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lamnatos , to bookstodon

Any Lovecraft (maybe Poe?) nerds around?

20 years ago I read a short story where the narrator (or their romantic partner?) painfully turns into a plant right at the end.

There was a graphic description of the character slowly receding from worldly matters until one night under the moon they stood still, struck a pose like a plant and then turned into one.

I don't remember much else from it, just the end that stuck with me all these years.

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crinolinerobot ,
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@lamnatos @bookstodon In Kobo Abe’s story ‘Dendrocacalia’ a man discover’s he’s turning into a plant. Could that be it?

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@lamnatos @bookstodon The other people who I could think of who might write things like that would be Ray Bradbury and Roald Dahl.

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Looking forward to reading this


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crinolinerobot ,
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@AndyPaciorekArt @bookstodon That looks fascinating!

Da_Gut , to bookstodon
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Dracula Daily?
While browsing my local library's online items, I stumbled on this. I had never heard of Dracula daily - did anyone participate? What did you think? I expect it will take place this year..

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Let's read Dracula together! We'll start on May 3rd and each day, read only what happens to the characters on that day. Sound good? Let’s go. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is an epistolary novel—it’s made up of letters, diaries, telegrams, newspaper clippings—and every part of it has a date. The whole story happens between May 3rd and November 6th. Dracula Daily, however, is a lightly remixed adaptation. I've rearranged Dracula to be strictly chronological, divided into days, so we can get all the characters experiences as the story happens. It was originally started in 2021 as an email newsletter. You sign up at draculadaily.com and get an email each day that something happens to the characters in the same timeline that it happens to them. Some days theres a lot of activity, some days just a few sentences, and many days nothing at all. You only get an email when there’s action taking place in Dracula. But this book is a handy way to get the same experience on paper. You can read along with Jonathan and Mina and Jack and the crew in ‘real time; using the innovative technology of a ribbon bookmark. Start on May 3rd. Stop when you get to the end of that day. Place your bookmark there, and pick up the book again on May 4th. Voila! The stretched-out reading cadence of Dracula Daily—some days with only a few paragraphs, some days a whole <...> You'll feel the distances and durations the characters traverse. Fair warning: you'll need to set aside a lot of time for October 3rd.

crinolinerobot ,
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@Da_Gut @bookstodon I did it a couple of years ago, and it was a great - even if you know the book well, experiencing it in real time, and with the log of the Demeter running alongside other incidents rather than being hived off separately, gives the narrative a very different feel. You really feel the anxiety of not knowing what's happening to some characters. (And can marvel at the post being delivered twice a day...)

stina_marie , to horror
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📽️ What's a horror movie that you feel is so: striking, unique, disturbing, profound, &/or beautiful that it transcends to the level of ART?
(Not for just a scene, or moments, or even a performance, but for the ENTIRE film.)

Four that immediately occurred to me:

The Shining
The Devils
The Wolf House
There Will Be Blood

I can think of more but I'm curious what YOU all think...

I have to go eat & do stuff but I'll be back on later to see what you all said!

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crinolinerobot ,
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@stina_marie @horror
Dunno if you class them as horror, but Island Of Lost Children, and Pan's Labyrinth.

crinolinerobot ,
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@stina_marie @horror Sorry, yes! Brain fart on my part...

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