This week we get into the Northern Weird Project For Part One, i'm joined by Ariell Cacciola - the genius behind the project, plus Gemma Fairclough, author of THE RETREAT and Katherine Clements, author of TURBINE 34 We talk haunting, unsure landscapes, manipulation and more. All podcast platforms

Get your ghost on! THIS HOUSE ISN'T HAUNTED BUT WE ARE After the death of their daughter, Simon & Priya renovate an old cottage. A child’s ghostly figure appears, doors lock themselves, a mysterious stain grows from the loft. Is it their daughter haunting them or something else?

Treat yourself to some spooky, mystery, gothic, folk horror, ghosts, magical realism reads this weekend! Time to stock up 😍 www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/bookshop

A beautiful scene in the garden at sunset, as the last rays hit the beech trees. #nature #beech #sunset #yorkshire

Release day for THE RETREAT by Gemma Fairclough is almost here! Are you ready for the darkness and sinister happenings at Blundale Hall? Order now ... available in paperback & ebook, worldwide (bookshop link in bio) www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/ther...

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Trying to imagine Shirley Jackson writing a story about tradfluencers and I'm giggling too much to hold the hinge I'm supposed to be regluing

On a wet and thundery Thursday I am recovering from gallbladder surgery, reading in bed with the dogs, there snoring is proving to be calming and soporific. I’ve had ‘Nightbitch’ on my TBR for a while now, I’m hoping a bit of female rage will take my mind off my aches and pains #booksky 💙📚#books

The best message to get. When your child becomes a reader too and asks for recommendations. #booksky #horrorbooks #horrorreading #reading #book 💙📚

I overheard the most wonderful conversation in @waterstones.bsky.social today; two young girls longing for their own home, so that they could fill it with bookshelves, their fantasy developed in to having their own library to fill ♥️

A movie you’ve watched more than six times, using gifs. Shepperton Studios ‘A Christmas Carol’ every year for at least the last twenty-five. Always sing-a-long

Discovered the fabulous bookshop in #SaltsMill #Saltaire #WestYorkshire such a great selection of fiction and non fiction, I could have happily stayed all day, all drawn away by the promise of delicious food in the Salts Diner - the Hockney’s weren’t too bad either ;-)

The garden is teeming with birds today, I caught this blackbird having a rest after eating his fill from the feeder (the ever vigilant robin must have been occupied elsewhere) #birdsky #yorkshire

A fabulous mystery told in four parts, each involving strange pictures that hide a truth. A very different whodunnit from what I’m used to, but incredibly enjoyable to examine and guess along.i look forward to Uketsu’s next book ‘Strange Houses’. 💙📚 #booksky @pushkinpress.com

My first read from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social The Northern Weird Project. After the loss of their child, Simon and Priya take refuge in a rundown cottage in North Yorkshire, events get progressively stranger as they find it impossible to leave. I loved this novella, hooked immediately. 💙📚 #booksky

Set in the wild and remote landscape of the rural English north, Margot and her Mama live an isolated life, feeding on the strays they find, until one becomes a permanent fixture and changes their lives forever. Themes of abuse and cannibalism, family dynamics. A gripping page turner 💙📚 #booksky

‘Crimson’, also released as ‘Last Night in Nuuk’ tells the intertwined stories of five friends in Greenland’s capital, each story revolves around a single, drunken night that led to consequences, some good, some bad. Themes of queerness and gender identity and modern friendship 5 stars 💙📚 #booksky

Sloane and Naomi are Best Friends Forever; a long weekend away and an enigmatic group of strangers put their friendship to the test. A vampire novel, interwoven with the trials and tests of female friendship - wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed this one 💙📚 #booksky #vampires @titanbooks.bsky.social

THREE WEEKS TO GO!! Three weeks until 15 wonderful sci fi, fantasy and horror authors descend on Leeds to hang out with all you fabulous readers! Have you got your ticket yet? They're selling fast and you don't want to miss out on this amazing event! www.waterstones.com/events/its-s...

A pleasant afternoon in Yorkshire, Pablo is lounging in the sun. We have spotted our first swifts of the year. #yorkshire #dogsofbluesky

A movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

There was absolute silence in #theatreroyalyork last night as Gary Oldman took the stage. A full house for a moving performance of Beckett’s ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’. I was spellbound for 55 minutes as he transported us to that attic room with him.

So excited for tonight’s theatre: Gary Oldman performing Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. Oldman is returning to The Theatre Royal, York, where he made his acting debut in 1979. #theatre #york #krappslasttape

Piglet’s carefully ordered and planned life dissolves in to mania when her finances confesses a betrayal to her thirteen days before their wedding. Beautiful descriptions of food and cooking are abound, but so is disorder eating. Food and friendship vie with greed and untruths 💙📚 #booksky

A village in the Silesian Mountains dedicated to the treatment of Tuberculosis; an eclectic group staying at Herr Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen and an unrelenting sense of doom, not limited to the poor and fragile health of the occupants. A wonderful and tense read 💙📚 #booksky #folkhorror

Ahh! What an honor! Thank you, @thisishorror.bsky.social!! If anyone would like to vote for any of these titles, or any of the categories, clink on the link in the shared post!

