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SLK
@samanthaslk.bsky.social
Lover of the Strange and Unusual, Noir, Gothic, Folklore, Horror, Retro. Short Fiction published with the Strand, and Brigid's Gate Press. Founder of #31DaysOfHaunting.
My recent work includes: Dangerous Waters-Deadly Women of the Sea. Crimson Bones - an anthology of gothic horror. Horror That Represents You - an anthology of horror stories exploring fear and how it defines us. Tomorrow's News published in The Strand Special Edition Dec 2024.
@johndeca1.bsky.social Happy Birthday 🎂 🎈 Hope the next year is filled with many wonderful things. x
Join us tomorrow on #wyrdwednesday for the theme : Rising From The Ashes And Other Comebacks! We look forward to sharing your posts! Image by Dirk Puehl
#Wyrdwednesday In 1933 Richard Hollingshead opened the first Drive-in or Park In Movie Theatre as it was originally called. Inspired by his mother's struggle to sit comfortably in regular seats, he launched the Park In so folks could enjoy movies from the comfort of their cars!
We're excited to be going back in time tomorrow on #Wyrdwednesday Join us as we celebrate all things Retro!
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Wyrd Wednesday@wyrdwednesday.bsky.social · 2y agoWyrdlings! We're going back in time to celebrate World Retro Day next week! Share fashion, food, films, music, events and pop culture from your favourite bygone eras as we celebrate our own Wyrd Retro Day on #Wyrdwednesday!
This week on #BookologyThursday we want your tales of treachery and masterful plans of deception from fiction, mythology and history for our theme: Cruel Intentions - Sinister Schemes and Dubious Ploys! We look forward to sharing your posts! ~ @kerria.bsky.social and @samanthaslk.bsky.social
Wyrdlings! We're going back in time to celebrate World Retro Day next week! Share fashion, food, films, music, events and pop culture from your favourite bygone eras as we celebrate our own Wyrd Retro Day on #Wyrdwednesday!
“I have not broken your heart—you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.” - Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights #BookologyThursday
This week #BookologyThursday & #31DaysofHaunting explore the darker facets of love with our theme: 🥀 Tragic Love & Haunting Romances 🖤 @samanthaslk.bsky.social hosting for the next few hours, awaiting your doomed loved stories.
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. ~Emily Bronte This week #BookologyThursday & #31DaysofHaunting explore the darker facets of love with our theme: 🥀Tragic Love & Haunting Romances🥀 Your hosts @Kerria and @SamanthaSLK1 await your haunting tales!
Tomorrow on #Wyrdwednesday our topic is, "Strange Women in Ponds & other Water Spirits!” Share your related tales, lore, history and images and we'll repost. See you here and on other platforms.
#Wyrdwednesday The Fog Bow is similar to a rainbow, but it occurs during foggy conditions instead of rain. This white rainbow is a result of sunlight reacting with water droplets in the atmosphere. Some cultures believe this ethereal arch is a symbol of hope and renewal.
Wyrd Weather is in the forecast tomorrow on #Wyrdwednesday ! Join us here and over on 📸 with your meteorological tales from history, fiction and myth!
Wyrdlings! This Wednesday is National Weather Person's Day (apparently)! So this week's #WyrdWednesday theme is: 'Under the Weather - On Snowstorms, Sea Breezes, and Cyclones!' Bring us tales of meteorological mayhem, atmospheric artwork and talk of typhoons and tornadoes!
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'Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.' - Maya Angelou This #BookologyThursday, join us for a day of Music, Song and Instruments! Share your rhythmic tales from fiction, myth, film and history and enchant us with your melodious musings. #Bookchatweekly
This month’s post on my blog looks at link between Jamaican hummingbirds and their links to the supernatural #folklore natureandsupernaturalnature.wordpress.com/2025/01/10/h...
Hummingbirds as Obeah birds?
This months’ post is inspired by a documentary about Colombian wildlife I saw recently. One of the species featured were Hummingbirds (Trochilidae). I was captivated by the birds’ beautiful plumage…
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I haven't been doing all that well settling in here. Does anyone want to connect? I'm into horror, mystery, folklore, film, music, retro/vintage, noir, Gothic, and all things dark and strange.
'Dandelion wine. The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer caught and stoppered... sealed away for opening on a January day with snow falling fast and the sun unseen for weeks...' ~Ray Bradbury #bookchatweekly #31DaysofHaunting Art by ArtofLove
Taira no Kiyomori was a powerful Japanese samurai leader and the head of the Taira clan. He is the central character in Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike), an epic account that chronicles the rise and fall of the Taira clan in 12th century Kyoto. He is portrayed as... #BookologyThursday 1/4
From pumpkins to pine trees. Happy December ❄️✨🖤 #December1st #31DaysofHaunting #Bookchatweekly Art Margaryta Yermolayeva
This week, #BookologyThursday will take to the air with the theme: 🦅Birds, 🦇Bats, and Other Things with Wings 🪽 !! Come whisk us away with your flights of fancy and feathered fables! 🪽We will see you there! Art by Gregor Pratneker
"From a supplement of The Yamato Newspapers. Three kids were scared by a ghostly shadow on shoji screens." 'Shadowy Ghost' - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe #ghosts #Spooktober #31DaysofHaunting
