Macabre Danse

@icysedgwick.bsky.social

Host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast/blog. Researcher & writer for hire. Dark fantasy & Gothic author. Crafter. PhD in haunted house films.

@jfpackham.bsky.social

Researching and writing about nineteenth-century literature and the gothic: mostly coastly, the seabed and deep ocean, blue hums, and gothic voices. Co-runs the Haunted Shores network. Senior Lecturer at University of Birmingham.

@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👻

@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

@bronteschiltz.bsky.social

Writer & journalist. PhD on Britain’s Televisual Gothic 👻 Big on The Divine Comedy and fun

@ruthheholt.bsky.social

Prof of literature and culture. Gothic, crime, masculinity, ghosts. Lead of the Dark Economies Scholarly Association (dESA). Editor Rvenantjournal.com

@theprofrog.bsky.social

academic/freelance writer, on Gothic, Science Fiction. Next up: Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead (October 2025). Research fellow at Heidelberg Uni, May to Sept 25

@gothicauob.bsky.social

A spooky network interested in exploring all aspects of the Gothic at @unibirmingham. Co-run by @katrinajan.bsky.social, @dremilyvincent.bsky.social & Ross Conway. Blog: https://uobgothica.wordpress.com/past-sessions/

@horrorstudies.bsky.social

The Horror Studies Research Group at Northumbria University (UK): the Home of Horror Studies

@anatomicalcat.bsky.social

Human Remains Conservator at Surgeons’ Hall. Snake charmer. Beagle feeder. All-round general necromancer

@emilyalder.bsky.social

@joanpassey.bsky.social

BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker | English Lecturer | UCU Rep | Haunted Shores Network | Victorian environments, coasts & seascapes 🌊 | Queer ecologies 🍄 | Gothic 👻 | she/they 🏳️‍🌈 linktr.ee/JoanPassey

@suzieedge.bsky.social

Medical doctor/author mashup. Gory tales of human bodies in history and dead king juice. Books, TikToks, photographs and films.

@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.

@bsky.app

official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app