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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 1d

What roles did women play in theorising, popularising, writing, publishing and reading the early Gothic?

Come find out!

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Women and the Early Gothic with Dr Sam Hirst

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 13h

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Overdue ARC Review: Nepo

NEPO ESSY KNOPF SERIES: Standalone GENRES/ SUBJECTS: Sci-Fi, Dystopian REPRESENTATION: Queer Neurodiverse MC GOODREADS

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 1d

🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇

I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026

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Sadhbh Frost 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Now in Pumpkin Spice @sadhbhgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Your reminder that the podcast I’m part of is doing our annual event of ~8-10 minute discussions of October-appropriate films in alphabetical order from the 6th through Halloween!

Some are great! Some, like this 70s TV William Shatner film, are… things we’ve seen! 😅

Fiasco Family Movie Night @fiascofamilypod.bsky.social · 2d

H is for The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973)

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2025H. The Horror at 37,000 Feet. | HubrisWeen!

My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts about satanic druids? Do you dare watch The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973)?

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 1d

From gothic fantasy to slayer sagas and zombie feasts, my Colour Wheel TBR has it all! Join the spooky fun!
#HalloweenReads #YouTube
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#HalloweenAThon #ThisWitchReads #Gothtober

Colour Wheel Picks my Spooky TBR 🦢 Swans, Slayers, and Zombies

I'm working through the prompts for three readathons this month, and all three of these books are helping me along the way: Gothtober, Halloweenathon, and ThisWitchReads. 🦊 Join me on 🦊 My blog: https://foxesfairytale.wordpress.com/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/foxesfairytales.bsky.social

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L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social · 1d

💜CONVINCING YOU TO READ THE MICAH GREY TRILOGY💜

PANTOMIME, the first in the lovingly re-edited trilogy is OUT NOW

🃏PREORDER SHADOWPLAY AND MASQUERADE NOW🃏

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 2d

Dive into a gothic sapphic fantasy, urban fantasy slayers, and anti-capitalism zombies! My Colour Wheel TBR video is live now! youtu.be/VTEGk5qWfXc
#HalloweenAThon #ThisWitchReads #Gothtober
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Colour Wheel Picks my Spooky TBR 🦢 Swans, Slayers, and Zombies

I'm working through the prompts for three readathons this month, and all three of these books are helping me along the way: Gothtober, Halloweenathon, and ThisWitchReads. 🦊 Join me on 🦊 My blog: https://foxesfairytale.wordpress.com/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/foxesfairytales.bsky.social

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 1d

You have so many of my favourites here, it just makes me want to grab all the rest!

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Sam 🌈📚🎧💙🐈‍⬛ @wanderolah.bsky.social · 2d

Paperback and E-Books: Top 6

All of Us Murderers, Dragon Falls, Yield Under Great Persuasion, A Bone in His Teeth, How to Survive this Fairytale, Hudson River Homicides

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Sam 🌈📚🎧💙🐈‍⬛ @wanderolah.bsky.social · 2d

Inspired by @moonbooks.bsky.social , due to hitting a major milestone, I've decided to highlight some of my favorite books of the year. This was hard, because I've read A LOT of great books this year. But I think I'm satisfied with this list. 👇

Audiobooks: Top 18 (No Particular Order)
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Blood Over Bright Haven, The Spirit Bares its Teeth, To Shape a Dragon's Breath, Modern Divination, The Sword of Kaigen, Tusk Love, Don't Let the Forest In, Sunrise on the Reaping, Behooved

The Haunting Between Us, Every Spiral of Fate, Warrior Princess Assassin, Lucky Day, Icarus, Practical Rules for Cursed Witches, Ikarys the Damned, Summer Sons, The Corruption of Hollis Brown

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.bsky.social · 2d

Just some questions to consider when writing the Accessibility notes for your event or your venue!

white text on a blue background, with an icon of a person in a wheelchair beside the heading "accessibility at your events".

the body text reads, "Some things to consider adding to your Accessibility section for your event and/or your venue, from a disabled man.

“The venue is semi-wheelchair accessible” is a good place to start, but when planning a night out, more information is better than less!

Accessibility is the most basic thing I look for in a venue, especially for events."

