Dink Lump

2026-04-21T16:48:21Z

I haven't done a link dump in years. My open tabs have taken over my computer. Time for a cull. I'll share them with you, because you too may find them interesting.

Queer Horror with David Demchuk: An interesting talk about the history of queer horror.

Cut and Shuffle Exercise: A tutorial on poem generation.

Inuit Myth: a listing of Inuit gods and goddesses.

Rachel Attituq Qitsualik: A collection of amazing Inuit stories and lore by a master storyteller.

Caribou shooting in Newfoundland; with a history of England's oldest colony from 1001 to 1895: by Samuel T. Davis, 1838-1908. I used information from this for some essays I wrote.

the birth of Newfoundland archaeology, and the
end of history: A talk about the "first Newfoundland archaeologist" and the Beothuk

Fourth-Person Point of View. I hate that this is full of AI slop art, but I found the write-up informative.

Imaro: what may have been the first foray into the swords and sorcery genre by a Black author.

Photos from my trip to Newfoundland last year: Some gorgeous shots in here.

A Smurfy Tale: Papa Smurf Meets the Jehovah's Witnesses: This may very well be ground zero of the Jehovah's Witness urban legend about demonized Smurfs.

A Brief History of Killer Smurfs

Fabulous Animals, by David Attenborough. This is a documentary on cryptozoology that came out in 1975. Was missing for decades.

The Short List: Publishers who take stories up to 2500 words.

Anthony Casteel’s Account of Scalping Proclamations in Colonial Nova Scotia: Firsthand account of Englishmen held hostage by Mi'kmaq warriors.

Kishotenketsu - a plot structure without conflict: a four-act structure common in Asian storytelling.

Erika Krouse’s Ranking of 500-ish Literary Magazines for Short Fiction: Ranked according to circulation, reach, pay, and prestige.

How to Play a Jaw Harp: I want to work my way through these exercises and unlearn the poor technique I came up with without instruction.

Eskimo Folktales: Collected by Knud Rasmussen, these are a treasure.

A Discussion of the Inuit Artist Osuitok Ipeelee’s Sedna, Mother of the Sea Beasts

Ululijarnak: The Inuit Disembowelling Goddess: She used her knife to help people give birth and poop.

Sermerssuaq: The strongest, strangest Inuit woman ever: the Hercules of the Inuit world, and she had a giant clitoris.

The Not-Deer and Weird Appalachian Lore: Deer that don't act the way deer should.

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