If your name’s Bob Agnew and you’ve every been to Sawney Bean’s Cave, you should know you’ve just delivered the biggest laugh of the day at @forteanlondon.bsky.social’s #hauntedlandscape event!

Admirably high hit rate on #HauntedLandscape talks this year. @icysedgwick.bsky.social just finished, excellent value as always.

The day has started with @jaylikesthings talking about underground folklore. #HauntedLandscape

HAUNTED LANDSCAPE TIIIIIIIME #hauntedlandscape

A small fire burns fiercely in the foreground of a misty, desolate landscape. Its orange flames lick upward from a bed of charred earth and ash, their heat visibly distorting the cold air around them. Beyond the fire, a faded two-story house stands alone in the distance, its pale, weathered walls softened by fog. Bare trees frame the scene, their twisted branches stark against the gray haze that rolls off the distant hills. The entire setting feels suspended between life and ruin—the warmth of the fire clashing with the chill of the mist, as though something once living refuses to fade entirely. The light from the flames casts faint reflections on the damp ground, a fragile defiance against the encroaching gloom. Keywords: fire, fog, abandoned house, desolation, decay, haunted field, misty hills, eerie calm, rural ruin, ghostly atmosphere, solitude, twilight burn Clearly identified as AI-generated; use is permitted for non-commercial creative projects. MidJourney, FLUX.1-schnell model via Perchance, Artspace.ai, REVE, Echoform™

#EmbersOfTwilight Nov 9: The Heart Beneath the Ash: a quiet ember persisting beyond the flames.
Something still burns in the field
#hauntedlandscape #abandonedplaces #moodyatmosphere #firelight #GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist #aiartcommunity #GenerativeArt #AIchallenge #BuilderofNightmares

A spectral, monochrome scene depicts a tall figure dressed in a tattered, floor-length robe and pointed witch’s hat, walking down a narrow cobblestone street. The fabric of the garment hangs in ragged strips, brushing the wet ground as mist curls around their form. Their back is to the viewer, emphasizing a sense of departure or summoning. Ahead in the haze, two more indistinct silhouettes in similar pointed hats emerge, partially swallowed by the fog. To the right looms a massive, old windmill, its blades faintly visible through the mist, tilting at an uneasy angle like a skeletal sentinel. Crumbling walls and leaning buildings frame the passage, creating an atmosphere of decay and abandonment. The lighting is diffuse and silvery, the fog thick enough to obscure all color, heightening the sense of dread and inevitability. The scene carries a feeling of ritual and foreboding, as though these figures are converging on a moment long anticipated. Keywords: witch, fog, windmill, gothic, eerie, ritual, cobblestone, silhouettes, decay, mist, dark fantasy, haunting Created with MidJourney using my Echoform™ prompt structure. Resolution and other adjustments made using Lightroom. Clearly identified as AI-generated; use is permitted for non-commercial creative projects.

#WitchyWednesday
The Gathering at Dusk
Three figures drift through the fog as if summoned by the turning blades of the windmill.
#darkfantasy #witchinghour #hauntedlandscape #GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist #aiartcommunity #GenerativeArt #AIchallenge #BuilderofNightmares

Survival: A Field on the Edge of England | Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature In the hinterland beyond the last rows of houses, where the town peters out into farmland and straggling industrial sites, there is a place, wide open, cut across by field boundaries and desire-line f...

I have an essay in the latest @panoramajournal.bsky.social . It’s about part of the Kent coast and the ghosts of its past. Panorama is FREE TO READ and always packed with amazing writing!
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#hauntedlandscape #psychogeography #placewriting #landscapewriting

A haunting post-apocalyptic street stretches through a crumbling city. The buildings are skeletal and decayed, with glowing windows and rusted signs dangling in eerie stillness. The scene is silent and surreal, as if abandoned long ago—yet something about it feels strangely alive, like a memory waiting to be triggered.

Would you like to walk here? Something still watches from the ruins.

#aiart #synthography #postapocalyptic #eerieart #urbanruins #hauntedlandscape #synthart #symbolicsurrealism #timBurtonvibes #aftertheend #artificialintelligence #forgottenworlds #gothicdecay #dreamsymbolism

Murmures de Montemer. Photographie réaliste d’un vieux pont en pierre au cœur d’une forêt embrumée et silencieuse. Realistic photograph of an old stone bridge deep in a misty, silent forest.

Whispers of Montemer.
#ArtDigital #DarkRomanticism #MysteryVibes #HauntedLandscape #VisualPoetry #GothicMood #AtmosphericArt #OldBridge #NatureAndDecay #DigitalPainting #ArtisticMood #AiArt #Midjourney

Post-lunch at #HauntedLandscape looks like:

James Edward Frost on the history & folklore of the Kentish hooden horse, complete with Actual Horse Action.

Jeremy Harte on when saints go bad, and why you really shouldn’t disrespect St Edmund.

Session 2 at #HauntedLandscape with @ForteanLondon looked like:

@stroudstory.bsky.social on ghosts of the Cotswolds. When is a barrow not a barrow? And which King comes, headless, to take the souls of the family?

Dr Helen Frisby on the fascinating practice of sin-eating. Must know more!

Delighted that my paper, "Death Notes: Haunting messages from those who died in the world’s largest single place crash", for the Haunted Landscape Conference in July has been accepted.

#Research #Conference #HauntedLandscape #JAL123