F̵̯̰̦͕͕̀͑͑̅͒͑̋́͘o̷̤̭͔̝̤̼͛̐̊̽̾͝r̸̡͚̝̬̲̫͖̜̐̾̏̔̎͘͠ͅ ̸͎̘̙͉͌͂͂̆̽̂̑͛̏̽M̷͖̍͜ḁ̵͖̝́̉̌t̵͔̽̒͋̐̅̈́̅ý̴̛̠͉̭͔̜͚͇̲̗͂͆̔́͗ͅá̷̧͈͇̬̪̝͇̀̈́̓̕͘s̵̪̫̯͔̱̠͓͙̫̅͛̚͝ for shame One day, I will get off the tram, cut to the narrow side-street, on time for a change, I will find the rolled-up shutters over the run-down doors, put my hand in through the missing window, turn the handle, walk down the stairs, the lights will be off, but that happens, … Continue reading Mátyás Király | a Budapest nightmare
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The People Who Stay After The Party | a misadventure
Though the party had been a failure, the after was way worse. There were three people around the table in the dark, derelict room, one more of a character than the other, and a fourth mixing drinks. The Asian woman I certainly noticed first, not only because she spoke incessantly and in a high pitch, … Continue reading The People Who Stay After The Party | a misadventure
Tiers of Horror | a note
Horror, trash tier: the movie Oculus, which I once watched having decided I had abstained from horror far too long. Manipulative and meaningless, it didn't make a good case for lifting the ban. Some cool scares: I have seen the Devil, and he is me. Yet you kinda wish you had looked away--it's just not … Continue reading Tiers of Horror | a note
Nocturne | abstract horror
The ceiling of the chapel house is adorned with a grid of gargoyles. In the floor beneath each sculpture they have put a photograph of it with an explanation. Winged lion for Mark the Evangelist. Two generic quadrupeds with human faces displaying their posteriors for Lust. And two winged monsters whose meaning is not known. … Continue reading Nocturne | abstract horror
in Why Vandalism? 3 pieces of flash horror
One dressed up as ekphrastic essay: Notes on Glass Tears One subtle cross with fantasy: Empty Houses One fragment of militaristic dystopia: Sardine <!-- EDIT: Journal sadly defunct, adding pieces below: --> Notes on Glass Tears 1. The print is of an eye; more precisely, the photograph of an eye. The eye presents in a state of abstract … Continue reading in Why Vandalism? 3 pieces of flash horror
on Medium: How come US works?
But enough second-hand Zizek. It doesn’t matter so much, in the end, that you don’t know the specifics (well, the generics, even) of the Tethered project (chief question: what’s the Donald’s Tethered like?). As “the movies”, you’ve seen it all elaborated, somewhere, sometime (somewhat). You’re willing to concede that because, on one hand, the branching … Continue reading on Medium: How come US works?
Fiction submissive
Really hopeful for this one, sent through to the most prestigious contest I could find in the horror genre. In the effort to polish it up I also had a lovely first collab with an editor. Let's hope I'll have a reason to write back at her. I no longer know or want to know. … Continue reading Fiction submissive