Jeff South
Blogtober 2023, Day 13: Ghostly
My eyes are covered with the blood of my hands, my palms hold my jaws. Susan Griffin, Deer Skull Denise’s face turned ghostly pale. Her...
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Jeff South
Oct 13, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 12: Panic
But crouching by an oak fire’s wholesome glow, I tried to tell myself it could not be. H.P. Lovecraft, The Messenger A wildfire of panic...
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Jeff South
Oct 12, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 11: Desperate
“The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I have many curious things to shew when you are there.” Mary Howitt, The Spider and...
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Jeff South
Oct 11, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 10: Jealous
“Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to Fly. “‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that you ever did spy.” Mary Howitt, The...
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Jeff South
Oct 10, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 9: Handcuffs
Yet I wanted to look and see That nobody stood at the back of me; But I thought once more: ‘Nay, I’ll not unvision A shape which,...
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Jeff South
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 8: Inebriated
All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. Through the open doors The harmless phantoms of their errands glide, With...
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Jeff South
Oct 7, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 7: Embellished
See this house, how dark it is Beneath its vast-bough trees! Not one trembling leaflet cries To that Watcher in the skies– Walter De La...
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Jeff South
Oct 6, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 6: Lie
They took me slumming, where gaunt walls of brick Bulge outward with a viscous stored-up evil H.P. Lovecraft, Fungi from Yuggoth ****...
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Jeff South
Oct 6, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 5: Harbinger
Is the night chilly and dark? The night is chilly but not dark. The thin gray cloud is spread on high, It covers but not hides the sky....
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Jeff South
Oct 5, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 4: Blood
Last night upon the stair I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t here again today Oh, how I wish he’d go away Hughes Mearns, Antigonish...
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Jeff South
Oct 3, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 3: Ethereal
And travelers, now, within that valley, Through the red-litten windows see Vast forms that move fantastically To a discordant melody;...
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Jeff South
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 2: Opaque
The winds must come from somewhere when they blow There must be reasons why the leaves decay Time will say nothing but I told you so....
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Jeff South
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Blogtober 2023, Day 1: Whisper
The stars are not wanted anymore; put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun, Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;...
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Jeff South
Sep 30, 20232 min read
Blogtober 2023
It seems another Blogtober is upon us. This is the annual blogging - I dunno, festival? blog-a-thon? - endeavor in which I and some of my...
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Jeff South
Sep 28, 20235 min read
Book Excerpt: Day 4
Someone Else’s Books is abnormally busy this afternoon. Typical Fridays are quiet and lonely due to the dearth of customers so I get in...
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Jeff South
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Book Excerpt: Day 3
The front and back doors of Someone Else’s Books are protected not by a standard lock, but a complex artificial intelligence installed by...
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Jeff South
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Book Excerpt: Day 2
This is the second excerpt from my upcoming novel Someone Else's Book Club. The book's protagonist, Kevin Raulston, is a man assigned the...
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Jeff South
Sep 26, 202310 min read
Book Excerpt: Day 1
Below is the first of five excerpts from my upcoming novel Someone Else's Book Club. I will post a different excerpt every day to offer a...
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Jeff South
Jul 30, 20232 min read
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my birthday (a haiku) July 30th Another year has gone by Another begins ***** A few weeks ago a friend told me they missed my old blog,...
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Jeff South
Feb 26, 20233 min read
Review: Cocaine Bear (2023)
Cocaine Bear Sari: Keri Russell Eddie: Alden Ehrenreich Daveed: O'Shea Jackson Syd: Ray Liotta Bob: Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Dee Dee:...
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