Okapi Watches Scary Movies (and reads Scary books) in the Dark

I am reading The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson and it's scaring the shit out of me. It's non-fiction! About a family's experience in a haunted house in Long Island. It seems so plausible, so realistic in the sense that it might happen. I am loving it but I have to read it in small doses for the sake of a decent night's sleep.

I listened to HG Wells' The Invisible Man. It isn't a horror story in the same sense Frankenstein isn't a horror story (though the images of both have been appropriated by the horror world). It's a cautionary tale about the dangers of human pride.

My final horror film of the scary season was The Lost boys (1987). I watched it for the first time and I LOVED IT! Funny and creepy and so, so, so nostalgic. Corey Haim and Corey Feldman! Kiefer Sutherland in a long coat! Gosh, remember Tiger beat magazine?!

( full 2023 list--appropriately 13 films! )

Spook Me always does an Inspiration post. I am always too stressed about finishing my offering to look at them until November but they are always some amazing things: short films, music, images, etc. https://spook-me.dreamwidth.org/21078.html

And in the comments section is Cyberiad Queen has shared their own list so it's an embarrassment of spooky riches.

November Tarot Prompt: The Hermit

The Hermit can mean a period of solitude or isolation, walking one's own path when it's necessary even if it's lonely. A card of self-reliance. And the promise of wisdom gathered from a time of Hermitage. It can suggest aromanticism or asexuality or abstinence from sexual and/or romantic relationships for other reasons, depending on the querent.

Candy Day!

It's candy day!

I don't really need a reason to eat candy but I'll take it. My favorite candy falls into two categories: chocolate and gummys. I like all kinds of chocolate and I like gummy bears and peach gummy rings and watermelon gummys.

What is your favorite candy?