WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Dark Talk @dark-talk.uk The official BlueSky account for the Dark Talk podcast.
• https://dark-talk.uk
• https://patreon.com/DarkTalkPod
Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/projects
Languages, Society and Policy @lspjournal.bsky.social LSP publishes high-quality peer-reviewed language research in accessible and non-technical language to promote policy engagement.
William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social Lecturer in Heritage at a university near Colchester. ‘Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology’ out now with Cornell UP. Fellow, RHistS. https://williamcarruthers.co.uk
Bloomsbury Education @bloomsburyed.bsky.social We publish the education books everyone’s talking about 📚✨
New books, resources for every age & stage, expert authors and practical ideas for teachers, parents + educators.
SEND • EYFS • CPD • STEM • PRIMARY • SECONDARY • HISTORICAL FICTION • POETRY🌈
Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
Carl Thompson @carlethompson.bsky.social Reader in Romanticism at University of Surrey. Research interests in travel writing, Romanticism, women's writing, history of science, shipwrecks and environmental humanities. Fellow of Surrey's Institute for Sustainability.
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Leeds City of Languages @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social 
Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social Drapers Professor of French, MMLL, Cambridge; Professorial Fellow, Murray Edwards College; Lead Fellow Languages, @britishacademy.bsky.social; Hon. Professor Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS). Researches travel, empire, Haiti, comics..
History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social Official BlueSky Account for History of Education Society UK. #histed
https://historyofeducation.org.uk/
Dr Harriet Fletcher @harrietfletcher.bsky.social Writer & academic | Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication @ ARU | 💀⭐ #GothicCelebrity (Bloomsbury) | pop culture | horror | feminism | bimbo-ologist 💅 | she/her | https://linktr.ee/harrietfletcher
Lucy Hyde @lucyformaldehyde.bsky.social Chaos maker, Anatomy Lecturer and Medical Artist at Bristol University
With a keen fondness for inside jokes, the facial nerve, and cheese of all shapes and sizes.....
Opinions sadly all my own doing
Curious Travellers @curioustravellers.bsky.social ‘Curious Travellers 2: Digital Editions of Thomas Pennant’s Tours of Wales and Scotland’. An AHRC-funded research project (CAWCS, University of Glasgow, Natural History Museum London)
Histories of Enlightenment Travel
https://curioustravellers.ac.uk/en/
Eleanor @eleanor-19thc.bsky.social PhD candidate at the University of Portsmouth researching women botanists in the long nineteenth century
sophie | PhD student @sophiecairns.bsky.social AHRC english lit PhD researcher | glasgow | she/her
research interests: long 19thC literature, travel literature, romanticism, history of empire & imperialism
usually found playing Baldur’s Gate 3 somewhere
Dr Alison Killilea @grendelsmam.bsky.social PhD in reception history of Beowulf; production editor for Lonely Planet; friend to rats #freepalestine
Kevin Corstorphine @drkevcorstorphine.bsky.social Lecturer in English. Gothic, horror, weird.
@mummybrownpaint.bsky.social @mummybrownpaint.bsky.social 
Excavating Horror @excavatinghorror.com Archaeology, Mummies & Museums in Horror Fiction & Media
https://excavatinghorror.com/
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Weeping Bank @weepingbank.bsky.social The acclaimed ghost storytelling experience, bridging the gap between page and stage
Following Films @followingfilms.com Indie film news and interviews. A weekly film recommendation for something a bit off the beaten path
J. Gibson @planarlost.bsky.social Dabbler in dark fantasy fiction (Planar Lost).
Book award winner.
Newsletter:
https://bit.ly/PlanarLostNews
Author site:
jgibsonwrites.com
#Author #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Paula García-Rodríguez @pgarrod.bsky.social PhD student at University of Málaga 👩🏼💻📖
Horror and the Gothic! 🧛🏻♀️🦇
Gender, Feminism, Queer, and Embodiment
Member of @trans-use.bsky.social
Associate Editor of @jaclrinfo.bsky.social
Black Shuck Books @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social World Fantasy Award-winning publisher
www.blackshuckbooks.co.uk
J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social 2x Bram Stoker & 2x Shirley Jackson Award finalist. Author of SLEEP ALONE and SOMETIMES WE’RE CRUEL. Stories: Best Horror of the Year Vol 13, PseudoPod, Vastarien, The Dark, more. Cat & lipstick enthusiast. She/Jen. Rep: Lane Heymont. jawmccarthy.com
Rue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social The world's leading horror in culture and entertainment publication. #printsnotdead!
