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Steve Chisnell - Educator, writer, podcaster, book critic, democracy advocate, Creator of Waywords Studio - Wanderings on Literature and Language WaywordsStudio.com
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 2h
13 ๐˜ฟ๐’‚๐™ฎ๐’” ๐’๐™› ๐™ƒ๐’‚๐™ก๐’๐™ค๐’˜๐™š๐’†๐™ฃ: "๐‘ฏ๐™ค๐’–๐™ฃ๐’… ๐’๐™› ๐˜ฟ๐’†๐™–๐’•๐™" ๐‘บ๐™๐’๐™ง๐’• ๐‘บ๐™ฉ๐’๐™ง๐’š ๐‘น๐™š๐’—๐™ž๐’†๐™ฌ ๐™—๐’š ๐‘จ๐™œ๐’‚๐™ฉ๐’‰๐™– ๐˜พ๐’‰๐™ง๐’Š๐™จ๐’•๐™ž๐’†

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1933, United Kingdom

#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #thehoundofdeath #ww1 #ancientcult #cults #horrorsky #booksky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 4h
1๐Ÿ‘ ๐ƒ๐’‚๐ฒ๐’” ๐’๐Ÿ ๐‡๐’‚๐ฅ๐’๐จ๐’˜๐ž๐’†๐ง: "๐‘ป๐ก๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐š๐’• ๐‘พ๐ก๐’Š๐ฌ๐’‘๐ž๐’“๐ฌ" (๐Ÿ9๐Ÿ‘0) ๐‘ด๐จ๐’—๐ข๐’† ๐‘น๐ž๐’—๐ข๐’†๐ฐ

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Roland West

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #thebatwhispers #RolandWest #mystery #whodunit #comedy #gimmick #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 23h
13 Days of Halloween: "Haxan" (1922) Movie Review

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Benjamin Christensen

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #haxan #BenjaminChristensen #silentfilm #documentary #hybridgenre #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 1d
13 Days of Halloween: "Negotium Perambulans" Short Story Review by E. F. Benson

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1923, United Kingdom

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#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #shortstory #negotiumperambulans #efbenson #lovecraftianhorror #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 1d
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: " ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—. ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡ -

Overdue for me, this is my first book by Ortiz. A reflection and narrative of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, this has become a classic of First Nations literature.

#books #bookreviews ##reading #poetry #sandcreekmassacre #booksky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 1d
13 Days of Halloween: "The Phantom Carriage" (1921) Movie Review

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Victor Sjรถstrรถm

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #VictorSjรถstrรถm #thephantomcarriage #silentfilm #redemption #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 1d
13 Days of Halloween: "The Golem: How He Came Into the World" (1920) Movie Review

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Paul Wegener

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #germanexpressionism #silentfilm #paulwegener #thegolem #golem #thegolemhowhecameintotheworld #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 2d
13 Days of Halloween: "Sredni Vashtar" Short Story Review by H.H. Munro (Saki)

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1911, United Kingdom

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#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #books #shortstory #srednivashtar #saki #hhmunro #childhoodhorror #booksky #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 2d
13 ๐‘ซ๐™–๐’š๐™จ ๐™ค๐’‡ ๐‘ฏ๐™–๐’๐™ก๐’๐™ฌ๐’†๐™š๐’: "๐™๐’‰๐™š ๐™‚๐’๐™ก๐’†๐™ข" (1915) ๐™ˆ๐’๐™ซ๐’Š๐™š ๐™๐’†๐™ซ๐’Š๐™š๐’˜ -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Paul Wegener

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #thegolem #paulwegener #silentfilm #germanexpressionism #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 2d
13 ๐‘ซ๐™–๐’š๐™จ ๐™ค๐’‡ ๐‘ฏ๐™–๐’๐™ก๐’๐™ฌ๐’†๐™š๐’: "๐™ƒ๐’๐™ช๐’”๐™š ๐™ค๐’‡ ๐‘ฎ๐™๐’๐™จ๐’•๐™จ" (1907) ๐™ˆ๐’๐™ซ๐’Š๐™š ๐™๐’†๐™ซ๐’Š๐™š๐’˜ -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Segundo de Chomรณn

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #houseofghosts #silentfilm #SegundodeChomรณn #slapstick #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 3d
13 ๐˜ฟ๐’‚๐™ฎ๐’” ๐’๐™› ๐™ƒ๐’‚๐™ก๐’๐™ค๐’˜๐™š๐’†๐™ฃ: "๐‘ช๐™ค๐’–๐™ฃ๐’• ๐‘ด๐™–๐’ˆ๐™ฃ๐’–๐™จ" ๐‘บ๐™๐’๐™ง๐’• ๐‘บ๐™ฉ๐’๐™ง๐’š ๐‘น๐™š๐’—๐™ž๐’†๐™ฌ ๐™—๐’š ๐‘ด. ๐™. ๐‘ฑ๐™–๐’Ž๐™š๐’” -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1904, United Kingdom

#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #readreadread #shortstory #mrjames #countmagnus #gothichorror #horrorsky #booksky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 3d
13 ๐˜ฟ๐’‚๐™ฎ๐’” ๐’๐™› ๐™ƒ๐’‚๐™ก๐’๐™ค๐’˜๐™š๐’†๐™ฃ: "๐‘ป๐™๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐™ก๐’‚๐™˜๐’Œ ๐‘ฐ๐™ข๐’‘" (1905) ๐‘ด๐™ค๐’—๐™ž๐’† ๐‘น๐™š๐’—๐™ž๐’†๐™ฌ -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Georges Mรฉliรจs

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#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #silentfilm #silentshortfilm #GeorgesMรฉliรจs #theblackimp #lediablenoir #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 3d
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—ฆ๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ (๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ) ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ -

Strange, infamous horror manga: fragments and slices, visual and sound clips of terror, of hair, of dark gods, of a growing presence across its many chapters. So, cool.

