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Weird Friction

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An anonymous, unreliable narrator sharing Weird Fiction and Occult Books. I post photos of books from my own growing collection. 📚 New England. You may view the full archive of books that I have shared here: https://instagram.com/weird_friction

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · Apr 12

"The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers, published by Harper and Brothers in 1902.
This is the first illustrated edition of Chambers' infamous collection of eerie short stories centered around a mysterious play that drives its readers to irredeemable madness.
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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 19h

Happy birthday Ed Wood!
#filmsky

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 15h

cool book collection!

Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday's 'featured book' 📖

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Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social · 15h

Speaking of, I picked this a one up today for my after-dinner reading tonight. Seemed somewhat resonate with October vibes Currently unfolding.

Unhappy Far-Off Things by Lord Dunsany, 1919. This dust jacket didn’t require a lot of artistic effort. #booksky

Brown paper dust jacket with title. What looks to be a small pepper in the lower panel.

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 14h

Wonderful! I don't have that one and don't believe I've ever seen a copy with a jacket. Thanks for sharing!

Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 17h

Nice church book sale finds: Two Guy de Maupassant books from the 1920s. Somehow the raggedness of "The Horla" actually makes it cooler.

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday's 'featured book' 📖

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 18h

"The Gods of Pegāna" (1919)

Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 19h

I genuinely have no idea why, but this account has been blowing up recently. This view-increase graphic is from the IG gallery, but I am seeing the higher traffic and follows here as well.
Whatever celebrity shared my occult book photos, I thank you. And I thank everyone who has recently joined us!

Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 19h

There seems to be a relatively common but still expensive older (I think) reddish edition on all the book sites. I'd like to learn more about him and his writing. He's one of those writers I've never read but i know his name from being an influence on other writers. And The Nut Cracker.

Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 19h

I just impulse-bought this amazing 1890 E.T.W. Hoffman collection for a shamefully low eBay offer that the seller (a resale corporation) instantly accepted. Now I can't even find another copy of this particular black edition for sale anywhere online to evaluate. I think I got something special.

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 19h

Happy birthday Ed Wood!
#filmsky

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 1d

It's especially awkward since Karl Edward Wagner had crashed out and died of alcoholism less than a decade before.

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 1d

Creature on a mushroom, 1850s sketch by Francis Elizabeth Wynne #FungiFriday 🍄

Painting of a small humanoid creature with green skin and little horns sitting on a mushroom and looking over his shoulder

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 2d

They have the most awkward pair of cover blurbs for some reason.

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 2d

They have the most awkward pair of cover blurbs for some reason.

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday's 'featured book' 📖

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 2d

I have never read a Kane story but have heard so much praise for them. I collected these both to read and for the collector's value. Which volume should I read first? Do you have a favorite short story I should start with?

Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 2d

I am thankful to the gods of darkness for the recent opportunity to obtain each of the books of this accursed pair for well below the usual asking price.

Reunited at last. ⚔️

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 2d

Why sell a record once when people will buy it 27 times?

Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 3d

And here is an early edition of "The King in Yellow", the book that Chambers is most remembered for today:
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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · Apr 12

Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 3d

Here is my copy of "In Search of the Unknown" which I shared here a while back. I may take some new better-lit photos of this one some time soon.
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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · Feb 26

"In Search of the Unknown" by Robert W. Chambers, published by Harper's in 1904.
One of Chambers' most acclaimed works of Weird Fiction besides "The King in Yellow", this novel consists of a series of interconnected episodic short stories.
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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 3d

Edgar Allan Poe died at Washington Medical College in Baltimore, Maryland on this day, October 7, 1849. 📖

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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 3d

The first three stories are loosely linked, much like the tales in "The King in Yellow".
Two other stories were later revised and incorporated into Chambers' episodic novel "In Search of the Unknown".
A few of the stories lean toward romantic adventure in the style of his later work.
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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 3d

"The Maker of Moons" by Robert W. Chambers, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1896.
Released a year after his most well-known book, "The King in Yellow" this is Chambers' other major collection of Weird Tales.
This first printing includes a frontispiece by Lancelot Speed. #booksky
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Weird Friction @weirdfriction.bsky.social · 3d

Edgar Allan Poe died at Washington Medical College in Baltimore, Maryland on this day, October 7, 1849. 📖

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