$white text on a blue background, with an icon of a cane beside the heading "accessibility at your events". Firstly, not all wheelchairs look the same. Motorised and power chairs might be wider, longer, or heavier than lighter chars without a motor - these chairs may need more space to go through doorways. Secondly, wheelchair-users are only a fraction of disabled people who may have additional access requirements - some people use canes, crutches, frames, rollators. Some may be photosensitive or use hearing aids, etc.$

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Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social · 8d

🎃Today I am doing something super spooky fun on my blog! Remember my Mid-Year Book Tag in July? Well, today I am doing a special #Halloween / #Horror Mid-Year Book Tag! Come check it out!👻

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Books #Recommendation #BookSky📚💙

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Mid-Year Book Horror Book Tag 2025 Edition

Greetings all! BOO!

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 2d

Dive into a gothic sapphic fantasy, urban fantasy slayers, and anti-capitalism zombies! My Colour Wheel TBR video is live now! youtu.be/VTEGk5qWfXc
#HalloweenAThon #ThisWitchReads #Gothtober
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Colour Wheel Picks my Spooky TBR 🦢 Swans, Slayers, and Zombies

I'm working through the prompts for three readathons this month, and all three of these books are helping me along the way: Gothtober, Halloweenathon, and ThisWitchReads. 🦊 Join me on 🦊 My blog: https://foxesfairytale.wordpress.com/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/foxesfairytales.bsky.social

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 2d

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#HalloweenAThon #ThisWitchReads #Gothtober

Colour Wheel Picks my Spooky TBR 🦢 Swans, Slayers, and Zombies

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Wendy Sullivan @wendydoodles.bsky.social · 2d

Spooky Doodles - Day 13

Mulder does super well when Scully is on vacation ✏️

#xfiles #inktober #spookydoodles

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collectingromance.bsky.social @collectingromance.bsky.social · 3d

A Gothtober montage of covers by my favorite illustrator of gothics, George Ziel 🦇🖤 He was born in Poland in 1914, survived the Warsaw Ghetto & Dachau concentration camp, then came to the US where he had a highly successful mid-century career as a pulp illustrator

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 2d

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Top Ten Movies I’ll be Watching for Spooky Season

October 14: Non-book Freebie One of the challenges I'm taking part in this year is Halloween-A-Thon, hosted by Kelsi at Slime and Slashers on YouTube. With so many October/Autumn/Spooky readathons going on, what I liked about this one is that it's also a Watch-A-Thon and Activity-A-Thon. So, for this weeks Top Ten, I'm sharing ten of the movies I hope to watch this month.

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Love Bytes Reviews (Dani Elle) @lovebytesreviews.bsky.social · 3d

Recent Release Book Review: All of Us Murderers (Lackaday House #1) by K.J. Charles

Reviewed by Sadonna TITLE: All of Us Murderers SERIES: Lackaday House AUTHOR: K.J. Charles PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks LENGTH: 352 pages RELEASE DATE: October 7, 2025 BLURB: The lush Gothic drama of Crimson…

Recent Release Book Review: All of Us Murderers (Lackaday House #1) by K.J. Charles

Reviewed by Sadonna TITLE: All of Us Murderers SERIES: Lackaday House AUTHOR: K.J. Charles PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks LENGTH: 352 pages RELEASE DATE: October 7, 2025 BLURB: The lush Gothic drama of Crimson Peak meets the murderous intrigue of Knives Out with an LGBTQIA+ love story to die for from award-winning author KJ Charles. WHO WILL SURVIVE LACKADAY HOUSE? When Zeb Wyckham is summoned to a wealthy relative's remote Gothic manor, he is horrified to find all the people he least wants to see in the world: his estranged brother, his sneering cousin, and his bitter ex-lover Gideon Grey.

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 3d

OMG, this movie was my Christmas morning staple for years, and I had no idea what it was! 😍 Thank you!
Welp... now I *need* the book.

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Beth Reads Crime @bethreadscrime.com · 3d

A wonderful cannibal themed tea hosted by Criminally Good Books whilst watching Jessie Elland in conversation with Lucy Rose discussing The Lamb 🥩

Tea, Talk and Terror: Jessie Elland in Conversation with Lucy Rose about The Lamb

A cannibal themed afternoon tea whilst discussing all things The Lamb!

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 6d

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Magical All-Nighter 🪄 Magical Readathon Vlog

YouTube video by Louise (Foxes & Fairy Tales)

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 4d

One of my favorite pages
from VILE LADY VILLAINS

02 April 2026 (UK), 12 May 2026 (US)

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 4d

Casper is in the 2026 Scottish Springer Spaniel Rescue Charity Calendar

If you’d like to buy a copy to support this great charity here is a link to it.

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A dog-themed calendar displaying photos of dogs, accompanied by a dog in front of it.

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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 4d

Just started Cinder House by Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social and am loving it

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Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · 4d

I'm reading it too!

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