The Ghoul Guides
A multimedia project exploring all things spooky, ghoulish and Gothic from academic researchers @laurenjnixon.bsky.social and @mazgoing.bsky.social. Podcast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ghoulguides | Website: theghoulguides.wordpress.com
@horrorlex.bsky.social
Horror Lex® (https://horrorlex.com) is the home of academic horror. Explore our huge research database of scholarly, thoughtful writings on horror films. #horror
@janiceflux.bsky.social
Scholar of Horror, the Gothic, Science Fiction, especially Shirley Jackson, zombies, pop lit.
@ehunineteen.bsky.social
Research Centre for Nineteenth Century Studies at Edge Hill University • MA 19thC Studies • Directors: @VictorianMasc.bsky.social, @DrBeard79.bsky.social @DigiVictorian.bsky.social • https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/ehu19/
@ecfjournal.bsky.social
ECF is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly devoted to the critical and historical investigation of literature and culture of 1660-1832. Editor Eugenia Zuroski, McMaster University. Posts by ECF editors; contact: ecf@mcmaster.ca.
@surprisedowl.bsky.social
Museum Registrar, cat lover, occasional walker and dressmaker. Yes you do recognise me from that other hellsite.
@bookwormvaught.bsky.social
Author, Creative Writing & English teacher, entrepreneur, #Curae prize, editor, mum of 3 lads. Rep. @keslupo Maass Agency, NYC. Wilts, Wales, Southern US https://linktr.ee/bookwormvaught?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=00043ddf-6cad-43e1-8c8a-d89
@betheyres.bsky.social
Composition and Literature instructor, esp. Gothic Literature. Gardener. Reader. Sightseer. And wine. Co-host Two Profs in a Pod @twoprofsinapod http://twoprofsinapod.blogspot.com
@parsonsfiction.bsky.social
Author of horror, SF and more. The Woken Bones, Wilkford's Rakshasa, Northern Souls, Orbital Kin, Minerva Century. The Briggar Stone 2024, Anuci Press. https://jameseparsons.wixsite.com/parsonsfiction Geordie.
@elementaladam.bsky.social
Chief Reviews Editor, Journal for 18th-Century Studies (JECS). 18th-Century Co-Editor, Literature Compass. Interests: #18C Print Culture, esp Satire & Periodicals. Podcast: http://anchor.fm/satire-no-more (@talkaboutsatire.bsky.com)
@mattcrofts.bsky.social
Literature researcher. PhD on #Gothic Tyranny. Interests: Dracula adaptations, the #Flashman papers, rats, apocalyptic wastes & Castlevania. Black cat fan 🐈⬛
@miskatonicihs.bsky.social
Horror film history, theory, and production school since 2010 - Tickets for our Autumn classes - https://linktr.ee/miskldn We are @donnerpartyofone.bsky.social (Online) & @joshsaco.bsky.social (UK) With assistance from a bunch of legends
@kirstinmills.bsky.social
The #Gothic; #18thC - #19thC literature & sciences of the mind, occult & supernatural; digital Gothic 👻 Senior Lecturer & Director: Master of Research, Faculty of Arts, MQU, Sydney Co-Editor: ANCR & INCSA Book Series She/Her https://kirstinmills.com
@deathstudiespod.bsky.social
Podcast providing a platform for the diversity of voices in, around and contributing to the academic field of Death Studies. Hosted by Dr Bethan Michael-Fox & Dr Renske Visser TheDeathStudiesPodcast.com
@ruthannereads.bsky.social
Gothic, Ecology and Theology in 19th century literature AHRC-funded PhD Candidate at Warwick University She/They 📚🏳️🌈🐶
@fierengraw.bsky.social
Literary detective & long 18th-centuryist. Honorary Research Associate at the University of Liverpool. Currently working on early modern whales She/her https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/corrina-readioff#tabbed-content https://18thcparatext.wordpress
@augustaquarius.bsky.social
⭐️Associate Professor (Reader) 📚 @fanstudies.bsky.social board 🎢 Transmedia Tourism • Experience Economy • Theme Parks • Disney • Participatory Cultures • Media Endings ❤️ Sushi • Margaritas • Minions 🧟♀️ she/her 🏴 💻 https://linktr.ee/drrebeccawilliams
@heatherlkincaid.bsky.social
Former social media lover. Chronic social media goblin. Still not sure I have the energy for another platform.
@sylindria.bsky.social
Owned by two beagles and many many books. #UglyDog #NAFO Has been known to walk where Angels fear to fly. Lapsed #Goth and secret #Swiftie #DreadNAFO
@drspider666.bsky.social
Confirmed bachelor. Writing about queer & disability representation. Only watching anything for the queer-coded villains. Opinions my own.
@drbeard79.bsky.social
Hopeless Romanticist, childless cat dad, and coffee addict (he/him)
@stonkers.bsky.social
She/her in VT - Stained glass and needlework - cats - horror movies - video games (dragon age, bg3) - 🔴LFC - medieval history - anti-racist, antifascist, anti-TERF, 🚫 I block AI on sight 🚫
@bringyourownsun.bsky.social
She/her Senior Lecturer in Beach* Excessive educator | Bookworm | Art History and/in Translation (*Working title)
@karenjkhart.bsky.social
Writer, former reporter & press officer. Back in Folkestone after London. She’s my rescue greyhound Cassie.
