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 SmurfsFabulous 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 BeastsUlulijarnak: 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.