Catherine Spooner
Academic and creative writer | Professor of Literature and Culture, Lancaster University | all things Gothic | fashion | folk horror | she/her
@dannyrobins.bsky.social
“The UK’s go-to ghost guy.” Uncanny, Battersea Poltergeist, The Witch Farm, 2:22 - A Ghost Story. My book ‘Into The Uncanny’ is out now.
@designmuseum.bsky.social
The world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form.
@decjl.bsky.social
Author and academic from Lancaster UK. Interested in orality and literacy studies, art and literary history, ecocriticism, ecolinguistics and deep time studies.
@deirdreflynn.bsky.social
Lecturer in 21st Literature - Secretary of IASIL - Member of the Young Academy of Ireland #IrishStudies #HarukiMurakami 🍉🇵🇸
@andrewkingc19.bsky.social
Victorianist, media history, literary & cultural theory, popular fictions. Prof at University of Greenwich UK.
@eoghanwalls.bsky.social
Irish writer & poet: Gospel of Orla (2023, 7 Stories); Piegon Songs (2019, Seren); rep Artellus
@rainewilson.bsky.social
Author, biologist, cat herder | BFA & SoA winner, Kavya & Saltire Awards SL | THE LAST TO DROWN 🌊 and WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST 👻 out now | rep Julie Gourinchas | she/her http://linktr.ee/raine_clouds
@gothicbeautymag.bsky.social
https://zinetastic.com/creator/gothic-beauty/ https://www.facebook.com/gothicbeautymag https://www.tiktok.com/@gothicbeautymag https://www.instagram.com/gothicbeautymag/ https://x.com/gothicbeautymag https://www.gothicbeauty.com/
@saltpublishing.com
WELCOME to Salt, one of the UK’s great independent publishers, established in 1999. Over twenty-six years, we have grown into a daring literary powerhouse, winning scores of awards around the world. Directors: @chrisemery.me & @jenhemery.bsky.social
@digital-fantastic.com
PhD Researcher in Fantasy Literature and Game Studies. Game maker, writer, genderfluid changeling. (They/Them). Words in: Springer, Games and Culture, First Person Scholar, Poetic Sexploration, British Fantasy Society Journal https://digital-fantastic.com
@cypheractive.bsky.social
I am professor of English at Central Michigan University, president of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic, and editor of American Gothic Studies. I am also the host of DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio and the Psychobilly Family Power Hour.
@c21literature.bsky.social
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings is the official journal of @bacls.bsky.social. The journal is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication, and circulation of 21st-century writings. Published by @openlibhums.bsky.social.
@charlottecross.bsky.social
Writer of historical Gothic fiction (she/her). Lover of tea and perpetrator of typos. Debut novel 🦇 THE BRIDES 🦇 published by Tor at Pan Macmillan, out April 2026. Agent: Francesca Riccardi at KNLA 🏴🏴
@witchstorian.bsky.social
Cultural Historian & Musicologist | PhD in Witchcraft, Music & Magic | Bog Thing & Forest Wanderer | Gothic & Horror Enthusiast 🇮🇪🇵🇸🏳️🌈
@0tralala.bsky.social
Writer. Chair of books committee for Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. Out now: David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television, a biography of the first story editor of Doctor Who.
@joannanadin.bsky.social
Professor of writing books, Sunday Times bestseller, Manic Pixie Essex Girl. Never knowingly underdressed. She/her. Here for ALL the witches. And the pigeons. https://joannanadin.com/ https://instagram.com/jonadin
@groomb.bsky.social
Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' (2024) and bestselling 'Northerners: A History' (2022).
@scrawlmagazine.bsky.social
» horror-focused literary magazine amplifying and uplifting marginalized voices within the genre » we publish short fiction, poetry, and essays by LGBTQIA+, neurodiverse, female, BIPOC, and disabled voices » submissions currently closed 🔗 scrawlmag.com
@ailise-bulfin.bsky.social
Popular culture from 19thC to now: catastrophe | war | environment ERC PI: Child Sexual Abuse in Fiction @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social Book: Gothic Invasions: Imperialism, War & Pop Fiction https://people.ucd.ie/ailise.bulfin1
@ljowett.bsky.social
academic, TV scholar | horror, fantasy, science fiction | overthinking a speciality | neurodivergent | she / they
@spacescinema.bsky.social
Official account of the research project 'From Social Space to Cinematic Space: Mise-en-Scènes of the Transnational in Contemporary Cinema' at the University of Zaragoza https://transnationalspacesinthecinema.wordpress.com/
@dralexanderhope.bsky.social
Lecturer at UAM, Madrid. Linguist (metaphor, CLIL, conversation analysis, CDA), critical theorist (Malabou, Derrida, Deleuze, posthumanism, technicity) mountain biker, cat feeder
@basgroes.bsky.social
Writer, Educator, Prof of English Literature. Author of Right in the Head and Writing under Fire. Project lead on Novel Perceptions and The Big Bookshare.
