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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 3h

Look, Yule has come early! Delivered earlier this afternoon from www.lovereading.co.uk ... "Witsh" by @mariellisdunning.bsky.social

If you haven't already, we'd highly recommend visiting Mari's website: mariellisdunning.cymru and linktr.ee/maridunning.

#Witchcraft #Novel #HistoricFiction #Wales

The front colour, in colour, of "Witsh", the debut witchcraft novel by Mari Ellis Dunning.

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Karen - Wall Flower Studio @karsloan.bsky.social · Mar 21

According to Clarissa Pinkola Estés, a #Crone is the "one who sees far, looks into the spaces between the worlds, can literally see what is coming, what has been, what is now, what underlies, & what stands behind many things." 🪄 🧙‍♀️ #Fairytales #archetype #Witchsky

Archetypical appearance of a crone. Old Woman Seen from Behind,
by Vincent van Gogh. ca 1882

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 2d

Woohoo! 💀

International Gothic Association @igagoths.bsky.social · 22d

The next IGA conference will be at the University of Hull, England on 28-31 July 2026!

You can find the CFP and more information at hullgothic.wordpress.com

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Books R' Me @booksrme.bsky.social · 3d

In #Narnia, each child embarks on their own journey, facing fears and embracing destiny. C.S. Lewis beautifully weaves adventure and growth, reminding us that courage can be found in the unlikeliest places. #Booksky

GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 3d

#Essay: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis. I compare Lewis’ children’s classic with Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces: The Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call, The Crossing of the First Threshold, and Supernatural Aid. bit.ly/4nFyFSi

#Narnia #CSLewis #Booksky

Cropped front cover image of the full-colour Collins collector's edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis. Cover illustration © Pauline Baynes.

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 3d

#Essay: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis. I compare Lewis’ children’s classic with Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces: The Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call, The Crossing of the First Threshold, and Supernatural Aid. bit.ly/4nFyFSi

#Narnia #CSLewis #Booksky

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 4d

#GossamerWight can also be found on #Flipboard. Look for Into the Dark. #LiteraryMagazine #LitMag

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Into the Dark | @GossamerWig4ctp | Flipboard

Exploring dark and unconventional stories that twist the familiar into the uncanny. Tales of horror, both mainstream and folk; visitations to the world of the weird and New Weird; supernatural and hau...

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 4d

#SUBMISSIONS In the event you might have been thinking about submitting a piece of prose or poetry to GossamerWight, but are unclear about the benefits for you in doing so, allow us to highlight the key advantages as we see them. #SubmissionCall #Anthology #Anthologies #LiteraryMagazine #LitMag

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 8d

Devine floral artistry… and not a headless horseman in sight 🎠

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 9d

Book cover art, c.1910 by Margaret Neilson Armstrong, US designer, illustrator, author known for her Art Nouveau style #WomensArt

Book cover in cream with symmetrical design of stylised plants with orange flowers and green leaves as well as ornate text

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 8d

Oh dear! ☔️

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 8d

Member of the International Gothic Association.

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#GossamerWight #IGA #LiteraryMagazine #LitMag #Gothic #GothicStudies #GothMap #Scholars #Students #Art #Artists #Writers #Literature #Poetry #Performers #Culture #Fiction #Drama #Film #Music #Dance #Architecture

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 8d

Oh yes!

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 8d

Shy Trans Banshee by Tony Santorella is published today!

This follow up to Bored Gay Werewolf sees the crew trying to track down a missing colleague in London. It's dark, hilarious, and full of heart 🐺🖤

💙📚🪐
#NewBooks

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. A glowing blue screaming banshee face on a black background, with bold white lettering for the title above and below it.

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 9d

'The image is stark and shocking. A decapitated head, her eyes open, her mouth agape in a silent scream, her hair a nest of still-hissing snakes. Blood pours out from her severed neck. She is not quite alive, but she is not yet dead either.'

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#MedusaLegend #GreekMyths #GossamerWight

Caravaggio’s Medusa: why we need to look the Gorgon in the eye

The work is about the artist’s power of immortality, his features frozen in time forever.

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 9d

WILL YOU BE SUBMITTING? Scan me with your phone. #SubmissionCall #Submissions #Anthology #Anthologies #LiteraryMagazine #LitMag #GossamerWight #Writer #Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #ShortStory #ShortStories #Horror #Weird #Supernatural #Speculative #Dystopian #Fantasy #Eerie.

