B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz
@braegrosz.com
She/They. Greyromantic. Aspiring bog body. Writer. You can support my work via https://ko-fi.com/braegrosz.
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B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz
@braegrosz.com
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B. Rae Grosz
ghost stories & other haunting tales
braegrosz.com
Hello, new followers! And old followers who like handy threads of links to boost!
I’m Rusty, pen name B. Rae Grosz (she/they), purveyor of sad, strange stories, true and fictional. I write about ghosts and other hauntings, often with folklore, fairytale, and/or gothic inspirations.
braegrosz.com
I’m Rusty, pen name B. Rae Grosz (she/they), purveyor of sad, strange stories, true and fictional. I write about ghosts and other hauntings, often with folklore, fairytale, and/or gothic inspirations.
braegrosz.com
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There's a really rather cracking adaptation of The Castle of Otranto available on BBC iPlayer right now...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Drama on 4 - The Castle of Otranto - BBC Sounds
The Gothic novel that inspired Jane Austen to write Northanger Abbey.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
There's a really rather cracking adaptation of The Castle of Otranto available on BBC iPlayer right now...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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We are looking for #SummerSpooky short stories, illustrations, artists/makers for our next zine! This thread and link give all the details. Pls share this on all your socials (including the ones we aren't on!) and even tell your friends face-to-face: general-witchfinders.teemill.com/blog/call-fo...
January 11, 2026 at 8:43 AM
We are looking for #SummerSpooky short stories, illustrations, artists/makers for our next zine! This thread and link give all the details. Pls share this on all your socials (including the ones we aren't on!) and even tell your friends face-to-face: general-witchfinders.teemill.com/blog/call-fo...
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'Theology & Vampires,' edited by @madelinepotter.bsky.social
What can vampires teach us about God?Through an analysis of the relationship between theology & vampires,this book provides a glimpse into the versatility of the vampire as a tool for theological enquiry www.bloomsbury.com/us/theology-...
What can vampires teach us about God?Through an analysis of the relationship between theology & vampires,this book provides a glimpse into the versatility of the vampire as a tool for theological enquiry www.bloomsbury.com/us/theology-...
January 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
'Theology & Vampires,' edited by @madelinepotter.bsky.social
What can vampires teach us about God?Through an analysis of the relationship between theology & vampires,this book provides a glimpse into the versatility of the vampire as a tool for theological enquiry www.bloomsbury.com/us/theology-...
What can vampires teach us about God?Through an analysis of the relationship between theology & vampires,this book provides a glimpse into the versatility of the vampire as a tool for theological enquiry www.bloomsbury.com/us/theology-...
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A thread.
For reasons that absolutely definitely don’t have anything at all to do with current events, I find myself thinking about the Coal & Iron Police and all the immigrants and other people they terrorized and murdered.
January 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
A thread.
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"As all partings foreshadow the great final one, so, empty rooms, bereft of a familiar presence, mournfully whisper what your room and what mine must one day be."
-Bleak House
Charles Dickens
#BookWormSat
-Bleak House
Charles Dickens
#BookWormSat
January 10, 2026 at 6:04 AM
"As all partings foreshadow the great final one, so, empty rooms, bereft of a familiar presence, mournfully whisper what your room and what mine must one day be."
-Bleak House
Charles Dickens
#BookWormSat
-Bleak House
Charles Dickens
#BookWormSat
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the reason ICE is bad is that they are cops and cops are all bastards
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM
the reason ICE is bad is that they are cops and cops are all bastards
For reasons that absolutely definitely don’t have anything at all to do with current events, I find myself thinking about the Coal & Iron Police and all the immigrants and other people they terrorized and murdered.
January 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
For reasons that absolutely definitely don’t have anything at all to do with current events, I find myself thinking about the Coal & Iron Police and all the immigrants and other people they terrorized and murdered.
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Oh hey, #PhantomsFriday crowd! If anyone would like to check out a new ghost story, my friend @vexcorvine.itch.io recently published a novella about a woman who inherits a haunted apartment 👇
vexcorvine.itch.io/unwelcome-ho...
vexcorvine.itch.io/unwelcome-ho...
Unwelcome Hosts by Vex Corvine
Some gifts have strings the giver can't sever.
vexcorvine.itch.io
January 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Oh hey, #PhantomsFriday crowd! If anyone would like to check out a new ghost story, my friend @vexcorvine.itch.io recently published a novella about a woman who inherits a haunted apartment 👇
vexcorvine.itch.io/unwelcome-ho...
vexcorvine.itch.io/unwelcome-ho...
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"This is not a ghost-story. It is, as I said at the beginning, a story of the supernormal, not the supernatural... Of the physical phenomena we have had no adequate explanation... Of what transpired regarding the death of Arthur Wells..."
Sight Unseen (1916) by Mary Roberts Rinehart
#PhantomsFriday
Sight Unseen (1916) by Mary Roberts Rinehart
#PhantomsFriday
![Black and white illustration of men and women in evening dress, seated around a table and holding hands, in a dark room, all watching a medium closely during a seance.
from the serial story "Sight Unseen" in Everybody's Magazine, June1916. Author, Mary Roberts Rinehart; illustrator, Frederic Dorr Steele. [Caption: “HOLD MY HANDS VERY TIGHT.” HER VOICE SOUNDED FAINT AND FAR AWAY. ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xyl4hvnidyzknapmutglptr7/bafkreig4r7b6tpclorxm4uwc5mmadeopwbxg2p2fqeuiub2mdnzsrdrbda@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"This is not a ghost-story. It is, as I said at the beginning, a story of the supernormal, not the supernatural... Of the physical phenomena we have had no adequate explanation... Of what transpired regarding the death of Arthur Wells..."
