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I'm not trans so maybe I can call JKR what she is without getting suspended like trans poster seem to be... *Ahem*

She's a fascist. ✨

If they can be Queer, why can’t we? It’s at times like these that I want to remind us that we are all just flesh sacks propelled forward by dreams and chemicals.

Wrote a teeny blog post, inspired by some queer joy found within the animal kingdom, through the conduit of drag king, Bi Curious George.

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People sell second hand books like "Great condition, slight damage as shown" and it literally looks like it's been dipped in a river.

🥀 Gothic Affirmation 05 🥀

I am unique, I am worthy of love;
I am the best of so many people;
My heart hums with electricity;
My father is proud I’m alive;
Folks from town want to meet me;
Fire is bad.

what even is the female gothic all gothic is for the girls

Oh my gosh this sounds amazing, where do I find it?

A sign advertising a cinnamon bun says "not actual size" next to the giant oversized image. A caption "Well no shit" had been added.

Facebook users are making me so mad right now. This caveat is pretty easily readable as a marketing joke but has been misread so much. With comments: "ugh why would they feel the need to put that on there" or "ugh other people are so dumb they have to put that on there" - ITS A JOKE! ARGH

Quite a big fan of these 'Tales of the Weird anthologies'; exploring #Gothic fiction by theme is a very different way of approaching the genre.

Completely agree! I loved every moment

Someone just pronounced romantasy as Roman-tussey in front of me, and now I've got horrible Caesar based imagery.

Hate that for you! 😠

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Image Description: An Angela Carter quote is pasted over a red, white and black background showing two stylised hands. The quote reads: "She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening."

Angela Carter on Vampires = BIG Carmilla energy. 🩸🩸

#booktok #photos #bookpost #thebloodychamber #shortstories #shortstoryanthology #quotes #bookquotes #gothic #gothicbooks #shortstory #angelacarter #vampires #dracula #carmilla

Mated to a Monster: The Rise of Pair-bonding Stories in Romantasy So I’ve been told A Court of Thorns and Roses is a gateway to other more monstrous ‘fated mate’ stories…

I really enjoyed writing this one! A look at the rise of 'fated mates' #romantasy books and why this might be appealing.

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Went to see The Importance of Being Earnest tonight and it was absolutely beautiful ❤️ Ncuti was captivating (as always) and I loved every camp and colourful minute 💕 #nationaltheatre

A still from James and the Giant Peach, Miss Spider smiles before the vast ocean on their way to New York.

Watching James and the Giant Peach 🍑 an excellent childhood rewatch. Miss Spider is a goth queen and I want to be her. #unrealisticbodystandards

Side note: I never appreciated the Earthworm's pessimism jokes until adulthood. Now he's my favourite.

A board about George Eliot and Coventry and her story Middlemarch and the play of the same name

George Eliot & Middlemarch came up 3 times today on 3 separate occasions. Once on my pals Insta story, again on a historic tour in my hometown, and then again when another friend booked us to go for a meal without me knowing, at Middlemarch Farm (named for the book)

A sign from the universe, I say!

Stunning! Love it 😻

That one is excellent! ✨ Enjoy

Ooh yes, me too. I used to read those kinds of books a lot as a child, and in the progress of writing one!

Such a great line-up today ✨ enjoy!

I'm here too! It's brilliant, isn't it? What have you enjoyed most so far?

The folklore workshop really sparked some stories for me! I can't wait to explore those ideas more.

Corrupt and Monstrous Sensuality: Blood-Red on Women’s White Clothing in Vampire Novels Red wine, scarlet roses, crimson lipstick, blood stains. There’s so much that connects the colour red with the danger, passion and seduction of the vampire.

Resharing my latest #Gothic academic piece around the use of Blood/Red on white fabric during the transitional moment from 'pure woman' to 'monstrous vampire'.

Queer Crossroads is my latest venture exploring the Gothic and #Queer fictions. 🌈📚

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A screen showing Folklore and the Landscape Gothic writing workshop

Spending my Saturday watching a marathon of Gothic lectures with #RomancingtheGothic from the comfort of my bed.

My girlfriend ran the 'D8 night' D&D campaign for me for #ValentinesDay and when I say I ugly cried I mean, I was sobbing. She's so perfect. She dressed as an elf and we had mead and danced to La Vie En Rose. She's the love of my life and I want to marry her one day. #romance #queerlove

From Gothic to Dark Academia: An Education in Malice Analytical Review Upon reading the fiction, An Education in Malice (Gibson, 2024), I was inspired to seek out the material that helped inspire this sapphic, dark academia novel and make a comparison.

And because I couldn't choose, another novel with a strange love, based on the vampire classic, Carmilla.
Celebrating all kinds of love this Valentine's day.

#queerlove #queerstories

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A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock – An analytical review A modern Gothic novel in which two queer Victorian men conceal their relationship in a remote greenhouse, where the two create themselves a daughter from flesh and fungi. Let’s explore what m…

On this Valentine's Day, sharing a post about a series of unlikely loves in A Botanical Daughter. Another love-note to a great modern Gothic/horror. 🌈📚 #queerstories #queerlove #valentinesgay

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Is anyone else terrified that a guy can just, on a whim, decide to just change the name of something historic because he doesn't like it. He is playing with lives and with history. He's installed himself into arts and education - the places that he knows will be most effective. #trump #gulfofamerica

#DungeonsandDragons question - with the new 2024 rules, is anyone else finding that it is making some of the races a bit more OP? Players have random abilities that seem to make their characters ridiculously beefy. For example, inspiration on a long rest just for being human? #dnd #D&D

An old fashioned chair sits on a tiled floor, framed by a doorway. A small towel hangs on the side of the chair, as if used recently, despite the age of the building.

I took this picture a few days ago, visiting a #NationalTrust site (UK), the way the vacant chair looked against the green colour was so striking. It really took me back to a time when the house might have been inhabited.

writing is hard because you flip back and forth between "I am a literal fraud and this book will never be completed" and "I am a literary sex goddess and this book will earn me the affections of seven comely lasses"

or maybe that's just me idk

I love most of these games! ☺️ I recently wrote a blog post about Fungal Zombies and the Last of Us. Mass Effect is also a perfect game 🖤