Shanon Sinn

Hi Dee Dee! I'm always happy to host the late shift 🌝

Hi Bryn! Thank you. Hope you are having a nice day too 🐉

A scary dragon-like monster (called the Leviathan) swims on the surface of the water with water bubbling around it. Its eyes look evil and angry and its mouth is open showing a lot of sharp teeth. There is a very small amount of sky at the top of the image, showing a horizon that is far away.

That's the end of an epic #FolkloreThursday 🦈

Today's theme was "Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas”

This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your very last host today! Wishing you a happy Lunar New Year 🌙

1908 Arthur Rackham

Jenny Greenteeth is a supernatural being or ghost from rural NW England. She haunts ponds and other bodies of water—sometimes even the sea—pulling children under the water to their death. Tales of her nefarious deeds can be traced from 1850-2019 #folklorethursday

1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young

Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🐉

That was Crystal at @crystalponti.bsky.social sharing your posts before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your final host today (for the next hour).

Today's theme is Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas 🧜‍♀️

1928 Ivan Billibin

Theodor Kittelsen: The Water Sprite.A dark, misty pond with lily pads, reflecting trees, and a large creature with glowing blue eyes partially submerged, creating ripples in the water.

The theme for the hosted #FolkloreThursday 19th Feb is Water Spirits and Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers, and Seas! Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at these times GMT:
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Your pages for the Kraken comic are amazing 🤩

Thank you for having me 😊 Wishing you and your family a happy holiday season Willow ✨

Santa Claus with a skull face is walking down a Victorian street and ringing a bell. He is carrying a sack that is falling open with ghosts and toys inside.

According to older mid European folklore, if your lamp goes out on Christmas morning you will see spirits. And if you burn elder on Christmas Eve you will see witches #FolkloreThursday

1993 book cover by Ian McCaig

An illustration showing a small boy opening a door to Santa Claus. It is dark outside. Santa is dressed in read and has a sack over his shoulder and is leaning on a cane. On his belt is a large pouch partially open with dolls inside of it. There are two more dolls clipped to his belt.

Feliz Navidad #FolkloreThursday ❄️✨🎄❄️

That was Crystal @crystalponti.bsky.social being merry and bright before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your elven host for the next one hour ⭐

Today's theme is "Winter and Festive Folklore”

1900s early German postcard

Screenshot of a tarot spread by Polish Folk Witch on YouTube exploring her fear of the Bent-Neck Lady ghost seen on Haunting of Hill House season 2 (loosely based on Turn of the Screw by Henry James). The graphic is in black and red with a white title. There are spots for six cards to be laid out. A red snake can be seen behind the text list of questions whose numbers correspond with each card. Full video with audio at https://www.youtube.com/live/EO_OysYwi7c

A tarot spread uses cards in a pre-determined order to explore a question or theme. How the cards are laid out will give a reader their answers #FolkloreThursday

A clever spread by the Polish Folk Witch on YouTube exploring her fear of the Bent Neck-Lady ghost on The Haunting of Hill House.

A painting shows realistic figures, a man and a woman, sitting across from each other at a small table. There is nothing in the background though a large red circle acts as a frame. The woman has her head thrown back and the man stares intently at her with a smile on his face. Both of their hands are on a Ouija board.

Hello #FolkloreThursday 🐉

Thank you to Crystal @crystalponti.bsky.social for hosting before the break!

I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your last host today for the "Folklore of Games and Pastimes" event. 1 hour left 🃏🎲

To play, use the #folklorethursday hashtag in a themed post

1920 N. Rockwell

Ngetal (Reed Grass) II “When a cow hesitates to cross, the person driving her throws a stalk or a twig into the ditch before the unwilling animal and sings the ‘Feith Mhoire,’ Vein of Mary, to encourage her t…

#FolkloreThursday #Reed
November’s Reed Moon (Ngetal) dips into Donn’s underworld at Tech Duinn, winds whisper for the dead.
Also known as Broom or Fern,original plants of the ancient Celts.
@shanonsinn.bsky.social article explores the Reed. livinglibraryblog.com/ngetal-reed-...

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🎃Spooky scavenger hunt (first 20 arrivals)
🎃Chat local cryptids & ghost lore w/ folks who've lived, unearthed & reimagined coastal horror!
🎃Haunting & horrifying (short) readings!
🎃Interactive storytelling—let's invent our own bookshop cryptid/urban legend/local creepypasta!

Thank you for being part of The Kindread Coast Derek 🧜🏻

My contributors copy of The Kindread Coast finally arrived! Very excited to be a part of this anthology of writers from Western Canada! Thanks to @shanonsinn.bsky.social and @lavoiecwrites.bsky.social for inviting me to take part in this!

