The Victorian Blood Book

Strange Familiars

SpectreVision Radio

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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We present the story of Durenstein aka The Victorian Blood Book, a strange scrapbook of religious and natural imagery, hand-written poetry, and other ornaments – every page dripping with red India ink “blood”. We also talk about potentially poison books. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25 Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgrave Strange Familiars t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000 Episode 340 notes and links: Durenstein at the Harry Ransom Center: https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll16 Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.com Riverbend Comics Instagram: @riverbendcomics Karmic Garden: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KarmicGarden Strange Familiars Curiosity of the Week #55: First Communion Photo You can purchase this photo at our etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1282926898/first-communion-photograph-strange Timothy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Renner/e/B072X44SD5 Strange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ t-shirts are available in our Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/739690857/strange-familiars-podcast-awoken-tree Alison: https://www.etsy.com/shop/odpeacock Chad’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNB7MSJ2F1SRBPcQsEFLnvg (make sure to subscribe to Chad’s channel, Ruck Rabbit Outdoors.) Chad’s etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RuckRabbitOutdoors To help with the Capuchin Day Center’s work with the homeless you can donate here: https://www.capuchindaycentre.ie and here: https://www.cskdetroit.org Contact us via email at: strangefamiliarspodcast@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars Join the Strange Familiars Gathering group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/strangefamiliars/ instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com The closing song is Thunder Runs Through Me by Stone Breath – from the album Who is Listening?: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/who-is-listening Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	They came into our eyes for the ill-seek leader, the slave diplomat, but they all are retoken.
0:29.0	The slave diplomat.
0:59.0	The slave diplomat.
1:29.0	Welcome to Strange Familiaries, Alison.
1:32.0	Yes.
1:33.0	How are you?
1:34.0	Pretty good.
1:35.0	Quite an interesting show tonight.
1:37.0	I feel like it's a departure.
1:39.0	You think?
1:40.0	Well, I mean, it's pretty unbranded.
1:42.0	I think you can tell which episodes are the ones that I want to do and which ones are the ones you want to do.
1:47.0	I think there's a, you know, in the vent diagram of Strange Familiaries, there's probably some crossover there, but generally, yeah.
1:54.0	So just think of this as, like, big-foot craft night.
1:58.0	Well, it certainly has an enticing title, the Victorian blood book.
2:03.0	Not to be confused with Clive Barker's books of blood.
2:06.0	Yeah, they came a little later.
2:08.0	Still a dear reference to my novel.
2:13.0	Clive who?
2:16.0	Well, before we get into the bloody book, I want to thank our patrons.
2:21.0	Thank you, patrons.
2:22.0	Thank you for your support.
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