Shelfinthedark - Shelfinthedark

“slut slut slut” i chant into the mirror. and there he appears behind me. sirius orion black.

How to celebrate Pride from withIN the closet

manic (gansey) pixie (blue) dream (ronan) girl (adam)

do u ever realise that you’re gonna be an adult for the rest of your life

another day of thinking about jeff buckley calling nusrat fateh ali khan his 'elvis'

remus kinnie canon experiences

feeling like all your friends have much more fun with each other than with you

being relieved at accomplishments rather than feeling a sense of achievement

feeling like you're missing when you're alone, but when with other people all you want is to be alone

anytime you say a bit too much you feel like you've overshared and should literally keep shut all the time

anytime someone laughs you immediately assume its about you or directed at you

you hate being humiliated in even the tiniest way

Barbie (2023)

opening paragraphs of all time

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

my boss just called me and we had a nice chat under albeit bad internet circumstances. the problem is that she - reasonably - expects me to be in my flat in south germany doing home office. this is because she does not know that 24 hours ago, i - unreasonably - on a whim picked up my backpack and my work computer boarded the first train north and am by now on a ferry halfway to sweden. how do i bring this up without getting fired. what the fuck will i do once i reach sweden. i haven't slept in a day

I think for the most part this website is genuine with appreciation of poetry and arts in general. you open twitter or tiktok and theyre always like On my kafka sylvia plath shit and it really seems like they never even read them cause there are no discussions of their work is just this mystified image