Making It Wyrd

I passed my viva with minor corrections! 💫 now to do absolutely nothing for a few days

1 week today until my viva! Any little bits of advice from people who have been there? 😅

Happy Valentine's Day! May you enjoy the eerie splendour of the Yorkshire moors while you and your offspring play out versions of the same love affair and the memory of you drives your lover to madness 🧡🩷❤️👻

Making It Wyrd

Have you got a wyrd take on pop culture you are desperate to share? We are now open for guest blog posts! Any length, as informal as you like (just cite your sources). Dm or email us your proposed posts or any questions 👻
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

I'll look it up!

😅 it might have to happen

Some excellent suggestions!

Fine. We'll make a gothic music rec list 👻🎵🎶 What should be on it? Gothic references, creatures, characters and vibes all welcome. Think Wuthering Heights, Vampire, Everybody Scream

YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic Revolting Women: Final Girls as Anti-Capitalist Symbols in Modern Horror with Lauren Stephenson

Did you miss this week's fantastic talk?

Worry not!

You can catch Dr Lauren Stephenson talking here about 'Revolting Women: Final Girls as Anti-Capitalist Symbols' in Modern Horror here!

youtu.be/Youv3TENe2A

Making It Wyrd

Have you got a wyrd take on pop culture you are desperate to share? We are now open for guest blog posts! Any length, as informal as you like (just cite your sources). Dm or email us your proposed posts or any questions 👻
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

I am launching a new blog and short fiction site UncannyCornwall.com in February. Exploring the mysterious, the fortean and unexplained in the land of myths and legend.

The second heat of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here!
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Vs
Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter
Vote in the comments!

Lincoln Gothic Group

On our blog you'll find posts on all sorts of gothic topics including Taylor Swift’s monstrous women and the uncanny double in Love Island. We also have plenty of rec lists covering gothic fiction, nonfiction, film, podcasts and video games!
lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com

Yes, this definitely seems like a great alternative (state of industry depending)!

Not what I was looking for but that is a great alternative answer!

Interesting! Research development is definitely something to consider

Getting an academic job following our PhDs is looking scarily slim right now in the UK. So, in the spirit of our rec lists, let's put together a resource list of non-uni based jobs where a Gothic, arts or humanities PhD is still desired!
Leave your suggestions below and share this post!

Our journey to find the best gothic novel ever continues...
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!

Our journey to find the best gothic novel ever continues...
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!

Cover of the book Bunny by Mona Awad. It is orange with a grey rabbit and various quotes of appreciatiation.

A recent addition to our fiction rec list, Bunny is a surreal and gruesome exploration of loneliness, creativity and femininity. It asks how can women do wrong when they are so cute?
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/

Cover of the book Bunny by Mona Awad. It is orange with a grey rabbit and various quotes of appreciatiation.

A recent addition to our fiction rec list, Bunny is a surreal and gruesome exploration of loneliness, creativity and femininity. It asks how can women do wrong when they are so cute?
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/

Ooo that looks great!

Fiction You’ll find here an evolving collection of fiction books that we think fall within the Gothic canon. Make sure to let us know your thoughts, we’re always open to recommendations and dis…

What work of gothic fiction is on your TBR this year?
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/

Fiction You’ll find here an evolving collection of fiction books that we think fall within the Gothic canon. Make sure to let us know your thoughts, we’re always open to recommendations and dis…

What work of gothic fiction is on your TBR this year?
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/

Book cover for The Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning.

Book cover of Our Wives Under the Sea.

Book cover for Rebecca.

What connects these works?

Correct guesses get a warm feeling of a job well done 👻👻👻

It's 2026 and we're so back! What have been your gothic/wyrd faves while we've been away? Films, TV, books, music, games - leave them in the comments! 👻👻👻

It's 2026 and we're so back! What have been your gothic/wyrd faves while we've been away? Films, TV, books, music, games - leave them in the comments! 👻👻👻

Just submitted my phd thesis on the prescient ecologies of David Rudkin. Someone get me a mince pie, pronto! 🎈🥳🎉

The ‘I’ in Mogwai: Gremlins and the Abject. “I warned you. With mogwai comes much responsibility. But you didn’t listen.”  Gremlins is a horror film, but not for the reasons you think. The 1984 horror-comedy film Gremlins directed…

Christmas is a time for cheer and disgusting homicidal monsters. We have a blog post for that:
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...