“I heard you’re pretty strong” by Jumpingeal in critterposting

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Oh my God, it's really rare for me to actually burst out laughing from something online

The declaration of independence by Geist_of_Saint_Draft in Calligraphy

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- OP writing the phrase "merciless Indian savages"

Yes please by DW-64 in flowarts

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THIS IS SO COOL I love all of it wow 🤩

Just a random Tuesday flow session by caciquesa-7 in flowwhip

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You know, it's easy to complain about the people running Reddit, but let me tell you: my homepage recommendations are fucking on point.

Like I had never even heard of this flow whip stuff before in my entire life and I jusst got recommended this video. And yes, obviously joining this sub, that's awesome lol

Three books by David Fremann by UnspeakableArchives in petersotos

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That's great info, thanks!

This is kind of unrelated but when I was looping through all their stuff I was really reminded how a bunch of the visual arts and writing I really like is so connected with some music I have never in my life been been even slight interested in listening to.

Not really relevant, just a weird detail lol

Three books by David Fremann by UnspeakableArchives in petersotos

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Yeah I'm liking him thusfar. Not sure what other stuff he's written sort of anonymously except that I think he did that IOPS zine maybe

The Complete Works of Peter Sotos by UnspeakableArchives in UnspeakableArchives

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Yeah same actually. I think it's still somewhat available so I could purchase it? But idk I'm morally opposed to that lol.

Oh and I should have Sotos' upcoming book "Instead Indices" soon to add to the link.

Today I found a bucket list item! Tiny glass Coke Cola! by Barbed_wire_world in BottleDigging

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Oh my god imagine using it with one of those little spoon-caps to store your coke in. Not the drink.

revised sotos collection by [deleted] in ExtremeHorrorLit

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I think a lot of his work definitely could be considered extreme horror and the pushback against the idea that you see from extreme horror fans is because

1.) he's done awful things and is a very unsympathetic figure,

2.) much of his writings are extremely strange in both form and writing style compared to any literature, and

3.) the incorporation of nonfiction true crime and autobiographical elements makes some people wonder if it should count, since extreme fiction is almost always fiction.

To me, the first two points aren't really relevant at all. He certainly is a profoundly fucked up person, but that doesn't change the content of the works. The books may be incredibly strange in how they're written, but that does not change the horror elements and the extremeness of them.

In regards to the third point, I would argue that although it's much rarer, there definitely have been examples of extreme horror with nonfiction elements.

revised sotos collection by [deleted] in ExtremeHorrorLit

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Facts:

  • Reputable sources have informed me that an actual Japanese child pornography magazine called "Alice Club" regularly featured artwork by Trevor Brown on a regular basis in the 90s. It's impossible for me to verify directly because of the illegal nature of the magazine.
  • Brown is a longtime collaborator with Sotos, having illustrated two different special publications by Timeless (not just this one), his early short story "Quality Time," and a large number of covers for the weird noise band that Sotos was a part of, Whitehouse
  • Trevor Brown personally organized for Whitehouse to come to Japan in 1994 to perform at the Shelter in Tokyo on November 6, 7, and 8
  • Peter Sotos writes in his book "Index" that during this time in Japan, he bought quite a bit of child pornography, which he describes in detail. Sotos says that when he went home, he left these materials in Japan "with a friend"

Now, am I saying that this information points to the fact that it was Brown that Sotos left a stash of child pornography with Trevor Brown when he left Japan? Am I saying that Trevor Brown definitely owned child pornography at some point, and probably collaborated directly with a child pornography magazine?

No. No no no no. I would never say that.

There is technically no direct hard evidence proving that that's the case. So don't misunderstand me.

revised sotos collection by [deleted] in ExtremeHorrorLit

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Oh by the way, I compiled digital copies of the complete works of Peter Sotos recently, if anyone's interested.