Decidedly Grim

How’s this for a nice vase? Well, okay, not exactly a nice vase, but an interesting one, anyway…

A New Look For Hearts and Flowers

Thanks to Jenny P. for the link.

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Enthusiasts of the bizarre will find plenty to love at Fiendish Curiosities:

Fiendish Curiosities

Thanks to Pamazon for the link.

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In my continuing collaboration with Juror2.Com, we introduce a new Serial Killer Quotes shirt: The Albert Fish!

“I like children – they are tasty.”
- Albert Hamilton Fish
(The Werewolf of Wisteria)

On the sleeve is the Morbid Fact Du Jour skull & crossbones logo. Available where all fine MFDJ shirts are sold: The Etsy Morbid Fact Du Jour shop. Get yours today!

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Here’s a marvelous morbid trinket: The Serial Killer Trivia Board Game!

“Have you ever wanted to kill someone? Now you can and be a winner! From Seattle, the motherland of serial killers, Culture Heroes, Inc. brings you a fun family-style board game. The goal is to claim five victims before the other serial killers in town beat you to the guts (and glory)! Break into houses and pick a scenario card to reveal your murderous fate.”

Sounds like my kind of game! It’s a bit on the spendy side ($49.95), but the illustration looks marvelous. I will have to pick this up one of these days…

Serial Killer Trivia Game

Thanks to Nick for the link.

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So, did anyone get any delightfully morbid trinkets for Whatevermas this year? Since the fair Abigail and I decided against buying gifts for one another, I didn’t get my usual quota of demented delights, but we did go shopping at one of my favorite t-shirt shops (Chicago’s own Threadless) and picked up a few rather dark creations I thought I’d share:

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Purevile is an Etsy shop that sells interesting necklaces made with various found items (keys, bones, doll parts, etc). They are nice… but what’s REALLY interesting about it to me are the manner in which the items are displayed. They are photographed in front of vintage birth defect photographs and the like, with distinctively grim descriptions like this:

“…A Long hallway slowly fills with water….Thousands of thorny vines line the walls….a small childs cries become louder and more muffled….You look down at your reflection….and you cannot believe your eyes…..”

How can you resist? Go, take a gander:
Purevile

Thank you to Lady Morgana for the link.

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Okay, now HERE is the perfect jewelry for the person who stops to admire roadkill in your life: Loved To Death. They make lovely broaches out of prairie dog paws, parrot head necklaces, bat wing and skull necklaces, human tooth pendants, and the like. And they are really quite lovely too! (And to my relief, they guarantee that no animal was killed for their work.)

Loved To Death

Thanks to Jen for the link.

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Okay, I’m a bit late for this year, but you can always stock up on these lovely Christmas cards for next year.

Tasteless Zombie Christmas Cards

Thanks to Sam for the link.

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I’ve shared the site Custom Creature Taxidermy Arts before, but it’s so crazy that it deserves to be revisited frequently. Sarina Brewer is an artist and carcasses are her medium… and the results range from frightful to delightful, with all variations in between. I would like to personally remind everyone that Christmas is a time for giving, and I would like to receive nothing more than my very own flying monkey. Thank you.

Thanks to gsteinma for the link.

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Headless Historicals are the perfect gift for the historically-minded morbid doll lover in your life. I am personally quite fond of Anne Boleyn, though she’s a bit out of my price range.

Thanks to Desmodus for the link.

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