var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-385654-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); ” No place worth knowing yields itself at sight, and those the least inviting on first view may leave the most haunting pictures upon the walls of memory.” -Algernon Blackwood Frou Frou Fantôme & Dirge Dancer. Herein lies a gathering of frippery and finery, grotesqueries and enchantments, prayers and poetics. More on Mlle Ghoul / S. Elizabeth here. Should you choose to reblog any of these things, please do not remove the original artist/credit/source info. 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Tumblr (3.0; @ghoulnextdoor)http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ecf40cca6863ad3ffb3199951552132f/tumblr_moniac8E4v1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.zhangjingna.com/2013/06/motherland-chronicles-20-lily-ii.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20zemotion%20(zemotion%20%7C%20zhangjingna.com%20%7C%20Travel%20&%20Photography%20Blog%20Los%20Angeles%20%7C%20Fashion%20%7C%20Art)#.UcHruPmsiSo">Zhang Jingna Photography : Motherland Chronicles #20 - Lily II</a></p> <p><span>Photography: Zhang Jingna </span><br/><span>Hair: Junya Nakashima </span><br/><span>Makeup: Gregg Brockington </span><br/><span>Model: Lily Olsen-Ecker</span><br/><span>Photo Assistant: Ngoc Vu </span><br/><span>Head piece and choker from </span><a class="profileLink" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/harlequinromantique" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=446750845395198">Harlequin Romantique</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53370113732http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53370113732Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:37:23 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/42877b80b6b64a5f8fbe7822a666ad1b/tumblr_moni3vccQC1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tobias-kwan.blogspot.com/2013/05/blahgggh-update.html">Tobias Kwan: from The Motherland Chronicles</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53369867901http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53369867901Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:33:31 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e40d45fa6d138ced28298082f4bfcf2f/tumblr_monhy20vjD1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thecrypticbeauty.blogspot.ca/2013/06/new-magic-model-brenda-mutoni-for-rubin.html">New Magic: Model Brenda Mutoni for Rubin Singer x Surachai Saengsuwan</a></p> <div><span><span>Model:</span></span> <strong><span>Brenda Mutoni</span></strong>, Base Model Agency<br/><span><span>Pictorial:</span></span> <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151553343423122.1073741827.107690263121&type=1">“New Magic”</a></strong><br/><span><span>Photographer:</span></span> Surachai Saengsuwan<br/><span><span>Label:</span></span> Rubin Singer<br/><span><span>Stylist:</span></span> Mile Supakasem<br/><span><span><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">Makeup</span>:</span> </span>Wirat Leemakul</div> <div><span>Hair:</span> Somjate Klomnoi</div> <div><span>Photo Assistants:</span> Athur Louise, Koko Koset, & Janjira Jatejarungwong</div>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53369641096http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53369641096Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:30:02 -0400<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_53363262807" src="http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53363262807/audio_player_iframe/ghoulnextdoor/tumblr_mond1cZtCi1qaivtr?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fghoulnextdoor%2F53363262807%2Ftumblr_mond1cZtCi1qaivtr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Forgive Me”<br/>Austra<br/><em>Olympia</em><br/>2013</p> <p>Can also be heard here: <a href="http://8tracks.com/ghoulnextdoor/the-11th-mansion-of-the-golden-serpent">The 11th Mansion of the Golden Serpent</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53363262807http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53363262807Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:44:00 -0400austraolympia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e0a97a2bc33a763aec97ed4d1e999ac8/tumblr_moncjsFqlR1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/day_18/set?id=86204946#fans">DAY 18 - Ghoul Next Door,  Polyvore</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53362686849http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53362686849Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:33:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ef6c70c233e23b903627825b90926ceb/tumblr_monb445VrF1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/?method=Art.Detail&ArtistID=72C8835A-B1D3-2A7E-C0D736863EEB1758&ArtID=09C50D17-B4D3-E767-48792BCD8A0B2B42&artidx=5">Ashley Wood, Happiness 7</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53361054026http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53361054026Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:02:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a9c23c872028973b202bd8f4c9dfb63f/tumblr_mon724H6DN1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/?method=Art.Detail&ArtistID=1CA21CE0-115B-5562-AAAEAE77DCB2A66F&ArtID=7406C6DC-BF47-6744-BC693CEB4C80C167&artidx=6">Andy Kehoe, The Feral Moon Rises, 2013</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53357006879http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53357006879Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:34:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f574e51b1bfe8e0742e399b45a3e8784/tumblr_mon6uhJd8J1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Untitled (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/silviabmx/8246018892/">SILVIA GRAV</a>)</p> <p>Last night I had dreams that someone I was trying to avoid had come for a visit and I asked my poor sister to keep him entertained while I made myself scarce.</p> <p>This was especially difficult as apparently I had some sort of a physical handicap that required the use of crutches.  It took me a long time to get very far.  </p> <p>I peeked in the window and saw they were still in the house, so I decided to run away.  I grabbed my cat, traded the crutches for a walker, and hobbled down the road.  I didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t care.