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Denise Jay

@deeajay.bsky.social

Reader and writer of spooky tales. Geek. Cat servant.

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THE ARCHIVE OF DREAD: The Temple, by H P Lovecraft YouTube video by Nunkie Films

The Temple by H P Lovecraft. Live online tonight at 8pm
Free to view here:
youtube.com/live/DRQsB1t...

08.08.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dim Presences
YouTube video by Nunkie Films Dim Presences

It's 100 years since M R James's great ghost story "A Warning to the Curious" was published.
"Dim Presences", Nunkie and ThomThom Films documentary about the story, is now free to view on YouTube.
youtu.be/Ne2kYzwvHOI
checkidoot!

31.07.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Famous fairy hoax photos go under the hammer in Louth Interest in the items is already said to be strong

Photographs that caused a sensation nearly 100 years ago when they became public are going up for auction in Louth. Interest in the items is already said to be strong, reports Tom Keighley for Grimsby Live. www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...

26.07.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Were the Fox Sisters Really Charlatans? If we rely on the majority of internet references, the famous (or infamous) Fox Sisters [...]

Were the Fox Sisters Really Charlatans? whitecrowbooks.com/2025/07/were...

16.07.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm honoured to take on this new role - thanks so much to VPs and SPR Council for your support. Retired, but not inactive.

30.06.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These videos of Nicholas and Ragnar brighten my day. Tickle tickle. 😁

25.06.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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July is Swain month on Nunkie TV.
Subscribe now to the YouTube Channel
tinyurl.com/bdcbdeeu
and maybe become a Patron?
patreon.com/RobertLloydParry

21.06.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Presented by Georgiana, Baroness Mount-Temple in memory of her husband, Francis, Baron Mount-Temple 1889

Presented by Georgiana, Baroness Mount-Temple in memory of her husband, Francis, Baron Mount-Temple 1889

Beata Beatrix http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-beata-beatrix-n01279

22.06.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OUT NOW!!!

06.06.2025 06:44 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ‘ One of my favourites.

14.05.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are lots of recordings of livestreamed supernatural tales on the Nunkie Films YouTube channel - wny not visit and subscribe to it today, here
www.youtube.com/c/NunkieFilms
and definitely tune in on Sunday night at 8pm for stories by R H Benson, here
youtube.com/live/qXSNIxg...

10.04.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An early, misty visit to the sites that feature in Bram Stoker's "Gibbet Hill". I saw no worms, snakes or children, but there was a curious diaphanous slug which I'm surprised Stoker didn't mention.

23.04.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Fanny (Cornforth) with a fan?

25.04.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2 livestreams scheduled so far for April by erstwhile members of the Cambridge Chit-Chat Society.
Sat 5, "Pargiton and Harby" by Desmond McCarthy youtube.com/live/FR4iIGM... Sunday 13 "Father Bianchi's Tale" by R H Benson.
youtube.com/live/qXSNIxg...
Hope you can join live or catch up at any time.

01.04.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Elizabeth Siddal

Elizabeth Siddal

Elizabeth Siddal https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/elizabeth-siddal

24.03.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Abney Day and the Spring Equinox are closely related festivals.
Don't forget to register for the live retelling of "Lost Hearts" online at 8pm(UK) on Monday March 24.
You can watch it anytome after the live broadcast but you need to register in advance here: abneyday25.eventbrite.co.uk

20.03.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
White text on blue background: I will buy 10  books by indie authors who don't use AI. I support genuine writers. - Rayne Hall

White text on blue background: I will buy 10 books by indie authors who don't use AI. I support genuine writers. - Rayne Hall

Suggestions welcome. I like fiction of all genres, especially Gothic, Fantasy, Horror, Historical, with vivid interesting settings.
Absolutely no AI. I support real authors who do real work, not AI-enabled theft.
#writing #writingcommunity #noai #reading #readingcommunity

(please share)

23.03.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 1

Among the lost positives consigned to the dusty corners of the dictionary is β€˜reck’, meaning β€˜care’, β€˜heed’, and β€˜consideration’. Which means we can be reckful instead of reckless (and feckful, gormful, ruthful, ept, kempt, couth, consolate, and many more).

18.03.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2281    πŸ” 397    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 40
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Get more from Robert Lloyd Parry on Patreon livestreamed literary storytelling

Nunkie has launched a Patreon page.
I hope to make more of my YouTube channel in the coming months and wondered if you would like to support this work?
patreon.com/RobertLloydParry

07.03.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Half moon. Craters visible.

Half moon. Craters visible.

Still having clear very frosty nights, currently -2 Celsius, so here’s last nights moon. #photography #moon

06.02.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

😁

04.02.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rory Cellan-Jones, SOPHIE FROM ROMANIA, 20th February Books at the Barn brings authors and readers together. We host author talks and literary events at venues in Hampshire & Oxfordshire. Find out more on-line.

www.booksatthebarn.co.uk/shop/rory-ce... Really looking forward to this event on February 20th in a barn in Hampshire where I'll be talking about #sophiefromromania and signing copies of my book

04.02.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 552    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

#elizabethsiddal #highgatecemetery

29.01.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Solid cloud/mist here tonight so there's no chance of seeing the #WolfMoon. However, here's a flashback to 10th January 2020, when a helicopter transited the rising Wolf Moon. I called this my #Airwolf Moon photo! Taken from #Oxfordshire with a Canon 1100D + 300mm lens #FullMoon

14.01.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Winters where I live are usually mild. We're lucky. But where you are, it looks like winter has truly set in. I hope you and your cats and dogs are able to stay warm and safe.

14.01.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Pluto system with moons Charon Nix and Hydra.

Credit: NASA, Damian Peach

13.01.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 911    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6

There's no snow here on the north Essex coast, UK. The temperature is around 7 degrees now and the sun is out.

13.01.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
OLd black and white photo, two people making a snowman in mid-19th century clothes

OLd black and white photo, two people making a snowman in mid-19th century clothes

Earliest known photograph of a snowman, ca. 1854, taken by Mary Dillwyn (most likely in Wales).

The first image in our post collecting photographs of snowmen through history (1854–1950) β€” publicdomainreview.org/collection/p...

09.01.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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The Grey Lady (1883) by John Everett Millais (English artist, lived 1829-1896). The #ghost of a woman haunting the staircase of a Highland castle. Millais was one of the founders of the #PreRaphaelite movement.

11.12.2024 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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