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Do you have any peaky hurt comfort recs of hcs or one shots? My need for them is insatiable
Okay so I'm shit at knowing what actual hurt/comfort is so I've picked comforting favourites of mine and a few that I just found the now.
Shelby Sister (First Period) @notyour-valentine
not strictly hurt comfort I know but it did give me comforted vibes (and it was funny)
Arthur Comforts You @byorder-fanfic
This was so cosy, gentle Arthur spiritually heals I swear
Tommy argument/comfort vibes
I've read this so many times, the tension and then the end just <3 <3
I always adored @ Bonniesgoldengirl 's stuff on here but I know they aren't writing anymore and I don't want to bug them with a notification. They took their stuff off Tumblr but check their Wattpad there's loads and its all wonderful
Napping/ Waking Each other Up @peakyxtommy
Not hurt but def comfort, the cosiest little thing I've read all day!!
Bonnie, comforts you during a thunderstorm @zablife
Lee is such a talented writer and all their hurt/comfort stuff slaps <3
Bonnie x Pregnant Wife Reader, protective Bonnie
Idk if this is strictly hurt comfort but every time I'm sad I read this and it fills me with comfort. There's plenty of angst in there too.
Very Protective Tommy Comforts Injured Reader
Reader gets kidnapped, its really good and pretty long and also it has a part two which is also so good.
Bonnie Gold Arranged Marriage
Again is it hurt comfort? Strictly speaking I couldn't possibly say but does it fill me personally with those vibes, yes!!
Alfie Love Confessions/ hurt/comfort @raincoffeeandfandoms
Idk I love this so much that is all
Alfie Cuddling
This is so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so soft
Arthur Hurt/ Comfort from a fave @call-sign-shark
John x Sister Reader going through breakup @runnning-outof-time
Read this ages ago and it took me ages to find but worth it cause I love it sm
Tommy comforts overwhelmed reader @jomarch-wannabe
Every time I read this my heart swells and my melancholia is temporarily cured.
Okay this is all I've got for now, there's probably so many others but im terrible at keeping track of the ones I love and I'm now realising I've got to dedicate sometime to go and hunt down and bookmark all my favourites haha
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An Evening at Arrow House: A Collection of Harrowing Tales
Here you'll find all the spine tingling fics and haunting artwork created for my 2K follower celebration. All writers have the same goal- to frighten, deceive and otherwise torment Tommy Shelby's new bride until she leaves Arrow House permanently. As submissions are posted, I will add them here or you can follow #zablife 2K celebration. If you enjoy dark fics, you're in the right place ❤ If not, you might want to follow Mrs. Shelby to the nearest exit.
My fics and moodboards
Meeting Arthur in the Wine Cellar
A Walk in the Garden with Heaven Shelby
Michael's Wedding Gift
Ruby's Tea Party
Drinks with Polly in the Parlor
Mary the Helpful Housekeeper
The Last Supper
Careless People
A Wrench in Our Plans
No Peace For You Ever
Ada's Tour of the Library
Thanks to all my lovely and talented moots who have contributed! ❤
Fics
An Evening at Arrow House by @there-goes-thefighter
The Attic by @noforkingclue
Bad Omen by @peakyswritings
Barbe Bleue by @notyour-valentine
Behind the Green Door interactive fic by @raincoffeeandfandoms
Betrayal short story by @cillmequick
The Choice by @look-at-the-soul
Codependent Siblings by @multifandomwriter56
In the Graveyard with Lilith Rose Shelby by @chaosinkest1996
Love in a Haunted House and Part 2 by @pacifymebby
Love Ritual by @call-sign-shark
Mrs. Francesca Shelby by @kmhappybunny240
Nightcap by @murderousginger
Nocturnal Me by @emotionalcadaver
Polly's Intuition by @the-makingsofgreatness
The Red Room by @evita-shelby
There's Something About These Grounds by @runnning-outof-time
Third Time Lucky by @brummiereader
When They Cry by @thegreatdragonfruta
Which One is Safe to Drink? game by @raincoffeeandfandoms
Moodboards and GIFs
An Evening at Arrow House by @cljordan-imperium
Arrow House Riddle by @moral-terpitude
The Brides by @thomashelbyswife
Butcher!Alfie by @alicent-targaryen
Dusk at Arrow House Stables by @holacia3
Nocturnal Me by @emotionalcadaver
Psycho!John by @alicent-targaryen
The Red Room by @evita-shelby
There's Something About These Grounds by @runnning-outof-time
Music recs
An Evening at Arrow House Playlist by @shelbydelrey
"Girl With One Eye" Florence + the Machine
"Francesca" Hozier
"A Heart Made of Yarn" Franz Gordon
"Dead Come Talking" Roe Kapara
"Me and the Devil" Soap and Skin
#zablife 2K celebration#Peaky Blinders fanfic#Peaky Blinders imagine#An Evening at Arrow House masterlist
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Do you read any fanfics? If so what are your favorite ones? I’m looking for a new one and I feel like i’ve read all of them but I’m also open to re reading the really good ones so just curious what yours are? I asked a few others this as well lol!!
