Paul John Lyon
@herebeshadows.com
Wordslinger.
With Ravens Passing The Moon out now. books2read.com/withravens
With Ravens Passing The Moon out now. books2read.com/withravens
You should see the car Marino drives, a '73 De Tomaso Pantera in banana yellow. :D
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You should see the car Marino drives, a '73 De Tomaso Pantera in banana yellow. :D
Working a little more on my homage to 70's crime shows, Written By, comes with a companion screenplay of the made-up TV show from the main novel. :D
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November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Working a little more on my homage to 70's crime shows, Written By, comes with a companion screenplay of the made-up TV show from the main novel. :D
#writing
#writing
There were three of them, all shorter than the last, so that standing beside one another they reminded me of a Matroskha doll being unpacked, albeit with a lot less colour and a lot more facial hair. I wondered then, would everyone in the castle have whiskers better than mine?
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There were three of them, all shorter than the last, so that standing beside one another they reminded me of a Matroskha doll being unpacked, albeit with a lot less colour and a lot more facial hair. I wondered then, would everyone in the castle have whiskers better than mine?
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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One of my favourite writers and biggest influences. If you get a chance, read 'His Monkey Wife, Or, Married To A Chimp' by him, it's a fun novel. :)
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of my favourite writers and biggest influences. If you get a chance, read 'His Monkey Wife, Or, Married To A Chimp' by him, it's a fun novel. :)
"They called him Vlad Rasul, Vlad the Shaved, on account of his hairless face. Unable to grow any whiskers, not even a fuzz to rival that on his wife's upper lip, he went insane and slaughtered his enemies by impaling them on barbers' poles."
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"They called him Vlad Rasul, Vlad the Shaved, on account of his hairless face. Unable to grow any whiskers, not even a fuzz to rival that on his wife's upper lip, he went insane and slaughtered his enemies by impaling them on barbers' poles."
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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"How does such a creature come into being, you ask? By will and will alone, and a little bit of black magic, and blood, lots of blood, and also a special tonic concocted by the Devil himself!" Van Kapsel said.
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"How does such a creature come into being, you ask? By will and will alone, and a little bit of black magic, and blood, lots of blood, and also a special tonic concocted by the Devil himself!" Van Kapsel said.
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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I noticed his moustache cast no shadow upon the wall, even though it seemed by the hour to grow in length. I put this down to the long hours of travel and my barely concealed addiction to laudanum. But still, it bothered me.
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I noticed his moustache cast no shadow upon the wall, even though it seemed by the hour to grow in length. I put this down to the long hours of travel and my barely concealed addiction to laudanum. But still, it bothered me.
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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I blush to think of it now, Mona, but the Count's brides exposed themselves to me from knee to ankle. The only saving grace was that their parts were covered in such a dense shag of fur that my nethers barely fluttered.
My nethers, as always, belong to thee, my love.
~ Stachula
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My nethers, as always, belong to thee, my love.
~ Stachula
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November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I blush to think of it now, Mona, but the Count's brides exposed themselves to me from knee to ankle. The only saving grace was that their parts were covered in such a dense shag of fur that my nethers barely fluttered.
My nethers, as always, belong to thee, my love.
~ Stachula
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My nethers, as always, belong to thee, my love.
~ Stachula
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Upon arriving at the inn, I immediately noticed an oddness about the villagers gathered there. Man, woman, and child were clean shaven. Not a shadow marked the skin of them, even so long in the day and far removed from morning ablutions.
From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
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From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
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November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Upon arriving at the inn, I immediately noticed an oddness about the villagers gathered there. Man, woman, and child were clean shaven. Not a shadow marked the skin of them, even so long in the day and far removed from morning ablutions.
From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
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From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
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Dearest Mona,
I hear the Count's brides at night as I fall to sleep. Such terrible cries emanate from them throughout the castle. Ooooh, and owww, and others that I do not have the vocabulary, nor the supply of ink to fully explain.
From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
#writing
I hear the Count's brides at night as I fall to sleep. Such terrible cries emanate from them throughout the castle. Ooooh, and owww, and others that I do not have the vocabulary, nor the supply of ink to fully explain.
From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
#writing
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Dearest Mona,
I hear the Count's brides at night as I fall to sleep. Such terrible cries emanate from them throughout the castle. Ooooh, and owww, and others that I do not have the vocabulary, nor the supply of ink to fully explain.
From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
#writing
I hear the Count's brides at night as I fall to sleep. Such terrible cries emanate from them throughout the castle. Ooooh, and owww, and others that I do not have the vocabulary, nor the supply of ink to fully explain.
From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
#writing
I ate the éclair greedily, pausing only when a small dollop of cream escaped the confectionary and tainted the hair of my upper lip. I reached up to wipe it away, but the Count stopped me. A devilish lust flashed into his eyes, as if he'd seen the exposed ankle of a lady.
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I ate the éclair greedily, pausing only when a small dollop of cream escaped the confectionary and tainted the hair of my upper lip. I reached up to wipe it away, but the Count stopped me. A devilish lust flashed into his eyes, as if he'd seen the exposed ankle of a lady.
