We may be a bit quiet on here for a few weeks while our social media person (@scarlettbutchers1.bsky.social) is busy prepping for PhD submission. Spooky things to come soon though 👻👻👻👀

Been thinking about temporal pandemonium and gothic repetition in video games recently. What game does it best (and why is it @undertale.com)?

Pumpkins on every corner, maybe a skeleton, if you're lucky. But something's wrong. It's Halloween, but you don't FEEL it. But then, tears of joy in your eyes, you remember makingitwyrd have rec lists with all kinds of spooky media. Halloween is saved! 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/recommendati...

Finally beginning to get ideas for research I want to pursue after my PhD is over. Taylor Swift studies, the ecology of His Dark Materials, and ecophobia in Lorde's Solar Power need to watch their back 👀👀👀

Finally beginning to get ideas for research I want to pursue after my PhD is over. Taylor Swift studies, the ecology of His Dark Materials, and ecophobia in Lorde's Solar Power need to watch their back 👀👀👀

As we approach Halloween, it's the perfect time to read about the most terrifying thing in the world: daily life. makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/f...

The next Best Gothic Novel Ever battle is here! We are firmly in the 21st century with this one... The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón Vs If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio 👻👻👻 Vote in the comments

I'm getting through the last months of my phd by making teaser trailers for it. I would urge you all to do the same

A tale of murders, secrets, cults and floor plans... Strange Houses is contemporary urban gothic out of Japan and is the perfect October read!

We're trying out some new things on Making it Wyrd to see what sticks. Should Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine stick?

We're trying out some new things on Making it Wyrd to see what sticks. Should Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine stick?

episode 2 of our Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine is here! Today we look at Charli xcx and the Abject. Do not despair, this is the introductory episode on Charli - we have more to say!

Picked up these beauties by @icysedgwick.bsky.social after the Fantastic Folklore event on Friday. The TBR list is getting unreasonable 😅

Folklore on a Friday! Can't wait to hear this talk from @icysedgwick.bsky.social @stonelands.bsky.social and @occultaria.bsky.social as part of the Lincoln Book Festival

I will not piss on anyone’s chips, but as a project which celebrates the English gothic and the weird every day of the year, I sigh heartily at the start of October. Celebration of the dark and strange should never be calendar constrained. #October

The next Best Gothic Novel Ever battle is here! Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia Vs The Tale-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe Vote in the comments!

Who can guess our upcoming blog post? Hint: 🐟➡️👩🌊🇯🇵 😰😰😰

We are very excited to hear @icysedgwick.bsky.social and @stonelands.bsky.social speaking about folklore on Friday in Lincoln! We couldn't track down Richard's bluesky but we are very excited to hear from him too!

We all love houseplants, but what does that mean it a time of climate precarity?🌱🪴🌵 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/f...

A little snippet of what we get up to on tiktok. Here is ep 1 of our Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine - Sabrina Carpenter

My PhD thesis is due 15 weeks today 😰 so, if anyone sees any jobs lying around in the lecturing, research, proofreading, or copywriting sphere, I am soon available! Research interests inc. gothic, folk horror, ecocritcism, cultural materialism, post-war British theatre, David rudkin, toxic nostalgia

It's time to add some new texts to our nonfiction rec list! Books, articles, blog posts - have you written something gothic you think should be on here? Have we missed your favourite? Let us know! 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/non-fiction/

What connects these works? Correct guesses get a warm feeling of a job well done 👻👻👻

Throwback to my blog post on the gothic double in Love Island

The next round of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here! 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson Vs 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde Vote in the comments!

All this Wuthering Heights talk has us thinking about adaptation. What is the purpose of an adaptation? Can (or should) we expect adaptations to be faithful to the original work? 🤔

Who has spotted our new header? Tag yourself - are you disco ghost, book ghost or movie ghost? 👻👻👻

Introducing Making It Wyrd!

Did someone say rebrand? 👻👻👻 Check out our fresh blog: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

My next blog post for Lincoln Gothic Group is up! This one is about one of my favourite films this year.

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My next blog post for Lincoln Gothic Group is up! This one is about one of my favourite films this year.

Best Gothic Novel Ever is back! Picnic at Hanging Rock Vs The Turn of the Screw Vote in the comments! #LGGBestgothicnovel

This episode of @americanhysteria.bsky.social has got me thinking about the role of the babysitter in horror. She is a figure of dichotomy: the virgin/temptress, domestic/public, precarious employee/authority figure. She is seen through the male gaze with often violent consequences

What is your favourite gothic fiction from Asia? lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com/fiction/

Current read:

It's so hot I could fall asleep in the Australian wilderness only to wake up and find my schoolmates and teacher have disappeared in unusual circumstances

The UK is sweltering right now and I need more immersion. What gothic stories involve extreme heat? 💀☠️🥵👻

The Ballad of Wallace Island includes multiple gothic tropes: obsession, toxic nostalgia, isolated location, old Manor house, dead wife, 'backward' rural community. But its positive undertone keeps it from falling into gothic depair. It is almost anti-gothic

Some new additions have been made to our film rec list and the accompanying letterboxd list 👻👻👻 What are we missing? boxd.it/x1R0o Lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com/films/

First day back PhDing after a 6 week break and immediately identified the problem that had been tripping me up. Breaks really do help, folks 😅

The next Best Gothic Novel Ever Battle is: The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman Vs Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë Vote in the comments! #LGGbestgothicnovel

I think it's time to update our Non-Fiction rec list 🤔 What gothic books, articles, blogs have you been loving recently? Self-promotion is always welcome! 👻👻👻 lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com/non-fiction/

Today's Best Gothic Novel Ever Battle is going to be bloody... Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Vs. Dracula - Bram Stoker Vote in the comments! #LGGbestgothicnovel

The Surfer may just be the latest folk horror masterpiece

I have become entranced by the ghost of humanity in the film Flow. Where did they go? Are they alive but Somewhere Else? How do the animals know how to work boats?

Up next in our Best Gothic Novel Ever competition we have: Uncle Silas - Sheridan Le Fanu Vs The Secret History - Donna Tartt Vote in the comments! #LGGBestgothicnovel