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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 36m

#AScareADay - audio for my thoughts & recordings of my creative responses going live Monday 13th Oct with Days 01-07!

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 37m

IT'S HAPPENING
S05 of Eldritch Girl is only going to be a very short little season, and will have a few longer episodes for October.

Days 01-07 of the challenge, with my thoughts on each of the little spooky reads plus my creative responses using them as prompts each day, goes up tomorrow (Mon 13)

Purple Halloween graphic with cobwebs, spiders, creepy trees, black cats and pumpkins in an outdoor scene. Text reads: A Scare A Day, RomancingTheGothic dot com October Reading Challenge. Eldritch Girl.

Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 37m

IT'S HAPPENING
S05 of Eldritch Girl is only going to be a very short little season, and will have a few longer episodes for October.

Days 01-07 of the challenge, with my thoughts on each of the little spooky reads plus my creative responses using them as prompts each day, goes up tomorrow (Mon 13)

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 7d

4/4 top-read transcripts this week (end)

@johannestevans.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2021/06/21/q... Queer Monster Hour! A lot of fun.

@masonhawthorne.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2022/01/17/a... Australian Gothic & Queer Gothic Short Stories

Listen along on the podcast. Links in the transcripts.

Queer Monster Hour with Johannes T. Evans

The June bonus episode is an hour-long chat with author and stand-up comedian Johannes T. Evans on queerness, monsters, monstrous bodies, and exploring power dynamics in relationships. Twitter: Med…

cmrosens.com

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 7d

3/4 top-read transcripts this week (cont.)

@lucyrosecreates.bsky.social - shorturl.at/Y1TOa - Gothic Filmmaking (before the release of THE LAMB... might have to invite you back Lucy! 😅)

@wickedjamison.bsky.social - shorturl.at/zgfUJ - Monsters, Monster Lovers, and Monstrous Media

Interview with Lucy Rose: Gothic Filmmaking

This is the first bonus episode of the new season of Eldritch Girl and it’s a banger! The audio clip played from the film starts at 11min 41secs to if you want to listen to that, you can watc…

shorturl.at

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 7d

4/4 top-read transcripts this week (end)

@johannestevans.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2021/06/21/q... Queer Monster Hour! A lot of fun.

@masonhawthorne.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2022/01/17/a... Australian Gothic & Queer Gothic Short Stories

Listen along on the podcast. Links in the transcripts.

Queer Monster Hour with Johannes T. Evans

The June bonus episode is an hour-long chat with author and stand-up comedian Johannes T. Evans on queerness, monsters, monstrous bodies, and exploring power dynamics in relationships. Twitter: Med…

cmrosens.com

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 7d

3/4 top-read transcripts this week (cont.)

@lucyrosecreates.bsky.social - shorturl.at/Y1TOa - Gothic Filmmaking (before the release of THE LAMB... might have to invite you back Lucy! 😅)

@wickedjamison.bsky.social - shorturl.at/zgfUJ - Monsters, Monster Lovers, and Monstrous Media

Interview with Lucy Rose: Gothic Filmmaking

This is the first bonus episode of the new season of Eldritch Girl and it’s a banger! The audio clip played from the film starts at 11min 41secs to if you want to listen to that, you can watc…

shorturl.at

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 7d

2/4 Other transcripts most read this week (cont. in the thread):

Jackson P. Brown - shorturl.at/0VpbC Urban Fantasy, London Magic, and the Black Girl Writers Mentoring Programme

@ardenpowell.bsky.social - shorturl.at/RPgQH - Comparing/contrasting novellas THE FAERIE HOUNDS OF YORK and THE BAYOU

Meet Jackson P. Brown: Debut Author of 'The Reaper'

Discover Jackson P. Brown, a London-based debut author, as she shares insights on her upcoming urban fantasy, 'The Reaper'.

cmrosens.com

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 7d

First week of Oct and the top *transcripts* read on my site are:

@caitlinstarling.com - cmrosens.com/2025/03/31/c... Gothic Horror, Medicine, and Magic

@stgibson.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2021/10/11/a... A Dowry of Blood

@hm-nde.bsky.social - cmrosens.com/2023/07/24/i... African Folklore
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Interview with Caitlin Starling: Gothic Horror, Medicine, and Magic

Caitlin Starling is a bestselling author known for her speculative Gothic novels, including The Death of Jane Lawrence and The Luminous Dead. We discussed surgeries, medical horror, cannibalism, bo…

cmrosens.com

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 12d

Here's the challenge list: romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/t...

The ‘Scare a Day’ Challenge – October 2025

It’s almost October, which means it’s almost time for the #AScareADay challenge! One poem or scary short-story a day for a whole month. You can read along with us using the links below.…

romancingthegothic.com

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 12d

#ScareADay is approaching, an October challenge from @romgothsam.bsky.social where you try to read a short story/poem a day from the challenge list on the Romancing the Gothic blog. This year, I've got a creative response for each day (some fiction, some non-fiction). I may do audio for them too.

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NightTide Magazine @nighttidemag.bsky.social · 19d

This symposium is built by & for the horror community. Join us Oct 4–5 as we make horror history together. Body Horror. Folk Horror. Cosmic Horror. Psychological Horror. We're diving deep, folks!
🎟️ $25:
tinyurl.com/3fcmnauw 👻📽️

Meeting of the Morbid Minds - The Horror of Becoming

A two-day virtual horror studies symposium (Oct 4–5, 15:00–20:00 GMT) exploring mind, folk, cosmic, and body horror.

tinyurl.com

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 19d

Many thanks to my listeners this week, from Canada, Australia, UK, USA, and Nigeria!

