*Banging drum for the billionth time* It's not anonymity it's psychological distance that frees people to be their worst selves! People have written abusive letters under their own names for centuries! Not having to watch someone else react in real time to what you say has an emboldening effect!

There is a very kind review of my story, ‘The Wild Hunt’, published in @commapress.bsky.social’s excellent new horror anthology, Monster Capital, in the latest issue of @locusmag.bsky.social! commapress.co.uk/books/monste...

'It’s to the credit of editors Ra Page and David Sue that the stories, which could easily have taken a mostly literal approach to the premise, vary as much as they do… there are no poor stories in Monster Capital.' Monster Capital in @locusmag.bsky.social 🚀 📘 commapress.co.uk/books/monste...

PUBLISHING INSIGHTS DAY 2026 📚 Sales Closing Soon! 🎫⌛ 📅 Jun 11 (10-4pm) 📌 MMU Business School 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing... Always dreamed of a career in publishing? Come to Publishing Insights Day '26 to learn from the experts, ask your burning questions, & get hands-on experience.

I'll be interviewing @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and @bronteschiltz.bsky.social on QUATERMASS AND THE TELEVISUAL GOTHIC...

You lovely people have got me up to 190 responses, so I'm going to keep going to 200! If you're an academic in UK HE who's had pastoral responsibility for students in the last 5 years under any title, please take 10 mins to share your thoughts about that work. Please do share to widen the pool.

Already very much enjoying my first summer living in the countryside 🌞

The battle to end no-pet policies in temporary accommodation took Big Issue vendors and their dogs to parliament.

‼️ No one should have to choose between their pet and a safe place to sleep ‼️ Last week, two Big Issue vendors brought that message to Parliament with their dogs at the No One Left Outside event by Street Paws 🐾 Sign the Street Paws petition streetpaws.org.uk/campaign

I was in Parliament the week before last for this week’s Big Issue cover story! 🐶⬇️

*Three Year Post-Doc opportunity*: 'The Horror of Place-Based Harms’ Details here: tinyurl.com/5cfr8xnb Deadline: 05/07/2026, 11:59 PM #horrorNU

Last week, Northumbria University's Horror Studies Research Group held our annual international conference, Horror Studies Now. For anyone who missed it, here is our annual highlight reel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxm5...

+'NUADA' CAPS // LAST FEW+ With the warm weather well and truly here we have a batch of our 'Nuada' walking caps in production, which will ship around 1st June. We ran a pre-order over the last few weeks and only have a handful extra left. Grab one quick 🌞 hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com/product/nuad...

PUBLISHING INSIGHTS DAY 2026 🎉 📅 Jun 11 (10-4pm) 📌 Geoffrey Manton Building Always dreamed of a career in publishing? Come along to Publishing Insights Day 2026 to learn from the experts, ask all your burning questions, & get hands-on publishing experience. 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...

@bronteschiltz.bsky.social's chapter reads #TwinPeaks & 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me as an ongoing ghost story fundamentally concerned with television, from the uncanny mechanics of the technology itself to its impact on audiences. #NewDirections👻

It’s crunch time! There's just four days left until we close our creaking doors for good, so head to our website and grab yourself a scarily good 70% off all our books: audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks. Use code at checkout: HAUNT70 www.hauntpublishing.com/books

Lost Late Night Horror Found Film is Fabulous! has collaborated with Darren Payne of ‘Dirt in the Gate Movies’ to preserve a missing episode of BBC television: Late Night Horror: No Such Thing As A Vampire (Broadcast: 19th April 1968)

Thank you so much to everyone who came to celebrate our 35th anniversary with us yesterday! We had a great day and it was lovely to see familiar and new faces there to celebrate the continued vibrancy of #indiepublishing 🎊

Thank you very much to everyone who came to see me, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social, @andrewscreenbskys.bsky.social and @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social discuss Nigel Kneale at @anthonyburgess.bsky.social on a humid Saturday morning for @headpress.com’s 35th anniversary celebration yesterday - what a joy! 🚀

It's almost been a month since this came out. If you've read it and enjoyed it, tell your pals. Otherwise, do grab yourself a copy. It will keep you nice and chilled in the upcoming hot weather.

Join us next month at @trumanbooks.bsky.social's Midsummer Weird: A Day of Strange Fiction, Folklore and The Uncanny, featuring authors @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social (Folklore) and @sachacoward.bsky.social (Queer as Folklore). Tickets here: trumanbooks.co.uk/event/midsum... #Leeds #FolkloreThursday

Because @stephengraves.co.uk just reminded me of it here's a piece I wrote a few years ago about the uncanny nature of post-war British new towns. precastreinforced.co.uk/2022/07/16/u...

