Coraline Cosplay, Halloween-Inspired Poetry and AI Showcase.

Compared to my other cosplays, Coraline was an easy construct. The blue wig I had from a previous Halloween where Minime and I dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 a la Doctor Seuss. I got the raincoat off Amazon, as well as the dragonfly pin and the button glasses. There is a Coraline accessory kit available. The rubber boots were yellowfied with electrical tape. The make-up proved a bit tricky and at one point, I washed it all off and started from scratch. Beware of dollar store face paint; all it seems to be able to do is remove itself. If I were to attempt Coraline again, I think I would turn up the make-up a notch. But it was great practice for my next cosplay, the Other Mother, which turned out a lot better:) Stay tuned; she will make an appearance on my blog in the coming week or two:) Oh and the black cat was literally just laying around. My female void was very obliging for the pictures. She loves being held; you can even see her check herself out in the mirror:) * The Coraline images are courtesy of Minime, under my direction:)  *** # The Bride Clapped a Solo Fandango  the bride road to the beat of a solo fandango her thighs gripped tight her perch atop her mount at her side, primed was a loaded pistol she’d been left alone abandoned at the altar her heart sacrificed to the wanderlust of a no-good, low-down scoundrel the smoke rolled in the air hung thick in her anger, she controlled the molten and elemental  centipedes and tarantulas crunched beneath the iron shoes of her charging steed her partner in crime a soul, her equal her lattice-ribbed corset burst with the power of a volcano she’d be constrained no more by anything vulnerable flimsy muslin was replaced with flickering flames she was reborn a goddess of fire and creation now to reign over ashen and greying mortals *The Bride Clapped a Solo Fandango is published in Monsters, Avatars, and Angels and available through Amazon in paperback and #kindle.  ***