Wm. Schumacher (@wmschumacher.bsky.social)

Events and CFPs: Fairytale ballads, water horses, Romanticism, Victorian, Gothic others, science, Ann Radcliffe NB: The BARS deadline is approaching--29 September!! The Singing Bones: Ballads for the Witching Season The Carterhaugh School, four weeks from 4 November, 2025; on line. A fascinating course on the darker folkloric ballads. This is a topic very close to OGOM's research on dark faerie literature, with its conjunction of the Gothic, the folkloric and the liteary! Step into the half-lit world of traditional ballads where fairies steal lovers, ghosts demand revenge, devils make dark bargains, and murderers meet their fates beneath the waning moon. For centuries, these sung stories have carried humanity’s deepest fears and desires – grief, passion, enchantment, and awe – from one generation to the next, one firelit gathering at a time. https://www.opengravesopenminds.com/cfp-conferences/events-and-cfps-fairytale-ballads-water-horses-romanticism-victorian-gothic-others-science-ann-radcliffe/