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Jinx Ruin

porcelain cracks that bleed black wax . . . .

About Me

..tweezers . . needles . . and bits of string . . the dust . . and the decay . . .

My Interests

Nightmarish Absurdism, Halloween, Jack O'Lanterns, Broken dolls, Scarecrows, Marionettes, Eccentricity, Subconscious Realm of Children's Imagination, Trick or Treat, Antiquated Loss, Childlike Awe, Surrealism

I'd like to meet:

. . . Eccentric dreamers, old souls, assorted attic toys and mad tea party whisperers, ghouls and fiends, childlike personalities, wandering poets and writers who think too much, Old-fashioned villains and trick or treaters are indeed welcome . . .

Music:

Nirvana, The Misfits, Samhain, Danzig, Koffin Kats, Cinema Strange, 12 Step Rebels, Killcreeps, Carl Perkins, Concombre Zombi, The Frozen Autumn, Hellbillys, Nekromantix, The Rezurex, Guana Batz, Rasputina, Sex Pistols, Dresden Dolls, Balzac, The Cure, Horror Pops, The Amazing Royal Crowns, Bauhaus, Mad Sin, Groovie Ghoulies, Calabrese, Os Catalepticos, The Creepshow, Suicidal Tendencies, Gutter Demons, Mephisto Walz, Deadbolt, Tiger Army, Johnny Cash, The Cramps, Son of Sam, Demented Are Go, Batmobile, Blazing Haley, Christian Death, The Ramones, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Zombie Ghost Train, Nine Inch Nails, The Boneyard Brawlers, Rob Zombie, The Adicts, Johnny Hollow, The Clash, old halloween horror records, Gothic, Punk, Industrial, HorrorPunk, Death Rock, Gothabilly, Psychobilly, Rockabilly

Movies:

Edward Scissorhands, Cemetary Man, Pan's Labyrinth, City of Lost Children, Mirrormask, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Ginger Snaps, The Elephant Man, Alice in Wonderland, Donnie Darko, Sid and Nancy, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Eraserhead, Carnival of Souls, Frankenstein, Labyrinth, Corpse Bride, Dark City, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, In the Company of Werewolves, Hellraiser, The Comedy of Terrors, The Raven, Dead Man, The Shining, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Trainspotting

Television:

The Addams Family, The Munsters, Tales From The Crypt, Tales From The Darkside, Twilight Zone, Invader Zim

Books:

The Doubtful Guest, Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, Swamp Thing, The Crow, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rue Morgue Magazine, The Beginner's Guide To the Recently Deceased, Frankenstein, The Sandman graphic novels, Alice In Wonderland

My Blog

. . . The Cat with Hands . . .

 . . . Last night as I slumbered I had a strange dream . . .  that seemed to bring distant friends near . . .  ...
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:07:00 PST

. . . Bad Habit . . .

Biting keeps your words at bay Tending to the sores that stay Happiness is just a gash away When I open a familiar scar Pain goes shooting like a starComfort hasn't failed to follow so farAnd you migh...
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:26:00 PST

. . . the real story . . .

The Corpse BrideOnce upon a time there was a young man who lived in a village in Russia. He was to be married and he and his friend prepared to go to the village where his bride-to-be lived, two days ...
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 02:03:00 PST

patches come undone and fall apart . .

Grief hath pacified her face;Even hope might share so still a place;Yet, on the silence of her heart,Haply, if a strange footfall start,Or a chance word of ecstasyCry through dim cloistered memory,Int...
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Thu, 22 Sep 2005 04:18:00 PST

I remember her saying

They met me while I met them. Perched upon brick tombstone walls that noladder will ever strain stain reach outstretched."Dumpty," they told me had fallen off there once (he never did quitelearn how t...
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:47:00 PST

untitled . .

The painting leered with aphasiac repulsion, grinding it's teeth since they are so hard to chew  .  .  . "Why are people so ridiculously disappointing?" The doll's replying whisper was ...
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:13:00 PST

. . snip . . snip . .

Scissors with legs and legs with scissors went quietly down the road  .  .  .  -R.R.
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:05:00 PST

outside alone near an empty house of straw . . .

Broken came the sound of battered bells . . .  . . . The last masquerade . . do you remember? . . . No, although I never forgot . . . and nothing forgotten is ever no more. It's raining . . .Brok...
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

. . . . Mathilde In The Dirt . . . .

She is horse-hoof dust and cloth and the lazy rays of sun will squat upon her unblinking eyes. She moves sadly through the woods, hanging from the back of a caravan, thread and nail have caught her h...
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:14:00 PST

. . . bitter bones . . .

"'A fine setting for a fit of despair,' it occurred to him.'If only I were standing here by accident insteadof design.'"-Franz Kafka"The Castle" ...
Posted by Jinx Ruin on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:09:00 PST