~ Stachula
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~ Stachula
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The count wore a moustache of such fearsome countenance, I feared my heart would stop in its very presence. Such beardery was an affront to God himself, and also made me question my own whiskers, as slight as they were.
From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
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From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
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November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The count wore a moustache of such fearsome countenance, I feared my heart would stop in its very presence. Such beardery was an affront to God himself, and also made me question my own whiskers, as slight as they were.
From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
#writing
From the diary of Jonathan Exposition.
~ Stachula
#writing
If you ran a black light over the White House, it would look like Jackson Pollock decorated the place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If you ran a black light over the White House, it would look like Jackson Pollock decorated the place.
Cooking with Columbo arrived, and it had a photograph of Columbo inside it with a message on the back. I bought it off eBay, previously owned, and I always feel a little sad when I get a book with a personal message meant for someone else.
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Cooking with Columbo arrived, and it had a photograph of Columbo inside it with a message on the back. I bought it off eBay, previously owned, and I always feel a little sad when I get a book with a personal message meant for someone else.
#noirvember watches 11/12 of 30 were a Bogey double bill, Dark Passage (1947) and Dead Reckoning (1946). Both great in their own rights, but Dark Passage pips the other to the post for me with the Bogey/Bacall dynamic.
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#noirvember watches 11/12 of 30 were a Bogey double bill, Dark Passage (1947) and Dead Reckoning (1946). Both great in their own rights, but Dark Passage pips the other to the post for me with the Bogey/Bacall dynamic.
The iPhone pocket is a real thing!? Get out of town. 😂 $150 - 250 for this knitted piece of shite.
I swear, when they buried Steve Jobs, Apple put all their good ideas in the coffin with him.
I swear, when they buried Steve Jobs, Apple put all their good ideas in the coffin with him.
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The iPhone pocket is a real thing!? Get out of town. 😂 $150 - 250 for this knitted piece of shite.
I swear, when they buried Steve Jobs, Apple put all their good ideas in the coffin with him.
I swear, when they buried Steve Jobs, Apple put all their good ideas in the coffin with him.
Just registered theuniversalsock.com for my more humorous tales. :D
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just registered theuniversalsock.com for my more humorous tales. :D
#noirvember watch 8 of 30 was Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker (1953). A tense, dark tale that I loved watching again. Highly recommended.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#noirvember watch 8 of 30 was Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker (1953). A tense, dark tale that I loved watching again. Highly recommended.
Love noticing The Bradbury Building in TV/movies. It's here in The Night Strangler (1973) I'm watching now. Also in Wolf (1994) and, most fittingly, the opening credits of The Ray Bradbury Theater. :D
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Love noticing The Bradbury Building in TV/movies. It's here in The Night Strangler (1973) I'm watching now. Also in Wolf (1994) and, most fittingly, the opening credits of The Ray Bradbury Theater. :D
Forget Jamie Oliver. Ignore Gordon Ramsey. Eschew Fanny Cradock. There's only one chef allowed in my house - Columbo!
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Forget Jamie Oliver. Ignore Gordon Ramsey. Eschew Fanny Cradock. There's only one chef allowed in my house - Columbo!
Name a romance film.
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Name a romance film.
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I think I might be 1 of a dozen UK people who watched it when it was on. It was way bigger in the US. Starred Robert Urich and Avery Brooks, based on the books by Robert B. Parker. Boston P.I. who loves to cook, quote old literature, and box. Good fun :D
I think I might be 1 of a dozen UK people who watched it when it was on. It was way bigger in the US. Starred Robert Urich and Avery Brooks, based on the books by Robert B. Parker. Boston P.I. who loves to cook, quote old literature, and box. Good fun :D
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I think I might be 1 of a dozen UK people who watched it when it was on. It was way bigger in the US. Starred Robert Urich and Avery Brooks, based on the books by Robert B. Parker. Boston P.I. who loves to cook, quote old literature, and box. Good fun :D
I think I might be 1 of a dozen UK people who watched it when it was on. It was way bigger in the US. Starred Robert Urich and Avery Brooks, based on the books by Robert B. Parker. Boston P.I. who loves to cook, quote old literature, and box. Good fun :D
Read it somewhere ages ago, and I think it was an old pulp writer who said you only need 3 things for a good P.I. - An interesting method of transportation, an interesting place to live/work, and an interesting sidekick.
He could have just said The Rockford Files, saved himself a load of time. :D
He could have just said The Rockford Files, saved himself a load of time. :D
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Read it somewhere ages ago, and I think it was an old pulp writer who said you only need 3 things for a good P.I. - An interesting method of transportation, an interesting place to live/work, and an interesting sidekick.
He could have just said The Rockford Files, saved himself a load of time. :D
He could have just said The Rockford Files, saved himself a load of time. :D
Trump's toilet looks like something Paul Baron (owner of Baron's, Hull's premiere night club) would love.
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Trump's toilet looks like something Paul Baron (owner of Baron's, Hull's premiere night club) would love.
