Naamloos

[Naamloos]

[bohemianepicene]

What’s on the phonograph tonight? Ah, don’t ask me that. Ask me why the moth makes merry with the candleflame. Ask me how an epicure loves a steak. Ask me which card I drew, dancing at the Brass Embassy, and whether we’re more than our missteps.

Ask me what it is to be an Intimate of Devils.

No More Room · The Scarring Party
Sympathy For The Devil · Boss n’ Stones
She Walks On Fire · Royal Crown Revue
Devil In Her Heart · The Beatles
The Demon · Emily Jane White
Devil Be Good · Jason Webley
Devilish Man · Haley Bonar
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea · Cab Colloway & His Orchestra
Everything Goes To Hell · Tom Waits
Lucy Fears The Morning Star · Diablo Swing Orchestra
Get Thee Behind Me Satan · Ella Fitzgerald
Lose Your Soul · Dead Men’s Bones
Devils · Say Hi
Beguiled ·  Splashdown
Shake It Out · Florence + The Machine

[Naamloos]

[wrongjohnsilver]

I knew I missed something in London!

Hoxton Street Monster Supplies exists.

[ravenfirethief]

Neil! Have you seen THIS? 

[notacentaur]

I love this! It’s inspired by 826, which I worked for and ADORE. Definitely on my list of places to visit next time I’m in London.

[gothiccharmschool]

THEY DO MAIL ORDER NOW?! 

I completely forgot about trying to visit there when we were in London over the summer. BRB, must order A Vague Sense of Unease. I bet Clovis Devilbunny wants some things from there, too.

[deepdarkmarvellous]

In a Spire-Emporium.

[Naamloos]

[beeinherbonnet]

“The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The lure of it is immense. We send starships. We fall in love.”  

- Jeanette Winterson

[deepdarkmarvellous]

"For a few moments, or perhaps hours, you are standing outside space, conversing in words of twisting flame with some of its creators. Who are rather good company, and very indiscreet."

[Naamloos]

[moshita]

damn french desserts

[deepdarkmarvellous]

Feast-cards from Mr Pages’s own stationers.

[Naamloos]

Can a young lady be taught nothing more necessary in life, than to sleep in a dungeon with venomous reptiles, walk through a ward with assassins, and carry bloody daggers in their pockets, instead of pin-cushions and needle-books?

an anonymous critique of Gothic novels published in The Spirit of the Public Journals, 1797

(via nonnonmodernist)

[Naamloos]

Gems from the Delicious Friends chatroom.

• FOOL, NO MAN CAN KILL ME‏
• "I AM NO MAN"‏
• "I AM AN INDIVIDUAL OF INDISTINCT AND MYSTERIOUS GENDER"

[Naamloos]

[deepdarkmarvellous]

Feeling lonesome this Feast of the Exceptional Rose? Well, not to worry …

[Naamloos]

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Fallen London Beginner Tips Masterpost

[failbettergames]

Fallen London is deep, dark, marvellous… and massive. Here are ten things which may help the new player find their way:

1. Do not worry about seeing everything. There are more than a million words in the game; some are best unread.

2. Don’t be afraid of failure. You learn more from...

[Naamloos]

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[Naamloos]

[writernotwaiting]

Definitions — based on a prompt from laterovaries. This is another one that seems to have come out more seriously than I thought it would at first—oh well, I suppose they can’t all be sexy.

I’ll tag those of you who have also sent me poem prompts so you have proof that I’m trying: scrimshawbones, crescent-moon-rising, ansgarmartinsson , rebeckalindahl, larouau12 , winterheart17 , @elementarydata. And those kind folks who have said they’re interested in poetry: wine-o-clock-somewhere, andlifeisgrand, marvelousmindloki, amatasera, icybluepenguin, cherry-tom-ato, whittyonernc.