I think I posted my faves on here before, if you search fic recs you should be able to find it. I used to devour every vanfic I could find a few years back but I don’t read an awful lot these days… I need to make time though and catch up as there are/were some amazing writers ❤️
It’s just a shame the way things are there’s probably not going to be an awful lot of new writers popping up now 😢
You’ve probably read these but if I had to choose my all time fave fanfics I’d prob say…
Beige by @lovely-van - this is my ultimate comfort fic I do still read this over again from time to time as it’s so cute and wholesome and it just makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside 🥰
Pacifier by @pacifymebby - omg wow the story is amazing and the characters are brilliant I was so hooked on this story I must read it again one day
Only Ones Who Know by @greasyvan - proper heart-breaking angsty stuff I love this story even though it killed me when I read it
Red by CherryGallagher on Wattpad - think this was like one of the first fanfics I read so it’s got a special place in my heart as started my love of fics and made me want to have a go at it myself
What are your faves? I ought to do a link on my pinned post for fic recs that we all love 💗
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you have opened my eyes about hockey fic being a thing. i had no idea! i feel like an old lady. while we're at it, are there any particular catb-world fics you love? as your other anon said, your taste is exquisite.
Thank you very much for this compliment!!! Also I feel like I’ve broken the news that there’s a hockey fandom to waaay too many people 😂 I don’t know why but most of the blogs in my old fandom simply transitioned right into hockey, so I’ve been halfway familiar with it for a long time but apparently that’s not normal!
I can definitely rec you some catb stuff, although it’s been a while since I’ve read any! When I join a new fandom I always start with reading the fic to kind of get a feel of what people think of the person, but I know a lot of the catfish writing community faded away by the time I officially made my blog here and started writing my own fic. There’s authors on here I’m really sad I didn’t get to meet in the community!
First of all I would recommend anything by @saintmccann, but her roadtrip fic forever takes up a space in my heart (the chapter in sak where they roadtrip to Arizona is actually an ode to it). The ending is so heart-wrenching, it gutted me. I also revisit read my mind time and time again, for me it’s a great example of balance between smut and plot!
The first fic I ever read in the fandom is the Sidetrack au from @you-andthebottlemen, so it’s very sentimental to me! It was my first real look at how people see Van, and I loved it! All of her other stuff is wonderful as well.
@godlyvan has a long masterlist with lots of good stuff!
this oneshot by @greasyvan lives in my mind rent free
@pacifymebby has an incredible Bondy fic on wattpad, it’s very long and perfect for a nice binge! It’s unfinished but the Bondy slowburn is worth the pain of waiting for updates!! Also check out her T-Shirt Weather blurbs if you would like to die of longing for Bondy as well.
I also recommend @okayohay‘s fic on wattpad, another long one that’s amazing to get lost in! There’s some heavy content relating to domestic violence and stalking, but I feel like everything is properly warned for so I was well prepared when I got to those parts.
And lastly but never leastly, @fenderswift has cigarettes are repulsive which is incredible (duh), and I would love if you all harassed her to write some more!!!
These are just what I have in my bookmarks, I’m positive I have more recommendations, but hopefully this has something for you!
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Do you have any catb blog recs?? My feed is so dead 😢
great ask!! here are some of the incredible catblogs i've been LOVING recently (okay so they're not all 100% catfish but trust me, it's all good baby!)
