ispyspookymansion

hi! my name is kora, i'm in my 20s, and i love snail mail. being someone who is chronically online and living in a big city, it can feel like people are distant, even if they're all around me. getting something you can hold in your hands about it is a way i find i can combat that. i'm a frequent zinemaker, card sender, and letter writer, so finding this site was a delight!

i love emo music! if it's from the 2000s and was paired with black eyeliner and skinny jeans, i probably like it. my favorite bands are my chemical romance, bikini kill, fall out boy, the front bottoms, placebo, nine inch nails, and idkhow. i also like riot grrrl, punk, screamo, pop punk, and industrial.

all things horror! if i had to pick three, i'd say:

• IT, stephen king. you cant go wrong with a classic, even if its a total brick with some questionable content

• a head full of ghosts, paul tremblay. this novel knocked my socks off, the ending totally had my jaw on the ground

• my heart is a chainsaw, stephen graham jones. sgj is an insanely prolific horror author who loves the genre so so much, and nowhere is that more clear than in this slasher novel

honorable mentions: carrie (stephen king), battle royale (koushun takami), the troop (nick cutter), and cuckoo (gretchen felker-martin)

shocking, but all horror, too! i watch so many scary movies that we could be here all day, but some of my favorites of all time are: saw (2004), the battery (2012), the passenger (2023), a nightmare on elm street (1986), childs play (1988), re-animator (1985), IT (2017), the black phone (2021), halloween (1978), raw (2016), and terrifier 2 (2022).

horror not your thing? my non-horror favs are 10 things i hate about you (1999), dinner in america (2020), and rear window (1954).

i like making bracelets (kandi beads or embroidery thread), doing origami, screenprinting, and making zines! im also a "professional artist", so i like to draw occasionally, too.

halloween, horror movies, autumn, nature (especially lakes/oceans), vintage cards/aesthetics, emo music, queer art/writing, punk music, handmade art, tea, novels (mostly horror), cassettes, records, growing plants, fiction podcasts, kitschy decorations for every holiday, cinnamon candies, candles and wall plug ins, spiked jewelry, anatomical illustrations

Marvel, Harry Potter, coffee, pink and fluffy/kawaii accessories, dark chocolate, romance novels, reality TV