winchester model 1886 rifle; illegal street racing in soho; 1974 chevy malibu, license plate 667 DJP; djarum black cigarettes; paris, texas; the swamps of cajun country; the bible verse matthew 7:15–20; cuban cigar; car collection; band-aids; night walks; southern gothic literature; aftershave; piercings and tattoos; gothic music; typewriters; coarse salt shells; answering machines; soviet apartments; celluloid film; borscht; late-night drive-ins; scotch whisky; reptiles; animal taxidermy; craftsmanship; erotic photography; gothic music; haiku: a japanese poetic form that emerged in the 16th century, composed of three lines with five, seven, and five syllables; the bridge at chicot state park; apartment 2640; the joshua tree desert; caddo lake, texas; a portable cassette recorder from sony’s pressman line, 1980s model; my prisoner number in san judas, guadalajara: 818302; a turquoise blue 1960 ford falcon; the edo period and the bokkei tattoo style; double happiness, a chinese cigarette brand; goth subculture; raw flesh; teeth; poetry; haunted dolls; forums; demonolatry; typewriters; greek mythology; deep conversations; the color blood-red; lilac bruises around the eyes from fights in underground strip clubs; roadside bars; hippie festivals; mississippian summers; sport hunting; road trips; rental stores; dark movie theaters with run-down marquees; beechwood shotguns loaded with coarse salt rounds; dagger collections; rifles; southern gothic films; heavy metal; nightclubs; criminal cases; city pop; insect and bone taxidermy; reptiles; dark forests covered in thick fog; astronomy; cartomancy; oshibana; poems scribbled at dawn; louisiana swamps; physical journals; folk fantasy; hard-boiled cinema; antique shops; vinyl records; movie stars with catastrophic deaths; hurricanes and arizona tornadoes; tv shows like top of the pops; citrus and woody scents; piercings; aftershave lotion; country clubs; radios; rehab clinics; vintage car models, more specifically birds, mustangs, olds, and chevys.