We ship worldwide! ✈️🌎
Rue Morgue TV on YouTube! 📺
Toronto, Ontario 🇨🇦
https://rue-morgue.com/
C.J. Tudor - Author @cjtudor.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author - The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls (Netflix), The Drift and The Gathering. Dog lover. Gin drinker. Tattoo enthusiast. Disturbingly cheery. Serenity Falls out Sept 10, 2026!
Heather-jane @igotbigbooks.bsky.social 🧛🏻♀️ books, movies & physical media 📼 📀 📚
Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social Welsh author of dark fiction and roamer of ancient paths.
Words in Haven Spec, Dark Matter, Gamut Mag and other strange places.
Find me @ https://cmccarthywriter.substack.com/
spookycurious @spookycurious.bsky.social •Helping you stay Spooky Curious•
•Horror Reviewer• DnD • Mass Effect•
The Post Mortem Report @postmortemreport.com A unique speculative-fiction authorcast.
HOSTS:
@ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social
@michaelshotter.com
YouTube:
https://youtube.com/@ThePostMortemReport
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0uO7CAijHnBWJX4OtKxSyL
Official Site:
http://postmortemreport.com
Murder Coaster Podcast @murdercoaster.bsky.social A weekly true crime podcast from horror authors Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer.
www.murdercoasterpodcast.com
#truecrime #horror #truecrimepodcast
Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social It's In Our Blood
https://www.horrordna.com
https://linktr.ee/horrordna
The Shirley Jackson Awards @sjacksonawards.bsky.social For outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the fantastic.
elli ⏾ your spooky mom @yourspookymom.bsky.social 🕯️ living deliciously through literature
🪓 readin’ horror, folkloric, & queer lit
✨ co-owner of dead readers society
🪦 editor-in-chief of night terror mag
Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social An award-winning weekly horror fiction podcast
⛔ CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS FOR NOW
🖤Stay tuned for when we'll reopen!
www.talestoterrify.com
#HorrorCommunity
V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social 2x Bram Stoker Award nominated author
Chicana
Aliens:Vasquez
Rebel Moon (Netflix)
The Haunting of Alejandra
Immortal Pleasures
Goddess of Filth
The Queen of The Cicadas
Rep Jessica Berg
vcastrostories.com
Fourth Horseman Press @4thhorsepress.bsky.social The independent publisher of literary provocations that deliver an unforgettable reading experience.
fourthhorsemanpress.com
Purgatory Media @purgatorymedia.bsky.social A place to discover and discuss all things horror and horror-adjacent 🖤
The Vampires Library @vampireslibrary.bsky.social get the door Meatwad it’s Dracula . // bookseller
Giving the right recommendations for you is my favorite thing in the world.
Art Stories @arthistories.bsky.social Irgendwann denke ich mir mal eine neue Bio aus.
https://little-arthistories.com
Ian Potter @ianzpotter.bsky.social Writes, talks, listens, reads. Not always in that order.
Writer for BBC, Big Finish, Obverse Books, RiffTrax, Jim French's Imagination Theatre and money.
Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
Interests: (a)sexualities, health communication, masculinities, contraception/safer sex, repro health, climate crisis, IR, peace/conflict studies, utopias/dystopias, mental health, media, history, ...
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7802-2721
Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social Author, artist, poet, & Indigiqueer swamp hag. Grew up on the land & off the grid. Writing in The Deadlands, Augur, Nightmare, Malahat Review, Fiddlehead, etc. Aurora finalist, optimistic nihilist & possible witch. No GenAI
shanmonster.dreamwidth.org
Josephine @zozephine.bsky.social The brains behind the 1810 Clerkenwell diamond robbery.
Toothpickings @toothpickings.bsky.social Locally sourced, mall batch artisanal vampire content delivered to your door.
Thriller/Suspense Film Festival @thrillersuspense.bsky.social Entering its 10th year, this festival is a showcase of Thriller/Suspense Films & Screenplays from around the world, using the popular audience feedback video.
https://filmfreeway.com/ThrillerSuspenseFestival
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com
Haunted Futures @hauntedfutures.bsky.social Haunted Futures Conference, University College Cork 29th — 30th September 2026.
Mary O'Connell @mary1010.bsky.social Lecturer in English at UCC, teaching Nineteenth-Century Literature and Crime Fiction. Mama to Dylan. Arsenal fan.
Theo Paijmans @memizon.bsky.social They were strange days—curious dream-like days—and they followed each other silently, like shadows over grain fields. Edith Allonby, The Fulfilment, 1905.
