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James Warhola - A Night in the Lonesome October, 1993
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A Night in the Lonesome October - art by James Warhola (1993)
#james warhola#a night in the lonesome october#horror novels#roger zelazny#cover art#horror art#sherlock holmes#count dracula#frankenstein#1990s#1993
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A Night in the Lonesome October (1993) was Roger Zelazny’s last novel published during his lifetime and it remains one of my all time favorite books. I’ve read it…so many times I’ve lost count? Each chapter is a day of the month, like a spooky advent calendar, and that sort of lent itself to annual readings for a long time.
The idea is that every time there is a full moon on Halloween, the boundaries between world grow thin. Enterprising folks desiring fundamental change generally gather to open the door to the old ones, while others stand to keep the door closed. It plays out as a sort of game, with identities, allegiances and powers kept secret until the last possible moment. Thus far, the closers have always one, but on this particular Halloween in the late 1800s, there’s no telling who will win the night. That’s because the players are a cast of familiar faces — the Great Detective, the Count, the Good Doctor and his Experiment Man, a man named Jack who’s good with a knife. Each has a familiar. Jack’s is a dog named Snuff: he narrates the tale.
There’s something about how it all comes together — the anthropomorphic animals, the references to classic horror films and stories, the hidden agendas and Gahan Wilson’s delightfully creepy illustrations. It’s a hoot. I love it. I think more folks should read it, but it seems destined to be beloved by a small but loyal readership.
James Warhola did the cover — it’s a bit smooth for my taste, but I admit, I’ve puzzled over who is who in it for many hours at this point.
#RPG#TTRPG#Tabletop RPG#Roleplaying Game#D&D#dungeons & dragons#A Night in the Lonesome October#Roger Zelazny#Gahan Wilson#James Warhola
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━━━✥◈ The October Witch ◈✥━━━
Halloween draws near... and the Witch and her sweet baby raven return! A piece from 2017 that is very dear to me.
#repostober#halloween#witch#a night in the lonesome october#raven#books#illustration#artists on tumblr
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My media this week (29 Oct-4 Nov 2023)
📚 STUFF I READ 📚
🥰 A Night In The Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) - got a bit of a late start, but did the a-chapter-per-day read thing. Such a fun story and it'd probably been 20 years since I last read it.
😊 with all my skin and bone (unicornpoe) - 54K, stucky no-powers, SHIELD agents, enemies-to-lovers, fake marriage AU. a fun reread for stucky bookclub
😍 A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding #1) (Freya Marske, author; David Thorpe, narrator) - reread in prep for final book, loved picking up on all the hints and clues that make sense from book 2 this time around!
😊 Can't Stop the Grrrls: Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono (Lily E Hirsch) - Solid read but I found I had to parcel it to a chapter every couple of days bc of the rage.
😊 call me sunshine, send me to space (steddieas_shegoes) - 89K, guidance counselor!steve goes to tattoo artist!eddie for his first tattoo and then INSTALOVE! (I love instalove in fic!)
💖💖 +68K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
this is the road to ruin (ghostinthelibrary) - The Witcher: Geraskier, 31K - great worldbuilding to answer the question 'what would Witchers be like in modern day?'
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Hot Ones - Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Hot Ones - Cardi B
Hot Ones - Flea
QI - series T, e3, 5-8
Shakespeare & Hathaway - s1, e2-4
Whitstable Pearl - s1, e3
D20: Burrow's End - "Protect The Light" (s20, e5)
D20: Adventuring Party - "Big Emotions Are So Fun" (s15, e5)
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
Switched on Pop - Rerecording Taylor Swift's 1989s, Dark Side of the Moon, and Demi Lovato
Re: Dracula - October 29: Something is Going Out
You're Dead to Me - Medieval Ghost Stories
Re: Dracula - October 30: Council of War
⭐ The Sporkful - Sohla El-Waylly Went To Culinary School To “Prove Everyone Wrong”
Re: Dracula - October 31: Latest and Truest Thought
Re: Dracula - November 1: Instinct with Resolution
Vibe Check - That Damn Spooky Yoga Class
Today, Explained - Pope friction
Re: Dracula - November 2: Deadly Peril
Outward - Bob the Drag Queen's Gay Barz
Welcome to Night Vale #237 - Frown Night
⭐ Decoder Ring - Mailbag: The Recorder, Limos, and “Baby on Board” Signs
Ologies with Alie Ward - Neuroparasitology (NATURE ZOMBIES) with Matt Simon
Re: Dracula - November 3: Go On
Dear Prudence - My Friend Tried to Bring Her Kids to A Winery. Help!
