❄️WINTER HOLIDAY SALE!❄️ Looking for some queer romance to keep you warm on these cold days? Now through midnight December 31, my ENTIRE store is on sale! Ebooks are 20% off, paperbacks and hardcovers are 10% off. No code needed! So hop on over to jordanlhawk.com and grab some discounted books!

75% off: - a slowburn, sumptuous romance between an ADHD vampire and his autistic secretary - a fucked-up dark romance between an unstable angel and a depressed artist - a horny 1920s erotic romance between a disabled gentleman and his fat new butler www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JohannesEvans

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My novellas are in the Smashwords End of Year Sale at 50% off! Check them out! www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word? My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last. www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...

It's time to talk to you about my cat.

I really enjoy this climb, it’s nice and juggy so I can focus on foot and body placement on the cave ceiling 😊 (video description: me climbing a bouldering problem with green holds, travelling along the cave ceiling and topping out)

A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.

Really great and insightful thread presentation of a really great talk, really important when we’re discussing fiction esp the classics to remember the real people who are impacted by the way they are depicted

Ok. I need to write ~750 words per day for the rest of the month to get on top of my current project.

Trying to put a starter pack together of writers and artists who do trans men and mascs in romance and erotica, especially who do monsterfuckery & fucked-up dynamics! Further recommendations appreciated! go.bsky.app/QCGDtAH

Finally posting my book haul from the Lifeline book fair!! First up three random spec fic books that snagged my interest, and the fourth of a series I’ve been gradually collecting

Excellent resource tracing the arrival of Aboriginal people to Australia around 65,000 years ago, through mega fauna, the ice age & rising seas. It maps their archaeological, art & oral records and stories onto the geographical evolution of Australia, crediting all owners of traditional knowledge.

Taking my gold coin dono to the lifeline big book fair 😊

Post op abnormal scarring is no fun at all 😣 help Dee out if you can!

I'm running a poll over on my tumblr, about US Americans abroad and approach to tipping in countries where tipping is NOT expected If you're on tumblr, please answer the poll and share so I can get a wider sample size 😊 masonhawthorne.tumblr.com/post/7979250...

Hi to all the new followers, nice to meet ya! If you're looking for something to read, all my published stories are linked in my pinned post ⤵️😊👍

Aussie horror, weird and dark writers and artists starter pack! If you want to be added, let me know! 😊

If you’re an Aussie speculative writer or artist and you’d like to be added to the starter pack, let me know!

You wanna follow some cool trans writers? I gotcha. go.bsky.app/VaypaqC

It’s almost like when you don’t have a rabidly trans-hostile media ecosystem, people generally support human rights. lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...

42 ways to fix a story tanaudel.wordpress.com/2024/02/09/4...

What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror... romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...

Tim Nicholls, reinstate care for trans youth now! Trans youth deserve to thrive, and a healthcare system that supports them to grow up healthy, happy and with the freedom to be themselves. Stop playing dangerous political games with trans young people’s lives. Australians sign, everyone share!

4/4 top-read transcripts this week (end) @johannestevans.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2021/06/21/q... Queer Monster Hour! A lot of fun. @masonhawthorne.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2022/01/17/a... Australian Gothic & Queer Gothic Short Stories Listen along on the podcast. Links in the transcripts.

3/4 top-read transcripts this week (cont.) @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social - shorturl.at/Y1TOa - Gothic Filmmaking (before the release of THE LAMB... might have to invite you back Lucy! 😅) @wickedjamison.bsky.social - shorturl.at/zgfUJ - Monsters, Monster Lovers, and Monstrous Media

2/4 Other transcripts most read this week (cont. in the thread): Jackson P. Brown - shorturl.at/0VpbC Urban Fantasy, London Magic, and the Black Girl Writers Mentoring Programme @ardenpowell.bsky.social - shorturl.at/RPgQH - Comparing/contrasting novellas THE FAERIE HOUNDS OF YORK and THE BAYOU

First week of Oct and the top *transcripts* read on my site are: @caitlinstarling.com - cmrosens.com/2025/03/31/c... Gothic Horror, Medicine, and Magic @stgibson.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2021/10/11/a... A Dowry of Blood @hm-nde.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2023/07/24/i... African Folklore 💙📚🎧

Look what's up... Are you ready for this year's #AScareADay challenge? Read a scary story or poem a day for the whole of October. Curated by me! Come see what we've got on the list this year! romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/t...

