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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 16h

Made pad see ew for the first time

A plate of pad see ew with sliced beef, rice noodles, scrambled eggs, and Chinese broccoli

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Never post about race in Avatar The Last Airbender! Worst mistake of my life!

Peter Griffin from Family Guy running away from an airplane on a dirt road. A reference to North by Northwest.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The Fisherman by John Langan and The Pisces by Melissa Broder are two very different novels with two very different stories, but ultimately ask the same question of what would happen if you had sex with a fish.

Cover to The Fisherman by John Langan.
Storm clouds tower over a beach where a group of people pull a boat ashore.

Cover to The Pisces by Melissa Broder.
A woman with long, brown hair and in a yellow shirt holds the silhouette of a fish with her head canted back and eyes closed, teeth gritting.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

5 out of 5 stars to Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Mónica Ojeda. Truly Ojeda's best book yet. A bittersweet story about people who yearn for respite from the world. It shows us that respite can come, but it may not always be what we want. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Mónica Ojeda.
Steam drifts out of the top of a volcano with rivulets of lava. Silhouettes of condors and stars fly above the volcano.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Currently reading Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun for one of my spooky October reads and I just read the most insane combination of words of my life.

Songtresses
All the Mountains Have Sex

Volcanoes tell love stories, ay, they have burning voices. Their loins are cave open to the night. Bear caves, wolf caves. That caves sing to the..

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

5 out of 5 stars to Cathedral of the Drowned by Nathan Ballingrad. A vista I will constantly return to is Ballingrud's wild imagination. This horror series remains one of the best I've read. Terrifying, nasty, poignant, and breathtaking all at once. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to Cathedral of the Drowned by Nathan Ballingrud.
On a yellow-green background, a man with short, dark hair stares at the view with golden eyes. A centipede crawls over his head.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

4 out of 5 stars to The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart. I genuinely think this is a fun series with fun characters. I really enjoyed the individual character arcs and plot developments that happened in this book and I can't wait for the final one. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart.
Two swords made of ivory bone crisscross each other with dragons wrapping around them. To the left and and right are ivory bone waves. The background is a teal blue.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Huh. Discovered Diodorus Siculus' version of Medea's story, in which she is the daughter of Hecate--here portrayed as a mortal woman and priestess of Artemis--and sister of Circe. She learned magic, but used her spells and abilities for good.

4 And since she possessed great experience in such matters she first of all poisoned her father and so succeeded to the throne, and then, founding a temple of Artemis and commanding that strangers who landed there should be sacrificed to the goddess, she became known far and wide for her cruelty. 5 After this she married Aeëtes and bore two daughters, Circê and Medea, and a son Aegialeus.

6 Although Circê also, it is said, devoted herself to the devising of all kinds of drugs and discovered roots of all manner of natures and potencies such as are difficult to credit, yet, notwithstanding that she was taught by her mother Hecatê about not a few drugs, she discovered by her own study a far greater number, so that she left to the other woman no superiority whatever in the matter of devising uses of drugs. 7 She was given in marriage to the king of the Sarmatians, whom some call Scythians, and first she poisoned her husband and after that, succeeding to the throne, she committed many cruel and violent acts against her subjects. 8 For this reason she was deposed from her throne and, according to some writers of myths, fled to the ocean, where she seized a desert island, and there established herself with p487 the women who had fled with her, though according to some historians she left the Pontus and settled in Italy on a promontory which to this day bears after her the name Circaeum.8

46 1 Concerning Medea this story is related:— From her mother and sister she learned all the powers which drugs possess, but her purpose in using them was exactly the opposite. For she made a practice of rescuing from their perils the strangers who came to their shores, sometimes demanding from her father by entreaty and coaxing that the lives be spared of those who were to die, and sometimes herself releasing from prison and then devising plans for the safety of the unfortunate men.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A neighbor I have had multiple friendly conversations with asked me why there were firetrucks outside today. Me: Oh, that one lady's grill caught fire. No harm though. Neighbor: I wish it had been that other lady. I hate her! I wish she would have died! Me:

A screenshot of Roger Smith from American Dad with a a brown wig and lipstick looking shocked. Behind him is an Employee of the Month plaque with the same shocked picture of himself.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Mock up cover I did in paint for a novella I'm working on. Praise me.

