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36. She/they. Folklore, horror, hauntology. Master's in Gothic literature. Keeper of wayward books, editor, and thing that goes bump in the night.
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Tonight's horror watch: Y2K 📽

I am guilty of this so I’m not casting blame on anyone else or saying you shouldn’t make these posts because we all need to vent but it is very demoralizing when people just post stuff like “we’re fucked”, it just wears you down in addition to all the other stuff wearing you down.

CFP: Association for Gravestone Studies Annual Conference - June 17-22, 2025, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, Deadline: Mar 31. Study of gravestones and cemeteries from historical and artistic perspectives #MaterialCulture www.gravestonestudies.org/conferences/...

Tonight's horror watch: Demon Pond 📽

With the demise of Joann's, I'm going to share a few online resources I've found. It's by no means exhaustive, but hopefully it helps folks find what they need. 🧵

Folks considering submitting to the BIPOC-only short story collection call: don't self-reject! Even if your collection doesn't have everything in the "things I want" section linked here, that's totally okay. Just shoot your shot! cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

Curious what our previous zine bundles have looked like? Want to nail down my editorial preferences before you write something? Or just want to read some damn good stories? Snag a free digital copy of our second zine bundle here and see what it's all about: dl.bookfunnel.com/mk8nnv897b

Detail from "Hell Courtesan," c. 1900, Utagawa Kokunimasa. (If you get a chance to see this screen in person, DO. It's incredible.)

the rise of the fascist nerds was anticipated by Ellen Ullman's 1995 essay "Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life."

Fuck it. Halloween zine. Horror studies zine. Life is short. Make shit.

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at [email protected].

Do not submit in advance.

corvid art by klim shakhnin

One more week for our BIPOC-only short story collection call! We haven't received many submissions yet, and we'd love to read yours. If you've been going back and forth about submitting because you're not sure your book will be a good fit, send it in anyway: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

making dumb stuff

Let a little (more?) incomprehensible terror into your life by preordering D. Matthew Urban's Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces. You won't regret it: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/shak...

with art, maybe it's not having an appreciation for or even an understanding of anything, maybe it's more akin to intuition and remembering

The new special issue from @horrorhomeroom.bsky.social is like a cornucopia of flesh. Read all about female bodies, dead bodies, doll bodies, half-eaten bodies, mutated bodies & farmed bodies, incl. from our own Prof Lex (well, the human part)! #openaccess www.horrorhomeroom.com/special-issu...

your eweber has arrived

NEVER EVER ANNOY AN OAK TREE Photo: Daan Jordens

Library of Congress

A better world is possible.

PSA: All of David Lynch's features have just dropped at archive dot org, including Industrial Symphony No 1, Hotel Room, and the Duran Duran concert

Read at least one short horror story a night. It's good for the humors.

the house of terror -- art by gene thurston

Crow on a Bamboo Branch, by Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887 #Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e

Tonight's horror watch: Possession 📽 First time!

Made a list of Galentine’s Day horror recs 💘 No strict criteria, it’s all about the vibe. boxd.it/E6SOM

PROPS TO ANYONE WHO SHARES THIS: Any lit agents or cool indie presses interested in some timely, thoughtful, funny, gay ass memoir from a writer once described as “obviously talented but not crassly commercial enough for the Big 5”? I’ll be here. Reposting this until I’m dead.

2025 is the year of the bookwitch.

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snake statue from the u thong district of thailand (6-11th century ce), on display at the bangkok national museum

are you writing dessert books or nutritious books? (—and what about the probiotics, the rare toxins, the microplastics, the mercurial)

With everything happening in the world, I'd almost forgotten: "As the Shore to the Tides, So Blood Calls to Blood" will have a limited print run NEXT MONTH thanks to @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social!

In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊

Hey all, just posting the CFP for my panel proposal for the MLA on "Lost, Haunted, and Dead Media." If you are interested, check the link for details. Submissions are due March 1st. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Not to get too intense about everything going on but it is really an ideology of death run by evil skeleton people who drink from a dread altar of blood

“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.” A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.