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23/09/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Lakeland, by Marisca Pichette 🎭

“𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵.....

16/09/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—The Bird, Frozen in Time, by Drew Huff 🎭

“𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. ‘𝘖𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 ‘𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘳𝘦....

05/09/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria, October Window—Open for Submissions! 🎭

“𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 2021, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰....

02/09/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Youth, Interrupted, by Miguel Gonçalves 🎭

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭...

26/08/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Shotgun, by Eric Farrell 🎭

“𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘖𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘪....

20/08/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—The Comeback Kid, by Christopher Robertson 🎭

“‘𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰,’ 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 𝘌𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧...

13/08/2022

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Trip Part II—Inverness and the Black Isle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Evening all! Continuing on from yesterday’s post, here’s some more pictures from my recent trip up to Scotland. After settling in to the place we were staying, I spent some time exploring Inverness itself, as well as the area surrounding us on the Black Isle—swipe on through for more pictures! Most of these photos are from in and around Cromarty (which was an adorable little town, even if it did give off major Wicker Man vibes 😬🌞) and Chanonry Point, though there are also some from inside Leakey’s Bookshop in Inverness—not a huge selection of fiction books given the size of the store, but it had such a range of non-fiction that I’d imagine it covers every subject imaginable. Fantastic building, too.

Also pictured is the imposing National Wallace Monument; unfortunately, I didn’t manage to go inside on this trip, but I had to stop and snap a pic—it’s probably the most wizard’s tower-esque building I’ve ever seen. A proper visit is definitely on the agenda next time around. Tomorrow, I’ll be popping back in with photos from Black Water Falls near Garve; the river/waterfalls there were just incredible.
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12/08/2022

Hey there folks, long time no speak! I’ve recently returned from a holiday up in Scotland, a little family vacation and (much-needed) break from reality 😮‍💨🤣 I’d been meaning to pop on here earlier and post some pictures of the trip along the way, but didn’t manage to find the time to do so—it’s was very much all go from the second we arrived!

Anyway, better late than never, right? Here’s a few photos from our first week up there. First on the agenda was my habitual diversion whenever I’m headed anywhere up north: through to Alnwick to visit a couple of my favourite bookshops, the fantastic Barter Books and the Alnwick Lions Club charity bookshop. I also took a very touristy moment to check out the rest-stop on the border-line between England and Scotland. Once I’d made it into Scotland, I spent a bit of time in Stirling and Perth (and browsed all their book/charity shops too, naturally) before making my way up to where we were staying in Fortrose, just beyond Inverness.

The fortnight I spent up there was extremely busy with various adventures, involving trips out to from Blackwater Falls to Spey Bay, the Cairngorms to Loch Ness—I’ve ended up with so many photos, I think they all deserve posts of their own 😂 I’ll be popping back in with those sometime soon!
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12/08/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Clean Up, by Lucy Zhang 🎭

“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 ...

05/08/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—It Flutters in the Family, by A.R. Frederiksen 🎭

“𝘈 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. ‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.’ 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳...

31/07/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Well and Truly, by Sean Cahillane 🎭

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥-𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘥-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯....

31/07/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria, August Window—Open for Submissions! 🎭

“𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 2021, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰....

30/07/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—From the Bog with Bated Breath, by Nikki R. Leigh 🎭

“‘𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘢,’ 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦...

22/07/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Down the Mountain, by Brett Tharp 🎭

“𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩.....

15/07/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Truth or Consequences, by Elle Vigilante 🎭

“‘𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮.’ 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳...

12/07/2022

Afternoon all! Over the weekend, we took a trip down to Knaresborough for the day. It’s been ages since I last visited here, and I’d forgotten what a beautiful little town it is! The UK is having something of a heatwave at the moment so the weather was fantastic; down some of these streets it was pretty easy to imagine we were somewhere on the Mediterranean and not still in England 😂

We popped into a lovely coffee shop called Number Thirteen for some great drinks, and were also very surprised to find out it was free to walk around the Knaresborough Castle grounds! Naturally, we also had a nosey in every charity shop and bookshop we could find too 👀 I’ll probably share the full selection of photos in a reel sometime soon (since there were quite a lot, as always 🙈), but here’s a gallery of some of my favourites from the day!
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08/07/2022

🎭 The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Cathouse Communion, by Kacey Rayburn 🎭

“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘪....

05/07/2022

Hey folks! Popping back in with a couple more recent acquisitions, two vintage Stephen King hardbacks: a UK first edition of Cujo from Macdonald & Co and a 1994 BCA edition of Thinner. These are a pair of King’s I’ve never got around to reading, though I have seen their respective film adaptations, which really are whacky enough themselves.

Cujo and Thinner are arguably two of the maestro’s more bizarre works: the former about a rabid Saint Bernard on a bloodthirsty rampage and the latter concerning a gypsy curse that causes a lawyer to uncontrollably lose weight. King himself famously admitted in his writing craft novel/memoir On Writing that he doesn’t actually remember writing the vast majority of Cujo—which I suppose adds another layer of intrigue to its madcap premise. This cover of Cujo is probably one of my favourite of the near-innumerable King covers—if you’re a fan of King too, what’s your favourite cover?
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