Katherine Frances's Blog, page 296
October 22, 2015
October 21, 2015
wickedends:
Wilis, or Vilas, are vengeful Slavic witch-spirits;...
Wilis, or Vilas, are vengeful Slavic witch-spirits; in life
they were maidens deceived by lovers and died before their weddings. In death, they
haunt the forest from midnight to dawn each night, forcing any man who wanders
into their path to dance until he dies of exhaustion. Russian Vilas, like Valkyries, had charge of the rites of
death and the guiding of souls. They came to be feared as the angry, dangerous
souls of drowned women, who drew into the waters
any heedless wayfarer who happened to see them dance by moonlight. (x)
Change of Pace
Write about someone changing their appearance drastically. Is it for a secret mission for the government? Or maybe that’s who they are running away from? Or is it just for a fresh start somewhere else? Or simply to get a reaction out of someone?
October 20, 2015
girlsoftheworld:
Lydia Beesley, Franziska Klein photographed by...
Lydia Beesley, Franziska Klein photographed by Zena Holloway, styled by Damian Foxe for How to Spend It Magazine May 2014
"The dead
we are rotting with the
dead-
see them crawl their knuckled
skitter from our..."
The dead
we are rotting with the
dead-
see them crawl their knuckled
skitter from our half-closed
eyes and the clear fluid
run from behind spidereweb lashes-
here light these candles for
me, the night shifts and the
leaves hush dry and cracked on the
earth-
we are kingdoms for
all the insubstantial passing-
they bury deep in
the meat of our guts and build their
forever castles out of
bone and
bile-
here, follow me,
they leave these gates open
and look at the white
of my wrist in the cloud-shredded
ragged night spit-
we are meant to keep quiet
and we are meant to wait for
when they will rise within us, crimson princes,
break the rib-cage bars and
come screaming out through
our scabbed-over
half-healed
skin.
- L. Maruska (via whenthedarkisoldandworn)