@icanttakethemonmyown @you-will-be-found @textbookx @landedinaverycommoncrisis-505 @thatflowerpower @catfish-and-the-koenig @lovely-van @sounds-like-humpty-dumpty @vangoddamn @smother-me-in-lippy @catfishandthegatormen @xtyrantsandtrippinx @xalongfortheridex @vans-microphone @fluctuate-arouund-you @distorsionad-a @ohbuthoneyy @pacifymebby @timeforaciggy @the-bottlemen @aheadfullofskies @fineosaur @melodycallers @vanaccessiblr @forgive-me-honey @toucanss @tthebalcony @vanslefthand @the-bottlemen @notaprettypoet @stopmakingtheeyes @doomed-syko @allthemixedfeelings @forgive-me-honey
if you are/you know a catfish blog that i haven't mentioned here, firstly i offer my sincerest apologies for this (quite frankly) grave oversight, and secondly please like/reblog this to let me know so i can follow you all!!
#okay so some aren't even 20% catfish#but they're still great blogs okay??!!#follow them!!#i love you all#whether we talk or not#catfish and the bottlemen#catb#lmk if i missed you?!#shout at me and i'll add you to the list#i have a terrible memory#okay thanks bye#i'm free for a chat when#hmm let me think#ah yes#literally always#my responses range from#immediate#to within 2-4 working days#bear with me#but i love to chat!!#also feel free to not interact with this if you don't want to!
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Do you have any fave LGBTQ+ literature, tv, movies, content creators?
Okay so I'm still trying really hard to find queer books that I like because beyond Allen Ginsburg in college we weren't taught any LGBTQ+ authors/poets (except Carol Ann Duffy but the only thing I'd recommend about her work is to stay away because I hate it haha)(I probably hate it because of school tbh, sorry Carol) so anyway yeah, when it comes to this I've had to do all the searching myself and I don't really know how well I've done.
But for books:
🍂 Orlando / Virginia Woolf
I kind of can't believe Virginia Woolf wasn't on my other recommendations because The Waves is one of my favourite books (again I think you have to have a lot of patience but it is beautiful) and this one is brilliant too. A man wakes up in a woman's body and gender roles are revealed to be a little bit silly.
🍂 Thérèse and Isabelle / Violet Leduc
Erotic novella about two girls at boarding school, low-key spoke to me as a bi girl who kind of started realising her bisexuality when exploring sexuality was sort of thrust upon me by female friends at school I guess. It's just a good example of feminine sexuality and desire written by someone who knows.
🍂 Chelsea Girls / Eileen Myles
I'm very into Eileen Myles as a poet and these stories are so so so so so fucking good too!!!!
🍂 In The Dream House / Carmen María Machado
I got into this because it's what Google recs when you finish The Dangers of Smoking in Bed / Mariana Enriquez and honestly, I didn't enjoy it as much but it was still amazing. It's gothic horror af but also a really important work on abusive relationships within the queer community which the author has personal experience of and thinks isn't spoken about enough. Its really haunting, did fuck me up a bit but ultimately in a good way. But be careful because it does chronical abuse and that can be upsetting.
🍂 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous/ Ocean Vuong
Another one where I love their poetry and think they can do no wrong tbh, I haven't finished this yet (I keep getting distracted but don't be put off by that I'm just really easily distracted!!) And I think it's wonderful idk. It's also written in quite a cool style which is always a bonus I find.
🍂 Our Wives Under the Sea / Julia Armfield
I actually only read this because I read an essay on the Exorcist and body horror by the author where she talks about her experience with having a cyst that had to be operated on twice. The essay was so stunning that I was like damn, gonna have to read that book everyone's talking about now and bestie, was worth it. The books class also.
🍂 Sister Outsider / Audre Lorde
I just think everyone should read Audre Lorde, Audre Lorde should have been on the curriculum instead of endless Simon Armitage idk. I read this and Your Silence Will Not Protect You as a 19 year old and they changed the course of my life idk.
🍂 Communion / bell hookes
Read this and broke up with my shitty ex boyfriend. It's not entirely about lesbianism but more kind of, love in general, platonic, romantic, what it really means to love. She talks about the feminist choice to choose lesbianism which was a phenomenon in the 70s and also discusses a lot to do with how misogyny impacts womens ability to love and be loved. It was a really important read for me, made all the more important because when I picked up the book my boyfriend ripped into her name and tried to be like lol what would you read her for...and then I read it and was like oh HE'S the problem.
Poetry:
🐇Howl / Allen Ginsburg
I know he's problematic but for me Howl was the prototype, the first massive poem I read and loved as an adult, the first one where language really sounded musical to me, the first poem I heard that Hurt. If you can you should listen to the YouTube of him reading it in San Francisco,that's amazing.
