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It's November and it's windy, so this little story's time has come again...

Reminded of this old #FairyTaleFlash He kissed the princess, smiled as she woke. She struck so fast that he didn’t have time to stop smiling before he fell to the floor. When there was nothing left but his bones, she smiled back at him, then returned to her bed to sleep and wait for her true love.

If you missed this week's talk on powerful and vulnerable women in supernatural k-dramas... you can find it here youtu.be/sBnTwqRdX3Q

Yes, it was the same popping sound as when Inspector Kemp’s arm comes off in Young Frankenstein.

ME: Terrible, horrible nightmare. ME: Your toenails caught in the rug and when you tried to get free *pop, pop, pop, pop, pop* Your toenails came off your paw! Your leg came off your body! MY DOG: With popping sounds? ME: Yes! MY DOG: … you’re sure this was a nightmare, not a slapstick routine?

All I'm saying is that these are not the actions of people who do not want to be guillotined.

Reminded of this old #FairyTaleFlash He kissed the princess, smiled as she woke. She struck so fast that he didn’t have time to stop smiling before he fell to the floor. When there was nothing left but his bones, she smiled back at him, then returned to her bed to sleep and wait for her true love.

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They succeeded in making the world turn away from Gaza by announcing a ceasefire that Israel has not adhered to. It continues to kill, destroy, and block food and medicine. The war has not stopped; it has only become more brutal, as the victims are now in complete isolation.Do not forget my family 💔

If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/

Author Spotlight #9: Lillian Hochwender (ligerlillie.bsky.social) and their poem, "Our Night at the Anatomy Theatre." Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/our-night-at... . . . #litmags #authorspotlight #poetry #healthscares

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

Hello #WriterSky & #AuthorSky, I'm now re-open for Author Spotlight requests, which are short text-only interviews spotlighting something you've written, or your work in general. 📚💙 I'm now taking requests for 2026 features. 2024: cmrosens.com/author-spotl... 2025: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...

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All I'm saying is that these are not the actions of people who do not want to be guillotined.

🎶 "Sunny Day sweepin' the clouds away, On my way to where the air is sweet! Can you tell me how to get? How to get to Sesame Street" 🎶 ❤

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead The Veil, Fernand Khnopff, 1887 charcoal and graphite www.artic.edu/artworks/111...

Its whispers are bad enough, of course. Its howls are bad enough. But not the worst. If you’ve listened to the wind, you know that there’s worse than when the wind only whispers to you, only howls at you. She was not in the habit of listening to the wind, so she didn’t know. (1/6)

Hi The war ended and began great suffering for me and my family.In the last time I could buy a tent but not waterproof and feel scared on my children and my purposes if rain falls💔Anti-water tent is expensive.I can't buy it without your help ..Please you're the last hope of me 🙏❤️ gofund.me/7bc425ef

Rania 💔 I'm a displaced mom from 🥺, Gaza. It's been 2 year no home,💔 no warm clothes for me or my kids. Winter is here and we have nothing to keep us warm🧥 Please small donation means life to my children 🙏💔 👉 gofund.me/d0cc0587 @mommunism.bsky.social

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Our open online book group here at Romancing the Gothic is looking very exciting going into the end of the year! Check out our upcoming reads and sign up for some of our author visits with Nilima Rao and KJ Charles! romancingthegothic.com/book-group-a...

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

Ahh, my favorite

This week's Romancing the Gothic blast from the past takes us into the world of Twin Peaks where Sarah Coflan explores the show's Gothic Underworlds! youtu.be/y4fSBoeMz8s

The thing about me is I don’t believe in magic, but the people who know me best all believe I’m a witch

Always read Tom Cox's alt texts.

Practice. #grickledoodle #ghost #painting #practice #cartoon #horror #art #drawing #funny

If you want a sapphic focused interrogation of Jane Eyre (and Castle Rackrent) this is the one. It's so nuanced, well-written and historically informed. A delight to read. But it will haunt you.