International Gothic Association @igagoths.bsky.social The International Gothic Association is a large family of academic researchers, students, artists and writers with a shared interest in all things Gothic. www.globalgoth.org
Dr Sandra Aline Wagner @drsandrawagner.bsky.social 🌍International Relations Executive
📚PhD in Horror Studies
🐙Lovecraft 🧟Mash-up Novels
Dr. Jennifer Loring @drjennl.bsky.social #Horror media scholar, #writer, #gamer, #teacher. #ADHD. #Non-binary. Goth/metal unicorn. Making very gay #art (including some NSFW) again. NO AI
𝕾𝖎𝖒𝖔𝖓 𝕾𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖘 @sschothans.bsky.social 𝕬𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕲𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈 𝕲𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖘𝖙
⸙ 𝔐ℜ𝔢𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱
⸙ ℜ𝔞𝔡𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔡 𝔘𝔫𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔶
⸙ 𝔐𝔄 𝔏𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔯𝔶 𝔖𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔰
⸙ ℜ𝔢𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔓𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔬𝔭𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩 𝔖𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔉𝔢𝔞𝔯
⸙ (𝔈𝔠𝔬)𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔠 𝔞𝔫𝔡 (𝔈𝔠𝔬-)𝔚𝔢𝔦𝔯𝔡 𝔏𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰
⸙ simonschothans.com
Tom Hillard @thillard.bsky.social Writer & Professor. Interests: Gothic literature, book history, scholarly editing, all things early American. Cooking, playing music, gardening, making things.
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
The Ghoul Guides @ghoulguides.bsky.social A multimedia project exploring all things spooky, ghoulish and Gothic from academic researchers @laurenjnixon.bsky.social and @mazgoing.bsky.social. Podcast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ghoulguides | Website: theghoulguides.wordpress.com 
Ruth-Anne @ruthannereads.bsky.social Gothic, Ecology and Theology in 19th century literature
AHRC-funded PhD Candidate at Warwick University
She/They 📚🏳️🌈🐶
Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture.
Sign up to the MUP newsletter & receive 30% off all orders.
https://linktr.ee/ManchesterUniversityPress
Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. edinburghuniversitypress.com
Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing.
🖊️ 2026 Festival 5-7 June, in Edinburgh & online. Tickets on Sale 1 March 2026
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
CNCSI @cncsi.bsky.social Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International supports research, collaborative exchange, & professional training opportunities around the globe | INCSA Partner | linktr.ee/CNCSInternational
The Shirley Jackson Society @sjsociety.bsky.social A scholarly collective devoted to the work and influence of Shirley Jackson. We publish Shirley Jackson Studies, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal: https://shirleyjacksonstudies.org/. 
Derek Johnston @drdjohnston.bsky.social Media lecturer: UK TV history, telefantasy, historical dramas. At Queen’s University Belfast.
Helen Wheatley (she/her) @helenwheatley.bsky.social Academic Director of Warwick Institute of Engagement, Professor of Film and Television, Co-Founder of the Centre for Television Histories and mum of three teenagers and three cats
Cemetery Gates Media @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social Publisher of horror fiction. Fans of urban legends and creepy locales.
Dr. Andrea Kitta @andreakitta.bsky.social Folklorist, professor, author, horror enthusiast. I study the intersections of legend, conspiracy theory, and medicine and the supernatural. All opinions are mine as a private citizen.
Anna Wilde @annawilde.bsky.social PhD student at University of Birmingham (UK) researching death positivity - https://deathpositiveresearch.com Works at Caring for God's Acre @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social.
Loves dachshunds, fibre arts, cake, poetry, books and lives in the country.
Dr Kirstin Mills @kirstinmills.bsky.social The #Gothic; #18thC - #19thC literature & sciences of the mind, occult & supernatural; digital Gothic 👻
Associate Professor & Director: Master of Research, Faculty of Arts, MQU, Sydney
Co-Editor: ANCR & INCSA Book Series
She/Her
https://kirstinmills.com
Eric Gary Anderson @ericgaryanderson.bsky.social Your home for Undead Studies. Literature professor & director of grad studies in English at George Mason, where I teach NAIS, southern lit, horror/gothic lit, etc. Cat dad to Thena, Coraline, and Jackson Gray. Drinker of coffee. He/him/👻
Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social Peer-reviewed journal published by Johns Hopkins UP. Cultural & material contexts that shaped the production & reception of Edgar Allan Poe's work.
