Happy (?) "There Will Come Soft Rains" day to all who celebrate! (Pics are from my Broadview Anthology of SF). broadviewpress.com/product/the-... @broadviewpress.bsky.social

Yf you spye a fadid signe at the syde of the roade that saith 'V short leagues to the Shack of Love'

Dancing at my desk because of this review of THE CURSE OF QUEEN KELLY: "a superb book, impeccably researched, engagingly written – and incredibly insightful." therealmofsilence.com/2026/08/02/t...

(The Curse of) Queen Kelly (1929; US; Erich von Stroheim)

Many years ago, my old university was hosting a “film and philosophy” conference. Not having the interest or intellectual clout to submit a paper to deliver, I was nevertheless roped in to guide th…

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Two weeks left to grab those tickets - keep things supernatural this summer with two days of ghost story author interviews and writing workshops! www.eventbrite.com/e/spectres-o... #ghosts #ghost #ghoststory #ghoststories #spooky #supernatural #fiction #writing #writers #authors

Spectres of Summer 2

A weekend of ghost story writing workshops and author interviews - keep summer spooky with us this August!

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Absolutely thrilled that our @ogomproject.bsky.social book won the Justin D. Edwards award @igagoths.bsky.social conference. Big thankyou to the IGA and all those on the awarding panel. This really does mean a lot!!!

Please sign this UK government petition to compel AI companies to reveal whose books they used to train their data petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data

We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...

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We are thrilled to be attending @igagoths.bsky.social's conference in Hull this week! Make sure to stop by to browse our exciting range of Gothic and Horror studies titles, all at special conference discounts 📚️ Unable to attend in person? Browse our online stand! www.uwp.co.uk/gothic-and-h...

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I have three standing stone + Polaroid defaced copies of my book left in the shop from the last drop if anyone wants one. An Avebury and two Devil's Dens... 👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com

Just a week away, while everyone else is at GenCon, it’ll be the start of August and therefore the start of #RPGaDAY2026 - a month of talking in a positive way about TTRPGs. If you want to know more, head over to my blog at www.autocratik.com

We are hiring a new Editorial Fellow who specialises in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe 🌍 👉 this 2-year fellowship runs from October 2026 - September 2028 👉 this role is paid and part-time (3 hours per week) 👉 the application deadline is Friday 7 August Please share widely!

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026

History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.

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Congratulations, Derek, on the fantastic review! 🎉 Horror fans won't want to miss this groundbreaking collection - the first academic book dedicated exclusively to Nigel Kneale. Available with 20% off the RRP on our website: bit.ly/NigelKnealeHorror #Horror #AcademicSky

Nigel Kneale and Horror | Home

Derek Johnston lectures in media at Queen’s University Belfast and is the author of Haunted Seasons: Television Ghost Stories for Christmas and Horror for Halloween.

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Derek Johnston@drdjohnston.bsky.social · 2w ago

My edited collection Nigel Kneale and Horror has been reviewed by Paul Quinn in the Journal of British Cinema and Television. He calls it an “important new volume” and “an impressive, accessible and multidisciplinary collection of essays”! @livunipress.bsky.social

Look what just arrived in the post! A huge thank you to everyone who supported this project, one way or another. 💚💚💚 cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho...

My edited collection Nigel Kneale and Horror has been reviewed by Paul Quinn in the Journal of British Cinema and Television. He calls it an “important new volume” and “an impressive, accessible and multidisciplinary collection of essays”! @livunipress.bsky.social

Now may be the best time to say, if you've just got back from watching the Odyssey and you're looking for an RPG for an epic Greek mythology campaign (with added management of your party's polis), look no further than Aegean: www.aegeanrpg.com

Aegean — Mythic Roleplaying in ancient Greece

AEGEAN is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mythic heroes building a new, free city on the shores of the Aegean Sea. There are neighbouring cities to trade or war with, monsters to kill, go...

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THIS WEEK @severinfilms.bsky.social launches two films (World Premieres of THE FATED HOUR and STUDIO Q) and a boardgame at @fantasiafestival.com in Montreal as well as having a merch table on site!! Register a team for the boardgame here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/street-war...

An ongoing list of films that evoke horror and fantasy tropes but are built to do something different. Usually not scary or spectacular, and will seem bad if you evaluate them based on those rubrics. But they're great films! Suggestions welcome. boxd.it/VOyUm

Folklore Cinema

An ongoing list of films that evoke horror and fantasy tropes but are built to do something different. Usually not scary or spectacular, and will seem bad if you evaluate them based on those rubrics. ...

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We now officially have too many Guests of Honour to fit on one pot for Edge-Lit 12 on the 19th September - you can check out the full list of incredible talent joining us at www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/edg... #writing #writers #authors #horror #scifi #fantasy #Derby #Derbyshire

Nine weeks left to go, and Edge-Lit will be making it a round dozen with its trademark blend of interviews, panels, writing workshops, booksales and more! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel... #Derby #Derbyshire #eastmids #eastmidlands #horror #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #writing #writers

Edge-Lit 12

Edge-Lit makes it a dozen with its return in 2026, once again serving up a wide array of interviews, talks, workshops and more for lovers of genre fiction.

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Radio Times listing for The Quatermass Experiment - Contact Has Been Established

On this day in 1953, 'Contact Has Been Established', the first episode of The Quatermass Experiment, was transmitted live from Alexandra Palace.

Spending the afternoon gilding goats. Got a few more copies of these left in the shop... 👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com

The great thing about an RtG conference is that it's online. It runs all day to cover different time zones. You can pop in as much or as little as you like. AND it's recorded (with speakers permission) so you can catch up on what you miss! Accessibility is important to us!

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What's this I see before me... a Romancing the Gothic online conference!!!! With discounted tickets for the next two weeks!!!! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-terro...

We've got a huge array of online events incoming this year for writers, particular those of you with an interest in the darker side of things - check out what's on tap throughout 2026 at www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis... #writing #writers #authors #events #courses #classes #2026

What's this I see before me... a Romancing the Gothic online conference!!!! With discounted tickets for the next two weeks!!!! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-terro...

'More Terrors Than Her Reason Could Justify': An Online Gothic Conference

This year we celebrate 200 years since Ann Radcliffe's posthumous publications with a conference on marginalised genders in the Gothic

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The new episode of Telefantasy Time Jump is out now, free wherever you get your podcasts! Join @lizbethmyles.bsky.social and I as we shiver in July to the BBC annual anthology A Ghost Story for Christmas! www.patreon.com/TelefantasyT...

Telefantasy Time Jump #19: A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971) | Telefantasy Time Jump

In our nineteenth main episode, Liz and Paul watch the first proper entry in this annual series, 'The Stalls of Barchester' and the 1976 off

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I've signed and sent a letter - from authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, scholars and performers - to express our deep concern at @exeter.ac.uk’s troubling plans to make mass redundancies within the Humanities Dept @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social. I would love it if you read and shared widely.

Behold, our first-ever London show! The Scarred For Life Folk Horror show is coming darn sarf to Cryer Arts Centre, Carshalton, just in time for Halloween! Join me and @bobfischer.bsky.social for a fun evening packed with rural horrors. Tickets: bit.ly/4tGK9qS

My beautiful first blu ray has arrived! THANK YOU to everyone who has bought a blu ray - if you'll be at @fantasiafestival.com come by the @severinfilms.bsky.social table to get a copy in person! Or you can get it online from severinfilms.com (North America) or spectacularoptical.com (Canada only)