I’ve been teaching Aickman this evening (always one of the greatest joys of my life), which gave me an excuse to take this beautiful object from @nepenthepress.bsky.social off the bookshelf!

Washington DC knows him as “The Cowboy Poet”. Street paper @streetsensedc.bsky.social knows him as Frederic John. He shines in new documentary Billy Luck: www.insp.ngo/articles/ven...

Heading to the #Horror Studies Now conference next week? @horrorstudies.bsky.social Drop by the MUP stand to meet @mlhouston.bsky.social, browse our #HorrorStudies books, and find out more about our brand new *Foundations of Horror Studies* series, manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...

Welcome to Weeping Bank - the acclaimed ghost story experience, bridging the gap between page and stage. 'It's just one person on a stage... how scary can it be?' The Folklore Podcast Find out for yourself... weepingbank.com

Very proud of my little brother, Cory Schiltz, who won the Vintage Penguin Books Award for his photography project, ‘I Don’t Recall the Music’, currently exhibited at LCC! coryschiltz.co.uk

Homelessness and poverty are not individual problems, but complex social phenomena caused by a multitude of economic, institutional, and social factors. @liceulice.bsky.social have produced new guidelines to improve reporting on these issues: www.insp.ngo/articles/liv...

Only a week to go! There's still time to book your tickets or you can turn up on the door. Books will be available to buy at a discount throughout the day, and we'll conclude with a Q&A and signing with Jörg Buttgereit 🎉 #books #manchester #horror #cultTV www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-...

Illustration process for the General Witchfinders Zine. From sketch to linocut, which is printed, scanned and finally sent for layout. Zine by @generalwitch.bsky.social Text by @bronteschiltz.bsky.social

Great to see Man Met’s own @bronteschiltz.bsky.social in this exciting new volume!

Lovely episode of Archive on Four about Maida Vale from Matthew Sweet - contains Radiophonic Workshop & Doctor Who of course! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

3 days to go! https://bit.ly/OhWhistle Reserve your copy of our annotated facsimile manuscript edition of M.R. James's classic ghost story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' Down to the last signed and numbered editions

I’m currently accepting proposals for non-fiction pieces for the next issue of HELLEBORE: Yuletide Hauntings. *Please do not pitch me via DM. Instructions below: 👉🏼 helleborezine.com/pages/submissions

Unhallowed Gifts proves that fear comes in many forms – and not all gifts are given with your best interests in mind. Paul Tremblay, Charlie Higson, Evelyn Hollow, Eric LaRocca, Daisy Johnson, Laura Purcell, Jeremy Dyson, Muriel Gray, Robert Shearman, Lucie McKnight Hardy, John Langan & Matt Hill.

Places still available on our upcoming Folktales writing course! Open to all from seasoned pros to those just starting out - learn the art of folk writing & have your work published in a Comma eBook! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-...

Good morning, campers! Did you buy your ticket for our 35th anniversary shindig in #Manchester yet? A host of Headpress writers, books, and a special guest appearance from Nekromantik director Jörg Buttgereit! 👀 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-...

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Take a look at my wares and please repost. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!

6 days to go! Get your copy of our annotated facsimile manuscript edition of M.R. James's 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' - 300 signed numbered editions! https://bit.ly/OhWhistle Subscribe for updates at www.crumpledlinenpress.com

Inspired by the Green Party wins of the last couple of days? A grass roots people powered movement to make life affordable for everyone and tackle the climate crisis. It's a great time to get involved! Join.greenparty.org.uk

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me sleeping seven hours vs. me sleeping six hours and 42 minutes

As it’s the anniversary of Miller’s Whistle, have a read of this:

'Whiste And I'll Come To You' (Jonathan Miller, 1968)

Young people are living on the streets in Switzerland. A new study aims to shed light on their exact numbers, the reasons for their homelessness and possible preventive measures. Surprise reports: www.insp.ngo/articles/liv...

Chapters in Part I "Tradition, Theory, Genre: New Directions", offer new directions & new lines of enquiry in relation to specific #ghoststory topics/texts: from Children's lit; BBC Ghosts; Latin American neo-fantastic; The Communist Manifesto; audio media; OOO; Shirley Jackson #NewDirections

Printing Types: their History, Forms & Use. A Study in Survivals. Explore 360+ original illustrations and specimens spanning nearly 500 years. www.c82.net/printing-typ...

Printing of 'I saw the TV glow', a linocut illustration I did for the General Witchfinders Zine. Get the zine: www.generalwitchfinders.com Get the print: www.elijahmauthe.de #artreveal #printreveal #illustration #linocut

This month marks 30 years of the Paul McGann Doctor Who TV Movie. Find out what happened next, and the show's long journey to its hit revival in 2005 with The Long Game: The Inside Story of How the BBC Brought Back Doctor Who. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk.

I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?