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Penguin Classics bookcover of Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice and Other Tales". The silhouette of a gondola rears up against a blue, foggy background

re-reading Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann

"into stagnant, shadowy-green, glassy waters where milk-white blossoms floated as big as plates, and among them exotic birds with grotesque beaks stood hunched in the shallows"

cherries, painted by james marion shull, 1915

cherries, painted by james marion shull, 1915

An adult Sandhill crane and one of its chicks cross a road. The chick is still small and orange.

I love goofy Sandhill legs so much. #Birds 🪶

beautiful upright heron standing less than six feet away from me, unphased even by the added presence of a young husky. the bird's standing on the edge of a drainage ditch with its feet hidden behind the grassy bank.

well i doubt i'll ever get a better heron photo than this

Painted image of a hare and white flowers in a golden frame

Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), contemporary fine artist living on a re-wilding farm in Wales who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - inspired by local wildlife #WomensArt

Hershey, PA - United States

Hershey, PA - United States #LittleFreeLibrary #lfl #books #reading

meyer lemons, painted by royal charles steadman, 1926

meyer lemons, painted by royal charles steadman, 1926

Trilogies.

To me, the middle volumes *often* feel inhibited, stultified. Too busy reeling from the events of the first and laying groundwork for the third. Not filled enough by themselves.

Is it just me? #BookSky

Fantastic series. I can't remember the last time I went through books so quickly

(and then running up against 'What do you mean the next one isn't out yet?!!)

It really was! And MorbidMarch has come as the perfect way of testing it out (and in my preferred genre, too!). Thank you for running it 🙂

Episodes of Insect Life, Green and gold cover, elaborate decoration with insects at each corner.

Book Cover of the Day:

Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw (2026) - A Review of Eric LaRocca's New Horror Novel - “Wretch” is a fantastic piece of fiction, but it is by no means for the faint of heart. Eric Larocca's caters directly to fans of transgressive fiction.

My publicist just emailed me this fabulous and extremely insightful review of my upcoming novel WRETCH published on the Malevolent Dark website! Very honored 🥹

malevolentdark.com/wretch-or-th...

White Poppy against a blue background

'Poppy' c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by the cyanotype process were the first ever to be published #womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

I'll be combining these prompts with techniques I learnt from KJ Charles during her Goths for Breakfast writing workshop.

-Character is an *expression* of trait, not the fact of it
-Emotion-laden words infuse character throughout a work

I'll post some but not all

#MorbidMarch

Worth the effort, in the end.

#MorbidMarch #Horror

Wrote a crackin' entry for coffin, but I'm struggling a bit with veiled. I'll get back to you!

A bookshelf containing Greek + Roman + myth related volumes. Three of the hardcovers have been recovered using scavenged paper.

Use old Christmas paper to make new book covers. Today, the complete works of Shakespeare got bees.

#booksky

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, for the first day of the month.
#March #rabbits 🐇 #superstitions

(Feeding white rabbits, by Frederick Morgan, ca 1904)

marsh seedless grapefruits, painted by royal charles steadman, 1916

marsh seedless grapefruits, painted by royal charles steadman, 1916

What other marvels might have been rummaged out of this monstrous cabinet there is no telling.

#MorbidMarch Prompts 1. casket 2. veiled 3. dig 4. gore 5. sweet 6. strychnine 7. mystery 8. break 9. gilt 10. marble 11. low 12. revel 13. elder 14. iron 15. zeal 16. narrow 17. debris 18. urn 19. blanched 20. rasping 21. lost 22. caul 23. hatred 24. teeth 25. obituary 26. will 27. fantastic 28. anchor 29. jet 30. waters Illustration of four skeletons playing instruments and dancing from The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Nuremberg Chronicle

Art. Writing. Reading recs. Music. Folklore. History. Science. Whatever each day's prompt inspires, whether it's creative work or something to help stoke morbid imaginings.

Then on March 31st, same thing but no prompt.

Don't forget to tag #MorbidMarch. Please use alt text on your images.

No A.I.

Stained glass artwork featuring a running hare facing right in a crescent frame with floral border

English stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by folklore and nature #WomensArt
#March1st #Spring

Painting of crow in flight over snowy field, crows landing and forest in background.

🖼️ Laura Makabresku

Your priorities are correct, I feel

Just been told by a man from a removal company, “Oh wow. It’s very unusual these days to see anyone with so much physical media.” Rarely have I felt more like a true relic.

If you are a relic, it's the sacred/profane kind that end up being worshipped by secretive cults under the light of harvest moons

Brightly colored rooster in orange, yellow, red and black. The back tail-feathers are iridescent with greens and blues. He's holding up one foot because he does not want me to photograph him and he is trying to get away. In a parking lot with oil stains on the pavement.

Well, I don't need the Merlin App to know what bird this is! Had to chase him, slowly 😉, to get the photo.
#VanderWild

Hearts in Atlantis, by Stephen King

I re-read it every few years, one of his best imo

Several copies of Peter Riley's collection 'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls' against an orange background.

Like holding a young child on a wall to see the sea
for the first time, at dawn, the world’s thought-task,
vast, and simple, and irreversible.

'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls'
Peter Riley
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It's been too long since you danced naked on the old hill and turned a village priest into your thrall. Frankly, it's showing.