Nice! Happy to hear it arrived finally! Wish the postal strike was over 😅

These are beautiful! Not sure I can make it but I will try 🌛

Received my contributor copy of The Kindread Coast from @blackcatbooks.bsky.social 🎃

It was an absolute thrill to write for this collection - thanks to the editors and look forward to reading these haunting tales by firelight tonight…

Silver and gold tone text on dark mottled background with sketchy pen-and-ink or tattoo-style accent images of talons clutching a radiating eye and a skull overrun by tentacles under the text West Coast Weird. Remaining text reads: Powerhouse in The Kindread Coast (Black Cat Books, Oct. 2025) YA+ brainrot ecopunk cryptid horror "You grow up afraid of the water here. Doesn’t matter if you ate in swimming lessons, the glacier-fed waters have these hidden currents. They’ll freeze your balls off and leave the rest of you on ice. We spend every summer throwing shade at the latest drownings while trading horror stories about what lurks in the depths. Those stories have me tucking my knees now, flinching at every lap against the pilings and straining to make out the chittering beneath the loon-call echoes of voices in the distance..." Ecopunk cryptid horror meets the manosphere/toxic masculinity with a side of anticolonialism/anticapitalism & a splash of mid-2020s-era brainrot in this 6k word short in a dark speculative/horror anthology for teens and up featuring 13 haunting stories set on/near the British Columbian coast by Western Canadian authors. Reader Advisory/Content Alerts: bullying/hazing/harassment, implied assault, death-by-monster, racism/colonialism/white supremacy, sexism/patriarchy, terminal capitalism.

The Kindread Coast, edited by Caroline Lavoie and Monique Riel. Cover art by Lydia Avsec of a blue water monster reading a red book under a full moon with a black cat walking below the painted title.

2025 Release 🧵4: Powerhouse in THE KINDREAD COAST @blackcatbooks.bsky.social

🐈‍⬛Gen-Alpha slang attempt (feel free to laugh!)🫡
🐈‍⬛Much horror, many monsters, also cryptids🐙
🐈‍⬛Nature is SO over us💀
🐈‍⬛He likes to neg, she likes to watch (her bullies get eaten)👀

books.kawiggins.com/kindread

#ecopunk

A detail from a colour magazine or newspaper illustration. A man in a top hat is smoking a cigar while seated at a table. A skeletal ghost-like figure in white robes is rolling dice from a cup and standing over the man while pointing to the table, which is shaped like a coffin.

That's the end of another #FolkloreThursday 🔥🎃🌙

Today's theme was folklore of Ghosts, Monsters, and All Things Spooky! This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you the best Spooktober ever 🍁

1883 Bernard Gillam - Gambling with death

Thanks for having me Willow! Happy October to you too! I know it's a favourite for both of us 🎃

A digital painting recreating a black and white photograph of blues musician Robert Johnson in browns and blues. He is seated wearing a suit, tie, and hat while holding a guitar and smiling.

A well-known American legend claims blues musician Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil on the crossroads at midnight -- for musical genius and fame.

Remembered as the godfather of rock music, Johnson died at 27 years old #FolkloreThursday

Digital painting for an art class two yrs ago.

A 19th Century painting showing a graveyard scene at night. There are several gravestones and disorganized plots and trees. A partly open grave is in the foreground with a shovel laying across it. A luminescent-cloaked apparition is standing behind it and looking down into the ground. Though it is bright, the details of the person are not apparent.

Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🎃

Huge thanks to Crystal @crystalponti.bsky.social for being our host before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your crypt keeper for the next one hour.

Today's theme is "Ghosts, Monsters, & All Things Spooky!" 👀

1898 Josef Mandl 🌙

If you haven’t before, you should jump into the rabbit hole of the artist Pamela Colman Smith. She was a really cool woman. Involved with folklore and mysticism. Fascinated by her really.

Thank you for having me! I'm already excited for our October session. It will be epic 🎃

Card illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith for A. E. Waite’s tarot deck. It shows an old man with a long beard and a long grey cloak with a hood on it. The background is plain blue sky. He looks to be standing on a snowy mountain peak. He has a walking staff and is holding a lantern with a star in it. At the bottom it says “The Hermit.”

Card illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith for A. E. Waite’s tarot deck. The card shows a beautiful and regal woman seated on a throne holding up a sceptre. She has a crown with twelve stars on it. Grain grows in front of her and a forest with a river is behind her. At the bottom of the card it says, "The Empress."

Many Tarot readers interpret The Star card as connecting to the universe, creation, and divine guidance. Stars also appear on The Chariot card, on The Empress’s crown, and in The Hermit’s lantern. As pentacles, they have their own suit #FolkloreThursday

1909 Pamela Coleman Smith (colour U.S. Games)

A tiny fairy woman is riding a songbird in flight. In the background is a body of water with an island visible and the far shore. In the foreground beneath her are white flowers and ivy with several other fairies looking up at her.

Hello everyone and happy #FolkloreThursday ✨🌛✨

Thank you to @crystalponti.bsky.social for hosting before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social and I will be your folklore host for the next one hour.

Today's theme is "The Folklore of the Stars and Skies"

1872 Eleanor Vere Boyle

Painting, The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh. a painting of a deep blue night sky filled with swirling white clouds, yellow stars, and a yellow crescent moon over a stylized village nestled in the midst of some hills.

Missouri History Museum. Halloween postcard, with text "A Merry Halloween" at the top in capitals, with three figures made from pumpkins below. Each has a pumpkin body and a carved pumpkin for a head. Two are smiling, the one on the right is frowning.

Dates for the Diary!
The next hosted #FolkloreThursday dates and themes are as follows:
Thur 4th September: Folklore of the Stars, Skies and Heavens
Thur 2nd October: Folklore of Ghosts, the Supernatural, and all things Spooky!

Maybe there is something to it 😅