White book cover featuring a black and white photo of an angel from a tomb in Highgate Cemetery in London.

Next month sees the publication of my new book, In The Ghost Hours, a collection of verse exploring death in all its horror and beauty.
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“The Queer Victorian Gothic” with Brontë Schiltz Are you ready to descend into the weird world of queer Gothic writing, spooky sexology, and gay ghouls? Brontë Schiltz is an expert on all of these and so much more. We speak about the televisual Gothic and about several of Brontë’s favourite Victorian writers, including masc heartthrob Vernon Lee. If you’re into fun facts about blood transfusions and half-human, half-snake main characters, this episode is for you.   References: Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies Vernon Lee (1856-1935) Ali Smith Sarah Waters Televisual gothic A Ghost Story For Christmas M.R. James “The Dead Room” Mark Gatiss The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Chris Baldick Nigel Kneale Matthew Lewis’ The Monk Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray Jen Beagin’s Big Swiss Karl Heinrich Ulrichs’ Manor Sexology “Plain Reasons Against Sodomy” Horace Walpole John Addington Symonds Dracula George Haggerty’s Queer Gothic John Singer Sargent Clementina Anstruther-Thomson Affect studies Vernon Lee’s Hauntings “A Wicked Voice” “Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady” Megan Milks Ali Smith’s Hotel World Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies The Horse Hospital  https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/miskatonic-televisualgothic   Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: -      What is the Gothic? What did you know about the Gothic before listening and what did you learn from Brontë? -      How is the Gothic queer? -      Why is the Victorian period an interesting time to look at queerness? -      How does Brontë speak about queerness in relation to illness? -      What is your favourite spooky story?          

📣 New Podcast! "“The Queer Victorian Gothic” with Brontë Schiltz" on @Spreaker #gendergothic #gothic #gothicshortstory #gothicstudies #gothicwriting #horror #lgbtqiahistory #lgbtqialiterature #oscarwilde #queer #queergothic #queerhalloween #queerhistory #queerpodcast #queervictorian #sexology

Gothic Imaginings Writing Workshop

I’m weekending gothic-style and am so excited for this workshop on Saturday led by the brilliant Dr Charlotte Baker! Still time to book! 🖤

See www.eventbrite.com/e/gothic-ima... for details!✨

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Tiny Terror Tuesday: First Day “Ding!” The elevator opens on the lobby floor.

Tiny Terror Tuesday has arrived, my Horror Writing community.

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Gothic Imaginings A one-day workshop exploring Gothic fiction, including tropes, setting and much more!

Five days to go until GOTHIC IMAGININGS, and you can grab either a standard ticket or pick that up along with an author one-to-one! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gothic-ima... #gothic #gothicfiction #gothicwriting #gothicnovels

Excited to read this debut novel by Gothic polymath @katecherrell.bsky.social

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Really enjoyed my first online Gothic writing workshop with wonderful attendees and, of course, our lecturer.

We also covered Shirley Jackson's The Tooth as an example of the female Gothic.

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Who is your favourite author writing gothic stuff now? 👻💀🐈‍⬛🧛
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This 1933 edition of Poe’s “Tales of Mystery and Imagination”, with illustrations by Harry Clarke is one of my most prized possessions. 🪦🖤 #edgarallanpoe #horror #spooky #goth #gothicwriting #horrorwriting #horrorbooks