i doodled some of my fave christoper lees; alexander saxton, dracula, lord summerisle, henry baskerville and frankenstein's monster <3
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you know what, 8 yr old me being absolutely obsessed with the sickening relationship between faramir and denethor, then going crazy over sherlock & mycroft, only to end up here, luxuriating in the cringe of all cringe - thinking all day long about the complexities of washington's relationships with lafayette vs hamilton vs laurens - makes a lot of sense. one hint of paternal-ish angst and i salivate like a dog i guess.
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce. Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales. Cover art by John Holmes.
The Rivals of Dracula: A Century of Vampire Fiction. Cover art by John Holmes.
Night of the Warlock, with cover art by Bruce Pennington.
The 18th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, edited by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
The Book of the Dead by John Tigges. Cover art by Alexander Valko.
Fiend by Guy N. Smith. Cover art by Les Edwards.
Slob. cover art by David O'Connor
Best New Horror 4. Cover art by Tony Greco
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I just learned that Thrawn was inspired by Napoleon, Erwin Rommel, Alexander the Great and Sherlock Holmes and well.
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Fuck ya
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Letters From Watson Liveblog - Nov. 7
The Three Garridebs, Part 1 of 2
This feels like such a different way to start off a story than usual. I don't think Watson has ever written a beginning that's so "storybook" for lack of a better term.
Holmes doing something knighthood-worthy isn't surprising, neither is the fact he refused it. My only question is whether Watson was involved. Did he also get offered a knighthood? Or was it something Holmes did alone?
Ah yes, another scam à la The Red-Headed League. Even has the dead American billionaire. I feel like criminals in these stories should come up with better plots than to use the first common feature they share with whoever they're tricking. It's a bit obvious.
It's funny that Holmes can immediately tell everything he was just told is a lie. Like usually he'll wait a bit or let Watson take a crack but no, it's just all lies. Everything was quite untrue.
Watson's description of N. Garrideb here is funny cause he describes him like "gaunt, looks like a corpse, dead skin, doesn't exercise," and then ends it with:
But altogether he seemed pretty nice.
This whole thing is obviously a scam, even if Holmes doesn't know what the score is yet. I do wonder though if anybody has written a version of these types of stories where Holmes gets involved and it turns out to all be true, and it's a genuine eccentric billionaire with a weird will.
Good of Holmes to play along. I forget if this third Garrideb is also part of the scam or another victim of it, but I guess I'll find out.
Part 1 - Part 2
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I'm gonna be honest here.
When I saw him
I thought, Viscount Tewkesbury
when I saw him
I thought, the Are They Gay kid (Alexander Avila)
when I saw him
I thought, Ricky Bowen
when I saw him
I thought, Theo Decker
Am I the only one?
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This is so bad my wrist has been hurting so much recently
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SOMETHING WENT WRONG I REPEAT SOMETHING WENT WRONG
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Alexander Levchenko. "Animal rights activists rescue the Baskervilles dog"
It made me smile.
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