#books #bookreviews #graphicnovel#booksky #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 3d
13 ๐˜ฟ๐’‚๐™ฎ๐’” ๐’๐™› ๐™ƒ๐’‚๐™ก๐’๐™ค๐’˜๐™š๐’†๐™ฃ: "๐˜ฟ๐’†๐™ซ๐’Š๐™ก ๐™ž๐’ ๐’•๐™๐’† ๐‘ช๐™ค๐’๐™ซ๐’†๐™ฃ๐’•" (1899) ๐‘ด๐™ค๐’—๐™ž๐’† ๐‘น๐™š๐’—๐™ž๐’†๐™ฌ

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Georges Mรฉliรจs

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #GeorgesMรฉliรจs #silentfilm #silentshortfilm #devilintheconvent #LeDiableaucouvent #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 4d
Thanks! I've enjoyed the experience of seeing horror evolve with the times, decade to decade. But the classic stuff is just a different breed of dread...!
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 4d
13 ๐˜ฟ๐’‚๐™ฎ๐’” ๐’๐™› ๐™ƒ๐’‚๐™ก๐’๐™ค๐’˜๐™š๐’†๐™ฃ: "๐‘ป๐™๐’† ๐‘บ๐™ฆ๐’–๐™–๐’˜" ๐™Ž๐’‰๐™ค๐’“๐™ฉ ๐™Ž๐’•๐™ค๐’“๐™ฎ ๐™๐’†๐™ซ๐’Š๐™š๐’˜ ๐’ƒ๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐’“๐™–๐’Ž ๐‘บ๐™ฉ๐’๐™ ๐’†๐™ง -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1893, Ireland

#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #shortstory #bramstoker #thesquaw #gothichorror #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 4d
13 ๐‘ซ๐™–๐’š๐™จ ๐™ค๐’‡ ๐‘ฏ๐™–๐’๐™ก๐’๐™ฌ๐’†๐™š๐’: "๐™ƒ๐’๐™ช๐’”๐™š ๐™ค๐’‡ ๐’•๐™๐’† ๐‘ซ๐™š๐’—๐™ž๐’" (1896) ๐‘ด๐™ค๐’—๐™ž๐’† ๐‘น๐™š๐’—๐™ž๐’†๐™ฌ

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Georges Mรฉliรจs, Director

#horrortok #moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #houseofthedevil #silentmovies #silentshortfilm #GeorgesMรฉliรจs #horrorsky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 6d
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—จ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ -

A fantasy-history of the 12th century when a language-gifted peasant boy stumbles through crusader history: what power the word in this place?

#books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #fantasyhistory #presterjohn #ThirdCrusade #booksky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 8d
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ -

You basically have two choices when a god and his cult arrive on your doorstep. They chose . . . poorly.

#books #bookreviews #reading #Euripides #thebacchae #dionysis #thebes #drama #classicaldrama #greekdrama #booksky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 10d
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด -

History/memoir/reflection on indigenous history and experience is fresh, personal, direct, but not assaultive in its honesty.

#books #history #indianhistory #indigenoushistory #firstnations #memoir #nonfiction #booksky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 12d
๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’”: "๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’”" -

What is this podcast, anyway? I recommend you start here! (Oh, and we talk about--still talking about!--"The Road Not Taken")

waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/way...

#podcast #literature #books #teaching #elaeducation #elateachers #edusky #booksky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 12d
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜…" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ -

A new book of poetry by Teets, one I was honored to write an introduction to, and now I get to meet the final product! If you haven't found the transformative beat cynicism of his work, you can now.

#books #poetry #newpoetry #booksky #poetrysky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 15d
๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜, "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ," ๐—–๐—ต. ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ - ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

Hannah Arendt: Full video, reading guide, and more on the website.

youtu.be/PXh8vVPfEbI

Reading Guides, one chapter every two weeks.
waywordsstudio.com/project/aren...

#democracy #books #literacy #booksky #edusky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 17d
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด - "๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜… ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป -

An angry population, weaponized rhetoric, revisions of history, consolidations of power--these are Richardson's topics from the beginning of the United States to now, and that long view might prove critical.

#books #booksky
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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social ยท 19d
๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’”: "๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’”" -

What is Robert Frost doing in the Spiderverse? You can't know unless you reach further than typical classroom reading!

New to ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ด? Start here!

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#podcast #literature #books #booksky #edusky
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