Laughs aplenty at this explicitly funny play, I now understand why they emailed me to say the age rating had been changed to 18! I can imagine there’ll be some awkward conversations after this one. Loved it. #theunicorn #garricktheatre #london #westend #play

Another trip to London, we’re to see ‘The Unicorn’ at the Garrick Theatre tonight. Starting ‘The Empusium’ by Olga Tokarczuk on my train journey, I very much enjoyed ‘Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead’. #fitzcarraldo 💙📚 #booksky #horror #horrorreading

Another 5⭐️ book by Nat Cassidy. ‘When the Wolf Comes Home’ takes complicated familial and social themes and emotions and expresses them through the fantastical; with the help of fairy stories and lots of gore. A true horror for one’s humanity. The afterword is a must. 💙📚 #booksky

A nice day in the garden in Yorkshire. After moving in almost a year ago, we’re ready to finally start planting.

A wonderful performance of ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ at #grandoperahouseyork last night. The acting is intentionally “hammy”, comedic moments in with the drama. The set design is phenomenal, with the stage truly turned in to the carriages - magical viewing #theatre #york #ATG

This arrived yesterday, it took all my will power not to ditch everything and dive in. Wednesday is done, pyjamas on and in a comfy chair - time to start. 💙📚 #booksky #whenthewolfcomeshome #wtwch #natcassidy #horrorbook #horror

I don’t know what it is about the #dreamharbour series. I bought the first for that #gilmoregirls nostalgia and now I’m hooked. Book 4 was more of the same, small town misunderstanding and romance (with lots of sex). Perfect escapism for 300+ pages. 💙📚 #booksky #gilmore

www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/animal... An absolutely stunning bit of theatre: cast, script and stage were all superb. Very prescient or maybe an historical recurrence- the names of the ideologies may change, but the actions and results are the same. #theatresky #animalfarm #orwell #politics

It’s Friday at last! Grab your books for the weekend! - Michael

“The Night Guest,” by @hildur.bsky.social took about an hour to read, with its teeny tiny chapters and lean, mean prose, and is a novella that can only be described as bingeable. Those who pick it up, may not be able to sleep… a small mercy. @lordtbrffa.bsky.social fanfiaddict.com/review-the-n...

Wow. A post climate disaster apocalyptic novel, with no food, water or safety, a young woman seeks shelter within the walls of the Sacred Sisterhood, yearning for Enlightenment & hoping to avoid punishment. This book is brutal & dark. It will stay with me.💙📚 #booksky #theunworthy @pushkinpress.com

The problem with ‘X’ - it wasn’t the rage baiting and trolling - it was the fucking TEMU adds, the bots and the weird follows/messages, it made anything worth reading a painful experience. I am more than capable of reading a dissenting opinion and not being “triggered”. #twitter #X #bots

Dotty having an afternoon of sitting oddly and thinking deep thoughts #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs

A slow paced, but exquisite Japanese crime novel from 1958. Two bodies are found on a beach, suicide is presumed, but a young detective from Tokyo is not so sure. This is my second novel from Seichō Matsumoto, his attention to detail and description is sublime. 💙📚 #booksky

‘That’ll Teach Her’ by Maz Evans - a lighthearted (!) murder mystery that will have you attempting to solve the crime with the help of the parents’ the group chat. A fun read that will keep you guessing.

A wonderful nonfiction read. Explores the history of houses in film, literature and real life; how superstition can be attached to architecture and how architecture can affect our lives and perceptions. 💙📚 #booksky

I love the beauty of a Victorian train station #York #Yorkshire

HELP NEEDED - CHRONIC ILLNESS Are there any young adults (UK) with a #chronicillness ( #cysticfibrosis in this case) who know how to carry and explain your #medication in a pub/club bouncer scenario? My son is having issues about his #Creon pills that he needs to consume food and some drinks.

A little break in to non-fiction, this caught my eye somewhere on the internet, if it was someone from #booksky, thank you. I remember a module from my degree being all about The Uncanny and it’s an area that has fascinated me since.💙📚 #sickhouses #leiletaylor

The weather is wild and windy today in Yorkshire, time to cosy up with a murder mystery. 💙📚#booksky #littlereddeath #akbenedict

Stunning. Have you ever had a dark, intrusive thought? “What if I …?” - Winifred Notty has, and she lets them win with joyous, gory abandonment. Questions of morality and nature vs nurture fill this delightful, female lead brutal horror. 📚💙 #booksky #victorianpsycho #virginiafeito

Starting #victorianpsycho by #virginafeito tonight, one I’ve been anticipating for so long, it’s had wonderful ARC reviews. I adore the cover of the UK edition. 💙📚 #booksky

Wow! What a read. A fast paced journey through chaos and terror; along with the guts and gore, you’re left questioning how susceptible you are to manipulation, is this even fiction? There is a level of doom, a stripping of humanity, akin to James Herbert’s The Fog. I feel bleak. 💙📚 #booksky