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New in the Edited Guide: Arts of the Middle Ages - Sacred Words and Sacred Pictures
In the early Middle Ages, stylised figures with strong contours were painted on backgrounds of single, bold colours. The draped folds of their clothing are even more stylised than those of their Byzantine archetypes.
Author: Tavaron da Quirm
New in the Edited Guide: Dark Entries by Robert Aickman
For anybody new to Robert Aickman's short stories, this collection may appeal. His stories leave both the main protagonist and reader perplexed as to where the story has gone and what really happened.
Author: Paigetheoracle
Topical: Richard III
King Richard III came to the English throne on 26 June, 1483
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Birds, Bees, and Anything That Grows or Moves: it's all Nature. What do you know about it? What do you think about it?
Tell us about your encounters with nature: on the hoof, growing out of the ground, large and in-charge, or tender as baby's breath. In the city, out in the countryside, on your windowsill…. Anecdotes welcome.
Even if you live aboard the ISS, you're encountering nature in some way, so there's no excuse for missing out on this June challenge!
June 2019 Create Challenge: Encounters with Nature
Newest Edited Entries
- Arts of the Middle Ages - Sacred Words and Sacred Pictures24th June 2019
- Dark Entries by Robert Aickman24th June 2019
- The Case of the Midwife Toad: Science, Sex, and Chicanery17th June 2019
- Paultons Park, Hampshire, UK17th June 2019
- 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live'10th June 2019
- The Kadikoy Crocodile, Istanbul, Turkey10th June 2019
- RF Stevens Ltd - Folding Organ Specialists3rd June 2019
- 'The City Without Jews': Hugo Bettauer's Chilling 1922 Comedy3rd June 2019
- Curlews - a Family of Wading Birds31st May 2019
- Spiced Pumpkin Cookies: A Holiday Treat31st May 2019
Peer Review
- A87940984 - Cool and Lam: Erle Stanley Gardner's Other Detectives 4 Days Ago
- A87940849 - Julia Robinson - Mathematician 6 Days Ago
- A87940443 - The Case of the Prevaricating Prophet: Newo Newi New and the Diploma of Immortality Last Week
- A87936123 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi - Mathematician Last Week
- A87939526 - Grace Hopper - Mathematician and Computer Scientist Last Week
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Who says art isn't funny? Nobody around here, anyway. Between the black-and-white challenge, the humorous spin-offs to the black-and-white challenge, and the awful, awful puns, you won't know whether to call us high-brow, low-brow, or just strike-your-brow-on-the-desk. You cannot resist this issue. Resistance is futile. Besides, you'd missed out on all the awful puns.
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