Emma L. Davies

the only good thing about having covid in 2025 is that i can’t go outside and spend money

Buried but breathing On anchoresses, the Gothic, and being underground

also i’ve written a little blog post about my latest hyperfixation open.substack.com/pub/emmadavi...

in my sourdough era (debut loaf, emma’s version)

A hand holding Fiona Benson’s poetry collection, ‘Midden Witch’, with a bar and two pints of beer in the background.

pint and new poetry! “thank you Fiona”, we all say in unison

not that one 😭😭😭

if suzanne collins has no fans i’m dead

new blog post about gothic romance in the latest hunger games prequel 💀 #sunriseonthereaping #sotr open.substack.com/pub/emmadavi...

a tempting option of the many possibilities 😴

3pm on a Sunday is my favourite time, so many possibilities

in the waiting room at the drs, where all the best art is made

four film posters in a row: rat women, demon pond, blade runner, and nosferatu

last four watched #letterboxdfriday

thank u!

a wreath hanging on a door, made of holly, ivy, pine and dried orange slices

went all Little Women and made a wreath

watching rivals and i’m OBSESSED catch me glued to declan o’hara tiktok edits as soon as i finish the season

image shows me crouching by a bit of fallen archway at Glastonbury abbey, with my ear against the stone

went to the glastonbury frost fayre yesterday and bothered the stones at the abbey

my last four watched on letterboxd #letterboxdfriday #filmsky

i just did my first ever guest lecture! it was great (but now I need to go stare into space for a bit)

"i know you want me so bad it's like acid in your mouth” just kiss already

went to a screening of Point Break, men don’t need therapy they just need to be gay and jump out of a plane together

not my area either but Prof Sandy Black at UAL publishes on sustainability in fashion - she has a couple of books out, might be a good place to look

a quick introduction as I’ve collected a few friends here! i’m Emma, a 2nd year PhD student at bath spa and bristol university, and i’m researching the ecocritical applications of soil as an active agent in folk horror stories. i am a hamster mum and a movie enjoyer, among other things

i have absolutely no business buying coffee when I don’t get paid til friday but with student discount and keep-cup discount it’s basically free ??

a multiple-choice style list of words that are contenders for word of the year: slop, romantasy, lore (highlighted), brain rot, demure.

“lore” is one of the contenders for oxford word of the year! it’s a huge day for annoying people (me)

feeding a fully nocturnal hamster feels like leaving offerings for a tiny god

watched Heretic over the weekend and the true horror of it was all the mansplaining

This blog was guest written by Emma Davies & Sam Le Butt, who ran a workshop at the museum this week about the monstrous forces that lurk in the English countryside's folk history.

We're very grateful for their exceptional work!

very pleased to have cowritten this lovely spooky blog post for the merl with @samlebutt.bsky.social 🧟

hiii 👋

i’d love to be added, please! 🌱

took Ernesto to meet a long-dead relative today 🦖