I also really like A Supermarket in California.
🐇 Sappho
Just all of it I guess, I think we're all eventually pushed towards Sappho and for good reason.
🐇Emily Dickinson
Read her letters to Sue, Open Me Carefully. I read these one summer between school years and I think they changed me. Her poetry in general is wonderful, some of it occasionally comes off as very old fashioned (shock horror our girl was born in the 1800s) but there's much to savour there. Also apparently there's a TV series about her life on Apple TV, I don't have Apple TV though so I haven't seen it.
As for TV and movies I don't think I have anything at all. I don't watch a lot of TV and I mostly only watch the same 5 old man movies on repeat. I think books have always been my thing, I can concentrate on reading in a way I can't concentrate on TV and also just the fact you can put your book in your pocket and get it out on the bus, in the staff room, at school, at the pub when you're waiting for your pals etc... I was always a headphones and books gal so I don't really have any recs for TV. Sorry :/
EDIT: Kill Your Darlings!!!! As in the movie, if you're into the beats you should watch it, it's very good and a real insight into what was in reality a pretty nasty little scene.
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Hey what are your favourite books? I’m so intrigued about what books you’ve talked about to musicians about, because I too have ripped into many an indie boy about only ever paying attention to Bukowski hahah so relate
Hiiii!!! This is my favourite thing to talk about so thank I for the ask <3
So I'm not gonna lie, for all I rip into indie boys for Bukowski, some of my favourite books are by people just as bad morally haha
Also this is gonna be longggg because my taste varies so much
I think my favourite books/most treasured/ almost always guaranteed to have one of these in my bag at all times are:
🌿 Quite Early One Morning/Dylan Thomas
Man's a genius when it comes to a vivid, touching, somewhat haunted short story, there's so much life and spirit in every single memory he tells, and if you listen to him reading his own stories you feel them hit all the harder. Something really homely and cosy and I read them whenever I'm feeling sad. This little books been all over with me.
🌿The Dear Green Place / Archie Hind
When I lived down in England with my gran, I'd phone B when I was sad and he'd read down the phone to me, usually Scottish faerie tales and stuff but also this from time to time and then he gave me a copy one day and I read in cover to cover in a day or two whilst travelling and like, this is one of the ones a mean when I talk about like, "nothingy books that are sad af but beautiful, Bukowski take notes.." because it's just about a working class man living in poverty, he meets the love of his life and they marry and they live in poverty, he's desperately trying to be a writer, nothing works out for them, it's miserable, its bleak, it's fucking beautifully written, it captures the hope in being hopeless, it touches your own sadness and idk, also the man just describes industrial Glasgow beautifully. It's just beautiful. (Also no one gets raped, he doesn't think women are whores, he's a kind and mostly gentle man, it really shows you that not all men are like or think like Charles Bukowski which I think is v important)
🌿 God's Silence / Franz Wright (poetry)
Okay so, he's struggling with the death of his famous poet father, he's struggling with his faith, he's struggling with alcohol and feeling hopeless. Again melancholic, nihilistic but... well written, it actually makes you feel something, there's imagery, you can picture stuff, there are lines that hit you in your chest and stay with you forever.
🌿 How Green Was My Valley / Richard Llewellyn
This is one of my dad's favourite books and he read it to me in bits when I was sick as a teenager. But I've read it so many times now too. The funniest thing I think about this is that the guy who wrote it claimed to have based it on his own experiences as a Welshman from a Welsh mining family, but he actually spent most of his life in England. I was always read this with a "isn't our country gorgeous, aren't these descriptions beautiful," kind of attitude and part of the reason I still love it is because it's true, just the first few pages where he's describing the valley are fucking lovely and really do make me a wee bit homesick but like, it's funny to me that the man was actually about as Welsh as me.
Books musicians recommended to me (I did not like all of these):
🌜 a few weeks ago an indie boy in a band went off on one about how Perfume by Patrick Suskind is his favourite novel of all time and I was actually probably a bit too mean but A) me and my dad are both in agreement that it's just not thattt interestingly written B) it's my ex's favourite book and C) guarantee this particular indie boy is only saying it's his favourite because it was Kurt Cobains favourite.
