'I shall despair. There is no creature loves me, And if I die no soul will pity me.' Richard III - Act 5, scene 3 #ShakespeareSunday Art- Frankenstein's Creature by Bernie Wrightson

Theodor Kittelsen, Illustrations for Svartedauen (Black Death)

Si os gusta la mitología vasca, recomiendo ir a ver 'Gaua,' película visualmente bella con Gaueko, Inguma, Mateo Txistu y Akerbeltz. Muy entretenida y con un gran akelarre, había una escena que parecía un cuadro de Luis Ricardo Falero. www.gasteizhoy.com/gaua-paul-ur...

This book studies how the intersection of the Doppelgänger and the Gothic reveals repressed aspects of our past. The concept of the doppelgänger has seen a resurgence in popular culture, with films and series like 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' and 'Dark'. link.springer.com/book/9783031...

Pick one: 1. 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,' 1920 2. 'Nosferatu,' 1922

The Creature by sonacava #Frankenstein

#FairyTaleTuesday A Summary & Analysis of Angela Carter’s ‘The Bloody Chamber’ Carter takes Charles Perrault's Bluebeard fairy tale as the basis for ‘The Bloody Chamber’, but makes several important changes to the original story. interestingliterature.com/2022/12/ange... Art- Rebecca Sutherland

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Gertrude Abercrombie, 'The Stroll' (1943)

Frankenstein SparkNotes

'What's gone and what's past help Should be past grief' The Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene 2 #ShakespeareSunday 🎨Hugo Simberg, 'The Garden of Death,' 1896

#FolkloreSunday Monarch butterflies are believed to carry the souls of those who have passed away. As their migrations usually occur in November and coincide with Día de los Muertos, the sight of these butterflies brings comfort to Latin American cultures. blog.rosettastone.com/autumn-super...

Just finished watching Guillermo del Toro's #Frankenstein on Netflix. I liked it, but, honestly, I don't know why Victor's tale is so different from Shelley's novel. I also found the Beauty & the Beast bit unnecessary. Jacob Elordi's performance is brilliant, he embodies purity.

Happy birthday Bram Stoker! His long lost story sold over 1100 copies last weekend and is doing great work to support the Charlotte Stoker Fund, supporting research on preventable hearing loss in newborns.

Rabbit Table Lamps White Resin Night Light for Study Office www.hozodesign.co.uk/products/rab...

Bram Stoker was born #OTD in 1847. He is best known for his 1897 novel 'Dracula,' a landmark in vampire literature. What is your favourite quote from the novel? #BookWormSat

Ceramic art by Sophie Woodrow

Bat urns by Angela Tier

Rafael Nicolás, Angels Before Man A queer retelling of Satan's fall. In an eternal paradise,Lucifer struggles with shame, identity, & timidity, with little more than the desire to worship his creator. It isn't until Michael comes into his life that Lucifer learns to love himself.

Peter Nicolai Arbo, 'Wild Hunt of Odin,' 1872

Bonfire Night commemorates the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – a conspiracy to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament. At its centre stood Guy Fawkes, a name that has echoed through history, folklore, and pop culture. discoveryuk.com/features/guy... 🎞️V for Vendetta, 2005

#FairyTaleTuesday Hel is the queen of the afterlife realm of Hel in Norse mythology. She is a half-goddess & jötunn, an entity from Jotunheim, realm of the giants. Her name (which means "hidden") refers to the dead who are either buried or cremated. worldhistory.org/Hel/ Art- Federica Costantini

Yes to the del Toro Frankenstein exhibition at Oxford Street Selfridges. Spend that Netflix cash, Guillermo! Now can we crowdfund a show for Coppola's Dracula? Where are those Eiko Ishioka costumes hiding...

Alsares, "River Pearl"

Catherine Carter, '"Not a Woman": The Murdered Muse in "Ligeia"' 'The narrator's muse is not the traditional, sweet, beautiful, blessed aid to creation. She is "strange" — a word that... may link her to the Romantic sublime' jstor.org/stable/45296... Art by Harry Clarke, 1919

Osmar Schindler, 'Unicorn', 1897

Seasons of the Witch: Winter Tarot 78 cards unearth wintry themes of rest, reflection and – of course – the sabbats. Explore how the harmonic relationship between Yule, Imbolc and the earth's barest season seamlessly blend to unlock deep, divinatory wisdom www.rockpoolpublishing.com/seasons-of-t...

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#ShakespeareSunday “Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.” Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5 Photo- Serpent corsage ornament by Lalique, 1898-99

#FolkloreSunday A Little History of Arsenic Green There were many new,chemically-created hues available in the Victorian period.The arsenic dyes were known to be dangerous,but lack of definitive evidence & consumer demand kept these colors widely available. blog.americanduchess.com/2022/05/a-li...

Argizaiolas: a very special way to have a wake for the dead tolosaldea.eus/en/to-do/arg... Amezketa is one of the last places where the “Argizaiolas” tradition is still alive, wooden boards carved with decorative shapes with the candle wrapping it, used to have a wake for the deceased ones.

Films and a series I'll be watching in November:

The York Ghost Merchants York has a reputation for being the most haunted city in Europe. There is tradition here of ghost story-telling which stretches back for many centuries. Ghosts are an integral although undeniably obscure part of our city’s story. yorkghostmerchants.com

Yearly reminder...

#BookWormSat 'One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride' Li Lan receives a proposal from the powerful Lim family. They want her to become a ghost bride for the family's only son. Rarely practiced, traditional ghost marriages are used to placate restless spirits.

Happy #Halloween!

Joya de @editorialdemeter.bsky.social para celebrar este #Halloween! Lectura para esta noche 🧛

¡Este viernes en la Feria del Libro de Sevilla!

Dana Franklin, 'Lady and Dragon'

Jana Heidersdorf, 'Witch o' the Hills'

According to a Flemish folktale, people went on pilgrimages and visited monks to make a witch give up her powers. Their attempts were fruitless. She remained a witch and cursed the houses of those who had wanted to change her. If you like witches, consider backing our project kck.st/492NqKt 🌙🖤

#FairyTaleTuesday Halloween Postcards, ca. 1900–1920 Personified pumpkins drive automobiles, line up to salute the toes of young women, and saunter on high heels fashioned from turnips. Cats do their usual thing — creating charming chaos. publicdomainreview.org/collection/h...

This is adorable 🖤🖤

Happy #BatWeek #Halloween

Beginning with the idea of the 'Frankenstein Complex' this collection provides a series of creative readings that explore the elaborate intertextual networks that make up the novel's remarkable afterlife.It broadens the scope of research on Frankenstein manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526108913/

Seductively sinister, both frightening and alluring, the undead have always been the perfect vessel for humanity’s fears and desires. The poems in this collection of dark delights range across centuries and languages. pushkinpress.com/book/white-t... #31DaysofHalloween

#FolkloreSunday In some places, Halloween was called “nutcrack night” or the “sacrifice of nuts.” If a man brought a woman some walnuts, it would mean he was her true love. But it was also possible to use nuts to see the future of a love. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the...

#ShakespeareSunday 'What, has this thing appeared again tonight?' Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1 Art by John Austen

8 GOTHIC MOVIES TO WATCH THIS OCTOBER mademoiselleolantern.com/2025/09/27/8...