Bernice M. Murphy

We are hiring a part time Research Assistant, ideally to start in early January 2026, please see link for details @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @johndbnldn.bsky.social
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Christy Nolan posthumously awarded degree from TCD Poet and author Christy Nolan, who died in 2009, has been posthumously awarded a degree from Trinity College Dublin (TCD).

This was a really special event: www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Great line-up in this beautifully designed new anthology from @helleborezine.bsky.social including a new South Armagh-set horror story from my v talented brother Eóin Murphy @ragemonki.bsky.social

Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

📣 Trinity College Dublin is hiring 2 #tenuretrack Assistant Professors in Sociology.

👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1
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👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2
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Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street

Poster for Del Toro's Frankenstein with a glowering creature shrouded in darkness

It's gorgeous - see on the big screen if you can!

IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.

👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com

Poster for the film Strange Harvest. Strange symbol in red and a creepy mask wearing killer

Now streaming - ‘Strange Harvest’ is a really effective mash-up of true crime mockumentary & occult horror film.

Green grass and a 17th century burial marker with writing in olf Irish script.

Visited Urney Graveyard - gorgeous historical ground in North Louth - in honour of All Soul's Day.

Nefarious!

Dark Academia vibes on campus tonight

I'm relaunching my little imprint with a new website, new social media presence, and a new varied slate of projects - follow the official bluesky account at @spectacularoptical.bsky.social - books, films, screenings + more!

A roughly drawn chart with large text at the top that says "recognizing ghost types" with a subtitle that says "there are many kinds of ghosts and we can learn about all of them, ok" Then there are several drawings of different ghosts, mostly sheet ghosts of sorts Rude - on a skateboard, flipping the bird Discreet - wearing sunglasses and a hat Long - long Hunk - has handsome chiseled features Forgotten Chores - is looking at a to do list Satan - has horns Pervert - has a giant foot Melting - goop Dad - has a mustache and wrinkles Bird - has a beak and wings Sultry - is laying down with a hand on its head 2 Parter - is cut in two horizontally Freaky - a weird looking one that has arms and legs and giant eyes and a sideways mouth Past Memory - inside a polaroid Floating Head - you can figure this out, it's a severed head Flat - i think you get the idea tiny - very small, this is also self explanatory mouth - mouth video tape - a small ghost coming out of a tape silly - wearing groucho glasses and has a fake arrow through head headband And a big one in the center labeled "normal style"

Let's Learn about types of ghosts

Couple of Shirley Jackson mentions here (naturally!)

‘The Evidence of Things Not Seen’: Ethics and the True Crime Industry Recorded 22nd September 2025. Why are we so drawn to true crime? And what are the ethical stakes behind the stories? Join popular literature experts Clare Clarke, Bernice Murphy, writer Una Mannion (

👇Brilliant discussion w/ @evepatt.bsky.social, @clareclarke.bsky.social, @murphgothic.bsky.social, @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social, & Una Mannion on the moral complexities of creating & consuming #truecrime for the 2025 Arts & Humanities Research Festival @tlrhub.bsky.social

#skystorians #academicsky 🗃️

Norman is very fond of himself

I'm off both coffee & spirits atm for so the prospect of a 1950s style combo is mouthwatering but I imagine not great for workplace productivity

Smart, Gripping New Murder Mysteries

October's Crime & Mystery column is up, featuring reviews of new books by A.E. Goldin, Rita Mae Brown, Tim Sullivan, and Juneau Black.

Behind the Headlines: Debating the Anglo-Irish Agreement, 40 years on

Join us for a discussion on whether the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement was a crucial step toward peace or a controversial stumbling block.

🗓️ Monday, November 3rd, 6.30pm. No tickets required

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Man Finds Tape (2025) - Projected Figures In Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman’s found footage, a community’s unwitting complicity and cover-up lets something Lovecraftian in to feed

"a community’s unwitting complicity and cover-up lets something Lovecraftian in to feed": Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman’s found footage MAN FINDS TAPE (2025) screens 7pm (16 Oct) at @sxswsydney.com projectedfigures.com/2025/06/09/m...

Order in the living room!

Story checks out!

Are you ready for HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology?

👉🏼Pre-orders for Tales of Occult Britain are open worldwide on helleborezine.com

Does the Netflix algorithm know something about the Beckhams the rest of us don't?

A must have!

OH MY GOSH THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN

'The Forbidden' and 'The HellBound Heart'

Bravo

Yes, he's my little brother! We're clearly a morbid family

Yeooo