🌜 Hangover Square / Patrick Hamilton
A member of the libertines recced this to me when I was extremely drunk about 7ish years ago haha, like drunk enough that I don't remember which one I was talking to, but he was really laying it on thick about how much he'd enjoyed reading it (I honestly think he'd just finished it because he gave me the copy out his pocket which is either like, he always keeps a book to give to girls he's chattin up or he'd just finished it idk) anyway I didn't read it for ages afterwards but then when I did I was actually like oh shit this is quite good actually. It's very dark but also quite amusing in a similar way to all the Russian stuff, like bad shits happening to the protagonist but the protagonist is a bad person so you're enjoying it I guess.
🌜 Lolita / Vladimir Nabokov
Okay so as much as we all know Lolita to be that book, there's no denying it's incredibly beautifully written, the prose is gorgeous (purposefully so because famously Nabokov was laughing at the stupid Americans he said would praise anything if you dressed it up nice enough, even noncing)
This was another rec from my "wants to be a groupie coquette" days and I'm not gonna say who it was who recommended it to me, but they read me some of it and went on a little rant about how lovely they thought it was. And I laughed at them later when I was reading it because I was like wow, you're the person this mans laughing at wow. BUT I'm also eternally grateful to them for turning me onto Nabokov when I was like 16 because Nabokov turned me onto all the other Russians and also Nabokov wrote one of my favourite books ever also. So I owe alot to the older man in the indie band who should not have been talking to me lol.
🌜 Ham on Rye / Charles Bukowski
So! Many! Men! Told me to read this book or other Bukowski books and I tried really hard with the man's poetry and stuff but fucking hell, I can't do it... I just don't think you can go from idolising Ginsburg's "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical, naked..." to Bukowski's "People run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water," and accept the latter as a genius because like, those poems are essentially about the same hopelessness that swept up several American generations and yet one of them captures the devastation and the hideous romance of it all and one is making snide comments about baths.
🌜Bright Dead Things / Ada Limon
This is actually one of my favourite poetry collections of all time, it's gorgeous and emotional and you will be so unsurprised to find out that it was a woman who recommended it to me, she also went off on a long and loving rant about Sylvia Plath, it was lovely. Best post gig convo ever.
🌜 Just Kids / Patti Smith
Okay Patti Smith is fine right, but every feminist boy in an indie band is going to rec this to you as proof that he reads books by women. She is good though, I didn't finish the book but that's because I started reading Touching From a Distance/Deborah Curtis at the same time and got my heart trashed so badly I couldn't pick up a book for a month afterwards.
🌜Touching From a Distance / Deborah Curtis
The man who lent me this one actually had really good taste in books and put me onto a lot of good authors (Max Porter - read Lanny - , Amalie Smith, Emma Glass, Fernanda Trias, Victoria Kennefick - eat or we both starve is very good poetry - Daisy Johnson) he's really into his musician biographies as well and he's recommended a few good ones over the years. But this is by far the best one, it's really heart wrenching and it tells the story of a family getting let down time and time again but the government/social care and healthcare in Britain and just, idk, it doesn't glamorise Ian Curtis and it doesn't dismiss any of the bad shit he did, it doesn't paint him as a lovely wouldn't hurt a fly kind of man. But it does give you a lot of insight into a complicated and painful set of experiences, and honestly I think it's written simply and beautifully too.
🌜 Homage To Catalonia / George Orwell
I'm literally just including this to let you know that if a man tells you to read George Orwell run a fucking mile. This is by far the better of his books I've read but Orwell's just a classic shitty misogynist with an inability to even write that stuff in a pretty way. Like I think the fact that he himself was very privileged and constantly trying to convince the world that be actually wasn't, and that he was really interesting just shines through so hard. You sorta read it and you don't get any of the "this man understands me" you just get "this mans boring and wining about something his rich parents could totally fix" like, he doesn't have anything good to say because he doesn't feel idk.
Other big favourites of mine that I recommend to everyone ten times a day:
🍒 Glory / Vladimir Nabokov, The Double / Vladimir Nabokov
Honestly skip Lolita and go straight to the double because it's straight up incredible, it's black humour, self made catastrophes, your main character is bad and you see him cut about making trouble for himself and it's so entertaining and just a good read. Glory is amazing for the same reason. Nabokovs been done so dirty by heart shaped Lana girls (ME!) And the men who fancy them.
