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a few below <3

the doll's alphabet by camilla grudova - strange, fabulous, surreal short stories that play around with the grotesque, gothic and uncanny fen by daisy johnson - short story collection set in the same setting, reads as if fables or myths drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tokarczuk - less overtly weird but hypnotic, concerned with astrology, william blake and morals. eccentric and delightful and one of the very very very best books ever written the fish by lloyd jones - oh i love this one.. told through the point of view a young boy whose sister gives birth to a fish. devastating and compelling and strange swanfolk by kristin ómarsdóttir - a young spy is entranced by a group of swan women. very dreamy and whimsical but also investigating ideas of power / sanity / violence lament for julia by susan taubes - novella + short stories, one of the best books i've ever read. the novella is disturbing and strange, told through the POV of a demon who lives inside julia's i and wickedly controls / recounts her life agree w the pisces by melissa broder - romance with a merman that is fabulous and fun and weird audition by pip adam - a scifi novel about prison abolishment that plays with a really unique, experimental writing style. i loved it even though i traditionally don't like scifi/fantasy pale fire by vladimir nabokov - poem, fictional poet, forward, index; such a weird, strange, experimental, confident and unusual structure with a plot that is as equally as strange by the time you're finished any kafka too...obviously hope this helps, i love weird lit ♡

@redlentilsoupgirl

Jun 1, 2024

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oh! hello weird lit pal! i also belong to that club! a few favorites of mine: ‘it lasts forever then it’s over’ by anne de marcken ‘sift’ by alissa hattman ‘woodworm’ by layla martinez ‘annihilation’ by jeff vandermeer ’the membranes’ by chi ta-wei ‘the complete stories of leonora carrington’ by leonora carrington… she’s the og weirdo and i adore her this isn’t a novella but i love it so much… ‘the wall’ by marlen haushofer! i haven’t read this one but i heard ‘ice’ by anna kavan is good! i hope you find something you enjoy ✨

@softbogs

Dec 31, 2024

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nightbitch

i loved this book, it’s so bizarre. boy parts by eliza clark, swamplandia! by karen russell, outlawed by anna north, and any comics by julia gfrörer. some of those maybe not so nasty, per se, but definitely interesting and strange portrayals of girlhood/young womanhood. also seconding anything gillian flynn, joyce carol oates, or shirley jackson.

@ktrnaa

May 14, 2024

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Gem.app

An aggregate search for vintage clothes. Pulls from Ebay, Etsy, Real Real, Poshmark, Grailed, possibly others, but i see those the most frequently. All through one search, one website (there's an app as well). The filters work well and you can set alerts. It's amazing.

@jennymontgomery

Mar 25, 2024

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1001 Album generator

Some music journalists put together a list of 1001 albums to hear before you die, they've revised it a few times in the decades since it came out. Someone made a website that randomly generates a new album from that list every day (you can google the list to get a little taste). You can set up a group and the people in it all get generated the same album. I have a small group of friends who have become very dedicated to the practice. It's nice to have just a little pressure to finally sit down and listen to some of the all time classics. It's really great when it's a day that's an album you already love. And it's an interesting mental exercise to listen to an album that you really don't like (somehow this doesnt seem to have effected my spotify algo too much) Whenever we're together we end up discussing the most recent ones. It's been a nice addition to my life individually, and i was pleasantly surprised to see how often we end up talking about them when we're together.

@jennymontgomery

Mar 27, 2024

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Pulp, Common People

@jennymontgomery

Jul 8, 2024