@lkremmel.bsky.social
Assistant Professor: Gothic/Horror, 18th/19th C Brit Lit, Health Humanities, History of Medicine, Death Studies, Disability Studies | Amateur Artist and cemetery enthusiast Romantic Medicine and the Gothic Imagination: Morbid Anatomies (2022)
@foxclarethill.bsky.social
Hopeful Author. Professional Ghostwriter. Horror Obsessed. Whodunit Lover. Folklore Enthusiast. Currently Writing Novel #1. AHWA Member. He/They. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@harveygothick.bsky.social
Apprentice Monsterologist, Gothic academic and bibliophile. Passion for dance, music, nature and cocktails. Sunsponge Goth. She/her. Co-founder of the Macabre Danse research project (#BalletGothic)
@selinesigil.bsky.social
Arts, spiritual, folklore, occult...the weird, the wonderful, the web of life
@gothicacademic.bsky.social
🇨🇦🏴 📚 PhD Student at University of Westminster // MLitt in Gothic Studies 🌿 Researching ecofem, hauntology, & the climate crisis in speculative fiction 🎓 First gen & non-trad student 🎗️ Advocate for accessibility in academia
@g0blinegg.bsky.social
Amy - Part-time Goblin 🐸 Folklorist researching the Folklore and Ghostlore of Shropshire 👻 Teacher of Religious Studies Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇 - Currently working on a book about The Devil in Shropshire Folklore
@gothicbodies.bsky.social
Professional nerd researching Gothic Fangirls and Families. Disabled, Queer, Socialist.
@hugginscooper.bsky.social
Horror maven. Thanatologist. SCBWI regional organiser NE. ‘Writing Know-How’ Editor for SCBWI. Creative Writing lecturer at Falmouth. Author. She/her, ADHD. Views all mine...mine I say!
@drmcraines.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool; interested in literature and psychology, crime fiction, horror, film and television adaptations, and Victorian realism (yes, I'm a little all over the place); dog mom; views my own; she/her
@earlymodernhorror.bsky.social
Part time lecturer, full time anxious wreck. Writing a/the book on Early Modern Horror. Also research videogames and contemporary Horror. Reviewer for TheSixthAxis.com
@kartook.bsky.social
PhD in myth, religious studies, and fantasy fiction. Expertise on Wicked, fairy tales, and transmedial adaptation. 1/3 of the Danse Macabre project on gothic dance. QA and Acreditations Manager in HE. Mum of 2 kids with additional needs.
@heathermacumber.bsky.social
PhD/Hebrew Bible. Associate Professor of Biblical Studies. Obsessed with all things monsters, Revelation, biblical art & exilic narratives. she/her
@chloec.bsky.social
PhD student 📚 Researching witch-wives, mid-century witches, and Suburban Gothic in lit, film & TV 🔮🪄 Commissioning Editor in academic publishing 📖 she/her🌛
@henrybartholomew.bsky.social
Teacher, scholar, editor; PhD, FHEA; Academic Skills Lecturer at GBS. Interested in the Gothic, the weird, ghost stories, objects, Speculative Realism, Algernon Blackwood 🌲 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Henry-Bartholomew
@tim-g.bsky.social
Movies (Often Classic), history, tabletop/miniatures games, all things Gothic, etc
@baroquebecky.bsky.social
Not a joke but you're welcome to laugh • PhD researcher @ uni of Brum • Art historian obsessed with sound • Recovering registrar • Petrean • She/her
@bethanykeats.bsky.social
Writer ✍️ Reader 📚 Dancer 🩰 cyclist 🚲 PhD: creative writing, family history, 1950s Australia, gothic literature, women's history 🎓 Also: languages Geelong ✈️ Townsville (sometimes 🇫🇷) co-editor @sudojournal.bsky.social co-host @editsannotations.bsky.social
@diversityhorror.bsky.social
I’m a queer, biracial, and neurodiverse enby. Diversity Horror is my blog where I review and promote fiction featuring and/or created by BIPOC, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ folk. You can check out my diverse horror book list here: bit.ly/2PmA4Oy
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social
Writer, editor, comms manager • Founder/ editor @helleborezine.bsky.social (World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist) • History, art, myth, mystery. 👩🏻 mjpcuervo.com/portfolio-page 📖 helleborezine.com
@joanpassey.bsky.social
BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker | English Lecturer | UCU Rep | Haunted Shores Network | Victorian environments, coasts & seascapes 🌊 | Queer ecologies 🍄 | Gothic 👻 | she/they 🏳️🌈 https://joanpassey.co.uk/
@leilataylor.bsky.social
creative director, library booster, writer, purveyor of gloomth, future crone.
@madelinepotter.bsky.social
ECR Teaching & Research Fellow 19th century @LLCatEdinburgh | @CN_CSI |Theological Monsters (UWP), The Roma (The Bodley Head/Harper Collins, 2025) | 19thC Gothic
@romgothsam.bsky.social
Gothic lit and theology. Gothic romance. Queer Gothic. Lecturer in 19th Century Literature and Research Fellow on Byron. Runs 'Romancing the Gothic'.