“When Carter revealed he was working on an R-rated cut of I Want to Believe, he mentioned that he had made the original version of the film too scary. Distributor Fox wanted a PG-13 movie and so Carter was forced to cut material, and further cuts were made to appease censors. I Want to Believe […]

Another unsolved case related to my current work: #conniesmith disappeared 74 years ago this week. #truecrime #missingperson "Granddaughter of former Wyoming governor still missing 74 years after vanishing from Connecticut camp." […]

The oh-so-politically-relevant The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes reveals that Reaping Day for every Hunger Games in Panem is July 4. May the odds be ever in your favor tomorrow (and always)! #thehungergames #suzannecollins #dystopianlit

RE: https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/116851408264691104 Hot damn! This is spot on: hilarious and painful in equal measure.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@shire_reckoning/116840245576918999 One of my favorite accounts to follow. It posts the entire chronology of the Lord of the Rings on the day it happens in the novel each day. Today the cycle begins again from the beginning. Pull up a chair and follow along! If you […]

Veggie flowers! #bloomscrolling

What shall I do? what can I do? How can I escape from this dreadful thing of night and gloom and fear? #dracula #draculadaily #redracula #bramstoker

RE: https://universeodon.com/@drahsturgis/116665064044008701 I should add one more title to my list of the forthcoming #books I’m most excited to read: Unspeakable Things by #elizabethhand. #gothic #historicalfiction #thriller #bookstodon

Today marks the 49th anniversary of a terrible crime that hit very close to home. I was young, but I vividly remember the news and its aftermath, and I now realize how it changed my hometown, family, and world forever. I am thinking of so many broken hearts […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

I'm pleased to share that I'll be presenting my paper "Strange Girls Now Missing: How Dark Academia Storytelling Revisits Historical Cold Cases" in the "History and Popular Uses of the Past" track at the 2026 annual conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) online in […]

In honor of June 6, International Antifa Day.

I have a bonkers story about Inuit on a vegan hunt after the polar caps have melted in this anthology. https://www.gofundme.com/f/disability-in-dystopia-anthology

Hey, there's a new entry for the Historical #dictionary of #sciencefiction! Not fandom-related, this time: it's "comset", a (personal) communications device. First in 1950, from Judith Merril; also Christopher Anvil, A.C. Clarke, Anne McCaffrey, V. Vinge, &c […]

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 780), I discuss the books of #FrankTallis, the series #ViennaBlood, and the phenomenon of #SigmundFreud in #GenreFiction. #ScienceFiction #HistoryOfScience #Mystery […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Fedizens! Please send me your favourite meme which shows something important about the #fediverse I'll go first:

What forthcoming #books are you most looking forward to in the second half of 2026? Here's an incomplete list of mine, roughly in publication order (a.k.a. "What I've Preordered"): Jules Verne and the Invention of the Future by #laurencebergreen - #biography #history #ScienceFiction The […]

A rare #kingarthur manuscript is going up for auction. The ornately illustrated 13th-century French tome has rarely ever been studied. #arthuriana #13century #histodons #fantasy #medieval https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/king-arthur-manuscript-auction-9.7195653

“Despair has its own calms.” #dracula #draculadaily #redracula #bramstoker

Project Gutenberg published Walpole's "Otranto" in October 1996, almost 30 years ago, as their 696th book. The first Gothic novel has so far been available as a free ebook for 11% of its existence. #books #horror #gothic @gutenberg_org

🌵 🌼 #bloomscrolling

This series begins next week! I am so happy to say that, thanks to student interest, we are revisiting #TheHungerGames books this Summer-Fall in SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. #thehungergames#online#signumuniversityeries of modules will be offered again starting […]

@drahsturgis 'Doctor Who' star Michael Keating dead at 79 https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/doctor-who-star-michael-keating-dead-at-79/ar-AA23OEm4 #blakes7 #doctorwho

