October Paper Boat
This month, of course, is #31daysofHalloween, so I have quite a lot of goodies, both tricky and treat-like coming via places like the blog, Instagram, and my YouTube channel. They include new zines, snippets of new writing, horror-related content, art, and related mayhem. As always, I will also be revisiting some other, older work that fits this month’s vibe, everything from poems about favorite horror flicks to my strange obsessions with Victorian serial killers and urban legends.
MONTHLY ZINE
I am kicking off the month with the first zine of the month, MORNING IN THE WITCH HOUSE, a collection of prose poems and collages written in the darkening days of last October. You can read the e-version here. Since its high unholy month, I will also be dropping a couple projects just for October’s shenanigans do keep an eye on IG for those.
MY UPCOMING BOOK
My latest full-length project RUINPORN’s release is nigh come late November. It’s a book about destruction and rebuilding in so many ways, including grief, desire, writing life. There are plenty of hauntings, both people and places. Watch for more details in the next PAPER BOAT on when you can expect it to slide into the world, including a sale code for subscribers. Meanwhile a peek at the cover design…
DESIGN & DIY BITS
I have been writing a slew of content this fall for spooky season. Here are a few of my recent favorites:
Turn Laundry Pod Containers Into Spooky DIY Jack-O'-Lanterns For Halloween Fun
Create The Cutest Ghost Pillow On A Budget With TikTok's Creative DIY
37 Best Halloween Decoration Ideas for a Spooky 2024
53 Epic Halloween Makeup Ideas for 2024
NEW WORK
(I have been obsessed of late with New Orleans “casket girls,” young women and girls who were brought over on ships in the early days of the city and may or may not have been vampires. I ‘ve mostly been doing research, but the first piece came this week, with many more following. Here is an early glance at the project:
from PRETTY DEAD THINGS
The stairs climb and climb., the servants
moving like mice in the walls.
Petticoats and niceties stuffed in their mouths.
Here, clever girls learn to keep quiet. Learn to produce
a length of rope to hang themselves when needed.
Bang into breakfronts and ottomans in the middle of the day,
so thirsty and fevered you couldn’t see in the light anymore,
only in the dark. Would swelter under parasols in the garden
while the flies festered out your middle. The riddle
in the way the sun was so bright, you could see god,
red and wavery at the edges. Could see the magnolias
dropping, one by one, into a river filled with blood.
AT THE BLOG
This past month, I’ve given a run down on some amazing horror movies, new projects, and how books evoke different seasons of the year (and of our lives.)
IN THE SHOP
This is the very best month to stop into the shop, where you will find lots of new titles dropping from dancing girl press series poets, zines and books, journals, and various paper goodness… visit www.dancinggirlpress.com