My contributor copy of Disability, lllness and the Vampire arrived today! I wrote Chapter 17 of this awesome book and I am very proud to be a part of it! #Vampires #Disability #AcademicSky #BookSky #HorrorSky

As research for a potential project next year I finally managed to watch Leigh Whannel’s UPGRADE (2018). What a cool film! Tech-Sci-fi-body horror! Great stuff! #HorrorSky

The star at the top of the Christmas tree this year is very special as it is a tribute to the starman himself David Bowie. #DavidBowie

I’m delighted to say that I’m in this upcoming book release! I contributed a chapter discussing disability and child vampirism in Midnight Mass and Interview with a Vampire (film and tv series). It’s a fantastic book, check it out! #Vampires #HorrorSky #Disability www.routledge.com/Disability-I...

Horror Studies Now is a fantastic conference and with a Jan 30th deadline there is still plenty of time to get those abstracts in! Check it out #Horror scholars 👇 #HorrorSky

I really enjoyed watching @kierlajanisse.bsky.social’s adaption of Algernon Blackwood’s THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM as the second instalment of horror anthology series THE HAUNTED SEASON. Atmospheric with stunning visuals and animation creating a sense of growing unease and dread. Superb work 😁

Ran the Leeds Abbey Dash 10k this morning. It was cold but lots of fun! #Running #Leeds #AbbeyDash

Finally caught up with all the available episodes of IT: Welcome to Derry. I’m really liking it 😁🤡🎈 #HorrorSky #ITWelcometoDerry

The first episode of season 2 of The Creep Tapes dropped on @shudder.com yesterday. It’s a great opening episode 😁 #HorrorSky #TheCreepTapes

It was an absolute pleasure to speak to @mollytie.bsky.social for this excellent article 👇 Please do check it out (as well as her other superb Punk Rock Philosophy articles) and keep an eye out for her upcoming book ‘Rebel Grrrls - The Story of Women and Punk’ coming out next year 😁

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The new issue of @helleborezine.bsky.social arrived today! Very much looking forward to reading it this evening 😁

All #Gothic researchers, check out this call for papers 👇 #CFP

Are you ready for HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology? 👉🏼Pre-orders for Tales of Occult Britain are open worldwide on helleborezine.com

This is an excellent edition of Clues: A Journal of Detection. I am very very proud to say that I am in it! I discuss disability in Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon. Check out all the fascinating abstracts 👇 #CrimeFiction #DetectiveFiction #Disability

This is an excellent episode of @vampirevideos.co.uk Check it (as well as the fantastic back catalogue) out! #HorrorSky #Vampires #Dracula

A huge Happy Birthday to the legend that is #StephenKing. THE LONG WALK is superb. Great book great film. #BookSky #HorrorSky

Season XIII begins next week with DRACULA, the BBC-Netflix miniseries. Can’t wait? Wanna support us? Join the Bite Club to listen days early: ko-fi.com/Post/First-B...

From ancient mystery rituals to Renaissance magic and folk practices, seekers have long regarded mirrors as a portal to communicate with spirits or to catch a glimpse of the future. 🪞✨Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide on helleborezine.com

This is great news! I love @helleborezine.bsky.social and shall be putting in an immediate pre order. 😁

This book looks fantastic! Check it out! 👇 If you are #ANightmareonElmStreet fan / scholar this will be an essential read! I will definitely be getting a copy 😁 #HorrorSky

I went to @mediamuseum.bsky.social in Bradford today! It was great! They have some exhibits about Hammer Studios and Christopher Lee’s fangs for Dracula (1958). I loved it! I also very much enjoyed the Xenomorph and the Dalek! 😁

A local cinema - The Hyde Park Picture House in #Leeds - are showing #Eraserhead this evening. So I am seated front and centre! I’ve not seen it on the big screen before so I’m very excited! 😁 #DavidLynch

I saw some swans and cygnets on my run this morning. They were moving with much more grace and beauty than I was! #Running

It is time! This will be my #100HorrorMoviesin92Days thread. For more information about the challenge check out @spookysarahsays.bsky.social 1 - Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) #HorrorSky