Join us for our folklore of Games and Pastimes themed #FolkloreThursday this Thursday! Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times GMT: 9am-1pm 3.30-4.30pm 6.30-7.30pm (🎨The Card Players, Theodoor Rombouts)

My little daughter suffers from chest fractures and urgently needs treatment. We live in a tent under very harsh conditions. Every small donation can help save her life and bring back her hope. Please, have mercy and help her 🙏💔 chuffed.org/project/1565...

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From writers of horror for writers of horror

In Salisbury Cathedral a member of the staff witnessed a glowing noose float over to the tomb of a medieval saint. Within this tomb had been hidden the body of an 18th century lord, hanged for various outrages, and who therefore should not have been buried in holy ground. #PhantomsFriday #Wiltshire

"Ten minutes more of suspense. Then, again, loud, sudden, violent, the bell rang! We burst into the room. There he was, standing in the middle of the floor, rigid, petrified. He groaned in in a terrible, husky voice, 'Oh my God, I have seen it!' and fell down dead." - Rhoda Broughton #PhantomsFriday

A flash fic of mine that #PhantomsFriday folks might enjoy 👇🏻

Seen as it looks like I won't have a main job for a while (and seen as I haven't been paid anything since September) if you'd like to support the work that I do through Romancing the Gothic, you can! You can also buy courses (in case you didn't know!) ko-fi.com/samhirst

One of my favourite ghost story books, including tales of headless phantoms, ghostly footsteps and screaming skulls. It also has a wonderfully creepy illustration in the introduction 👻 : Ghosts of Derbyshire, published in the 1970s. #phantomsfriday

I will never use AI for my covers, editing, translation, or anything else. It is not only useless to me as an author, it is actively hostile and harms every skill related to book production. If you're an author against AI used to generate writing, you better back everyone else in the chain too.

This is an amazing project running free online classes every week from people all over the world. There is such a fantastic range of topics (this Saturday we get one on K-Dramas) and it's definitely worthy the support if you can.

""Mr. Stainton pursued as fast as he could follow. Up the easy steps he ran at the top of his speed; but, fast as he went, the child went faster." Illustration To Mrs. Riddell's Ghost Story, "Walnut-Tree House."" The Illustrated London News 28.12.1878. #PhantomsFriday #Ghost #GhostStory #1870s

wow!! a trillionaire! every reaction i am having is definitely within both legal and community guidelines!!

Fancy something longer you can get your fangs into? Try my novellas and novels- Horror and Dark SFF in the Gothic mode, from soap opera with tentacles to a sumptuously queer dark fantasy. I even have a contemporary asexual romcom/domestic drama. 🎨 Delilah Monroe @delilah21.bsky.social

INTRODUCTION TO ME AND MY GOTHIC VIBES I was on a panel with some amazing authors for the SFFRomCast, talking about my novel THE CROWS & my love of the gothic. Have a listen, and check out our books! Links to my work in the thread below. Click this post to expand. youtu.be/rZjnAXhToAM?...

Want something bite size, involving body horror and themes of love, loss, obsession, desire, and a creeping sense of unease? Try my short stories: LATEST: Along the Xylophone Road in OCCUPYING BODIES anthology + The Snow Child | The Sound of Darkness | Overexposure cmrosens-fiction.carrd.co

"Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize!" Concept art of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion attraction by Marc Davis for #PhantomsFriday.

In 1909 The Strand Magazine ran an article, 'Crime And The Crystal', seriously stated that apparitions conjured up in crystal balls could solve crimes. This vision allegedly proved that the death of a Miss Mooney was not suicide but that she had been deliberately thrown off a train. #PhantomsFriday

#PhantomsFriday The Thing in the Cemetery The awful Thing in this story from Van Wert, Ohio suggests Augustus Hare’s unearthly Croglin Grange vampire. "The apparition seemed in the distance like a huge cadaver clothed in a robe of sack-cloth." thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/t...