After "The Obsolete Man"

can I just get clarification on who "we" is in this sentence, because it seems to me that the person who invented the resource-guzzling shit extruder and profits from the resource-guzzling shit extruder is surely the one who needs to come up with a purpose for the resource-guzzling shit extruder.

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For lovers of folk horror and the British Gothic, a novel set in the midwinter of 1665, within a remote Scottish priory haunted by ancient sorcery and deadly secrets. Enter the Priory…if you dare. amazon.com/Feast-Innocents-Novel-Astonishing-Terror-ebook/dp/B09SYG7XTD #horror #gothic #thriller

Tonight my Romance course begins! We're started with a bit of amatory fiction, looking at how women were writing desire, love, and gendered-power dynamics in 18th century England! Fantomina's advice for when your man gets bored? Slip on a disguise, he'll never see through it! Romance ahoy!

Last week's Romancing the Gothic with Ishan Tripathi explored The Monstrous Feminine to Trans Vampires: Horror as Counter-Archive A great talk on transnational cinema! Come look youtu.be/Kq9HYS-tWpE

The Bone Mother was effectively about surviving war and fascism--by fleeing, by being sheltered, by 'passing', by self-sacrifice, by individual and collective resistance. And it turns 10 next year. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Me: Ok, maybe I have enough things from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social Me, 2 seconds later: poison ring?!! YES PLEASE!!

IT'S HERE 🌈📚💙 Midsomer Murders melodrama meets second chance romance with protags in their late 40s. It's mainly a book about bisexuals having midlife crises while the skeletons refuse to stay buried anymore. Murder, mystery, mayhem in a sleepy Surrey village. buy.bookfunnel.com/dypyh083pm

"For My Boo" is finished. 37 individually painted ghosts with acrylic and pen on driftwood and board. DM for price.

The light is not great but here’s a bit of progress on the tentacle tray. #art #octopus #pyrography #woodworking

The Pale Horse

Fooling myself into thinking I am just sending a casual enquiry to a tattoo artist and two messages later we're talking appointment availability 😅

I think people need to donate here. That said, some of our lawyer brethren should be helping here because this sounds like that would be just as much if not more relevant and helpful here. This is not my speciality, otherwise I would do it.

This month's Romancing the Gothic talks are all about women and people of marginalised genders in horror! Did you catch our first talk last week? It discussed 'The Substance', gynaehorror, body horror, hagsploitation and more! youtu.be/ZHF3beSnNLI?...

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What if we let people wear clothes, makeup, jewelry that made them happy and we shut the fuck up about age, body, gender and every other thing because it's none of our business and JUST LET PEOPLE ENJOY THEMSELVES.

Our second January talk is on Saturday January 17th and we're joined by Ishan Tripathi for a talk on 'Monstrous Feminine to Trans Vampires: Horror as Counter Archive' at 10am and 4pm GMT 10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman... 4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

Only 26% away from its target!! Please give this a boost share and donate if you can, lets get this fundraiser over the line 👌🏼 www.gofundme.com/f/rrzag2-sav...

Eeeek so excited! My monograph, ‘Theological Monsters: Religion and Irish Gothic’ is out with University of Wales Press! www.uwp.co.uk/book/theolog...

OK guys you need some quiet, virtually plot-free escapism -- go read THE APPLE-TREE THRONE and find out if holy water helps with a haunting* and how to appropriately mock a man's moustache *it does not

Today's my birthday, which is as good an excuse as any to remind you that I have four #RomancingTheGothic talks available to watch for free. Links below, but first! A shameless plug for my fifth talk, also free, coming in March 👇 bsky.app/profile/romg...

First time in 2026! Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

Break the ice. We're not supposed to be here.

Honored to see Hen Fever on this list of romances being taught by a brilliant expert in the genre — but I’m really dying to hear her talk about The Sheik together with Isle in the Silver Sea, my goodness! Sign up for this one!

