Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos and the creator of the literary philosophy known as Cosmicism, emphasising the cosmic horror of the unknown. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest […]
Lovecraftian Cosmicism – Existentialism, Absurdism and Nihilism — Eternalised – Philosophy
For millennia
We were herded and deceived
Tear off the shackles
Copyright Francis 2021
Walking by the river, a sheen
reflecting limpid blue of the sky;
a thought fell into the water,
rippling as far as I could see.
The fact that I was present,
born for some reason,
came down to this juncture —
a nexus in time.
Copyright Francis 2021
Deep Tracks From 1971: „You’ve Got A Friend“ -Carole King. I recall the first time I played Carole King’s Tapestry album- it sounded like every song on the album was a hit single. In reality there were two singles from that album- „It’s Too Late“ went to #1 and „So Far Away“ #14. „You’ve Got […]
DEEP TRACKS FROM 1971: “YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND”- CAROLE KING — slicethelife
Stories can sense happiness and snuff it out like a candle. I have a certain weakness in my reading, and that is fairytales. Fairytales that cleave to the dark and unnerving quality of pre-Disney versions. Fairytales which are anything but children’s stories. Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber is one of my favourite books and a […]
Book Review: Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado — The Book Lovers’ Sanctuary
Ciscography 