I'm always so nervous starting her horror stories because of the potential nightmare factor, but so far I haven't suffered too much and they really are good
I just said that you're pretty. Even when you're covered in...engine grease, you're... No, especially, especially when you're covered in engine grease.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Apr 19, 2021 3:06:08 pm PDT #26644 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DavidS - Apr 19, 2021 3:08:13 pm PDT #26645 of 28197
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
{points at what Hec said} Hey, I would like those conditions! I just . . . know better. Which occasionally makes me sad. I don't want to be a grown-up today.
I don't think any of the youngsters on TikTok and Instagram indulging the Cottagecore aesthetic are doing anything other than refining their taste. It's more about decorating your kitchen or planning your Sunday picnic, or doing a garden or laying out an outfit than actually planning on owning a rural cottage.
Nobody into Dark Academia is going to be owning a private college anytime soon, they just like the vibe.
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 3:21:36 pm PDT #26646 of 28197
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I'm overthinking, I know.
DavidS - Apr 19, 2021 3:29:03 pm PDT #26647 of 28197
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm overthinking, I know.
"Sure, cottages are cute but a thatched roof is no picnic! And don't get me started on aphids and dry rot!"
Calli - Apr 19, 2021 5:50:59 pm PDT #26648 of 28197
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I like the aesthetic of both cottagecore and dark academia. But I’d like them to come with WiFi.
hippocampus - Apr 19, 2021 7:36:22 pm PDT #26649 of 28197
not your mom's socks.
~t, with permission, I'd love to let Rick know he has a fan. (also stick around for a certain m-preg in space / espionage short story by someone who is likely me in July, maybe)
meara - Apr 19, 2021 9:26:12 pm PDT #26650 of 28197
also stick around for a certain m-preg in space / espionage short story by someone who is likely me i
Now this sounds more up my alley than baseball...
Toddson - Apr 20, 2021 6:04:50 am PDT #26651 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I learned to avoid the T. Kingfisher horror stories - read one and it seriously scared me; I was glad I was reading it during the day rather than at night. I do, however, love her other work, so I'll keep buying those.
-t - Apr 20, 2021 6:25:57 am PDT #26652 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Please do, hippocampus! And, of course, I will eagerly await July
hippocampus - Apr 20, 2021 7:28:06 am PDT #26653 of 28197
not your mom's socks.
Now this sounds more up my alley than baseball...I do these things for you all .... (also it was a lot of fun to write)
Another heads up is a Goblin Market meets high fashion during New York's social season story coming out next month in Uncanny...
t - Rick was delighted