I wrote the damned thing.

Bearer of Bad News: our Katie—after 16 years with us—is now chasing squirrels in Valhalla. She will be missed.

Requesting American Gothic Studies submissions! AGS is the first scholarly journal dedicated to the American Gothic and publishes rigorously vetted scholarship on the topic. This encompasses literature, film, television, comics, and new media, as well as cultural artifacts and practices.

JOB POST ALERT Role: Head of Stonehenge at English Heritage Location: Stonehenge Salary: Salary from £64,189 p.a. Find out more: https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/all-jobs/english-heritage-head-of-stonehenge/

@tlecaque.bsky.social - my former Boy Scout son has started playing “Trench Crusade;” anything overly problematic?

Horror and dark fantasy authors convene in Pittsburgh for the 10th anniversary of StokerCon...

Surprise—they’re at The Arts again. Maybe pay artists more rather than penalizing Arts Education. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/a...

Post a poster you used to have on your wall (or ceiling).

Backstage images of film sets are fascinating to me, and one of the most engaging examples remains the opening pan of “The Wonder” (2022). It is a uniquely beautiful sequence. www.facebook.com/share/v/1L4c...

As scenic design is part of my job, I find “backstage photos of horror film sets” merges many of my interests. Here, some of Natalie O’Connor’s sets for “The Enfield Poltergeist” (2023)—albeit very dimly lit. I would love to see more such backstage shots. www.natalieoconnor.com/the-enfield-...

Final book arrived in the mail except for pre-orders); that’s my reading sorted for a while. Strikingly simple and effective cover design! @pgwodelouse.bsky.social @raynewman.bsky.social

Horror mutuals—I KNOW I should know this horror film theme (based on the “Dies Irae”), but it’s just out of my reach. Hammer films, I thought. Quatermass & The Pit, I thought—but no. It’s in an Instagram post. @bronteschiltz.bsky.social @andrewmale.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DXjF6ZO...

Look what arrived today—ghosts in the post! @raynewman.bsky.social @vanjpes.bsky.social

You can order ‘Thin Places in Hard Concrete‘ now, with 10 brand new stories of everyday worlds weirdly out of whack: cults, ghosts, impossible infrastructure, haunted Mellotrons... eBook (pre-order, available from 30 April) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4 Paperback www.amazon.co.uk/Thin-Places-...

Still in print, and on sale! A Natural History of Ghosts. Help sort your ghosts out with Team Semi-Believer #SpectreSaturday hmv.com/store/books/...

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON #FAIRIES I'll be speaking on 'Gothic Fairyland' at this event hosted by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 9.30-12.00 UK GMT (10.30-1.00 Madrid Time), online & in-person on 5 May. All welcome for the live stream🖤

@bronteschiltz.bsky.social , @tobyhadoke.bsky.social , and @accordingtojond.bsky.social —Nigel led me to believe that the re-entry of rocket missions would be more dramatic than this.

'Once they have trapped you into being like everyone else you will never see your cup of stars again....' A sublime piece of writing by Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) from 'The Haunting of Hill House.'

"1066 Cosplay" (credit: Rull Vox, Facebook)

Ghost postcard genre. A favourite from my collection - "It Appears...". 1930s.

Hello Tuesday. 🖼️ Edward Gorey

#ThePsychic @YorkTheatre #jeremydyson #andynyman

Paging @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social !

The six stages, explained japanhouse.illinois.edu/visit/sakura

Alert : Magdalen launched its Bertrand Russell banana thread 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

📣NEW CFP📣 for Vol. 4, Issue 2 of Shirley Jackson Studies! Our theme for this issue is "Bodies and Embodiment." Abstracts due May 31st. shirleyjacksonstudies.org?page_id=35

Do you work on Ann Radcliffe? Do you work on women writers and producers of the Gothic and horror? Do you work on topics related to people of marginalised genders in the Gothic? Join us! Submit an abstract for our upcoming online conference! romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...

Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat and isn’t Indiana Jones:

THE TERROR finally returns as AMC+ and Shudder release the first images from the anthology series’ new season, premiering in May.

The next round of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here! The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry Vs We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Vote in the comments!

Looking forward to welcoming @helenerwin.bsky.social and @willowwinsham.bsky.social to @culturalfutureshub.bsky.social next month for our LIVE online #FolkloreThursday forest folklore event! Do grab your free ticket now before they run out! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guardians-...

This is a site full of 30 or 40 year olds. Alt text is not only important for accessibility reasons, it is the only way some of us will know who these people in your red carpet photos are!

We screamed when we saw this: somehow the cognitive burden was too intense

Stealing this. “I couldn’t respond…I was doin’ the thing.”

Forgive me They were So toxic And so hot

Search your camera roll for "hell"

march 17 chicago election day is coming; march 17 chicago ginormous drinking day is coming; this is fine

Well now

#phantomsfriday Artist Serafino Macchiati 1861 - 1916 often depicted ghastly apparitions suggesting a wary interest in spiritualism. His otherworldly art implies a hidden world teeming with restless spirits in the comfortable surrounds of the bourgeoisie. (P.S He didn't invent Macchiato coffee)

This is from 1975.

I'm going to be doing a talk about Byron and about Thomas Wildman's manipulation of his legacy in a few weeks. Come and learn about the lies, the disgruntled guests and the myths. Also, come hear me talk about the 'how' of researching lies! www.thebyronsociety.com/events/lies-...

“Jack will show you to your room. I have given you the room in the tower.”

Shameless plug for self and college theatricals—get up, get moving! The Importance of Being Earnest (now through March 22nd, College of DuPage).

Haberdasher. My maternal grandfather “done R-U-N-N-O-F-T,” so step-grandfather was a mechanical engineer who fought in WWI. As a medic. In the German Army.

I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH.

Tell a movie's plot through other characters played by the actors: Beetlejuice: Jack Donaghy and Thelma are haunting their own house. When horrible NYers Moira Rose and Emperor Joseph II move in, with teenage goth daughter Mina Murray, they have no choice but to ask evil dead Batman for help

Just remembered this excellent game James Bond has to try to work out who killed Captain Von Trapp. Was it Wanda Gershwitz? Captain America? Muriel Heslop? Sonny Crockett? General Zod? Or Fozzie Bear?