Dr Tim Rideout
Father of daughters, health services leader, chair of school governors, academic Gothicist, literary interviewer, crime fiction lover, Doctor Who fan (he/him/his)
https://www.precariousgothic.com
Starter Packs
Created by Dr Tim Rideout (1)
Gothicists
Beginning the process of building a Gothicists starter pack. All contributions welcome - the darker the better…
@meharker.bsky.social
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Author. Writer. Coffee Fan. Total fantasy, sci-fi, & gaming nerd. 📚 Books: https://amazon.com/author/meharker 🌐 Website: https://meharker.com
@ccapancioni.bsky.social
Professor of English Literature, Bishop Grosseteste University - women’s life & travel writing, Victorian literary networks and transnational subjectivity, Margaret Collier, Janet Ross and multigenerational matrilineal legacies.
@elisabethwolf.bsky.social
Writing gothic fiction. Spending time in graveyards. Eating ice cream. Edinburgh. Writes crime as @alisonbelsham.bsky.social
@brightbookfest.bsky.social
Brighton's best festival. Making the marginalised mainstream since 2022. https://linktr.ee/brightonbookfestival
@joscottheritage.bsky.social
By day, heritage consultant based in the North of England. By night, writer of novels & short stories, seeking representation. Shortlisted Yeovil Literary Prize 2024. www.joscott-heritage.co.uk joscottwrites.uk She/her
@anncleeves.bsky.social
Reader, crime-writer and advocate for libraries and the Reading for Wellbeing project. Creator of Vera Stanhope, Shetland and Matthew Venn, among others.
@laurenwrites.bsky.social
📝Writer, editor, proofreader, coach & mentor 👻Writes the dark stuff 😈TWF EIC at Horror Tree 📣Publicity at British Fantasy Society 🤘Founder, Society of Ink Slingers 🔮Curator, Writing the Occult 👩💻Day job: Content marketing & community management 🇦🇺in🇬🇧
@ekleewriter.bsky.social
Writer, editor, writing mentor. Debut novel Cunning Women out now from Hutchinson Heinemann https://ekleewriter.wixsite.com/website
@cathrynk.bsky.social
☠️ Debut A POISONER’S TALE @PenguinUKBooks ✍️ Sunday Times Bestselling writer. COMING CLEAN won Big Red Read Prize Non Fic. 🌊Sea dweller. ✨ Rep @litagencygmc
@seanluskauthor.bsky.social
Author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley and A Woman of Opinion (Penguin, 2022, 2024). Trying to do a few small good things to lighten the grim 2020s
@lallyanne.bsky.social
Full-time mum & pawrent, University of Lincoln PhD student, pluviophile, thalassophile, writer and reader.
@sstokeschapman.bsky.social
Bestselling author of PANDORA🏺& THE SHADOW KEY🕯️❖ Pub’d by Harvill (UK) & Harper Perennial (US) ❖ Rep’d by Mushens Entertainment https://linktr.ee/sstokeschapman
@jewellislate.bsky.social
If it's dark and twisted, send it my way. Joy is important even in the bleakest of times - small joys too. Yes to Henry James, no to MR. Bad at rules. Grumpy old lady, but not old. 100% behind my teams in Ukraine, Venezuela & Ecuador.
@tsjharling.bsky.social
Gothic scholar & writer 🖤 | 19th C | Romanticism | Dracula | Fin de Siècle | Adaptation |Anti-racism | Equity | Access |active bystander of UK HE | one of Sara Ahmed’s little ghosts
@radcliffecup.bsky.social
AHRC-funded project into the life and works of Gothic trailblazer, Ann Radcliffe 🦇🩸 Forthcoming edition of her works from Cambridge University Press 📚
@angelawright1794.bsky.social
Professor of Romantic Literature, University of Sheffield. Romanticism, Gothic, author and general co-ed of Ann Radcliffe for forthcoming Cambridge edition and gen co-ed of Cambridge Elements in the Gothic. PL AHRC project ‘Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now’
@ronnieturner8702.bsky.social
Author of Small Fires (27/02/25) + So Pretty. Waterstones Lead Bookseller. Wanderer. Nerd. Lover of words.
@estalachark.bsky.social
Ex actor, award winning casting director, award winning TV producer, Teacher, Director, Talent Agent, Housewife, Volunteer, Liberal! Old but Good!