What Next: TBD - Biden Goes After AI
Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals - S01E01 The Tale of the Frankenstein
Re: Dracula - November 4: My Jonathan
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
Heavy Metal Halloween
DANSE MACABRE [Duran Duran] {2023}
Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) [Various artists] {2006}
Nightmare Revisited [Various artists] {2008}
@door's 'spooky' playlist
Trackula: Psychobilly & Horror Punk
A3/Alabama 3
Yummy Yummy Sugar Sugar
Journey
Presenting The Clash
Presenting David Bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Essential Glam Rock
#sunday reading recap#bookgeekgrrl's reading habits#bookgeekgrrl's soundtracks#a night in the lonesome october#a marvellous light#the last binding series#dimension 20#d20: burrow's end#qi#hot ones#british comfort murders#i downloaded a couple for word game apps and i'm slightly appalled at how much time i can spend doing those#i mean at least my brain is working somewhat#but still#alabama 3#fleetwood mac#the clash#journey#david bowie#re: dracula#decoder ring podcast#the sporkful podcast#vibe check podcast#switched on pop podcast#welcome to night vale#you're dead to me podcast#ologies podcast#outward podcast#what next: tbd podcast#submitted for the approval of the midnight pals podcast
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Been to long since I did a Spooky Season picture, so here’s Jack and Jill and Snuff and Graymalk from the delightful book “A Night in the Lonesome October” by Roger Zelazny which I am very much enjoying reading for the first time this month.
If you like Classic Victorian Horror Icons, the Cthulhu Mythos, talking animals and bringing in the apocalypse then give it a read it’s really fun!
#my art#a night in the lonesome october#roger zelazny#spooky season#halloween#witches#jack the ripper#familiars#victorian#victorian horror#cthulhu
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Oooh so I bought A Night in the Lonesome October and tried to read a chapter each day last year, but I missed a couple of days and eventually gave up, thinking I'd do it this year instead.
Well, I forgot lmao.
But! I accidentally found the audiobook on libby (neither library I used to have cards for had the book at all) a few days ago and decided to give it a shot.
I highly recommend!
Matt Godfrey is an excellent narrator imo, especially for a story like this. I honestly might try to buy the audiobook so I can listen to a chapter each day in the future for a new Halloween-month tradition.
I just got caught up so the next chapter I'll listen to is today's, and I think I'll listen to one chapter each day for the remainder of the month 🎃
#currently reading#a night in the lonesome october#roger zelazny#audiobooks#matt godfrey#halloween books
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A Night in the Lonesome October
So I threw back my head and howled.
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October 30
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The Great Detective from *A Night In The Lonesome Octobe* by Roger Zelazny (the book had illos by Gahan Wilso, so pics should be findable)
From A Night in the Lonesome October, a man known only as The Great Detective!
I can't find illustrations of him, even if they exist
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A Night in the Lonesome October
It's almost October, which means it's almost time to start my annual re-reading of one of my all-time favorite books, A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER by Roger Zelazny. With 31 chapters, one for each day of the month, it is a fantastic mash-up of creepy seasonal goodness wrapped into a compelling story, a kind of literary advent calendar for Halloween.
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It’s not the best adaption (though in fairness it was deliberately drawing on tv and pop culture) but the version of Holmes who shows up in A Night in the Lonesome October is so funny for having to, with great reluctance, accept that there’s a magical intelligent dog running around and has to hatch a plan with it
He’s also considered as big a threat as the supernaturals are, which is pretty cool
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Growing moon. Angry cat. Feather on the wind. Autumn comes. The grass dies.
—A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny.
#a night in the lonesome october#roger zelazny#horror novels#halloween books#halloween#horror#october
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#a night in the lonesome october#roger zelazny#october#halloween#fantasy#articles#rachel ayers#tor.com
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Had a dream where I was playing a card game similar to Resistance/Avalon but based on A Night in the Lonesome October, which is actually a pretty cool idea
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October 31 by ViaEstelar, 2017.
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It's time to reread Roger Zelazny's A Night in the Lonesome October.
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