Man, I remember in high school my mum writing a very irritated note to the school librarian to let me borrow whatever I wanted because she was sick of having to sign permission slips so i could get the next Anne Rice book I wanted to borrow. Any book is a children’s book if the kid can read etc

I have high hopes, thank you fortune cookie 🥠

Another project completed! A hand quilted needle keeper so I can stop carrying around the packet that my sewing needles came in 😊 🪡 🧵

Have you signed up for tomorrow's free online talk on American Witch-Trials in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath with Dorka Tamas, author of the upcoming book Sylvia Plath and the Supernatural? 10am - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1578389969... 7pm - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1578460881...

Finally finished my hand quilted cushion!! Started it on the 6th of July, finished 10th of September! A lot of learning, but a great practice piece!

Please to enjoy this theology heavy little offering on the early Gothic youtu.be/cl3scN53Gyo

We've also got the representation of the Devil in Tarot youtu.be/AV-KohoOtFE

I think this tribute to sexy Satan might be up your street - youtu.be/3qwEZqA0NDQ

I haven't done this for a while so... Tell me some Gothic and Horror topics you're interested in and I'll put you together your own little Romancing the Gothic playlist! See what new research or new areas of interest you can discover!

Here's a thread to share your books, your art, your games, or any other creative work. Everyone, let's read through the replies and support some creators.

CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA!! y'all all have official petitions targetting paypros censorship! IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTRIES, SHARE THESE AROUND AND SIGN THEM ASAP. And verify by email! CAN www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... AUS www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

Not an academic? Not a problem. I’m just a nerd who likes to tell people about my morbid special interests, and I’ll be doing my fourth talk for RtG tomorrow. So, if you’ve got something good and Gothic to share, do consider submitting a pitch!

Oi, writer friends! For some reason, there are lots of short story anthologies with September deadlines. Lots 💖 Won't you join me? 😉 authorspublish.com/41-themed-su... #WritingCommunity

I've put up the new call for papers for the 2026 Romancing the Gothic programme! Come join us! (I welcome feedback) romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...

It’s not a good sign when you’re lying in bed and think ‘I just need to lie down’ 🤨

Friday 8/29 right here on Bluesky!! @romgothsam.bsky.social and I will be liveskeeting their new short film about Byron's evolving relationship to his ancestral home! Film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v_3... Press play at 3:30pm ET | 8:30pm and join in here using #Byron200!! Runtime: 35 minutes

Jurassic Park. Not because of the dinosaurs, I was scared of Sam Neil.

Hey, guess what? We got a huge horror and dark fantasy ebook bundle coming up next week. There's a lot of cool writers in it, including a bunch who've been negatively impacted by itch's recent antics. So check it out! 53 books for $15 itch.io/b/3223/dream...

I wrote this article little while back, partly in response to seeing the same idiot comment over and again in threads about AI in art (the, 'AI is just a tool, like a camera' argument), but also to talk about how we can fight back. I put a lot of time into it, to make it worth a little of yours.

Have you got your ticket? A live performance and a cocktail/mocktail hour with specially designed recipes also happening! Tickets can be purchased from the Eventbrite- www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/romancing-... You can also get tickets here - buytickets.at/romancingthe... (we pay less fees)

Very Happy I got this one, this wall will be reset this week 😊 I actually got this climb first try!! and then couldn’t reproduce it 😠 it was very frustrating, but I figured it out! (video of me climbing a bouldering problem on black holds, the surface is slightly overhung)