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Grief lingers as much as love, so why is one feared and the other revered? Why does one attract suspicion, or even a clinical diagnosis (if it lingers for too long), while the other permits all manner of expression, in poetry and song penned as freely as judgement is imposed on prolonged grief. Eris knows why. She has seen how this false dichotomy can be wielded as a weapon or a shield against people who are misunderstood. She has been the witch-hunted scapegoat and cast out of a community that never wanted her in the first place. But she won’t let that distract her from the truth about what happened to her daughter. So you will see that Tangled Knot, the first of a trilogy, is a tale of grief but also vengeance. Written by queer author BB Clifford, Tangled Knot is available now. 
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Strange days are upon us, so tell me: How are you haunted by all of this? I know many of you are grieving for a life you once knew, and you are enraged by the greed of others, and the misogyny. We need tales to redress the balance; we need tales of wrath and vengeance. The Tangled Knot trilogy follows the Brown family as different members navigate their way through a haunted land: Tangled Knot is the story of Eris of suburbia, a tale haunted by grief. Tangled Knot is out now. Rainbow Warrior is the story of Ares, Eris' battle-lustful son; a tale haunted by greed. Rainbow Warrior is out now. Malevolent Fairy is the story of Ania, Eris' daughter; a tale haunted by misogyny. Malevolent Fairy is out later this year. BB Clifford Author and truth-teller
If I survive this winter, spring will bring the first shoots of aconite. This bastard child of hollyhocks and amaranthine will create a chaotic display of purples and blues to decorate my yard. My beautiful wolfsbane, a curse on the wolf pack of Mount Pelion Way.
Psychological horror Tangled Knot, by BB Clifford, is available now. We have been entwined together in this tangled knot of grief, and now Paris wants to cut himself free. I can see that now.
Tangled Knot, by BB Clifford, is available now. I think of grief as an incendiary device, blowing apart all you have known and fusing it into something new.
It could be hideous and deformed, like limbs splitting through skin, but it is new. A fresh perspective. Tangled Knot, by BB Clifford. Available now. Always ask why they choose to hunt that particular witch...
"Men are rarely considered to be witches because they are not expected to caretake, to fawn, to smile, all of which I have failed to do. I come from a long line of witches who failed to appease the suburban beast and who were isolated and scapegoated, tarred and feathered, condemned as temptresses and accused of being histrionic. If the people of Mount Pelion Way could weigh me against a stack of Bibles and drown, hang, or burn me at the stake, they would." Tangled Knot is the debut novel by queer author BB Clifford. It's easier to hate when you turn someone into a mythical beast. Every community needs a gargoyle to scare them from the truth.
"They relegated my daughter to the dark corners of a myth. They might even claim that she never existed in the first place. To allow a witch such human emotions as grief and despair might weaken their resolve to expunge me from their town." Debut novel by queer author BB Clifford, Tangled Knot, is available now. #psychologicalhorror #queerauthor #booktok A witch hunt but their pitchforks are cell phones and the gallows are swing sets:
"I have nightmares of them illuminated by a full moon, with their modern-day pitchforks of cell phones to record evidence of their preconceptions that are planted, propagated, and then confirmed by therapists and religious leaders alike. They winch me up to hang from one of their swing sets, the noose tightening around my throat as my legs thrash for life. How they will laugh and jeer and point, celebrating the exorcism of the Witch of Mount Pelion Way. How the neighbors will rejoice, and the street will be decorated with floral garlands of victory and brocades of joy woven into the finest gold and silver." Tangled Knot BB Clifford Empires crumble, as quickly as an aged fortress.
All that is made can be unmade. Rainbow Warrior BB Clifford #EcoHorror #PsychologicalHorror #GothicHorror “These ant-like people, these greedy terrorists, have inflicted their violence on Mother Earth for too long. Caught together in this vicious cycle of trauma and violence, their relentless pursuit of progress, they claimed her as one of their subjects, a whole world of them believing that they were the empire, and Mother Earth was somehow inferior. Hasn’t this always been the case? Haven’t you always claimed superiority over each other and the natural world? You point to scientific knowledge that you have created, to skull measurements or skin colors, and you believe each other when you talk of a master race. You create an echo-chamber of ignorance to justify more invasions; of other people as much as Mother Earth’s resources.” Nothing is more haunting than a person’s greed. Rainbow Warrior BB Clifford |
AuthorBB Clifford is a queer author based in northern New Jersey. Archives
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