Reason #473 to keep getting excited about ROGUE TROOPER!

MEN review www.revenantjournal.com/contents/men...

HAUNTOLOGY review www.revenantjournal.com/contents/rev...

And finally... all the stuff in our special edition of REVENANT journal, includes reviews by me of the film MEN and Merlin Coverley's book HAUNTOLOGY (direct links in comments below)

The final creative response in our contemporary legend themed issue of Revenant journal is from poet Carolyn Waudby. Head over to the website to read and download four poems that take a local and a global approach to the theme.

Thanks Tamsin, it was a labour of love!

Folk crafts! I just finished making a (fairly) screen accurate replica of Jemaine's blanket in Flight of the Conchords, matching the colour pattern as closely as I could. This is the first proper thing I've ever crocheted, largely made from charity shop wool.

Folklore Matters logo: a green man image in the centre of a circle with the text folklore matters around the outside

We’re busy planning series two of our podcast, Folklore Matters, but @dianearodgers.bsky.social and Sophie found some time to do a quick ‘best bits’ of series one. You can listen here: folklore-matters.captivate.fm/episode/seri...

Photograph of the statue of Alice Nutter (woman wearing bonnet and period costume with her hands in chains)

The Pendle witches have long captured our imagination, but how do their stories play out in the landscape of rural Lancashire? Hannah Singleton investigates, in our Contemporary Legend themed issue of Revenant.

We were delighted to be able to include creative responses to the contemporary legend theme in our special issue of Revenant. You can read Sandy’s poems here: www.revenantjournal.com/contents/fou...

In another creative response to our contemporary legend theme, writer and researcher Sophie Parkes presents ‘Mary Three Times’, a short story about the thrill of enduring teenage folklore.

Had a lovely jaunt out to Ilkley Moor (yes, baht 'at) today to see the beautiful Badger stone, with neolithic cup and ring markings dating to around 5000 years ago! fabulousnorth.com/badger-stone/ #stones #folklore

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All my own! I'm working on the proofs with the editors RIGHT NOW :)

We’re busy planning series two of our podcast, Folklore Matters, but we found some time to do a quick 2-minute ‘best bits’ digest of series one. You can listen to that here! open.spotify.com/episode/0srG...

Our Andrew Robinson recently got his paws on this: the crying boy image that started it all off. New to the crying boy phenomenon? Have a read of @davidwclarke.bsky.social’s piece in our contemporary legend themed issue of Revenant.

Next Wednesday 15 April, FREE TO ALL online - I'll be hosting this 30-min talk for The Derby Dracula series of Dracula Lunchtime Bites when Cooper King will talk about Gothic radio and contemporary horror podcasting. Book for free at www.ticketsource.com/draculalunchtimebites #dracula #vampire

And with accompanying VAMPIRE FANGS tampons. Gold dust, this idea I tell ya!

Someone please make a sanitary pad called THE VAMPIRE (because it drinks blood!) with pictures of monsters on the packaging for gals like me into horror, not keen on the usual twee hearts and flowers stuff. Why isn't this already a thing?! I'll only take a reasonable fee for the concept!

Journey to the Moon - NASA Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1, 2026, and will reach the lunar sphere of influence—when the Moon's gravity exerts more force on the Orion spacecraft than the Ear...

FYI, this gallery has all the photos NASA is sharing from Artemis II in one place, with descriptions.

So sorry to hear this. When @scarredforlife.bsky.social put us in touch, I had wonderful lengthy phonecalls with Jeff during COVID about PIFs and stayed in touch for some time. He was a lovely, talented man full of excellent stories and will be missed. He was delighted his work had such recognition.

It is very wonderful!

Awesome, I read the first chapter and yes it seemed like there was an earlier book, thanks for confirming!

I read the blurb on the back which mentioned 'King of the Cats' and the 'Great Cat's and I was like 'SOLD'.

Some lovely 1960s #wyrd children's book finds visiting charity shops in Essex today :)

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Welsh folklore tells us that elves, fairies and witches hold sway over those born today:
“Palm Sunday was formerly considered an unlucky day for a birth, because people born then were more in the power of elves, fairies, and witches than on any other day.”
Folklore of Wales 1909 ✨

All eight #SmallProphets covers are available as a pack of postcards. Buy here: colemandesign.co.uk/shop and love them. Forever.
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It means so much to present this piece by my late father in the context of @nfsengland.bsky.social. I think he'd love that we are sharing his writing in this context, with thanks to colleagues Sophie Parkes-Nield + @davidwclarke.bsky.social www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/the-gre...

Live-action movie version of children’s TV series Mr Benn in the works I Swear’s Kirk Jones set to direct film based on the 1970s cult animation about a ‘very ordinary man’ who accessed different worlds via a magical fancy dress shop

I think this is the news we all needed today www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma... #mrbenn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social