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Bernice M. Murphy
@murphgothic.bsky.social
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Professor in Popular Literature with a focus on American horror and Gothic narratives & the work of Shirley Jackson. Views own.

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 2d
New BARS Digital Event Announcement: Re-reading the Minerva Press

Taking place 22 Jan 2026, 6pm GMT

For more info and to register for the Zoom link:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6265

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 3d
THE DARK RETURN OF TIME by R. B. Russell is a title in our catalogue occasionally overlooked.

It's an uncanny tale for bibliophiles: It concerns an antiquarian bookshop in Paris. One day a gentleman enters the shop searching for a book that should not exist.

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · 4d
A proclivity for producing v large tomes must run in the family...

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · 6d
The miniseries is so good from the outset that hopefully it would gain traction!

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · 6d
Beginning 2026 with a Battlestar Galactica rewatch: still, for the most part, fantastic.

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · 12d
Great detail!

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · 14d
@janiceflux.bsky.social

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · 14d
Oooh!!!

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Tim Melody Pratt @timpratt.org · 15d
This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"

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Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Anonymous - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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Jimmy Packham @jfpackham.bsky.social · 25d
It's very exciting to say that Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020 has just been published in @universitypress.cambridge.org's Elements in the Gothic series – and it's currently open access and *free* to download until the end of December!

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Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020
Cambridge Core - English Literature: General Interest - Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020
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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Nov 27
This was a really special event: www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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).
www.rte.ie

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Nov 19
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

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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · Nov 12
📣 Trinity College Dublin is hiring 2 #tenuretrack Assistant Professors in Sociology.

👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a...

👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a...

@tcdsociology.bsky.social
@isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.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.
www.jobs.ac.uk

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Nov 7
It's gorgeous - see on the big screen if you can!
Poster for Del Toro's Frankenstein with a glowering creature shrouded in darkness

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · Nov 6
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

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Stephen O'Neill @oneillsb.bsky.social · Nov 5
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

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Nov 2
Now streaming - ‘Strange Harvest’ is a really effective mash-up of true crime mockumentary & occult horror film.
Poster for the film Strange Harvest. Strange symbol in red and a creepy mask wearing killer

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Nov 1
Visited Urney Graveyard - gorgeous historical ground in North Louth - in honour of All Soul's Day.
Green grass and a 17th century burial marker with writing in olf Irish script.

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Oct 31
Nefarious!

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Oct 30
Dark Academia vibes on campus tonight

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Kier-La Janisse @kierlajanisse.bsky.social · Oct 30
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!

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · Oct 29
Let's Learn about types of ghosts
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"

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Oct 25
Couple of Shirley Jackson mentions here (naturally!)

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Oct 25
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night
www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · Oct 25
👇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 🗃️
‘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 (
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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Oct 23
Norman is very fond of himself

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · Oct 23
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

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · Oct 21
October's Crime & Mystery column is up, featuring reviews of new books by A.E. Goldin, Rita Mae Brown, Tim Sullivan, and Juneau Black.
Smart, Gripping New Murder Mysteries
www.nytimes.com

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Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social · Oct 16
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

www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...