It's online! It's open to anyone, anywhere in the world! We'll be reading the texts below but we'll be diving into the history of romance well beyond them! I'm really excited to have the possibility to run a popular romance course... let's make sure it runs!

I signed up for this course on a history of popular romance and I'm so excited. Look at this reading list!!! Behold 👀 It's online and open to anyone, anywhere. Join me :)

Romance readers! This course looks excellent! Also it's online, so it doesn't matter where you live, and there are no assessments, so you can simply enjoy learning and talking about the books!

This sounds amazing. Also it is an online course so you can participate from anywhere in the world.

This sounds amazing. Also it is an online course so you can participate from anywhere in the world.

From snake shamans in Medieval Japan, to a twentieth century farmhouse in France, to the multinational crew of a musical comedy turning to drama in Mexico, to Ian McShane in a truly incredible wig... Wuthering Heights has a fascinating adaptation history. Come explore it with me! 🔽

An older piece now, but still a favourite! family portrait 🐺🐺🐐

New blog post! Check out my list of books I’m excited for coming out in 2026, with a bit of everything ranging from pure horror to fantasy to cozy sci-fi, with some dashes of mystery and romance: www.thegothiclibrary.com/books-im-exc... 💙📚 😱📚

Did you miss our first Romancing the Gothic talk of the year? You can catch it here! Noah Gallego talks "You are the Matrix": Monstrous Matricity and Gothic intertextuality in The Substance youtu.be/ZHF3beSnNLI

If only there was as much effort put into improving youth services, making sports, arts and crafts available and affordable, and making the physical environment more 'teen-friendly' as there is for banning kids from social media or taking their phones away.

Please share and donate if you possibly can it’s only 30% away from target.

This year I've decided to make more trans mugs. Last year I raised money for our local gender affirming closet. This year, I'm looking to raise money for an organization that helps trans people in Alberta. If you know of any orgs helping, please let me know below. #alberta #Trans #lgbtq #Canada

How did Wuthering Heights go from a 'tale of hate' (1920 adaptation) to the 'Greatest Love Story' (2026)? Come find out with me Drawing on the hundreds of hours of research I've done on Wuthering Heights adaptations! #WutheringHeights February 13th at 7pm or February 12th at 2pm GMT (see below)

Just in time for the new film coming out, I'll be running a couple of interactive workshops exploring the history of Wuthering Heights adaptation. It draws on the research (archival and otherwise) and we'll be diving deep into a really varied history of adaptation. Want to come along? (See below!)

This is tomorrow! Who's coming to chat about traumatized gay cowboys and gross werewolves with me? I've seen people buying their book copies so I know /someone/ will be there.

There's a really rather cracking adaptation of The Castle of Otranto available on BBC iPlayer right now... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Can the BBC please circulate this memo asap, word for word: When populists talk about preserving culture, they mean race. They are talking about preserving white skin and "whiteness" as they define it. Stop being dumb.

I was tempted to go full clickbaity on this one and title it: “You won’t BELIEVE which MPs made nearly £70k from X” But honestly? You already know. It’s Farage and the lads who shout most loudly about "protecting women and children" all while taking money from X. Because of course it is.

I am hoping to run some more courses theough Romancing the Gothic this year. What would you like to see? My areas of expertise (broad strokes) are: Gothic literature Demonic representation Romanticism Popular Romance Women's writing (18th/19th c) Queer literature Brontes Byron

Free talks, get your free talks here!

On Monday Jan 12 I'm joining @romgothsam.bsky.social at Romancing the Gothic's book club to chat about my western-gothic novella FLESH AND BONE. Two cowboys in 1889 Canada are hunted under the full moon... 2-3pm EST, virtual, completely free to join! RSVP: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-discu...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but: you don't have to force yourself to watch, even if the video isn't explicit you don't have to see someone die out of a sense of moral obligation we, as a society, must respond to what happened but traumatizing yourself is not praxis

Good info to have if you need it

No they are not complaining because they belong in women’s spaces, you know because they are women. Only a tiny, privileged minority has an issue for reasons that escape me completely.