I really appreciate you all. I have 4 complete seasons out, one novel unabridged per season, and each season has bonus content of interviews and short fiction audio. #AudioBooks #HorrorPodcast #SFFPodcast #Horror

A ring chart with different colours, showing downloads by country in the last 7 days (5 countries). Canada is blue, and 80%. UK is a light green, at 8.57%. Australia is yellow, at 5.71%. United States of America is a pinky-red and 2.86%. Nigeria is purple, and 2.86%.

Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 22d

Hahaa thanks! The Canadians seem to agree!

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C. M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · May 29

TIME FOR A NEW THREAD 🧵
Now I've got my cover update, I can finally do a complete thread of my work

Do you want:
Gothic Horror with tentacles?
Terrible, terrible men?
Ace+aro rep?
Disaster queers not doing their best?
Cannibalism?

Try the Pagham-on-Sea novels, novellas, and shorts!

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banner with the crows, thirteenth, and the day we ate grandad's covers across it. They are all black with a coloured illustration. The Crows has a red crow, wings outstretched, melting down the title in red drips. Thirteenth has a green house icon sprouting tentacles/octopoid arms. The Day We Ate Grandad has a yellow dolmen with the two upright stones transforming into yellow vines.

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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · Jul 14

We KNOW there's a big audience for paranormal fantasy! Ghost Flower and Amelia Temple and Pagham-On-Sea and The Reanimator Mysteries would be hits!

Give them reasonable budgets, tee them up so that as a season of one show ends, the next season is beginning, and let's make some

The tall guy from Epic Rap Battles of History dressed as Michael Bay, standing in front of a dramatic sunset and shouting "motherfucking money" into a megaphone.

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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · Jul 14

Here's the thing about being a queer indie author with queer indie author friends - I know about so many good books that would have a huge audience if I could just! Get them! In front of readers!

Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · Jul 14

I don't think that every book ever needs a film or television adaptation to make it better, I just want us all to get fat checks

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The NoSleep Podcast @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social · 22d

Something feels off…

Subscribers S23E12 of the NoSleep Podcast is here.

New horrors and twisted tales. Listen if you dare.

Join us in the sanctuary at sleepless.thenosleeppodcast.com

#NoSleepPodcast #HorrorPodcast #CreepyStories #exclusive

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 22d

Not sure why, but the podcast is super popular in Canada over the last 2 weeks!

Thanks to all my listeners in Canada 🍁

#Indie #HorrorPodcast #Audiobooks

Wheel chart with Canada in Blue (90.14% of downloads), United States of America in green (8.45% of downloads) and the United Kingdom in yellow (1.41% of downloads).

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 22d

Coming in hot - the next top 3 interviews on my podcast:

Interview with @hm-nde.bsky.social on African Folklore rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Interview with @pauladashe.bsky.social rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Interview with @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social (on her short film) rss.com/podcasts/eld...
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C. M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 22d

My little indie podcast, which I started as a means to provide free audio for my novels and create a platform for other authors to showcase their work (invite only, based on the theme of the season), has 350 followers now on here! <3

@eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social is where I post updates for it.

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 22d

Coming in hot - the next top 3 interviews on my podcast:

Interview with @hm-nde.bsky.social on African Folklore rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Interview with @pauladashe.bsky.social rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Interview with @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social (on her short film) rss.com/podcasts/eld...
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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 24d

You absolutely should pick up a copy of Moonflow, a fantastically weird and gross bit of queer mycological horror!

The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 24d

this is the worst possible time to do this, since i need to be promoting my debut horror novel moonflow. so hey if you miss my sardonic jibes during my uneventful absence, consider getting yourself a copy! (or request it from your local library) www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...

Moonflow

"A bizarre and fiercely original splatterpunk phantasmagoria of queerness. Deranged and gleefully weird as f*ck, this is an impressive debut from a singular...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 25d

Check out my top 3 most downloaded bonus eps:

Interview with @stgibson.bsky.social rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Interview with @ardenpowell.bsky.social rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Interview with @shimaira.com rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Transcripts included. 🌈📚🌶️😱📚🩸💙📚
#IndieAuthors #BookSky #SFF #Writing

Author Interview with S. T. Gibson ~ DOWRY OF BLOOD, Polyamory and Gothic Fiction | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

An interview with author S. T. Gibson, where she reads an extract from DOWRY OF BLOOD (Nyx Publishing, 2020) and we talk about Dracula's Brides, polyamory and Gothic fiction!You can find the full tran...

rss.com

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Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 24d

Yep!

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SFF Reviews @sffreview.bsky.social · 25d

Love seeing your top bonus eps! 🎉 Interviews with indie authors are always a treasure trove of inspiration. Can't wait to dive into those transcripts! 💖✨ #IndieAuthors #SFF

Eldritch Girl Podcast @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social · 25d

Check out my top 3 most downloaded bonus eps:

Interview with @stgibson.bsky.social rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Interview with @ardenpowell.bsky.social rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Interview with @shimaira.com rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Transcripts included. 🌈📚🌶️😱📚🩸💙📚
#IndieAuthors #BookSky #SFF #Writing

Author Interview with S. T. Gibson ~ DOWRY OF BLOOD, Polyamory and Gothic Fiction | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

An interview with author S. T. Gibson, where she reads an extract from DOWRY OF BLOOD (Nyx Publishing, 2020) and we talk about Dracula's Brides, polyamory and Gothic fiction!You can find the full tran...

rss.com

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