Revisiting my blog post about the split at the Autumn Equinox in September, a month which can mean a sad end to the summer, or embracing of new opportunities #mabon #autumnequinox www.dreamswarm.org/autumn-equinox

I’ve celebrated autumn equinox weekend with some yoga and meditation, a walk in the countryside, a nut roast dinner and started writing spooky stories Wishing #mabon blessings to you #autumnequinox Art from notsoinnocents

A brilliant and spooky public information film… Intense atmosphere

All over Europe there are traditions of making corn dollies- somewhere to house the spirit of the field after the harvest is collected #folkyfriday

Way back in the 15th century, Da Vinci proposed a design for a helicopter. Sadly it wouldn’t fly #wyrdwednesday @wyrdwednesday

Looks exciting

Yay! I’ve finished the first draft of my Christmas fantasy folklore novel! Still a long way to go in the process but this feels like a big milestone.

The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, is famous for its mystic saints, 8th century books, beautiful scenery and also a still popular drink on the island: Lindisfarne Mead #folkyFriday

This looks interesting for folk horror fans

Enjoying a visit to Sherwood Forest and indulging in Robin Hood mythology. There’s also a fantasy festival on today so I’m trying to stop my dog from barking at the orcs! Thanks for the re commendation @intogreenwood.bsky.social

‘Carlin Sunday’ is celebrated in Newcastle two weeks before Easter. People eat carlin peas to commemorate the time when the city was starving under siege from the Scottish army and then a shipment of peas got washed up on the river Tyne. #folkyfriday

(Squeezing this in before midnight…) Northumberlandia is an enormous sculpture of a woman made from a mining spoil heap in Northumberland. It’s art so big it takes half an hour to walk around. Great views from the top of her head looking across the county. @wyrdwednesday #weirdwednesday

I’m in Nottinghamshire this weekend Going to be indulging my interest in Robin Hood. Doing Sherwood Forest again of course. I wonder if @intogreenwood.bsky.social has any recommendations for Robin Hood type storytelling or city tours?

Happy #Lammas and #lughnasadh to all who celebrate Good luck with the harvest season The time for celebrating corn Dollie’s and John Barleycorn figures!

Submissions open for a new anthology of tales inspired by folklore Open to writers living in the North of England. Looks like a great opportunity from @carnyxpress.co.uk carnyxpress.co.uk

The It’s A Wonderful Life Pottersville sequence represents an alternative reality of a dystopian town if a man of profound decency and kindness had never been born. #wyrdwednesday @wyrdwednesday

I watched new kind-of folk horror film ‘Harvest’ yesterday. What did you folks think of it?

New on the blog: what exactly do we mean by a folkloric story? What themes and conventions are we looking for from submissions to our anthology call-out? Read now: carnyxpress.co.uk/2025/07/23/w...

It wasn’t until 1987 that someone discovered this random stone at the side of a mountain in Northumberland actually had a 150cm hole through it which was perfectly aligned with the sunset of the summer solstice (and sunrise at Midwinter). A great discovery! @mythologyMonday #mythologyMonday

A delightful new episode of the Dream Swarm podcast is out!

The gates have opened, the horns are blowing, submissions are open for our folkloric anthology! From now until the end of September, send us your delicious folklore-inspired tales. We're going to make something magic happen. Find out more: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

On this last day of #Pridemonth, I want to remind everyone that no matter your identity mythology represents your experience: divinity and human expression are wildly diverse and equally valid, and so are you. The world needs your experience, now more than ever. #MythologyMonday

Celebrating LGBTQ+ characters in Indian mythology and folklore Podcast episode with Jarod Dean Winchester - LGBTQ+ Representation in mythology -LGBTQ+ representations in fantasy literature Have a listen dreamswarm-podcast.castos.com/episodes/lqb... #MythologyMonday #PrideMonth

We’re still celebrating Midsummer so here’s our podcast episode with Ben Spiller all about A Midsummer Night’s Dream #Midsummer dreamswarm-podcast.castos.com/episodes/a-m...

The poetic power of folklore:

Beautiful images and people coming together in peace.

Wishing summer solstice and Litha blessings to you all, whoever you are and however you celebrate. #summersolstice www.godinc.org/wp-content/u...

#SummerSolstice blessings 💚 "Deep peace to you; Deep peace of the running wave to you; Deep peace of the flowing air to you; Deep peace of the quiet earth to you; Deep peace of the shining stars to you." ~ Irish Druid blessing

Explain your @ I’m writer and filmmaker Andy Mark Simpson but DreamSwarm is a shared space for kind creatives who love magic realism, folklore, mythology, folk horror, fantasy

Today I’ve been editing a short film I shot the other week. Just had a massive urge to make a magic realist piece about hazy childhood memory

The Stone Club book of the month for June is The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth. “Folk from the past, folk for the present, folk for the future” stoneclub.rocks/bookclub

Or indeed, perhaps it is very much a a Green Grandmother sort of day. Midsummer under the hedgerows of Hookland.

This looks great.

Happy Litha! 🌞🍻 #FolkyFriday and Friends!☀️🌿 On the Summer Solstice, the Green Man awakens, his leafy face glowing with Sun’s fire. Villagers dance round bonfires, offering mead to ensure a bountiful harvest. #Greenman 🌿 #SummerSolstice ☀️ #Litha 🌻

This image has been burned in my brain and comes forth every Midsummer #Midsummer #summersolstice

During Midsummer, bonfires are lit as a symbol of renewal. One custom in Denmark is to burn witch dolls made of hay. The fire would dispel their magic and cast their spirits away to the mountains. #FolkyFriday #Midsummer P.S. Krøyer, Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Skagen’s Beach, (1906)

More beautiful imagery I love holy wells and sacred springs, especially at May Day and Midsummer

Flashback to our #Midsummer podcast episode interview with Ben Spiller discussing ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ dreamswarm-podcast.castos.com/episodes/a-m...

I love these Midsummer vibes

💛☀️💛Tarot art by Pamela Colman Smith #SummerSolstice #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

ITS JUNETEENTH SUPPORT BLACK WRITERS, STORIES, AND CREATIVES

Brilliant thread. I love GreenMan imagery

Saw some cracking finger posts in Cambridgeshire last week. For personal reasons, this one is my favourite #fingerpostFriday

The shortlist for The Nature Writing Prize for Working Class Writers was revealed this week, featuring 6 shortlistees from across the UK www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/the-...

It's #FolkyFriday, people! 🖤 Don't know about Daily #Myth and #Folklore Hashtags? Here's an explainer! Big up #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #BookWormSat and #FolkloreSunday

I’m warming up for my trip away to Therfield Heath tomorrow by listening to the @weirdinthewade.bsky.social episode about the Royston Cave

The Angel of Mons is a bit of folklore from WW1 claiming ghosts of English longbow men held off the opposing army while the men retreated. This was a fictional story published in a newspaper although many believed it. #folkyFriday

The Wild Hunt is a common motif in European folklore , a war- like ghostly army terrorising from the skies. It is said to be an omen of upcoming war. #folkyfriday

Across Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland a style of North Country folk wrestling is common, especially at rural aggricultural shows. It is still practised today and sometimes even in the traditional pants and tights! #WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social

A patch of land on the south bank of the River Tweed called 'The Ba Green' had been fought over by Scotand and England via annual football matches between villagers from Coldstream and Cornhill. Eventually it was given to Scotland. #WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social