</p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53356817092http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53356817092Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1c31adcf6e68cab46dc253016ce7903b/tumblr_mon6og2zUy1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>third eye (by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/torchlightlms/6796248111/sizes/z/in/photostream/">Elle Moss</a><span>)</span></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53356671012http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53356671012Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/08426800ece7b93ccab6844f336ff466/tumblr_mon69vj93r1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Untitled (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaletkina/8951325463/">nastya kaletkina</a>)</p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53356314564http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53356314564Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:17:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e4255e15be8a1c54a88ee33d2d9b6e1/tumblr_mon4jr6B3d1s46h7vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://skeletorislove.tumblr.com/post/53354857240/skeletor-affirmations-by-ghoulnextdoor-i-am-in">skeletorislove</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Skeletor Affirmations (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlleghoul/9081972062/">ghoulnextdoor</a>)</p> <p>I AM IN CONTROL OF MY OWN LIFE.</p> </blockquote>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53354910914http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53354910914Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:42:10 -0400<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_53306011361" src="http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53306011361/audio_player_iframe/ghoulnextdoor/tumblr_molyl9p6Sb1qaivtr?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fghoulnextdoor%2F53306011361%2Ftumblr_molyl9p6Sb1qaivtr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Pentacostal”<br/>Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood<br/><em>Black Pudding</em><br/>2013</p> <p>Can also be heard here: <a href="http://8tracks.com/ghoulnextdoor/the-11th-mansion-of-the-golden-serpent">The 11th Mansion of the Golden Serpent</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53306011361http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53306011361Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:21 -0400mark lanegan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7d0edade929e3ee727092544c68d929a/tumblr_molouuLEjP1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=86096003">The 11th Mansion of the Golden Serpent - Ghoul Next Door, Polyvore</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53290753815http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53290753815Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:04:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1ba2f83a7373a382621d1c502916e917/tumblr_molgbpyR8N1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c2551a5c3a9d36dfd50408558a78618f/tumblr_molgbpyR8N1qaivtro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I have decided to embark on a series of mystery projects.  Mystery project #1 was wrapped up in the midst of a terrible storm.  </p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53279544581http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53279544581Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:59:49 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b4914a10285a5dbd0bff2e716b86f0c7/tumblr_mokg5u0NOB1qaivtro1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://society6.com/product/Samhain-uGd_Print">Samhain Art Print by Jon Contino | Society6</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53243137164http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53243137164Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:58:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/135e09271430f9b85d6b68ca071ea60b/tumblr_mokfogK7po1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.porodina.net/categories/portfolio">ELIZAVETA PORODINA | Stella</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53242378616http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53242378616Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:48:15 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a5c7360108f01f1a9ce56ece9ee37d91/tumblr_mokeo44HFU1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/124885351/original-pencil-drawing-cara-with-skulls?ref=shop_home_active"> Cara with Skulls 15x20cm by abbeywatkins</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53240805401http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53240805401Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:26:28 -0400<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_53240317427" src="http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53240317427/audio_player_iframe/ghoulnextdoor/tumblr_mokecq7GZU1qaivtr?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fghoulnextdoor%2F53240317427%2Ftumblr_mokecq7GZU1qaivtr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Floating Heads”<br/>Sister Crayon<br/><em>Cynic</em><br/>2013</p> <p>Can also be heard here: <a href="http://8tracks.com/ghoulnextdoor/the-11th-mansion-of-the-golden-serpent">The 11th Mansion of the Golden Serpent</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53240317427http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53240317427Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:19:37 -0400sister crayoncynicfloating heads<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a6c2fffa4bb858daf34c8a030a9e32ab/tumblr_mokdyjdx5X1qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kristmort.com/95">95 - KRIST MORT</a></p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53239713864http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53239713864Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:11:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2c07c1a93ff5bd667469c96c52e7b29/tumblr_mokdajMKG31qaivtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>to fear escape (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookeshaden/8033122605/">brookeshaden</a>)</p>http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53238710017http://ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com/post/53238710017Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:56:43 -0400