I’m taking the evening off to help my husband celebrate his birthday! Have a great Halloween!
Buster Keaton in The Haunted House, 1921.
Happy Halloween!
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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Here’s an Excerpt from My Seasonally-Appropriate Short Story…
Here’s an excerpt from my seasonally-appropriate short story, Beyond the Boneyard Gate. It is featured in the October issue of The Paperbook Collective.
“I open them on the inhale. Smoke laps against my prickly face. A bright orange dot glows from the statue like a pulsating beacon, growing and then receding with each pull of breath. His breath. Moonlight glances off of a face whose features are re-forming before me, as stone becomes flesh and sinew. I pant, voiceless, and do not scream again.”
Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 1: The Masque of the Read Death
The Masque of the Red Death by Harry Clarke, 1919
“The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.”-The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe
Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 2: The Fall of the House of Usher (Clarke)
The Fall of the House of Usher by Harry Clarke, 1919
“While I gazed, this fissure rapidly widened-there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind-the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight-my brain reeled as I saw the mighty walls rushing asunder-there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters-and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the “HOUSE of USHER.”-The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe
Spotlight On…Alicia Austen.
Spotlight On…Me! Please hop on over to The Paperbook Blog to check out my little Q & A session. Jayde-Ashe is highlighting some of the contributors to The Paperbook Collective, and I’m up first.
For the next month or so, I will be shining a spotlight on some of our superstar contributors here at The Paperbook Collective.
Each and everyone of them is a creative genius in their own right, so I thought I would take this opportunity to share some love and promote their work.
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First up is the fabulous Alicia Austen, author of the chilling short story,
Beyond the Boneyard Gate,
published in Issue Three of The Paperbook Collective.
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To read the rest of Alicia’s story, check out Issue Three.
PDF ~
The Paperbook Collective Issue Three 2013
ISSUU ~
The Paperbook Collective Issue Three 2013
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Five minutes with Alicia ~
1. What is your creative outlet, and how did you first get into it?
Writing is my creative outlet. I started writing when I was seven, because even then it seemed like…
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Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 3: The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum by Harry Clarke, 1919
“I was sick-sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.”-The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe
Shopping for the Bookworm: A Literary Halloween Edition
Frankenstein’s Monster Quote Poster by Hairbrained Schemes. $15.00
Frankenstein Quote Scarf by Thornfield Hall Designs. $30.00
Mary Shelley Pendant by Roseblood and Mothdust. $43.00
Mary Shelley Desktop Sign by Real Wood Crafts. $12.00
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Iron On Patch by Totally Personal by Gerri. $10.00
Dracula Quote Pendant by Shakespeare’s Sisters. $9.00
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Sylvia Plath Quote
Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 4: The Raven (Manet)
The Raven by Édouard Manet, 1875.
“And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/Shall be lifted-nevermore!”-The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
Voices from the Grave #77: Lou Reed
Dirty Blvd., 1989
Laurie Anderson & Lou Reed on Charlie Rose, 2003
Remembering Lou Reed, ABC News
Sweet Jane
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