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"May thy riot gear chip and shatter"

Seen inside the occupied Portland State University library, where student protesters are preparing for a police raid

“In the war film, a soldier can hold his buddy—as long as his buddy is dying on the battlefield. In the western, Butch Cassidy can wash the Sundance Kid’s naked flesh—as long as it is wounded. In the boxing film, a trainer can rub the well-developed torso and sinewy back of his protege—as long as it is bruised. In the crime film, a mob lieutenant can embrace his boss like a lover—as long as he is riddled with bullets. 

Violence makes the homo-eroticism of many “male” genres invisible; it is a structural mechanism of plausible deniability.”

–Tarantino’s Incarnational Theology: Reservoir Dogs, Crucifixions, and Spectacular Violence. Kent L. Brintnall.

Knight’s Sword Pendant by  WingedLion

Joy Sullivan, from "Long Division", Instructions for Traveling West

Idyll by the fountain (Alexander Rothaug, 1870 - 1946)

Medieval Signet Ring, 15th-16th Century AD

A late Medieval silver ring probably Eastern European in origin.

With oval bezel, carved with a standing bird, it’s neck and head bent down, a star and crescent before it, the rim of the bezel and shoulders of the ring with decorative border.

Takako Ugachi: 'Quatre Saisons' (2020)

It seemed to me that I had dreamt about her once, when I was a boy or a teenager: a dream with the scent of orange trees in blossom.

– Agustín Cadena, from “Murillo Park,” Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic (Small Beer Press, 2011)

Hi there! I was wondering if you knew of any if’s that were Viking inspired? Or similar to the Exile , or high fantasy? Y’all have provided so many good recommendations - thank you very much and have a great day!

Hi there! Here are interactive fictions that are Viking inspired or set in the Viking age. If anyone has any further suggestions, please feel free to send us a message and we’ll add them to the list, thank you!

Choice of the Viking by Declan Taggart

Diaspora by @diasporatheblog

Hidden World by @hidden-world-if

Norteigr by @norteigr-if

The Lost Kingdom by @thelostkingdom-if

Sky & Clouds painted by Théodore Gudin ☁️