"Whilst they were packing up to go to Virginia, I was packing to go, I didn’t know where; for I knew that if I went back to Virginia, I should never get my liberty." Tomorrow Philadelphia celebrates Ona Judge Day, commemorating her escape from enslavement in George Washington's household in […]

The inaugural issue of the online periodical Small Planet: The Speculative Fiction in Translation Magazine is now available! #sff #worldsf #worldlit #sciencefiction #litintranslation #bookstodon https://www.sfintranslation.com/?p=16928

“I am surely in the toils.” #dracula #draculadaily #redracula #bramstoker

The book I’m currently teaching (left) and the book I’m currently reading (right). Similar cover vibes. #darkacademia #thesecrethistory #lucien

“It is nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance. And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have, powers of their own which mere ‘modernity’ cannot kill.” #dracula #draculadaily #redracula #bramstoker

“I feel the dread of this horrible place overpowering me; I am in fear—in awful fear—and there is no escape for me; I am encompassed about with terrors that I dare not think of...” #draculadaily #redracula #dracula #bramstoker

It was a joy to talk #startrek, #starwars, and #storytelling with #thelorehounds podcast! #sff #sciencefiction #signumuniversity https://www.redcircle.com/shows/89c39915-66f2-449f-8c13-4c1d2678a22c/ep/024bdd16-3764-4f05-a438-d849c42cfaff

The #shirleyjacksonaward Novellas and Novelettes Bundle for charity! #horror #gothic #bookstodon https://storybundle.com/award?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shirleyjackson

“I am no longer young; and my heart, through weary years of mourning over the dead, is not attuned to mirth. Moreover, the walls of my castle are broken; the shadows are many, and the wind breathes cold through the broken battlements and casements. I love the shade and the shadow, and would be […]

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.” #draculadaily #redracula #dracula #bramstoker

May the Fourth be with you! Happy #starwarsday!

Update: Thanks to student interest, we’ve now added a second live discussion section option! I am so happy to say that my series on #thehungergames series will be offered again starting in June! This series will run #summer-Fall in SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online […]

And so it begins. #draculadaily #redracula #dracula #bramstoker #bookstodon

It’s almost that time again. 🦇 #draculadaily #redracula #dracula #bramstoker

“I hope we’re all ready to leave the phenomenal world, and enter into the sublime?” In May 2026 I'll be offering a one-month standalone module on #TheSecretHistory by #DonnaTartt with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Hope you have a perfect date today.

I realized it’s been twenty years exactly since I had the honor of restoring the first English translation of Baron de la Motte-Fouqué's epic #themagicring with #valancourtbooks. Only a single handful of copies was available in world libraries when we undertook this project. I'm so happy that […]

From the yard today. #bloomscrolling

Planted: red bell peppers, yellow squash, tomatoes, chives, rosemary, oregano, and basil. 🍅 🌿 Pending: eggplants 🍆 #gardening

Yay! My proposal for an academic essay on #andor and #rogueone was just accepted for an upcoming anthology on #starwars and #politics. Rebellions are built on hope! #forferrix #forjedha #writing #scholarship

Now confirmed by student vote! I am so happy to say that, thanks to student interest, we are planning to revisit #TheHungerGames books this Summer-Fall in SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. #thehungergames#online#signumuniversityeries of modules will be offered again […]

From the yard today. #bloomscrolling

"New Peadar Ó Guilín Book Day" is always a day worth celebrating. Look at the beauty that just arrived on my step. @TheCallYA's #theswordgarden is available from @CherylMorgan's @WTPress. #bookstodon #sff

On April 5th, 2063, I'll be 91 years old. If I’m still around, I’ll be heading (back) to lovely Bozeman to meet some Vulcans. 😁🖖 Happy #firstcontactday, everyone! #idic! #llap! #startrek

⚠️ Details in ALT Text ⚠️ Pay attention to local meteorologists and reliable weather apps if you live in a colored area on the maps. Stay updated on the weather in your area and be prepared with a plan for severe weather. #weather #wx #SPC #WeatherAware #SevereWeather #TheOutPost

Congratulations to the Artemis crew and NASA!