@drardelht.bsky.social
parent in the disability community trans and queer scholar mx powerlifter (they/them)
@bloomsburylit.bsky.social
Book news from the Bloomsbury Literary Studies & Creative Writing team in London and New York - formerly Continuum Literary Studies! 💻Check out our blog: https://bloomsburyliterarystudiesblog.com/
@drdesmith.bsky.social
Queer Horror Doctor/Academic, cat-daddy, weathered Husband and general pop, Gothic and trash culture enthusiast...Programme Director of Gender Studies @Univ of Stirling. https://queerhorrordoc.wixsite.com/queerhorrordoc
@anamariaherman.bsky.social
Associate Professor at University of Greenwich | Senior Fellow HEA | Researching gender in the arts + STS + museums + digital + apps | See my blog site for more: www.anamariaherman.com | Author of 'Reconfiguring the Museum' (McGill-Queen's Uni Press, 2023)
@flewoutof.bsky.social
Poet! https://www.annajackson.nz/ she/her When I translate Catullus writing as Sappho, as Ariadne, as Attis, as Procne, am I bird or birdsong? The journey, or the backwards glance?
@ggaffa.bsky.social
Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org
@vervepoetrypress.bsky.social
Prize-winning #Brum based poetry indie making high octane collections and vervey pamphlets. Related to @Vervepoetryfest (did you guess?) 😍 https://vervepoetrypress.com
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
Bloodaxe Books, Britain's leading international poetry publisher. www.bloodaxebooks.com
@rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Leading independent poetry magazine and award-winning poetry publisher. https://therialto.co.uk
@deadinkbooks.bsky.social
Independent publisher of bold new fiction and non-fiction, based in Liverpool https://linktr.ee/deadinkbooks
@ladyliminal.bsky.social
Prehistorian & Contemporary Archaeologist. Practises Make Places: Artists’ Responses to ‘Prehistoric’ Monuments - Manchester Metropolitan University & English Heritage. Surprised, but very proud #MDANT Neurodivergent person
@andrewmangham.bsky.social
Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of Reading (UK). Author of the occasional book about literature and the biological sciences. 🏳️🌈
@thedukescinema.bsky.social
Friendly local indie Cinema In Lancaster. Film news and listings for @thedukeslancaster.bsky.social I Letterboxd: DukesLancaster www.dukeslancaster.org Your Cinema Highlights: https://loom.ly/neNpXtg JFTFP25 at the Dukes: https://loom.ly/IsFj-lU
@holby83.bsky.social
Researcher careers devotee. Helping PhD and postdoc researchers make career transitions, especially beyond academia. Trained and PhD careers blogger at: https://phd-careers.co.uk Living with #AZOOR 👁
@kambriel.com
༻Betwixt Today & Timelessness༺ Musings & meanderings of an artist, friend, writer & longtime couturier. Sámi/Sicilian fueled by tea, determination & reverence for nature. Kambriel.com enchantedlivingmagazine.com/author/kambriel #EverydayMagic
@fredrikblanc.bsky.social
PhD Researcher in English and Teaching Assistant at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. My thesis focuses on oceanic horror and hybridity in Weird fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries.
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
We’ve got everything, and the books! Anyone can use our libraries, whatever your age. We've 11 libraries across the city that provide a fantastic range of activities https://www.hulllibraries.co.uk/
@jodiepassey.bsky.social
University of Sheffield | Lancaster University PhD researcher of Gothic musicals, Brontë lover, K-pop fan, and drag enthusiast. I love MIKA so much. (she/her)
@harrymccarthy.bsky.social
Lecturer in Early Modern Literature working on childhood, race, gender, education, and performance. Book on boy actors with @cambridgeup.bsky.social.
@gothicstudies.bsky.social
The academic journal of the International Gothic Association (www.globalgoth.org), published by Edinburgh University Press and edited by Emily Alder and Jamil Mustafa. Email gothiceditors@gmail.com
@kathleenh42.bsky.social
Adjunct professor, specialist in Gothic literature and media, usually pretty sleep-deprived. Bully your university library into buying a copy of “Religious Horror and the Ecogothic”.
@sarahwagstaffe.bsky.social
Academic in English and US American Literature, specialising in representations of gender, politics and culture. Video game enthusiast and travel enjoyer.
@agrayarchive.bsky.social
Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Gray’s studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
@stephgraves.bsky.social
Professor, reader, horror nerd, trash goblin. I study intersections of rhetoric and horror, queer rhetorics, & the Gothic / Southern Gothic, film, & TV. #academia #rhetoric #horror #gothic #mutantfam
@dr-braid.bsky.social
Period drama afficionado, mad for all things neo-Victorian and gothic