Just published: Mary Going’s great new book on Gothic Wanderers in our ‘Elements in the Gothic’ series @angelawright1794.bsky.social Open Access for the next 4 weeks. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Mary Going’s splendid study The Eternal Wanderer is now published, and on open access for four weeks in our Cambridge Elements in the Gothic series. Thanks @dalegothic96.bsky.social for posting, and congratulations to Mary!

I'm really pleased that my book The Eternal Wanderer is now available from Cambridge University Press. It explores the antisemitic Wandering Jew myth through Christian writing in the Gothic period, and is drawn from my PhD. You can read it for free until 7 Feb 2025: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Just announced by Eureka for release in February: Doctor Vampire! This has been a blast to produce and features excellent contributions by Stacey Abbott, Katarzyna Ancuta and @mazgoing.bsky.social, along with some jaw-dropping Graham Humphreys art. More info here: eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/doctor...

Here’s the correct link for the Wicker Man and folk horror Symposium I posted about earlier: dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/cin...

"And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings!" Washington Irving, THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW #31DaysOfHalloween

‘It was not a haunting. It was possession and not even that, but something she couldn’t even begin to describe. The creation of an afterlife, furnished with the marrow and the bones and the neurons of a woman, made of stems and spores.’ Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno Garcia #31DaysOfHalloween

What better way to spend Friday the 13th than at Mayhem film festival in Nottingham! And managed to sneak in dinner with my Ghoul Guide partner in crime Lauren 🖤

I love all of Syd Moore's witchy books, and THE DROWNING POOL is all about the local Leigh-on-Sea legend of Sarah Grey the sea-witch. And if you want to know more about Syd Moore's witch books, I wrote a blog post about them a few years ago: sheffieldgothic.home.blog/2018/08/21/t...

"When He woke, He found himself extended upon the pavement of the Church: It was Illuminated, and the chaunt of Hymns sounded from a distance [...] The Lamps had been lighted during his sleep, and the music which he heard was occasioned by the Monks." Matthew Lewis, THE MONK #31DaysOfHalloween

"The whole church took on something fantastic, supernatural, horrible; eyes & mouths were opened, here & there; one heard the dogs, the monsters, & the gargoyles of stone, which keep watch night & day, with outstretched neck & open jaws, around the monstrous cathedral, barking." #31DaysOfHalloween

New episode of the Ghoul Guides Association has dropped! And in this episode (thanks to one of listeners for the request) Lauren and Mary discuss some of their fav Gothic books. 🎧 Podcast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gho... 📺 Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tka...

"Upon the ground within it stood a large chest, which he went forward to examine; and, lifting the lid, he saw the remains of a human skeleton. Horror struck upon his heart, and he involuntarily stepped back." Ann Radcliffe, THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST #31DaysOfHalloween

Poe's short story 'The Black Cat' was also (very, very loosely) adapted into a 1934 horror film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi! 🐈‍⬛

"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me." Thomas Gray, ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD #31DaysOfHalloween

My talk for Romancing the Gothic series given on Saturday, 6 May 2023, discussing Climate Fiction and the Gothic in literature and film.

Saw this in Sheffield a few weeks ago and this message seems even more important today. Text reads: “Trans joy will always prevail. Pride month is every month.” 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

"You're lost, you're angry in the woods! And no one here is here to help you. There's a f*cking witch and she keeps leaving sh*t outside your door. There’s no one here to help you! She left little trinkets; you f*cking took one of them! " THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT #31DaysOfHalloween

"You may think this all strange nonsense; it may be strange, but it is true, and the ancients knew what lifting the veil means. They called it seeing the god Pan.” Arthur Machen, THE GREAT GOD PAN #31DaysOfHalloween

"William Peveril [...] became the erecter of that Gothic fortress, which, hanging over the mouth of the Devil’s Cavern, so well known to tourists, gives the name of Castleton to the adjacent village." - Walter Scott, PEVERIL OF THE PEAK #31DaysOfHalloween

Happy first day of Halloween! And welcome to our new Ghoul Guides Bluesky. As always, you can watch or listen to the Ghoul Guides Association on youtube (www.youtube.com/@TheGhoulGui...) or your fav podcast platform. And stay tuned for more Gothic treats this spooky season 🎃 #31DaysOfHalloween

Now watching Blood Relatives, on recommendation from @mazgoing.bsky.social via podcasting. So far, so charming.

Our microwave keeps beeping when no one’s in the room so I’m pretty sure it’s haunted. Or, our kitchen has a ghost or a poltergeist which might explain the time on these speakers - yes that is 25 minutes past the 29th hour and 20 minutes past the 31st hour in March 2030…

The Journal of Gods and Monsters is now on Bluesky! We look forward to connecting with scholars and institutions studying monsters from a variety of disciplines. Check out our past articles and book/film reviews here: godsandmonsters-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/godsandmonst...

Sheffield folks! Head down to Theatre Deli on 5 October for excellent CARRIE cash-in JENNIFER as part of their new Terra Obscura series of screenings. An excellent way to launch your Halloween season and snakes guaranteed. 🐍 Details and tickets here: www.theatredeli.co.uk/Event/terra-...

Kicked off festival season last night at Paracinema with HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE. A brilliant haunted broadcast that begins as a knowing tribute to GHOSTWATCH, lulling you into a false sense of familiarity before morphing into something all its own. Funny, clever, very creepy and lingers in the mind.

Loved watching HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE last night at Paracinema Cult Film Festival in Derby. It's a really funny, GHOST WATCH esque film about a live investigation of a haunted house - and extra spooky for me and Hannah because we're pretty sure we know that ghost! 👻

Apparently this kitten has a thing for demonic horror films, having just sat through (and watched intently a fair bit of) THE OMEN with us 😈

On Tuesday 3 October, the BAFTSS Science Fiction & Fantasy and BAFTSS Horror Studies Special Interest Groups are co-hosting an event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of THE X-FILES, featuring @memorieschild.bsky.social and other experts. Register here for free: forms.office.com/e/RDaUWawPnX

Big day for this little guy because he’s getting his balls chopped off.

First day in Dundee for the Gothic Women conference.

New episode of the Ghoul Guide Association podcast featuring yours truly - and this week we're talking about Dybbuk possession and Dibbuk boxes! Watch on youtube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHU...) or listen to the podcast version (podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gho...).

Excuse me, I think there’s a little demon in my couch!

I stare into the void and the void stares back.