Drawing done in paint.
The text reads, "Wolves of Any Form"
On the left, is a muscular wolf-man in a black loincloth with black hair, ears, and tail. On the right, is a curvaceous wolf-woman in a black loincloth with red hair, ears, and tail and blue eyes.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Tanith Lee's isekai novel just arrived.

My hand holding a copy of Prince on a White Horse by Tanith Lee.
A boy dressed in medieval clothing and holding a sword sits upon a white horse raising its front hooves. Behind them are a castle on top of a mountain and lightning bolts in the sky.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

3 out of 5 stars to Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter. Some interesting things present with the philosophy, but the book's wonky structure keeps it from being a great Carter novel. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter.
The close-up of someone's blue eye surrounded by red and white glitter. At the bottom left is the phrase "Modern Classics" and at the bottom right is the Penguin Publisher icon.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

KINGDOM HEARTS 4 TRAILOR DROPPED!!!

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Was trying to look up videos about the Persian poem Khosrow and Shirin and this image came up 😭

An AI-generated image of a young woman with an unnaturally long neck and with long, brown hair and in a green dress.
There are flowers and lanterns behind her.
Beneath the AI image it says "Khosrow and Shirin: A Timeless Persian Love..."

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

3.5 out of 5 stars to Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger. A fun a quick YA debut that could've been stronger if it was allowed more breathing room in some parts. I look forward to what else the author has written. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger. A teenage Lipan Apache girl with short black hair and dressed in a long, brown coat stands in the middle of a stampede of ghost dogs. Red petals are scattered around.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It has come to my attention that Open Road Media will be reprinting Tanith Lee's Gothic vampire trilogy, the Blood Opera Sequence, and in paperback too! According to all the various sellers' websites, they are due out August 4 of this year!

BookShop page for Dark Dance by Tanith Lee. Paperback price $21.99 and available for pre-order. Releases August 4, 2026.
The book cover features a woman with long black hair in a long black dress holding her arms up. Behind her is smoke and a Gothic house on a hill to the left. Around the borders of the book is purple goo.

BookShop page for Personal Darkness y Tanith Lee. Paperback price is $16.99, ebook price is $10.99, and reprinted paperback price is $22.99 and available for pre-order. Releases August 4, 2026
The book cover features a young woman with her head lowered a little and her black hair up in ponytail. Behind her is a Gothic house surrounded by flames. Around the border is red goo.

Bookshop page for Darkness, I by Tanith Lee. Paperback price is $24.99 and is available for pre-order. Releases August 4, 2026.
The book cover features a young woman hunched over with long white hair and wearing a white dress. Behind her is smoke and Gothic windows. Around the border is white goo.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

3.5 out of 5 stars to The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew. Not perfect, but I still think Andrew is good at creating atmosphere and slow-burn romances. I am definitely interested in reading other things by her. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew.
Purple and white asphodel flowers against a black background. Skills appear on some of the petals.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Cookie tin, with Nutella, biscoff, and pistachio cream filling 😋

Scoopable cookie separated into different sections, topped with semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and biscoff cookies. It is nestled in some parchment paper in a springform pan on a cookie tray.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Putting these scoops of biscoff, Nutella, and pistachio cream in the freezer, but for what purpose?

First row at top: dollops of biscoff
Second row in middle: dollops of Nutella
Third row at bottom: dollops of pistachio

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Ah, yes. My favorite dark romance. Bread.