🍒 Elena Ferrante / My Brilliant Friend and the rest of the Neopolitan Quartet
These are for the girls and possibly the men who want to understand the girls. It's like This Is What Makes Us Girls but set in post war Italy in a poor neighbourhood, it follows two girls who are best friends who's different lives drag them apart and push them together. It will make you feel things, it will make you write a letter to your childhood best friend, you will want to call your mother and get to know her etc. It's so so good, there's drama, there's emotion, it's not an overly complicated book full of long words so you find yourself really gripped and hooked in without having to concentrate which is great.
🍒 Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn / Henry Miller
Of all the horrific cunts out there he's the worst (apart from William Burroughs because as far as I know Henry Miller never murdered his wife?)
But he was a misogynist, he was a racist, he was just a total lowlife HOWEVER
All is forgiven (joke) because there are some heavenly passages in these two books, I remember being so breath taken when I was reading these as a sad stoned late teens girl in my lonely little London flat. I lay on my rug getting high and read these two in like 3 days and I kept crying cause the words were so fucking pretty. If Bukowski had ever written anything this pretty I'd have forgiven him for being such a pervert.
Trigger warning though, you have to be really careful with Henry miller because there's heavy violence against women in some of his books (I don't remember there being much in these tbh, just explicit but consensual sex in these two) but in some of his others he talks about raping women or beating them and it's unpleasant. He was for sure a deeply unpleasant human being. Very good writer though.
🍒The Unbearable Lightness of Being / Milan Kundera
I only read this one last winter, I was miserable and feeling like I needed to press on the emotional bruise and this book really did the trick.
Again, the main character is a womanising cunt and I would say if you ever meet a man who reminds you of him then run as fast as you can. However there's just so much beautifully written sorrow in it and again, there were passages that stole my breath away or made me swallow a lump in my throat or just straight up gasp on the train home from work.
"But is heaviness truly deplorable and lightness splendid? The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground. But in the love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man’s body. The heaviest of burdens is therefore simultaneously the image of life’s most intense fulfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?"
"In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine."
I remember I underlined a lot in this book and like just searching for the passages I loved most has made me want to read it again.
🍒 The Bell Jar / Sylvia Plath
I just don't think I'd be a nymphet girlie on Tumblr if I didn't tell everyone that reading this book when I was just starting to feel the strain of uni was like, being hit with an emotional freight train and being relieved that it had hit me because that meant someone else had felt the same thing as me in the past. No one's going to write better about the intimate pain of womanhood than women I guess. The expectations everyone has on you to be bright young and beautiful like, no man's ever tapping into that no matter how empathetic they may be.
🍒 The Pachinko Parlour / Elisa Shua Dusapin
Similar to Sylvia Plath, there's just somet really touching and homely comforting when you read women in their late teens early twenties being lost and melancholic and wasting their life away and not achieving as much as they were supposed to, when you're a woman doing all of those things too. And that's what I am and what I was when I read this. The books written quite basically but not primitively, the sentences are all very simple but all the more touching for their simplicity I think.
🍒 Tristessa / Jack Kerouac
When I am miserable I put on Loveless by My Bloody Valentine and I lie in bed, languishing, reading this. It's literally just a real tragic story of love withering to loss and like, it's beat generation, and its written by an alcoholic wanker but, he's a sentimental, nostalgic wanker with a talent for making you feel sentimental and nostalgic for lives you never lived.
I'd also recommend Maggie Cassidy by the same man, his shorter novellas are really good and nowhere near as overwhelming as On The Road. Though On The Road is a good read if you have the time and patience for it.
🍒 The Dangers of Smoking In Bed / Mariana Enriquez
Some of the scariest short stories I've ever read fucked me up good and proper but also kick started my horror revival.
🍒 Rebecca / Daphne Du Maurier
Gothic and haunting but romantic too and she really really hits you in the chest when it comes to fancying gloomy older men who make you feel like a little girl. Again though her descriptions and sense of place are captivating, everything's vivid, you can really picture yourself in the gardens at Manderly. It's beautiful and dramatic and yeah, I love it. I read it at the height of a heatwave but I think it would also be a good autumn read tbh.
🍒 Wuthering Heights / Emily Brontë
Definitely read it when it gets cold and autumnal and gloomy. The books peak gloom. You hate every character and yet you feel their pain and root for them too. Idk I read it in the winter when I was sulking and at home in bed with a fever and it was really good, I've read it three times since haha.
