Ollie Francis · @ollie_francis
447 followers · 831 posts · Server writing.exchange"It turned into a blandly sweet smell, like milk, at her navel, melted into spice in the creases of her elbows, then cocoa at her neck."
- White is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi
Scent is underrepresented in good literature.
#writing #senses #description #HelenOyeyemi #WhiteIsForWitching
#whiteisforwitching #helenoyeyemi #description #senses #writing
Liminal Flares 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 · @LiminalFlares
223 followers · 146 posts · Server mastodon.lol#7Books is agony, so #14books it is (novels only):
— #Imajica by Barker
— #Orlando by Woolf
— #GoodOmens by Gaiman & Prachett
— #JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrel by Clarke
— #TheSouthernReachTrilogy by @jeffvandermeer
— DearSenthuran by Emezi
— #TheGoneAwayWorld by @Harkaway — #WhiteIsForWitching by Oyeyemi
— #RoadsidePicnic by Brothers Strugatsky
— #AllTheBirdsInTheSky by @charliejane — #Carmilla by Le Fanu
— #TheGoldfinch by Tartt
— #BloodMeridian by McCarthy
— #TheLibraryAtMountChar by Hawkins
#7books #14books #imajica #orlando #goodomens #jonathanstrangeandmrnorrel #thesouthernreachtrilogy #thegoneawayworld #whiteisforwitching #roadsidepicnic #allthebirdsinthesky #carmilla #thegoldfinch #bloodmeridian #thelibraryatmountchar