A bag of bread on a bookshelf at Walmart.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I made this picture of Tanith Lee last night. Use at your own convenience

A picture of author Tanith Lee with a hand holding a gun photoshoped over.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Finally managed to get the one non-fiction book about my favorite author 🥹

My hand holding a copy of The Hidden Library of Tanith Lee: Themes and Subtexts from Dionysos to the Immortal Gene by Mavis Haut. A black and white picture of Tanith Lee is beneath the title.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

4 out of 5 stars to The Earth is Flat: Tales from the Flat Earth and Elsewhere. I've seen stronger short stories from Lee, but as a whole this collection is fairly good. My favorites were Foolish, Clever, Wicked, and Kind and The Kingdoms of the Air. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to The Earth is Flat short story collection by Tanith Lee. Two men, with their backs to us, ride a carpet over the Earth to the moon. Metal birds fly ahead of them.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sugar cookie cheesecake for tonight!

A sugar cookie cheesecake with sour cream frosting on to of some parchment paper on a stove.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

????? out of 5 stars to The Shadow of the Torturer and 3 out of 5 stars to The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe I still don't know quite how to feel about Shadow, but Claw is a stronger book. I'm still waiting for Wolfe to wow me with this series. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe.
A man wearing a black mask and hooded cloak stands on a weirdly shaped pedestal holding his sword pointed downward.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

4 out of 5 stars to Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane It's about transfeminine apotheosis in the face of bloodthirsty gods, love, and war. However, it's also about creation and recreation of oneself and the cosmos. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane.
A woman dressed in armor lifts her head and fire burns through her hair and eyes. Behind her are Greek ruins beneath the sun.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The birthday cake my sister-in-law made for me.

A cake with chocolate icing made to look like Patrick's house in SpongeBob Squarepants. On the top there is a weather vane made of chocolate painted with edible gold. At the bottom white chocolate buttons with small dabs of chocolate are the eyes peaking out beneath Patrick's house. Patrick himself is made of fondant and is carrying an ice cream cone and bag of groceries and yelling.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

11 years ago today, my favorite author Tanith Lee passed away. On the anniversary of her death, her husband posted this to Facebook. Raise a glass to the Mistress of the Dark and the Princess Royal of Heroic Fantasy.

A post from Facebook. John Kaiine is saying, "Tanith left us eleven years ago today. Here are some of her thoughts. Please raise a glass. x"

The quote he posted says this: When I write, I go to live inside the book. By which I mean, mentally I can experience everything, I'm writing about. I can see it, hear its sounds, feel its heat or rain. The characters become better known to me than the closest family or friends. This makes the writing-down part very simple most of the time. I only need to write down what's there in front of me. That said, it won't be a surprise if I add that the imagined worlds quickly become entangled with the so-called reality of this one. Since I write almost every day, and I think (and dream) constantly about my work, it occurs to me that I must spend more time in all these places than here."

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

4 out of 5 stars to Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur by Ian McDonald It could've been a little longer with more dinosaurs, but a cute, fun, and quick read. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur by Ian McDonald

A teenage boy dressed in a rodeo cowboy's outfit pets a T-Rex-like dinosaur wearing a saddle and harness. They stand in arid grassland beneath a bright blue sky with trailers in the background.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

4.5 out of 5 stars to The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso. A mind-bending Gothic novel that reveals the cruelty of Chilean society. Everyone here is a monster in their own right, but some are more monstrous than others and others are their victims. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to The Obscene Bird of Night by Jose Donoso. Broken images of the Virgin Mary and a yellow dog are scattered across a black background.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It was Derby Day here yesterday, if you know anything about Louisville you know what I mean. So, I got some books before the highways got crazy.

Books on a carpeted floor. Left to right: What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed and Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Tonight, I saw Weapons. And to be honest? I have mixed thoughts. I thought the acting was great, but I question revealing the mystery behind everything so early along with some unneeded perspectives. I liked the ending, but I think the film abandoned its central theme.