https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/poe-studies-history-theory-interpretation
Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social 👩🏻🏫 Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @sheffielduni.bsky.social
✍️ Influenza book @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
📚Research Rep @cncsi.bsky.social
🦇Co-host @GothicaUob.bsky.social
👋🏼ECR Rep @bavs-uk.bsky.social
👻 Summoned to the Séance @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Dr Laura Humphreys @bogarty.bsky.social Curatorial Lead 🏛️
Science Museum Group collections 🛰️
Returned Cardiffian 🏴
Allotment Nerd 🌱
Views my own. She/her/hi
Dr Daniel Sheppard @danieljsheppard.bsky.social Visiting Lecturer in Film, Birmingham City University | Assoc. Editor, Quarterly Review of Film and Video | Assoc. Director, Cine-Excess | Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/fzcH | Your Local Gay™ 🌈 | He/Him
The Death Studies Podcast @deathstudiespod.bsky.social Podcast providing a platform for the diversity of voices in, around and contributing to the academic field of Death Studies. Hosted by Dr Bethan Michael-Fox & Dr Renske Visser
TheDeathStudiesPodcast.com
Jen Cooke @jenniferjtcooke.bsky.social Online digital media researcher (horror) with the worst taste in movies that you’ll ever see.
@ Newcastle University 💜
Jorunn Joiner @jorunnjoiner.bsky.social PhD in English literature from Lund University, studying cultural memory and portrayals of the ancient Scandinavian past in British Romanticism. Occasional artist.
Catherine Spooner @catherinespooner.bsky.social Academic and creative writer | Professor of Literature and Culture, Lancaster University | all things Gothic | fashion | folk horror | she/her
Ruth Heholt @ruthheholt.bsky.social Prof of literature and culture. Gothic, crime, masculinity, ghosts. Lead of the Dark Economies Scholarly Association (dESA). Editor Rvenantjournal.com
Dr Bill Hughes (William the Bloody) @billbloodyhughes.bsky.social Cat lover. 18C scholar on the dialogue and novel. Gothic fairies, vampires and paranormal romance; co-organiser Open Graves, Open Minds Project @ogomproject.bsky.social
https://hcommons.org/members/billhughes/
www.opengravesopenminds.com
Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social Teacher, scholar, editor; PhD, FHEA; Academic Skills Lecturer at GBS. Interested in the Gothic, the weird, ghost stories, objects, Speculative Realism, Algernon Blackwood 🌲 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Henry-Bartholomew
Dr Lauren Nixon @laurenjnixon.bsky.social Doctor of Gothic Studies, specialising in masculinity, war and nation. Works in doctoral education and research culture. One half of The Ghoul Guides, spooky pop culture podcasting. She/Her.
Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social Lecturer in c19th and c20th Literature. #Gothic #DeathStudies #Childhood
Assoc Editor @ Gothic Studies
Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social Professor in Popular Literature with a focus on American horror and Gothic narratives & the work of Shirley Jackson. Views own.
Angela Wright @angelawright1794.bsky.social Professor of Romantic Literature, University of Sheffield. Romanticism, Gothic, author and general co-ed of Ann Radcliffe for forthcoming Cambridge edition and gen co-ed of Cambridge Elements in the Gothic. PL AHRC project ‘Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now’
Daniel Pietersen @pietersender.bsky.social 
Dr Barbara Franchi @barbarafranchi.bsky.social Contemporary literature scholar, feminist, wannabe eco-criticist. Career Development Fellow in Postcolonial and World Literatures at Durham University. she/her
Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca Professor, English/Gender & Women’s Studies Dalhousie. He/him. Speaking only for myself (sometimes not even!)
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction: https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-broadview-anthology-of-science-fiction/
http://jasonhaslam.ca
Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social Author, film critic, and editor of all things Gothicky.
Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social Horror scholar, PhD, HWA, CSFFA | Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025) | Poetry Editor Orion’s Belt | Words in Future Fire, UtopiaSF, Space&Time, Lovecraftiana | EIC @katabaticcircus.bsky.social co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social
Brontë Schiltz @bronteschiltz.bsky.social 🖊: @bigissue.com @bigissuenorth.bsky.social 👻 PhD on the BBC’s Televisual Gothic @manmetuni.bsky.social 👩💼 Members Coordinator @igagoths.bsky.social
Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social Scholar of Shirley Jackson and periodical culture, funded by Research Ireland. Research interests include periodicals, Horror, the Gothic, Science Fiction, popular culture in general, zombie bites in narrative and popular discourse. Opinions my own.
Making It Wyrd @makingitwyrd.bsky.social A scholar putting a gothic spin on pop culture. Books, films, music - we're making it wyrd 👻
Check out our blog: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Dale Townshend @dalegothic96.bsky.social Professor of Gothic literature mainly posting about books, cake, horses and my cat Dickens.
Sandie Mills @drsandramills.bsky.social Digital analyst | Gothicist | PhD on dolls & horror |
Dr Cat Smith @moderngothicbooks.bsky.social Independent Scholar reading contemporary literary theory & C21 Gothic 🖊📚💀👻