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aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· 11d

@juliaelliott.bsky.social I was in the Asheville airport recently and when I saw this sculpture I stopped dead like “what in the great Romie Futch is that?!”

Sculpture of a boar’s head that is made from recycled materials

Artist’s photo and bio which reads

MARCIA MOORE
Marcia has dedicated over 13 years to her theme of exploration as a forensic/research artist, meticulously reconstructing the faces of ancient peoples and illuminating their narratives. Her work not only demonstrates exceptional skill but also pays homage to the diverse cultures of our past.
In 2022, Marcia expanded her creative pursuits by repurposing discarded bike tires into intricate art pieces, layering the treads to reflect the anatomical structures of North Carolina's wildlife and ancient folklore.
Through this innovative endeavor, she continues to reclaim both historical significance and materials, fostering a deeper understanding of our shared heritage and environmental stewardship.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· 20d

we got some real Backrooms vibes this weekend

Photograph of three people staring down a staircase into the darkness below. The walls and floor are somewhere between beige and yellow.

Photograph of what’s at the bottom of the stairs in the darkness: a figure, seated, with hands clasped as if in patient anticipation of our arrival.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· 26d

Thinking a lot this morning about a photo I took back in 2013 for no particular reason (oh wait the reason is that I watched the Other Mommy trailer) klophoto.com/index.php?id...

black and white photograph from around floor height and it shows on the left a strange blurry organic but unidentifiable form, and on the right there's a table with clawed hands reaching out from underneath

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· 26d

Booker begins the Summoning

Photograph of a tabby cat sitting in a dark room in front of a lamp, with a window on the right reflecting his image.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jul 9

Cold Empty Rooms by Andy Marino (who I have never read but @keithrosson.bsky.social’s review made me want this bad) and last but not least The Thrice-Bound Fool by @buehlmeister.bsky.social I just finally figured I’m going to buy them regardless so why not give a present to Future Me? [2/2]

Screenshot of an order confirmation for the book Cold Empty Rooms by Andy Marino

Screenshot of an order confirmation for the book The Thrice-Bound Fool by Christopher Buehlman

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jul 9

I have never preordered so many books before. I can’t stop. In no particular order: The Unhaunting by @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Nightjars by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social The Minimalist by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social Crone by @keithrosson.bsky.social [1/2]

Screenshot of an order confirmation for the book The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson

Screenshot of an order confirmation for the book Nightjars by Michael Wehunt

Screenshot of an order confirmation for the book The Minimalist by Kailee Pedersen

Screenshot of an order confirmation for the book Crone by Keith Rosson

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jul 9

Can I help you, sir? Anything in particular you’re looking for?

Photograph of an open pantry door. The pantry is pretty stacked with items including, on the middle shelf, a gray tabby cat who is looking at the viewer.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jul 9

Because of keming I saw this as “Tom Hanks was born today in 1956; R.I.P. Tom died on this day in 2019.”

Screenshot of part of the original post which reads: “Tom Hanks was born today in 1956; Rip Torn died on this day in 2019.”

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jun 29

The Coen Brothers didn’t ask their props department to create a hat that could be blown along without disturbing all the leaves around it creating a surreal dreamlike feeling just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable.”

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jun 28

Me: You die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Ea-nāṣir:

screenshot from the movie The Green Mile showing character John Coffey saying "I'm tired, boss."

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jun 20

Bear cub on our front porch got a rhododendron blossom stuck on his shoulder and had to go run to mom.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jun 9

From my local bookshop if that counts!

Screenshot of an email. The majority of the words aren’t important, just that it shows a preorder of a book.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jun 6

What’s your sign?

Photograph of an old and rusting sign that reads SUGAR KINGDOM

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jun 4

I guess I just have to make sure it's a GOOD friend, not some acquaintance from my horror book club as I had originally envisioned. counterpoint

Screenshot of two frames from the Lord of the Rings movies showing Bilbo Baggins looking at the One Ring and saying "After all ... why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?"

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jun 1

Thank you for the reminder, I had forgotten to preorder! Got that taken care of now.

Screenshot of a bookstore website showing a preorder confirmation for The Minimalist

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· May 27

While in Italy I was very excited to see they have road signs to warn of upcoming Angine de Poitrine

A photograph of a road sign in Italy. It is a red triangle with white interior and a black pointy symbol. The symbol resembles the costumed head of rock band Angine de Poitrine’s drummer, Klek.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· May 13

I’m going to a Toadies show tonight after not really having thought about them since 2008’s No Deliverance. I honestly wondered if the front man Vaden Lewis had turned into some grumpy right-wing Texan and if I was making a mistake. Then I found this interview from April and I feel better.

"In Amarillo one night, we had one song left at this big outdoor festival type show," Lewis says. "So I took the moment to say 'I believe in women's rights, I believe in trans rights, and I believe you should be able to love who you love, so that's why I vote Democrat, and the whole crowd just turned on a dime, thousands of people just hating my guts as we played that last song."