I finally managed to watch A DIFFERENT MAN (2024). Really enjoyed it. Absolutely superb performances from Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson #FilmSky

Currently enjoying a lazy Friday sitting outside, drinking iced coffee and reading Room to Dream (2018) by #DavidLynch and Kristine McKenna. It’s a fascinating memoir. Hope everyone is having a great Friday 😁 #BookSky

Decided to treat myself this evening to a rewatch of THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955). Superb film and a fantastic performance from Robert Mitchum. #FilmSky

Alright then, now's your chance, Horrorlings! Share everyone's posts, boost your own. It was great seeing you. #HorrorWritersChat

I have just realised it is 100 days until Halloween. Stay spooky… #Horror #HorrorSky

Very sad to hear #OzzyOsbourne has left us. Will be raising a glass and listening to #BlackSabbath and #ozzy this evening.

This is fantastic news! I can’t wait to see this. @horrornonna.com’s work is excellent. #horror #HorrorSky

I love @spookysarahsays.bsky.social’s #100HorrorMoviesin92Days challenge! It’s a great way to spend the summer, catch up on all those #horror films you may have missed or have always wanted to see and count down to Halloween! Even if you don’t make 100 you will still watch some cool stuff #HorrorSky

I managed to catch a preview screening of BRING HER BACK (2025) last night. It’s a superb piece of work. Very brave, bold and intense. Sally Hawkins is great , although I don’t think I’ll be able to watch Paddington in quite the same way now… #HorrorSky #BringHerBack

I (finally!) managed to see STRANGE DARLING (2023) this evening. It’s a great film and I also really enjoyed the Z Berg soundtrack. #HorrorSky

For all the #Rock and #Metal fans that managed to get tickets to see #Ozzy and the final #BlackSabbath gig today I hope you all have a fantastic time! I would have loved to have been there but I shall be playing the albums and rocking out while I do my chores - which is mainly ironing today!🤘

Publication day! Looking forward to the new I Know What You Did Last Summer or Scream VII? Then check out my new book The Postmodern Slasher Film (or order it for your library) 30% off with the code NEW30 at @edinburghup.bsky.social edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pos... #horrorNU

After many recommendations I have finally read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967). Wow! I really should have read this sooner. What a book…what an ending! #BookSky

Massive savings to had here on some excellent books! Some key texts here for anyone interested in #Gothic and #Horror studies 👇

A superb list of 21st century horror from @beedelores.bsky.social for @dailygrindhouse.bsky.social If you’re a #horror fan you should definitely check it out and update those watchlists! 👍 #HorrorSky 👇

I sent the manuscript for Horror and Disability to the publisher this evening! I know that there’s still work ahead, but right now I am feeling great! Very exciting! 😀 #Horror #HorrorSky #Disability #Writers #BookSky

Seated at the cinema and ready to see what happened with the rage zombie apocalypse #28YearsLater. I’m guessing things didn’t go all too well… #Zombies #HorrorSky

Happy 50th to #Jaws! A masterpiece, love it! #Jaws50

It’s my birthday today! I am also loving my new #DavidLynch quotation t shirt. Hope everyone is having a great day 👍

I had a fantastic morning #Running the #Leeds10k and promoting MacMillan Cancer Support. A superb event! Here’s the before and after.

“You remind me today, of a small Mexican Chiwowwow” I recently finished a rewatch of the entirety of #TwinPeaks. Groundbreaking stuff….I love #DavidLynch, might have to give Eraserhead a rewatch next…

Happy birthday to #Horror legend Robert Englund! 78 today. #HorrorSky #RobertEnglund

If you weren't able to join us for Horror Studies Now 2025, here is what you missed! #horrorNU youtu.be/vouip_wf8Ig?...

I was having such a great time at @horrorstudies.bsky.social Horror Studies Now 25 that I forgot to post about it. A fantastic event with the coolest people and so much exciting research. Big thanks to all involved. Loved it! #HorrorNU

Adding the finishing touches to the PPT ready for the @horrorstudies.bsky.social Horror Studies Now conference at Northumbria University. I’m presenting on Friday. This is an excellent event and I can’t wait to hear everyone’s exciting #Horror research! 😁 #HorrorNU #HorrorSky