The Flesh Betrays: A Definitive Guide to Body Horror Fiction
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A guide to body horror fiction from its philosophical origins, its 4 distinct creative approaches (psychological, erotic, feminist, political) & 5 essential texts.

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Domani: Quanta vitalità in quell’insetto: Kafka e le sue metamorfosi interiori

Nel lungo momento delle prime cinque pagine della Metamorfosi, in cui Gregor si sforza di credere che quel risveglio faccia ancora parte del sogno, e che basti riaddormentarsi perché tutti torni come prima, avviene un vero e proprio rito di passaggio: non è più un sogno, l’insetto è diventato lui, la letteratura lo ha (letteralmente) invaso

How much vitality in that insect: Kafka and his inner metamorphoses.

In the long passage of the first five pages of The Metamorphosis, in which Gregor struggles to believe that this awakening is still part of the dream, and that simply falling back asleep will make everything return to normal, a true rite of passage occurs: it is no longer a dream, the insect has become him, the literature has (literally) invaded him.

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The Metaphoric Library

by Michael Plante

I call forth the Gods of my youth
the ones that taught me everything.
Bring me light or bring me darkness
let me chew on both until I gag.
I would forfeit my life just to own a page of history!

I journey down a worn path leading to the well of creativity
where the Gods themselves have travelled
searching for resolve on the blank pages I carry.
Fate delivers me a bucket full of holes
and a broken rope.

The metaphoric library I carry around
holds many of history greatest;
those who own their own page of history.
Those who subscribe to none other than their own principles
walking like giants across the folds of time.

I whisper down the well;
Come play on my empty field
Expose your greatness to the vastness of my mind
For my hunger exceeds my wits
And dawn quickly approaches.

Luck crawls out from the well
carrying his master’s weight in bags.
Irony befalls this dutiful servant
for all that he is, he is not.

Alice decides to make an appearance
From the same well she peers over the edge
then chases Lucky like a white rabbit
intrigued by his hat and the story it tells.

Master Gregor winks from beyond the grave.
Metamorphosis has served him well.
From the darkness he arrives in new light
playing a discarded violin.

I watch the trio run off
dancing like the children they are.
Untethered from their bindings, they are pages in the wind
forever touching the imaginations of dreamers
and those seeking to wear the shoes of Gods.

-end-

Paying homage to the classics.
Waiting For Godot, by Samuel Beckett, 1952
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, 1865
The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, 1915

Image: Waiting For Godot, from Actor’s Center Australia’s web page.
Link: https://www.actorscentreaustralia.com.au/courses/waiting-for-godot/
Used without permission.

I hope you’ve enjoyed The Metaphoric Library.

The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect (1994)

https://localroger.com/prime-intellect/mopiall.html

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