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· May 13

Today’s wildlife count was three bears and four rabbits. I think the rabbits will have the advantage just based on sheer numbers.

Photograph of an adolescent black bear crossing a sidewalk. There’s a man walking his dog in the background.

Photograph of a wild rabbit in some grass.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· May 13

Looks like Malaprop's has one on hand. Instead of trying to fit all this into a single post I'll just screenshot my review from Goodreads (no spoilers obviously).

This is one of the most fascinating, dreamlike, engrossing, repulsive, and enthralling books I've ever read. I was hooked from page 9 onwards, sometimes unsure what I was reading. always certain I had no idea where the story was going.

This was horror in a way that I've never seen before. There were no jump scares, no creepy crawlies. Sections of this book were horrific in the same way that photojournalism from war zones is. Dispassionate is the only way I can think to describe it. I would not be surprised to find that Enriquez deliberately chose which passages would be in third person (versus the few that were in first person) and left the most monstrous of scenes there so that we wouldn't be treated to characters' descriptions of what they were seeing or their emotions about it.

This was a cold, cold, book. A knife of a book. Enriquez's descriptions of the supernatural were detailed and unlike anything I've ever read, in great part because they were so clinical - and yet somehow she kept some mystery there. She revealed just enough that reading it felt like flashes from a bad dream, desaturated. I don't know how descriptions of the woods at night, with splashes of hot blood, can seem so colorless with the exception of gleaming golden claws.

Fascinating book. Absolutely horrific.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Apr 27

Finding out my LiveJournal is old enough to rent a car has caused me serious psychic damage.

Screenshot of an email from LiveJournal telling me that my blog is 25 years old at this point

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Apr 23

Just finished The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by @tom-lin.bsky.social. Absolutely incredible that this is his first novel. Tightly wound, driving, hot, full of blood and mystery and death. I can not wait to see what he writes next.

Book cover for The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin. In the middle is a rider on horseback in black silhouetted against an orange sun and a red sky.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Apr 3

In the past few days here in Asheville I’ve seen turkeys, rabbits, owls, hawks, bears, and had to evict both a black rat snake and a tiny field mouse from my house. The most wildlife I’d see on the regular in New Orleans was cockroaches and bayou rats. I’ll take this trade.

Photograph of two great horned owls high in a tree. The one on the left is a fluffy juvenile. The one on the right is the father.

Photograph of a wild turkey crossing an empty street.

Photograph of four black bears crossing a mostly empty street. There’s a car in the background waiting for them to finish.

Photograph of the interior of a black five gallon bucket. In the bottom of the bucket is a three foot black rat snake just chillin.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Mar 23

If you want to turn off the neverending insanity machine for 20 seconds here’s a picture of my boys being sweet.

Photograph of two tabby cats curled up together on a (human) bed. They are laying on their sides forehead to forehead. One is mostly on a cat hot pad, the other is not.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Mar 15

@pdjeliclark.bsky.social you made it into the Saturday crossword!

Screenshot of the crossword from the Washington Post though I believe it's the same one the LA Times uses. The clue for 46 across is: "A Master of _____": P Djèlí Clark novel inspired by Islamic mythology

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Mar 9

Well this is a new one. Filling out a form at a doctor’s office and the “what language do you speak?” form has an absolutely fantastic list of options. I have no idea where the website dev or whoever sourced this list but damn. Way to look out for the occasional 4,000 year old Elamite revenant.

Screenshot of a drop-down in a web form choice for language spoken. Some of the options are Egyptian (ancient), Elamite, old English (ca. 450-1100)

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Mar 3

today's textures they're about to appear (they're about to appear) today's textures shout it loud and clear TODAY'S TEXTURES!

screenshot of the title image for an old children's show called Today's Special. There's a sign at the top that reads Today's Special but the word special has been covered up with the word textures. Below are two humans flanking two puppets.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Feb 25

I walk by this every day, concerned that some innocent kid is going to stick one last piece of gum and complete the sigil, inadvertently summoning Rigleezel, Lord of Chicle, wielder of the Winter Trident.

Photograph of many pieces of gum stuck to a telephone pole. They are arranged in an interesting and mostly symmetrical shape which resembles an arcane symbol.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Feb 25

Last read: Black River Orchard by @chuckwendig.bsky.social Currently reading: The Librarianist by Patrick DeWitt Next read: The Deep Sky by @yumewrites.bsky.social though there's a chance I'll have to pause this to knock out MIsery by @stephenking.bsky.social for my local horror book club.

Photograph of a hardcover copy of the book Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig.

Photograph of a hardcover copy of the book The Librarianist by Patrick DeWitt

Photograph of a hardcover copy of the book The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jan 19

Jungle pouch, primordial pouch - whatever you call it, Booker has it more than any other cat I know. Now with the new cat tree with the porthole in the top it occasionally just kind of … sags through.

Photograph of a tabby cat on a beige cat tree. His baggy belly is falling through a hole in the tree meant as a pass-through. It is an impressive amount of skin and fur hanging down.

aka Abraham Bacoln@komara· Jan 15