🍒 Little Birds /Anaïs Nin
If you're gonna read Henry Miller you should read Anaïs Nin because she was his better half. She wrote erotica which men sent back complaining she ought to "cut the poetry" some of its very shocking but erotica back in the day was very much about challenging people and subverting the literary worlds expectation for art and stuff. I honestly think it's pretty feminist to read Anaïs Nin, as a teenage girl I think she taught me a lot about sexuality and definitely was how I learned sexuality isn't a masculine thing, that women's pleasure and desire is a fcking art form.
I will be straight up here and say with my whole chest that I haven't read enough women. When I was a teenager doing most of my reading I was reading the beat generation and the beats don't have many famous female writers among them because major sexism of the time meant that if a man went off and did drugs became a bum and lived the bohemian lifestyle he could be Jack Kerouac and be hailed a charming but gloomy tender author. When women did this they got carted off to institutions by their parents or became rhe victims of severe domestic violence. So for a long time I wasn't reading women because it didn't fit the genre I was into.
Then when I got back into horror I got deep into feminist horror but like, some of that is the likes of The Bloody Chamber which I read and HATED. I think basically what it is is that men who are good get published way more but also talked about way way more. Women who are good get published but not as often and when they do they get talked about less. Some of the best stuff I've ever read has been written by women but it's only in the last ten years started being translated because a lot of its from foreign countries and the literary worlds not long since stopped only publishing white men.
Anyways sorry for such a long post!!! If anyone decides to read any of these then let me know what you think of them!!!!
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Peaky Blinders Rec List
I've been thinking of doing this for some time to show my appreciation to those who have given me hours of entertainment with their stories, moodboards and GIFs. Recently I've seen a few posts asking if there are any writers left in the Peaky fandom. The short answer is YES!! The longer answer of just how many incredibly talented writers there are and their amazing work is listed below the cut. Go follow them, read their work and please comment and reblog! Happy reading and thank you to all these lovely people who share their work with us!
Updated 22/2/24
@peakyscillian Masterlist Incredible Tommy smut!
@inkwolvesandcoffee Masterlist The most creative Alfie content I've read with gorgeous moodboards.
@dandelionprints Masterlist Amazing new writer with fresh Tommy fics!
@buttercupsandboys Masterlist One of my new fave Alfie series!
@moral-terpitude Masterlist So much amazing Tommy content from one shots to series!!
@raincoffeeandfandoms Masterlist Lovely, creative fics for Alfie, Tommy and Luca. As well as the most inspiring moodboards.
@dreamlandcreations Masterlist Amazing Alfie writer and incredible moodboard creator.
@cillmequick Masterlist Amazing series for both Cillian and Tommy that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.
@notyour-valentine Masterlist Thoughtfully crafted stories that will touch you deeply.
@pherelesytsia Masterlist Tommy fics written in the language of pure poetry. Soft, romantic and utterly beautiful.
@little-diable Masterlist One of the best Tommy Shelby smut writers I've read! Inventive and smart, not to mention devilishly clever!
@xxblackballoonxx Masterlist My fave John Shelby writer!!
@evita-shelby Masterlist Series writer with a strong heroine OC I adore.
@peakyswritings Masterlist A gold mine of Peaky content! One of my fave writers.
@flysafepapi Masterlist Creative genius, horror, vampire AU, so many incredible ideas here.
@shelbydelrey Masterlist Tommy fics with an edge. Mysterious, intriguiging, never dull and always accompanied by amazing moodboards.
@look-at-the-soul Masterlist Cillian and Tommy fics that are so heartfelt and emotional.
@noforkingclue Masterlist Writes the best dark!Tommy ever!
@garrison-girl-08 Masterlist Cillian and Tommy series that are so so addictive!!
@runnning-outof-time Masterlist Consistently amazing Tommy content! No one works harder, but makes it look so easy!
@murderousginger Masterlist One of the most creative writers who never runs out of good ideas. Truly awe inspiring.
@amysteryspot Masterlist Delicious, descriptive writing for Tommy and Alfie one shots and series.
@madame-wilsonn Masterlist A lady of impeccable taste who writes beautifully. Check out her Tommy, Alfie and Arthur fics!
@solomons-finest-rum Masterlist My fave Alfie writer of all time!! Captures his voice like no other.
@dearshelby Masterlist Versatile writer who delivers some of my fave dark fics, smut and angst. And she has a talent for making stunning moodboards.
@theshelbyclan Masterlist A wonderfully gifted writer who provides heartwarming Shelby family fics and the most amazing OC of all time Teddy Shelby!
