Better Than Friday - 297 (Patreon)

Good evening everyone, hope all is well in your corner of the world.

Recently posted a review of the existential horror novella "The Witnesses Are Gone" by the British Horror/Weird Fiction author Joel Lane.

Wishing you a nice weekend, thanks a bunch for your continued support.

1. Book I Need to Read: Voices of the Fallen Heroes: And Other Stories by Yukio Mishima (Paid Link)

Apparently, as we learn from the description, Mishima once had to deal with a fan who broke into his house requesting that he "tell the truth".

I'll buy the book just to read about that.

2. Janus Words

Today I looked up the definition of the word "Nonplussed", which I felt I've almost certainly looked up before, perhaps more than once. I've found it difficult to remember its exact definition, and I've discovered why.

"Nonplussed" is a word whose two definitions contradict each other. It can mean both 'bewildered', and 'unfazed'.

These are known as Contronyms, also called Janus words, as in the two-faced Roman God Janus, God of (among other things) Duality.

How cool.

3. Misþyrming - Hælið

A cavernous, gloomy, epic black metal instrumental.

Not into a lot of the newer BM stuff but this had a striking atmosphere.

Reminds me of Emperor's 'The Wanderer'.

4. Weird Fiction Explained by Media Death Cult

A nice exploration of the genre.

5. Ai 2027 Video from the Youtube channel Species

A well-constructed video companion to the piece I posted a while back.

I'm not convinced it'll play out like this, but the premise is astounding.

The Red Eye of the Sun