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@dzgrizzle

Tumblr blog of Darrell Z. Grizzle, author of “I Never Meant to Start a Murder Cult.” Queer Bear. Poet. Episcopalian. Deadhead. Writer of Horror, Dark Fantasy, and Crime Fiction. To quote Howard Zinn, I'm "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist." I'm a fan of cats, coffee, books, DragonCon, comics, Godzilla, dark academia, queer academia, Beat writers, romantic poets, folk horror, Gothic literature, contemplative prayer, the mountains, the ocean, Flannery O’Connor, Tolkien and the Inklings, and the Bloomsbury writers and artists (especially E.M. Forster, and especially his novel Maurice). My horror blog is @eldritch-macabre 🌈 🐻 📚☕️

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Updated January 20, 2024: (1) Selfie in front of Gallery Espresso on Chippewa Square in Savannah, Georgia (2) My tattoo on my left inner forearm (February 2024): “only connect,” the epigraph of Howards End by my favorite writer E.M. Forster, and really the theme of all his novels (including Maurice, my favorite novel). Typewriter font. Inked by James Tuck. (3) My Bluesky post on Trump's Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025. (4) Words of wisdom from Albert Camus for the new year.

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What can Albert Camus's novel, The Plague, teach us about epidemics, public health, and morality? In my latest article, out now in the Journal of Public Health, I address this question by developing seven insights from Camus's great novel.

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