@pacifymebby Masterlist Writes incredibly detailed headcanons and preferences for the Peaky men that are perfectly in character.
@red-riding-wood Masterlist Specializing in Luca Changretta fics with rich descriptions and compelling narratives.
@thesoldiersminute Gorgeous GIFs I can't stop staring at!
@midnightmagpiemama Masterlist Lovely combination of fluffy, smutty Tommy fics.
@peakyblinded Amazing GIFs and all around lovely person to chat with
@toms-cherry-trees Masterlist Some of the most gorgeous prose I've ever read for Tommy as well as a few other Peaky characters.
@sneakyblinders Masterlist Creator of two separate Tommy AUs that are so creative and immersive.
@anonymooseforever007 Masterlist Writes for many Peaky characters, specializing in humorous, witty dialogue.
@brummiereader Masterlist Amazing series writer for Tommy!
@callsign-shark Masterlist Mainly writes an incredible series for Arthur, but also one shots for Tommy.
@peakyltd Masterlist Lovely one shots for Tommy, Arthur and John along with the most gorgeous moodboards.
@everythingelseisextra masterlist Formerly @priceofasapphire. Writing under a new blog now with loads of wonderful content.
@darklydeliciousdesires Masterlist Series and one shots for Alfie and John. Incredible smut and fluff!
@rysko Masterlist New writer with amazing Luca content!
I am certain I have missed writers I admire so I will add to this list as I remember people. If I have missed you, I apologize!
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i’ve read all of your fics at least 3 times over does anyone or you have any other recommendations bc i’ve been searching for so long and can’t kind a good one or ones i haven’t read 💖
Thank you so much for reading! 💗
I’m gonna open this up to everyone as I don’t really read an awful lot of fics myself these days but below there’s some catb writers that I know of and have read and loved their stories… Unfortunately there’s not loads of active catb writers around these days but at one time there were LOADS so if you go on Wattpad and search the tags you will find hundreds to trawl through!
And if anyone has any particular fic recs you love please send them my way so I can share them and spread the love! 💗
Wattpad 💕
Pacifierbby You prob already read them but all of her stories are totally amazing! @pacifymebby
yelyahb She has a fab catb story and currently writing a Sam story I think… @okayohay
fading-memories She writes fab AU stories @icouldntfindquiet
CherryGallagher Red was one of the first fanfics I ever read!
Impulsedecisions She also posts as @carmccannt on here - I think she’s just posted a new story…
nocelestialtoy She’s just started writing catb stories - check them out she’s writing a great Bondy one right now! @hankmoonbeam
lipstorelaxme She doesn’t post anymore I don’t think but I love her imagines @bendybondybandage
Tumblr 💕
@steppedoffaflight Read Summers a Knife it’s great!
All of these are all old accounts so you might have already read these stories…
@saintmccann @greasyvan @vangoddamn @lovely-van @storiesaboutvan @you-andthebottlemen
I think I’ve forgotten loads of writers now! Please remind me and I will add them if I’ve missed any…
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Hey there! I love your writings so your blog is one of my faves, I was wondering if you had any authors that write catb fanfics. Thanks xx
Hiya and thank you so much! ❤️ I’ve done fic rec posts before but I can’t seem to find them now as the tumblr search facility is shite 😬
Unfortunately there’s not a huge amount of active catb writers around atm (to my knowledge) I don’t read loads of fics these days myself though so someone please tell me if I miss anyone off the list that you love!
Some of my lovely fellow Wattpad mutuals who you may already know from on here…
Pacifymebby @pacifymebby
Impulsedecisions @carmccannt
fading-memories @icouldntfindquiet
lipstorelaxme @bendybondybandage
yelyahb @okayohay
Just search on Wattpad for the catb or catfishandthebottlemen tag you’ll find loads but unfortunately a lot aren’t active any more. Check before you start reading a story - ugh it’s the worst when you’re enjoying one and then you realise it’s not been updated for like 2 years!
On Tumblr there’s a few writers but most are not writing now, but there’s some great fics to read…
@steppedoffaflight / @saintmccann / @greasyvan / @vangoddamn / @lovely-van / @you-andthebottlemen / @storiesaboutvan
I’m sure I’m missing loads! Tell me who your fave fics/writers are guys! I’ve been meaning to do a post on my pinned post for ages I will get round to doing this at some point… xxx
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