My usual go-to recommendations for Stephen King readers looking to branch out a bit are The Good House by Tananarive Due, Ghost Story by Peter Straub, and The Kind Folk by Ramsey Campbell.

The first line of Shirley Jackson’s Haunting Of Hill House is a banger, the complete first paragraph is incredible.

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met nearly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone

Reddish tint around the mouth suggests jam IMO

Some art pieces change the way you see the world by opening your eyes to new perspectives, others do it by inflicting acute trauma to the occipital lobe.

It’s a horror week for me. Currently reading Shoot Me in the Face on A Beautiful Day by Emma E. Murray and also beta reading a horror novel by someone I know. Quite enjoying them both.

Recently read Albert Camus’ The Stranger. That was pretty decent. Think I’ll go for one of his nonfictional works soonish, been intending to for a while.

Other people with GrapheneOS got the alert, it seems.

Yeah, I’m trying to work out who I should be reporting it to. I’ll try Vodafone first, with any luck it’ll be something they can sort out on their end.

I’ll blame Vodafone then

Cheers. I’ve got it set up as an autocorrect when I type shrugguy, doesn’t account for markdown eccentricities though.

I’ve been meaning to read that for ages. The film is one of my favourites.

Currently reading Albert Camus’ The Stranger. Enjoying it so far, about a fifth of the way in.

Recently finished Abducted – Patrick Barb. Fun fast-paced sci-fi horror. I’d recommend it.

Not gonna be a useful comment, but I never finished it. Nothing wrong with the book, I just had a kid and got sidetracked. I recall enjoying the part I read (first quarter-a third, maybe?). I should try again one of these days.

I didn’t get it! Wonder if it’s because I’m running GrapheneOS on my Pixel. I do have emergency alerts enabled, but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Blade Runner’s a bit different since the replicants are flesh and blood, just not naturally born.

Ahh I’m such a fan of that book! I’ll give it a listen.

Barl Burrx

I have a couple of websites, a personal blog (rarely updated) on an Ubuntu VPS and a site for my horror fiction on an OpenBSD VPS. Wouldn’t host anything web-facing on my home network for security reasons.

Turns out “tell me about yourself” doesn’t mean tell them where you were born and what your hobbies are 😅

Well, fuck me I guess.

Book a gynaecologist appointment if yours looks like that.

These are all new to me. I’ll check them out, thanks!