ruthbrarian’s avatarruthbrarian’s Twitter Archive—№ 12,802

  1. I am excited in a way anticipatorially driven by Silvia Moreno-Garcia's also-has-fungi gothic, Mexican Gothic. Do two make a genre? Mycelium Gothics?
    1. …in reply to @ruthbrarian
      (... first line of the book and I'm already like "how does Ursula know this?")
      1. …in reply to @ruthbrarian
        Finished the book -- it's not terribly long one. Good. Definitely clenched my teeth but in that good horror-dread way. (she gives context and recommends Mexican Gothic in the author's note)
        1. …in reply to @ruthbrarian
          also I think @NeolithicSheep as quoted in the afterward, summarizes it perfectly "...but also what is wrong with you?" ...which is kind of what I want from the horror I read. To ask "but also what is wrong with you" in new ways. *grinds teeth again*
          1. …in reply to @ruthbrarian
            2022 is fun because I also just thought "maybe someday I'll write something as fucked up" but I genuinely can't recall significant portions of my horror RPG writing, just that some of it involves ghouls so who knows... maybe I already did.
            1. …in reply to @ruthbrarian
              ohhhh yeah some of that kudzu stuff was kind of fucked infestation horror, wasn't it? (monster zine here: bit.ly/2DWSPVL )
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                (this is not a "buy my zine" thread, it's more of a buy Ursula's book but also it's nice to remember that yeah I'm also kind of a fucked up horror writer. Comforting almost.)
                1. …in reply to @ruthbrarian
                  haha I have to go to bed now this was a good choice.