Movie post for Weapons. Children run down a road with their arms out to their sides underneath a dark sky with houses on both sides of them.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

4 out of 5 stars to The Cruel Prince by Holly Black A solid and fun start to a YA fantasy trilogy filled with fey. I absolutely enjoyed the main character Jude and her arc. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. Some tree branches stretch across a white background. A crown is slung around one branch and a green beetle crawls across another.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Bookshop had another free shipping weekend, so I got some goodies.

Books on a carpeted floor. Left to right: Corpse Priest by Carson Winter, Beneath the Silent Heavens by Brian Christopher Moore, and Seven Legendary Monsters by Clara Elena Garcia.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Tonight I saw The Faculty. There was just really good 90s fun. Action, comedy, some cheesiness, but just a good time overall. Kind of makes me want to play those ObScure games. I like films with this kind of energy.

Movie poster for The Faculty. The faces of teenagers look at the view with their school behind them. The banner over the school says Class of 1999.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Tonight, I finally watched *Together* after much anticipation. Definitely one of the wildest films I've seen in a long time. I enjoyed the soft cosmic horror that was included and the origins of the supernatural "threat" were no overexplained and there was still some mystery to it.

Post for the movie Together. Dave Franco and Alison Brie hover close to each other, eyes closed, for a kiss. Their bottom lips are connected.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Another Arthuriana book! I got this because I thought it had the Gawain and Ragnall romance in it, but it isn't the original poem but a modern prose story. Still, a lovely little collection with a story about Merlin and Ninniane/Nimue/Vivienne/Lady of the Lake/Watery Tart included.

Cover of Three Romances: Love Stories from Camelot Retold by Winifred Rosen.
From top to bottom: Sir Gawain encounters Dame Raganall in her hag form, Geraint and Enild speak to each other on horseback while men watch from the trees, and the fae Niniane floats naked holding a flower crown toward Merlin sitting beneath a tree.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

5 out of 5 stars to The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha A beautifully-written book that just tugs at your heartstrings and makes you realize how important love is. I hope Chalika and Chareeya are sisters in the next life too. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover to the The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha.

A young woman with long, black hair in a white dress stand with her back to us, touching the top and sides of her head. Around her are a human heart, plants, a guitar with a worm climbing up it, and a record player disk.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I met local horror author J. H. Markert! Some guy was trying to convince him to use AI and Markert told him that his and other authors' books had been fed to AI to write like them without their consent, he mentioned that lawsuit from awhile ago. So glad I said hi to J. H.

J. H. Markert signing my copy of Dig in a Barnes and Noble. He's surrounded by other copies of his books.

J. H. Markert's message and signature to me in my copy of Dig:

"To Nick, Hope you dig it! And bring a big shovel. Best wishes"

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Went to Half-Price Books and then Barnes & Noble. Finally got a copy of Spear and J. H. Markert was at B&N and he signed my copy of Dig (pics to come)

Books on a carpeted floor, left to right: The Children of Lyr by Evangeline Walton, Island of Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, Spear by Nicola Griffith, Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness by Tanith lee, and Guardians: Forbidden Mountain by Brandon Mull.

Books on a carpeted floor: Dig by J. H. Marker, Boy with Accidental Dinosaur by Ian McDonald, and Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

After many months of searching (and saving) I was finally able to grab a copy of Wendy Pini's Law and Chaos, her art book for an unrealized Elric of Melniboné animated film she wanted to do. The artwork is amazing, as expected from the co-creator of ElfQuest.

Cover to Law and Chaos artbook by Weny Pini.
Elric, cloaked in black, stands in a snowy landscape, leaning on his sword Stormbringer.

Elric, (left) clad in black, speaks with Moonglum, dressed in blue and purple, in a cave.

Close up of Yishana as she draws back a curtain.

Yishana, cantily clad in orange, gold, and green, sits on a blue bed.

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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

One of my most anticipated read, Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun, came early! Bones grab, The Fall of Hyperion! Grab those mass market paperbacks before they're gone.

Left to right: Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Mónica Ojeda and The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

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