Jonas Lefkowitch

An author whose first published works are featured in Horror d'Oeuvres: Bite-Sized Tales of Terror, an anthology benefitting @ScaresThatCare.

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

"Our galaxy is a mote of dust spinning around a cosmic whirlwind. We are specks within a speck, beneath the notice of any god or devil. Our lives are less than nothing. Do you see?"

"I understand, sir, but we still can't serve items off the breakfast menu after 12 pm."

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[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

"Hey there. Cool gate."

"It serves to guard what lies beyond, as do I."

"What lies beyond?"

"The Forbidden City of Kukotera."

"Can I go in?"

"Did you not hear me say forbidden?"

"You could make an exception for me!"

"Oh… All right."

"Really?"

"No. Bugger off!"

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[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

I had a mother once, and a father. I was as good a son to them as I could be. Though I gave them no reason to be proud, they were nevertheless. My parents are long gone now. The house in which they raised me is empty and in disrepair, a reflection of their pitiful heir. #vss365

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

"Frankenstein is the scientist, right?"

"Yeah."

"So why's she called the 'Bride of Frankenstein' when she was actually the monster's bride?"

"She wasn't really a bride to either of them. Nobody even proposed to her."

"The true horror is the inaccuracy of the title."

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[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

I just saw Keith David trending—a beloved and brilliant actor who is always amazing in anything he does—and was reminded yet again that his voice acting as Goliath in the animated series GARGOYLES is legitimately one of the greatest performances in television history.

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

Life is a game of death, you versus me

It does not matter if you fight or flee

You're too damn slow to ever outrun me

And got no shot if you try to outgun me

Bitter defeat is your fait accompli

Nothing you can do to stop my victory

Your future? It's already history

#vss365

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

@derickijohnson Thanks!

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

"Are you a gambling man, Mr. De Wilde?"

"My father's Mr. De Wilde. You can call me… Actually I prefer you don't call me."

"How droll. The question stands."

"I walked out the front door this morning. That's always a gamble. Then I ran into you, so obviously I lost."

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[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

Mama shined pure with the rays of a new day's dazzling dawn

Papa was like an evening sun still burning bright and strong

But I am a midnight shadow, lost in darkness, gone wrong

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[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

When I was a boy, the 21st century was the far-flung future, destined to become an era of enlightenment and advancement. Here I am now, a man with half a century under his belt, and the world has regressed to a new Dark Age of primitive hatreds and medieval superstitions. #vss365

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

I've gone to theaters for a bunch of big franchise movies—Star Wars, Marvel, DC, etc—and I've never seen anyone show up in cosplay for any of them, but this evening I went to see BACKROOMS, and like a whole row of people were dressed up in those signature hazmat suits.

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

Wave upon wave of murderous fiends from the grave crashed at the shores of the world. As the tide of soulless evil surged ever forward, the remnants of humanity could only retreat till there was nowhere left to flee and naught to be done except await the Living Dead Sea. #vss365

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

"I have discovered a rift in space-time, a dark recess of dreadful stillness, an endless and beginningless void in which there is no forward or backward, no progress or regress."

"Where?"

"It is called the DMV."

"Can you show me?"

"I would sooner die than return."

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[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

Feet stuck on the ground, yearning to reach the clouds

Dreams of freedom gravity never allowed

When you aspire to fly, you must dare to fall

Be ready and willing to wager your all

Only by risk of a plummeting demise

Can you ascend to a life soaring the skies

#vss365

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

@DrewMcWeeny I just watched Curry Barker's terrific found footage feature MILK & SERIAL, that he wrote, directed, edited, composed the score for, and stars in. This guy is insanely talented.

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

So many thin-skinned, self-pitying bullies are so upset over Homelander being reduced to the pathetic coward he truly was. In spite of THE BOYS explicitly positioning him as a villain, they saw Homelander as an aspirational figure. Now he's only a mirror of their inadequacies.

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

His ghostly lover has vanished with the morn, yet her fragrance lingers in the air, her taste stays sweet upon his tongue, her ethereal touch still caresses his skin. The sense memories of their tryst will thrill him the rest of his days. Oh, to be so blessedly haunted. #vss365

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

The Helen of Troy "controversy" doesn't make sense until you realize that racists love to co-opt elements of Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, and Ancient Celtic cultures as totems of white supremacy. For them, Helen of Troy is supposed to be a poster girl for Aryan beauty standards.

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

For generations, our blighted farmlands have yielded no crop but sorrow. The young sow vain hopes whilst our elders reap only bitter regret. We folk who plant the fruitless fields come to envy those planted in the boneyard. At least this barren soil cannot fail the dead. #vss365

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

@StephenKing A lot of the people who voted for Trump want him as dictator for life. It's what they rioted for on January 6th. They would absolutely support him if he just canceled the next election and assumed power indefinitely.

[Jonas Lefkowitch @JonasLeft]

Humans are too vain to accept that the universe will continue without them, and so we invented the soul, the wishful notion that each individual possesses an immortal essence separable from their doomed flesh. Though we fancy ourselves eternal, we are but fleeting fools. #vss365