@forteanlondon.bsky.social Bloody love the London Fortean Society. Talks so far today have been brilliant as always. #StrangeCentral

Looking forward to this!

Surekha Davies in front of a map of Northern Eurasia, with monsters along the top.

Join us on 5 March for HUMANS | A Monstrous History: Historian @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social explores how apes, zombies, cyborgs and so-called “monsters” shaped modern ideas of race, gender, nations... and normality itself.

In-person, 6pm to 8pm
Drinks, book sale/signing afterwards

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I am very much here as a safe space for everyone’s incredibly bad experiences with idiots applying CBT worksheets at them.

I think every clever/sensitive/both person I know in the UK has had some experience like this. It is proper medical harm.

@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
Your words “these must become never events”

PLEASE INTERVENE TO SAVE LIFE
Savannah has not eaten for 9 weeks. There are no NHS services for severe ME - 7 months since publication of the Delivery Plan for ME/CFS

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The disappointment following the weekly shop when you realise you've only bought healthy things and now you'll have to eat them instead of supernoodle butties

Even more savage is politely replying, but not acknowledging the repeated point in the enails

Cunning Folk and magic in Medieval and Early Modern Britain were a bit like recreational drugs today, technically illegal but everyone knew where to go to get hold of them #LondonForteanSociety thanks Tabitha Stanmore! @magicnotwitches.bsky.social

My favourite event of the year is GO! #TheHauntedLandscape

Ever feel like acorns are actively dive bombing you?

So excited! Got my weekend reading sorted. I want to hug the author of this book for the concept alone. www.moonflowerbooks.co.uk/pagans

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A huge shout out to @alexdavis1981.bsky.social for a fantastic week of talks and workshops on folk horror. Thanks to all the speakers as well. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis...

A lively five days of events incoming for any folk horror fans out there, and all online so you can join us from the comfort of your own home! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i... @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social @folkhorrorist.bsky.social @folkhorrorfolk.bsky.social

Damn. Didn't see this before now. All tickets sold out.

People are posting about authors whom they've read more than five books of, but huge shout out to Sheila K. McCullagh. Tim and The Hidden People were my first binge-read series after I first learned to read. Still love fantasy and magical realism.

As someone with a serious book buying habit, I make life hard for myself. #CapitalCrime2025

Given that "The Death of Shame Tour" already sounded quite metal, our publicist @fionabrownlee.bsky.social got us some actual tour-date t shirts. Zoom in to see where you can catch @ambroseparry.bsky.social.

Presented to you in the form of unedited screenshots, the following is a 'conversation' I had with Chat GPT upon asking whether it could help me choose several of my own essays to link in a query letter I intended to send to an agent. What ultimately transpired is the closest thing to a personal episode of Black Mirror I hope to experience in this lifetime.

(The g in gpt stands for gaslight)

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Started reading Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand last night. Absolutely love it. Some people are so good at writing you get drawn in straight away. Got tonight booked 😉

Capital Crime Festival | Join the Thrill Experience Capital Crime 2025, a unique 2-day festival celebrating crime and thriller genres with over 100 authors in central London. Book tickets now.

Very excited to discover there's a crime and thriller festival on in London next week... www.capitalcrime.org

Excellent performances and a thought-provoking script delivered in a small space with minimal distractions is like reading a book and being inside it simultaneously. Long live fringe theatre. Loved Diagnosis ‪@finboroughtheatre.bsky.social‬. finboroughtheatre.co.uk/production/d...