M.H.Urban
@mhurban
Just another indie author trying to come out of her hard drive. Horror, psychological thriller, dark fantasy... I like them like my coffee: strong and black. No AI, all my mistakes are human-made.
The Keeper, by Matt Clark I love ghost stories--it's probably my favorite horror subgenre--so I’m naturally biased to favor them whenever one falls into my hands. But this story doesn’t need a bias to shine. It goes beyond the typical ghost story to delve... 1/3 #BookSky #amReading #horror #Review
Today's solar eclipse. 98% where I live. No eldritch creatures roaming the woods so far. Maybe later with the Perseids #eclipse #HorrorWritersChat
Morning Womble! I reviewed two books this week: Blood Point, by Alexander Lane bsky.app/profile/mhur... and Ezra's Secret, by P.D.Alleva bsky.app/profile/mhur... Yes, I've been a busy bee 🐝
Ezra's Secret, by P.D. Alleva If you’re familiar with the world of 'The Sleepy Hollow Incident,' you should know this story is going to wreck you even before you start reading. For a short story, it really packs a punch. However, beyond the horror,... 1/ #BookSky #amReading #horror #Review
Blood Point, by Alexander Lane An Irish escape becomes a Midsummer Night's terror when widowed father Josh takes his daughter Holly and a group of old university friends to Ireland for his 50th birthday, he hopes for laughter, memories, and a chance to heal 1/5 #BookSky #amReading #horror #Review
Hi Gabino! I made this vid for Trapped in Amber this week because I love my little ghost story. books2read.com/u/bPPNvA www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9LJBPP8 #FridayReads
Saturn Devouring His Children, by Francisco de Goya. Or an allegory of the passage of time #13MorbidMondays
(4/5) by finding another person and handing over the cross and the cauldron before he draws a circle on the ground, thereby freeing himself from leading the procession." Xesús Rodríguez López, Superstitions of Galicia (1895)
(3/5) carries a light that cannot be seen, but the scent of burning wax is clearly perceptible. The procession itself is also invisible, but the gentle breeze caused by their passage can be felt. The unfortunate leader can only relieve himself of this grim task
(2/5 )found in the myth seem to come from the Wild Hunt. "At midnight, the deceased rise and file out in procession through the main door; a living person leads the way carrying the cross and the cauldron of holy water, and must not, under any circumstances, turn his head. Each deceased person
La Santa Compaña, a gathering of souls in Purgatory, is a folk legend from Galicia about a procession of souls. Yet, it'd only be called “santa” for superstitious protection as it's an ancient pagan legend superficially Christianized--some of the elements (1/5) #SpookySunday #PhantomsFriday
The Woman in Blak, by Susan Hill. The haunting, atmospheric settings are one of the reasons I enjoy ghost stories so much, and the house in the marsh from Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black remains, in my opinion, one of the most haunted settings I’ve ever read (1/2) #BookSky #amReading #horror #Review
#13MorbidMondays Prompt: Many Years Morbo: Horror Magazine (Spain) 19 comics, 1983/1984 So Many Years
I've been evacuated because of the wildfires 😭 This was today at midday. Horrifying
+ than 50 original European instruments of torture and capital punishment dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries (2/2). #MorbidMonday
In Spain, there are several Inquisition museums that display the Holy Office’s horrific instruments of torture to satisfy visitors’ morbid curiosity. Among the most famous is the Museum of Torture in Santillana del Mar, which houses more (1/2) #MorbidMonday
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Te cambio una hermosa playa por otra. Esta la tomé hace un par de días, caminando con el agua por la rodilla (Valencia, España) #photography
Illustration created by Henry Justice Ford titled 'Athenodorus Confronts the Specter". Probably the best-known example of the various ghost stories that have survived from classical antiquity, in which the ghost of a chained man appears to the philosopher Athenodorus (1/2) #PhantomsFriday
+ the world-building to his readers, but you can't have everything. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Mona Lisa Cage I had high expectations for this book, as I enjoyed the first so much. I was disappointed. This is supposed to be the first book in the series, but The Mona Lisa Cage takes too many things for granted. +
+ then, this series is a good choice. Let's start with the first: Grandfather's Pigments Milan, 1497. Leonardo da Vinci has spent 14 months unable to finish the face of Judas in The Last Supper. The plaster keeps moving. The pigment dries wrong. And something on the other side of the wall is +
The Nightmares of Francisco de Goya The impoverished aristocracy, the reactionary clergy, and a populace easily manipulated are the targets of the artist’s criticism; he chose to withdraw the series and give it to Charles IV as a gift to escape the Inquisition’s scrutiny. #13MorbidMondays #art
I'm not an artist, but necessity (meaning I don't have any money 😅) is forcing me to become one. I drew the cover of my book myself, based on the countless online photos of Acorn Street (Boston). I used the digital drawing program Ibis Paint. I feel reasonably satisfied with the result. #BluePitHype
#PhantomsFriday theme today is about #ghosts. The Devil's Backbone is one of my favorite movies about them. So much so that I quoted it in my book.