #verso #lirica #gothicfashion #literature #poetry #viral #viralvideo #viralvideos #ViralPost
GULLGROPERS. Usurers who lend money to the gamesters.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
"If the love of money is the root of all evil, the need of money is most certainly the root of all despair."
(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Okay, picture this: a kingdom that’s basically a group chat gone toxic. The prince — brilliant, joke-sharp, and honestly exhausted — is trying to deal with the worst kind of news: his dad, the old king, drops dead. Everyone acts like it’s a normal Tuesday. His mom goes from widow-mode to married-to-the-uncle-in-less-than-a-month. Yeah. Immediately sus.
The prince is not stupid. He smells something rotten — not just the funeral flowers, but something rotten in the whole palace. One night, a pale version of his dad shows up like a glitch in the system: a ghost on the battlements who says, “I didn’t die by accident.” The ghost lays it out: poisoned, betrayed, murdered by his own brother — now the new king. The prince’s entire world snaps. That ghost doesn’t beg for revenge with a hashtag; it asks the prince to remember and to avenge. Heavy stuff.
But the prince isn’t a straightforward revenge hero. He’s an over-thinker. He turns every thought into a debate club session in his head. He asks the big questions: What even is justice? What’s truth when everyone’s performance matters more than sincerity? He performs deep one-liners like “to be or not to be,” which is basically him asking whether it’s worth living in a world that feels fake. He’s depressed, furious, theatrical — and painfully, painfully honest about it.
To prove that the uncle-king is guilty, the prince comes up with a plan that’s petty-genius: he stages a play that mirrors the supposed crime — actors reenact a poisoned king. If the new king reacts wildly, that reaction will be receipts. The king does react. Bingo. The prince has his sign. But instead of flipping the switch and dealing with the killer, he spirals. He waits. He tests. He insults people he kind of cares about. He ghosts his friends. He acts like he’s gone mad — because sometimes pretending to be mad is safer than letting people see how much you hurt.
Meanwhile, there’s a girl in his life who’s stuck between following her father’s orders and following her heart. She tries to be reasonable but ends up trapped in the palace politics and in the prince’s emotional storms. Her story becomes one of the saddest side-effects of the prince’s chaos: when people close to someone unravel while that someone obsesses over righteousness.
The prince’s attempts to expose the truth cause real damage. Secrets leak. People misread one another. The royal court becomes a theatre of masks — compliments that are knives, flattery that’s poison. Power doesn’t just corrupt; it rewrites what people remember about each other. They start believing the version of events that keeps them safe or rich, not the version that’s true.
Then things escalate. A private confrontation goes wrong and an old, meddling advisor gets killed because the prince mistakes him for someone else hiding behind a curtain. Oops. That one mistake pushes the kingdom over the edge. The uncle-king, sensing threat, plots to send the prince away… with a plan so cold it gives you chills. It involves an arranged trip that’s secretly a death sentence. The prince returns — but now with more scheming on every side. Two families are suddenly feuding, rumours are weapons, and everyone is trying to score points like it’s a reality show finale.
The final act is grim and quick. Revenge, misread signals, poisoned drinks, and duels all collide. People who should’ve listened die. The prince gets stabbed; the queen accidentally drinks the wrong cup. The girl loses her mind and disappears from this life in the saddest way possible. In the end, the court is a wreck, the truth is splattered across the floor, and the prince, dying, finally names the guilty party before he leaves. It’s brutal and honest — you don’t get a tidy moral tie-up, only the cost of obsession laid bare.
Why this story still matters? Because it’s about being human in a world that asks you to perform who you are. It’s about grief that eats logic, about how suspicion can turn your own mind into a prison, and about the way people weaponize image and story to hide cruelty. The prince is tragic because he’s right — but wrong in the one place that matters: timing. He waits for perfect proof and in waiting, destroys what he loves.
So yeah, it’s a drama about revenge, sure, but also a lesson: when life hands you a ghost, don’t let the hunt for receipts become the thing that ruins everything. Keep your friends close. Ask for help. And don’t let “being right” become more important than being kind. No cap.
La pasión, la culpa y la violencia convergen en un mismo cuarto. Cuando el deseo se confunde con la destrucción, toda despedida tiene el sabor de una sentencia.
https://fictograma.com/d/3403-punto-y-coma-capitulo-3-parte-6
No todas las cárceles tienen rejas. Algunas se construyen con culpa, manipulación y relatos familiares que deforman la realidad. Salir de ellas también deja cicatrices.
https://fictograma.com/d/3404-la-tactica-del-koala
La pasión, la culpa y la violencia convergen en un mismo cuarto. Cuando el deseo se confunde con la destrucción, toda despedida tiene el sabor de una sentencia.
https://fictograma.com/d/3403-punto-y-coma-capitulo-3-parte-6
No todas las cárceles tienen rejas. Algunas se construyen con culpa, manipulación y relatos familiares que deforman la realidad. Salir de ellas también deja cicatrices.
https://fictograma.com/d/3404-la-tactica-del-koala
🗡️🐑 ¡Don Quijote confunde dos rebaños de ovejas con dos ejércitos enemigos!
Resultado: pedradas, costillas rotas y dientes menos.
La locura más épica y desternillante de Cervantes.
https://fictograma.com/d/3406-el-ingenioso-hidalgo-don-quijote-de-la-mancha-parte-i-capitulo-18