A colour QR code which ,when scanned by a mobile phone, leads to the GossamerWight Literary Magazine Anthology page for "Everyday Eerie."

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 11d

We're looking forward to attending the talk by Professor Debbie Felton, 'Fairy Tales: Their Ancient Origins,' on Sunday 12 October 2025, 20:00-21:30 GMT, online (Zoom). details: www.gossamerwight.com/events/

#events #fairytales #folklore #esoteric #medusa #ethnography #ancientworld

Image credit: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Abduction of Psyche (1895).

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thread w/ links to pre-order AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC via your fave retailers! For signed books and/or to attend our upcoming in-person NYC events, info in this thread! I'll continue on a solo tour to MA, RI, OH, MI & WV, then back to NYC for @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social tours, full schedule soon!

Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · Aug 5

Available for pre-order wherever books are sold!
Kensington/Penguin: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781356...
Thank you for pre-orders & signal-boosts, it's a difficult time to promote right now but your support is *dearly* appreciated!

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 25d

Meet these great indie authors who write fantasy at the Fantasy Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #writingcommunity #fantasy #authorsky #writersky bsky.app/starter-pack/inventi...

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Alice Vernon @alicevernon10.bsky.social · 15d

I had a fantastic time at The Curious Cat Bookshop in Frodsham last night. I loved hearing everyone's spooky stories!

Crackers the cat nicely warmed up a few copies of Ghosted, too.

Crackers the black and white longhair cat sitting on a pile of copies of Ghosted.

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Frank Cavallo @fjcavallo.bsky.social · Aug 2

“this novel is EXACTLY the Lovecraftian cosmic horror that I have been looking for”
@theevilcookiepub.bsky.social

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The King and the Pallid Mask by Frank Cavallo - Reviewed by Kendrix Kek

Review: Lovecraftian horror filled with twists and turns that pays off satisfyingly at the end, and leaves you wanting more.

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 17d

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN. #SubmissionCall #Submissions #Anthology #Anthologies #LiteraryMagazine #LitMag #GossamerWight #Writer #Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #ShortStory #ShortStories #Horror #Weird #Supernatural #ghost #ghostly #Speculative #Dystopian #Fantasy #Eerie (turn on sound)

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 18d

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN. #SubmissionCall #Submissions #Anthology #Anthologies #LiteraryMagazine #LitMag #GossamerWight #Writer #Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #ShortStory #ShortStories #Horror #Weird #Supernatural #ghost #ghostly #Speculative #Dystopian #Fantasy #Eerie (turn on sound)

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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · Jul 25

My story 'Poison', shortlisted in the WestWord Folktale Flash competition @retreatwest.bsky.social, is now available to read! 🍎 westword.substack.com/p/poison

Congratulations to the winners and to my fellow shortlistees 🎉
#flashfiction

Poison

A Flash Fiction by Sarah McPherson

westword.substack.com

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 18d

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN. #SubmissionCall #Submissions #Anthology #Anthologies #LiteraryMagazine #LitMag #GossamerWight #Writer #Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #ShortStory #ShortStories #Horror #Weird #Supernatural #ghost #ghostly #Speculative #Dystopian #Fantasy #Eerie (turn on sound)

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Madness Heart Press @madnessheartpress.bsky.social · 21d

NOW available in e-book (and in print on 10/15), HOWLING OF THE UNFORTUNATE DEAD is the second book in John Baltisberger's MÖRK BORG novel series! Bask in the bleak, pitch-black fantasy! #MörkBorg #Books #HorrorCommunity #WritingCommunity madnessheart.press/product/howl...

Art card featuring a skeletal knight, pierced by many blades, resting his hands on a bloodstained broadsword. Text reads "Howling of the Unfortunate Dead: A Novel Compatible With Mörk Borg by John Baltisberger"

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 19d

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN. #SubmissionCall #Submissions #Anthology #Anthologies #LiteraryMagazine #LitMag #GossamerWight #Writer #Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #ShortStory #ShortStories #Horror #Weird #Supernatural #Speculative #Dystopian #Fantasy #Eerie (turn on sound).

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GossamerWight Literary Magazine @gossamerwight.com · 21d

Have you tried the flash fiction writing prompts on our website at www.gossamerwight.com/prompts/?

#GossamerWight #LiteraryMagazine #LitMag #prompt #prompts #writer #writing #WritingCommunity #flashfiction #story #stories #horror #fantasy #supernatural #ghost #weird #dystopian #uncanny.

A faded monochrome photo of a white-dressed phantom woman holding a book and staring at the viewer... you.

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