The Golden Key

Golden key ring.

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:21:58 -0400

Golden key ring.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 08:18:14 -0400

Christopher Robin Milne’s original stuffed toys on display...

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:08:32 -0400

Christopher Robin Milne’s original stuffed toys on display at the New York Public Library. (Photo source)

Our Old Things issue will go live this June!

Sneak peek of an illustration from Libby Burns for The Golden...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:01:08 -0400

Sneak peek of an illustration from Libby Burns for The Golden Key’s Issue 2: Old Things!

London in 1927. WHAT A WONDERFUL OLD THING. Issue 2: Old Things...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:02:11 -0400

London in 1927. WHAT A WONDERFUL OLD THING.

Issue 2: Old Things will be released June 15!

Golden objects collection by Furze Chan.

Sun, 12 May 2013 03:12:45 -0400

Golden objects collection by Furze Chan.

"The magical is sometimes the only way of looking at things that are hard to articulate."

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:31:16 -0400

“The magical is sometimes the only way of looking at things that are hard to articulate.”

- Jennifer Mills Q&A on The Short Form (via engl272)

"So let your characters dream if they must, but be advised that their dreams — unlike your own — will..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:31:06 -0400

“So let your characters dream if they must, but be advised that their dreams — unlike your own — will have a significance attached to them by the reader. Will your characters dream prophetically, foretelling the future? Will they dream inconsequentially, as in real life? Will they use accounts of their dreams to annoy or attack or enlighten the other characters? Many variants are possible. As in so many things, it’s not whether, but how well.”

- Margaret Atwood on the use of dreams in fiction (via engl272)

Tiny vintage portraits.

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:15:00 -0400

Tiny vintage portraits.

"The boy in the labyrinth practices his kiss. He puts his palm to his mouth and lets his lips brush..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 22:47:00 -0400

“The boy in the labyrinth practices his kiss. He puts his palm to his mouth and lets his lips brush the tiny lines crossing this way and that. Something slings its weight from side to side and the boy stops. Doors swing their keyholes out as if to look. As if the swing of a door is a kind of hopefulness. As if the space once closed by doors presents the boy with a new overture. A movement towards love. Grimed, beyond the reach of his self-kissing, the boy wonders if the beast presses his face in his hands. Whether his palms are all rocket and flare. Moist from the beast’s breath. Meanwhile the kiss in the boy’s hand is noticeably hot. It is like a key pressed to his palm for the longest of times.”

- Oliver de la Paz, “LABYRINTH 26”, 3 POEMS

ebookporn: Beauty in Search of Knowledge Printed for R. Sayer...

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:30:16 -0400

ebookporn:

Beauty in Search of Knowledge

Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett 30th Decr. 1782 (artist unknown)

cryptovolans: cover illustration for the Russian fairy tale,...

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:30:12 -0400

cryptovolans:

cover illustration for the Russian fairy tale, Vasilisa the Beautiful.

The Little Mermaid | Part 5

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:42:20 -0400

The Little Mermaid | Part 5

versekraken: d251gato: (Ros Rixon’s Bottled Love Poems and...

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:01:10 -0400

versekraken:

d251gato:

(Ros Rixon’s Bottled Love Poems and Beautiful Book Sculptures – Flavorwireから)

These are too magical.

Deathless Press: NEW! Spring 2013 Books

Thu, 02 May 2013 01:25:56 -0400

Deathless Press: NEW! Spring 2013 Books:

deathlesspress:

Deathless Press chapbooks are written all over the world and handmade in Boston.

“The Bouquet” by Kate McIntyre

An unsettling story in which a bride-to-be’s ruthless quest for the perfect floral arrangement leads her to the shop of a strange, small crone who promises more than the…

There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written

Wed, 01 May 2013 07:35:13 -0400

There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written:

Some of the bowhead whales in the icy waters off of Alaska today are over 200 years old

"I’m fading gracefully. The tragedy does not lie upon the fall. It lies upon the leftovers of fatal..."

Wed, 01 May 2013 07:34:25 -0400

“I’m fading gracefully. The tragedy does not lie upon the fall. It lies upon the leftovers of fatal grace.”

- Virginia Woolf, from a diary entry dated 22 January 1933. (via goldenlocket)

versekraken: artmonia:Pet by Diego Fernandez

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:02:30 -0400

versekraken:

artmonia:
Pet by Diego Fernandez

gueule-de-loupviolette: Paysage Orageux ( 1900s).

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:01:48 -0400

gueule-de-loupviolette:

Paysage Orageux ( 1900s).

Last Minute Literary News

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:23:17 -0400

Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, deadline May 31, for manuscripts of 40,000-75,000 words.

April 30 is the last day to submit to Pear Noir!

Ditto the First Annual Treehouse Literary Loot Contest for Unusual Prose. Terrific prizes.

Fireside Magazine’s call for flash fiction submissions closes May 1.

Nothing like pressure to kickstart the writing. If you missed out this time around, these are places to keep your eye on.