@shamielaahmed.bsky.social
Grant maker, socent supporter, The Script fan, crime book reader and all things book related &
@lincolngothic1.bsky.social
PGR students based in Lincoln, UK. Interested in all things Gothic 👻 Check out our blog! https://lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com/ Artwork credit: Albert Zuwala
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. ✨📚
@jamesbrogden.bsky.social
Writer (Titan, Black Library and various other ne'er-do-wells), teacher, and Lego addict. Owned by three cats.
@tashasuri.bsky.social
Writes stuff. Out now: THE LOTUS EMPIRE. Next up: THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA, October 2025. 🏳️🌈 (She/Her)
@bevanthomas.bsky.social
Author, editor, and teacher of creative writing, speculative fiction, and comics. Thinker of strange thoughts. Member of Cloudscape Comics. MFA in Creative Writing from UBC.
@dremilyvincent.bsky.social
Research Fellow, English @unibirmingham.bsky.social @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social. Deputy Assoc Director (Research) @cncsi.bsky.social Durham Uni. @GothicaUob.bsky.social. ECR Rep @bavs-uk.bsky.social. ‘Summoned to the Séance’ @britishlibrary.bsky.social👻
@thecwa.bsky.social
The CWA welcomes writers of crime fiction and nonfiction. Check us out at www.thecwa.co.uk.
@annaframe.bsky.social
Communications Director, @canongate.co.uk. Currently working with Miranda July, Omar El Akkad, Rowe Irvin, Damian Barr, Lily King, John Niven & many other talented folk. Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains.
@blakesociety.bsky.social
The Blake Society celebrates the life and work of William Blake (1757-1827) poet, artist & visionary. We hold regular meetings (online and in real locations), organise Blakean events and publish our journal, VALA. https://blakesociety.org
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
@sharoncanavar.bsky.social
CE @HarrogateFestivals | Co Chair BAFA | books, music, fests | spinner, cake habit, slow runner
@newarkbookfestival.bsky.social
Literature festival in the beautiful historic market town of Newark. ❤️Thank you for joining us in 2024 🫶10-13th July 2025 🥰 Become a festival friend www.newarkbookfestival.org.uk
@amalexathorn.bsky.social
Historian of archaeology, Co-Investigator of Beyond Notability @beyondnotables.bsky.social, Co-Editor (with Dr Katy Soar), Strange Relics (Handheld Press, 2022). Website: https://www.amarathornton.com/; Agent: @agentbal.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Independent bookshop in Halifax's The Piece Hall. bookcornerhalifax.com 01422 414443
@blakebrooks.bsky.social
Woman of books. Head of Marketing at Bonnier Books UK. Formerly Head of Zeus, The Bookseller, Saraband Books. Personal account, my views are pretty much only shared by me...
@movley.bsky.social
Chair | Harrogate International Festivals @harrogatefest #TheakstonsCrime
@robcowen.bsky.social
Author of THE NORTH ROAD (2025) // COMMON GROUND (2015) // THE HEEDING (2021) // and others... Writer // journalist // poet
@alexhaybooks.bsky.social
Author | THE QUEEN OF FIVES (2025) | THE HOUSEKEEPERS (2023) | Published by Headline (UK) Graydon House (North America) | Rep’d by Alice Lutyens at Curtis Brown
@tessgerritsen.bsky.social
Thriller novelist, traveler, gardener, proud Mainer. Oh, and medical doctor. Author of the Rizzoli & Isles series and the Martini Club series.
@georgemann.bsky.social
Author and scriptwriter for Disney Lucasfilm Press, Tor, Dark Horse, Vault, Titan, BBC and more. Star Wars, Wychwood, Newbury & Hobbes, the Ghost, Doctor Who, Dark Souls, Dragon Age. I love D&D, books, comics, folklore and horror movies.
@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site. www.auschwitz.org | lesson.auschwitz.org | podcast.auschwitz.org
@stockportnoir.bsky.social
Crime fiction festival in the North West. Saturday 31st January 2026 at Stockport Masonic Guildhall
@baytales.bsky.social
Visit http://baytales.com Bay Tales Live 2026 happening in Whitley Bay on 28/02/26 tickets available now! Visit our website for the best tickets at the best price. £41.75 for the WHOLE DAY!