Sight Unseen (1916) by Mary Roberts Rinehart
#PhantomsFriday
Sight Unseen (1916) by Mary Roberts Rinehart
#PhantomsFriday
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January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I have this disease that makes me think “I should read that!” every time Sam suggests that Radcliffe overdoes it on the tree description
13) Observations during a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland by Ann Radcliffe (lengthy introduction by Penny Bradshaw
The type of nature description here is hard on my non-visualising brain and I found it deeply boring most of the time. Alas. Interesting introduction.
The type of nature description here is hard on my non-visualising brain and I found it deeply boring most of the time. Alas. Interesting introduction.
January 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I have this disease that makes me think “I should read that!” every time Sam suggests that Radcliffe overdoes it on the tree description
I’d watch the hell out of this Coen Brothers film about inept explorers
men so fragile they have to eat other men to survive
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I’d watch the hell out of this Coen Brothers film about inept explorers
Oh hey, #PhantomsFriday crowd! If anyone would like to check out a new ghost story, my friend @vexcorvine.itch.io recently published a novella about a woman who inherits a haunted apartment 👇
vexcorvine.itch.io/unwelcome-ho...
vexcorvine.itch.io/unwelcome-ho...
Unwelcome Hosts by Vex Corvine
Some gifts have strings the giver can't sever.
vexcorvine.itch.io
January 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Oh hey, #PhantomsFriday crowd! If anyone would like to check out a new ghost story, my friend @vexcorvine.itch.io recently published a novella about a woman who inherits a haunted apartment 👇
vexcorvine.itch.io/unwelcome-ho...
vexcorvine.itch.io/unwelcome-ho...
TOMORROW 👇
January's theme is 'Women and People of Marginalised Gender in Horror Films'!
We start with a talk on 'The Monstrous Matrices of The Substance' with Noah Gallego on Saturday 10th January at 4pm and 9pm GMT
4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
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We start with a talk on 'The Monstrous Matrices of The Substance' with Noah Gallego on Saturday 10th January at 4pm and 9pm GMT
4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
9 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Select tickets – The Monstrous Matrices of The Substance with Noah Gallego – Zoom
The Monstrous Matrices of The Substance with Noah Gallego – Zoom, Sat 10 Jan 2026 - Our series of talks is funded exclusively by donations. The talks are free to access but if you can support the proj...
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January 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
TOMORROW 👇
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Chicory had another episode of symptoms in the night but has been normal again since. Healing takes time blah, blah, blah. Appointment with regular vet tomorrow, to be safe.
All this means money will be extra tight, so any little bit donated to help out would be much appreciated ko-fi.com/braegrosz
All this means money will be extra tight, so any little bit donated to help out would be much appreciated ko-fi.com/braegrosz
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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Just over three weeks left to submit your SFF short story or poem to our second unthemed issue of 2026!
Don't overthink it, smash that send button 👇🏿
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Don't overthink it, smash that send button 👇🏿
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Authors and poets, submissions for our second themed issue are OPEN 🎉🎉🎉
Details here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Details here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
January 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Just over three weeks left to submit your SFF short story or poem to our second unthemed issue of 2026!
Don't overthink it, smash that send button 👇🏿
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Don't overthink it, smash that send button 👇🏿
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
January 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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“Between the foot of the bed and the closet door, I saw a person in my room. The person was a woman, standing looking at me, with a knife in her hand. It does no credit to my courage to confess it— but the truth IS the truth."
(Wilkie Collins)
🎨 Edward Gorey
#phantomsfriday
(Wilkie Collins)
🎨 Edward Gorey
#phantomsfriday
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“Between the foot of the bed and the closet door, I saw a person in my room. The person was a woman, standing looking at me, with a knife in her hand. It does no credit to my courage to confess it— but the truth IS the truth."
(Wilkie Collins)
🎨 Edward Gorey
#phantomsfriday
(Wilkie Collins)
🎨 Edward Gorey
#phantomsfriday
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Fairy funerals are also known as phantom funerals. Oddly, you can either see or hear the funeral, but not both.
🎨John Anster Fitzgerald www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3334... #PhantomsFriday #art #fairies #Victorian #folklore #fairy #mythology #wallart #homedecor #gifts
🎨John Anster Fitzgerald www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3334... #PhantomsFriday #art #fairies #Victorian #folklore #fairy #mythology #wallart #homedecor #gifts
The Fairy's Funeral - John Anster Fitzgerald by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
John Anster Fitzgerald was known as "Fairy Fitzgerald" for his main subject matter. He was a leading Victorian fairy painter and his work is often dark and surreal with veiled references to his drug u...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Fairy funerals are also known as phantom funerals. Oddly, you can either see or hear the funeral, but not both.
🎨John Anster Fitzgerald www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3334... #PhantomsFriday #art #fairies #Victorian #folklore #fairy #mythology #wallart #homedecor #gifts
🎨John Anster Fitzgerald www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3334... #PhantomsFriday #art #fairies #Victorian #folklore #fairy #mythology #wallart #homedecor #gifts
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hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is [email protected]
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is [email protected]
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is [email protected]
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is [email protected]