Studies in the Fantastic

What do you think the most time you have spent walking to and around a library has been?

What about this visual (and even the game 'Elden Ring' itself) sits with you the most? 🏰🩸

#EldenRing #Videogame

I’m wrapping up a few projects next week so I will be available for new work!

Book covers or other things (posters, ttrpgs, drawings of that mysterious entity that visited you in your dreams…)

Hit me up evangelinemgallagher@gmail.com

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop

With necromancy, knights and a great botanical magic system, @jennlyons.bsky.social brand new Green and Deadly Things is a fast-paced standalone fantasy read with dark vibes and excellent monsters.

Out now!

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We're curious what you will suggest❗

#reading #horror #Scifi #fantasy #romantasy

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
- Animal Farm

What does this quote mean to you? 🧐

#AnimalFarm #Quote

The line between science fiction and horror disappears when…

1️⃣ We find out we’re the "prey" species. 🛸
2️⃣ Experimentation goes horribly wrong 🧪
3️⃣ When the virus doesn't just kill🧟
4️⃣ The unknown becomes a threat👽

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If I could live in one fictional world, it would be…

1️⃣ J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth💍
2️⃣ J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World🪄
3️⃣ Star Wars galaxy🌌
4️⃣ C.S. Lewis’s Narnia🦁

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The game that redefined storytelling for me was…

1️⃣ Outer Wilds. 🛰️
2️⃣ Disco Elysium. 👔
3️⃣ BioShock. 🗽
4️⃣ The Last of Us. 🍄

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The most haunting piece of art I’ve ever seen is…

1️⃣ Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son. 🍴
2️⃣ Anything by Zdzisław Beksiński. 🏰
3️⃣ Bacon’s Study after Velázquez. 😱
4️⃣ The empty space in a Rothko. ⬛

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What is your favorite version of Wuthering Heights? 💨🌧️🏰
- the book?
- the movies?

#WutheringHeights #movie #book #wuthering

What are strategies you use for writing characters and dialogue?
Are you influenced by people you know? Characters? 📖🎭

#Writing #Actors #Friends

It’s wild to think that 400 centuries ago, someone felt the same urge we do to leave a mark and be heard.

If you could leave one message for people 40,000 years from now, what would you say?✍️🤔

#Writing #artifact #History

Exciting! Would you tell us a little more about it?

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#CurrentlyReading The Poet Empress by Shen Tao

To save those she loves, Wei Yin offers herself to the Azalea House―where poetry magic is power, but women are forbidden to read. She must survive the dangers of court, learn to read in secret, and compose the most powerful spell of all.

#booksky

“All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.”
— Blade Runner (1982) ⛈️💧

#BladeRunner

“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.”
— Bram Stoker 🏰🩸⚰️

#Dracula #Horror #GothicHorror

The most underrated horror film of all time is…

1️⃣ The Ritual 🌲
2️⃣ As Above, So Below 🔦
3️⃣ Lake Mungo 📹
4️⃣ Possessor 🧠

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The book/game/movie that made me question reality was…

1️⃣ Inception (the spinning top). 🌀
2️⃣ The Matrix (the red pill). 🕶️
3️⃣ BioShock (the twist). ⚓
4️⃣ Dark Matter (the choices). 🚪

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I knew I loved speculative fiction when…

1️⃣ Reality started feeling too small. 🌌
2️⃣ I understood its hidden meanings🪐
3️⃣ the first dragon took flight🐉
4️⃣ I finally asked, "What if?" 🔮

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#SinnersMovie #FilmTalk #MovieDiscussion #CinemaLovers
#FilmCommunity

Read more about how Brenton Boyd breaks down the hidden layers of Hoodoo and Black queer history in the movie 'Sinners.' ⚰️🩸

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#Sinners #Movie #review

Who is your favorite character from a 'Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' so Far??🩸🎠⚔️

#KOTSK #GOT #GameOfThrones

What kind of Fantasy to you write, read, watch? ⚔️🧚🏰

#Fantasy

Beautiful! What do you see in this art?

Watercolour drawing in a splendid Victorian garden in Cambridge 2013. One of the two resident poodles has joined Rosemary, another artist, on the wrought iron garden seat encircling a tree. The sun shone all day.

What a lovely garden this was to sit in and sketch! (maybe I overdid the twiddly bits). There were two friendly white poodles wandering around and if you zoom in you'll see one of them sitting on the circular seat along with another sketcher.
#watercolour #Indianink #poodle #garden #enpleinair

Copies of the book on a table in a bookshop, one turned to show off the sprayed edges

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop

Blood and Fire is the start of an epic fantasy series by @ryancahill.bsky.social perfect for fans of Tolkien, GoT, & John Gwynne, packed with action, magic, monsters and heroes ⚔️🐉

We currently have this beautiful new exclusive edition from Broken Binding Publishing in stock, if you're quick!

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What is your favorite Shakespeare story? ✒️📜

#Shakespeare #Tempest

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
— Wuthering Heights (1847) 💔🏰

#WutheringHeights