Her Ladyship Is Exhausted @lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com

“No, I mean the ENTIRE DRESS is chocolate.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8SBIDwR1RI&ab_channel=AmauryGuichon

“In a way, she had written her own freedom. Once she started bringing in her own money it was much harder for her mother to tell her what she couldn’t do.” https://bookriot.com/who-was-virginia-andrews/

In which old things are still good, an amazing catch is made, and the weekend is nigh.

Broken Hook https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2022/01/broken-hook/

I just…Isaacs chews every inch of scenery he can reach, and it’s GLORIOUS. I think Zhukov would have considered it a fair portrayal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ea2-kt8ox4&ab_channel=supremecreature

I mean, he wasn’t a stellar human being—no one who was would have survived such close contact with Josef Vissarionovich—but I still think he was an absolute baller.

ANYWAY the story of the white horse, Stalin, and the victory parade just delights me on so many levels.

One of the things I really enjoyed about THE DEATH OF STALIN was just how perfectly Jason Isaacs played Zhukov. Like, this was a man who stopped the Nazis at the gates of Moscow, personally took their surrender in Berlin, AND survived Stalin.

So at dinner the kids told me about psychic Pokemon and Aimo Koivunen, and I told them the story about Zhukov’s white horse during the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945.

A good time was had by all.

“So I started rereading Exodus imagining Egypt as modern-day America, an imperialist country where the rich rule over the poor, founded on genocide and slavery, happily destroying other countries and the planet at large…” https://dirtbagchristian.substack.com/p/exodus-finding-freedom-out-of-egypt

“If people are discovering the joys of physical media, it’s partly because there’s something ephemeral about streaming culture, where any music you “have” is at the mercy of corporate whims.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/cd-revival-compact-discs-rob-sheffield-1284487/

Thus finishes the weekly shilling of my subscription wares. Returning to the usual lunacy in 3…2…1…

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And don’t forget that SELENE, part of the Danny Valentine universe, is on sale for $3.99 across ebook platforms until February 1. https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2022/01/selene-on-sale/

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HELL’S ACRE is also available on Kindle Vella, for those who like their serials that way. https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09LLN3R36

This week in HELL’S ACRE, Gemma’s got a knife in her skirts, a glint in her eye, and the prospect of dancing before her as well. https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/the-books/hells-acre/

It’s that time again, subscribers! Your weekly fiction drop should manifest in your inboxes right…about…now! https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/subscriptions/

I’m not aiming for a marathon. (For one thing, that involves other people, and you know how I feel about groups.) I’m simply aiming for more days with a run than without.

An achievable goal, at least for another few years.