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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@braegrosz.com
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B. Rae Grosz
ghost stories & other haunting tales
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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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We also have the amazing thread of talks by Dan Pietersen on Haunted Houses...under the sea, in space, in video games... Wherever you can find Haunted Houses, you'll find Dan!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjHw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjHw...
Haunted Houses in Video Games with Dan Pietersen
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We also have the amazing thread of talks by Dan Pietersen on Haunted Houses...under the sea, in space, in video games... Wherever you can find Haunted Houses, you'll find Dan!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjHw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjHw...
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We have a lot of talks on Haunted Houses!
This one is about Shirley Jackson and Haunted Houses and Finances
youtu.be/HeERGmwUdF8
This one is about Shirley Jackson and Haunted Houses and Finances
youtu.be/HeERGmwUdF8
Haunted Houses, Credit and Shirley Jackson with Amy Bride
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We have a lot of talks on Haunted Houses!
This one is about Shirley Jackson and Haunted Houses and Finances
youtu.be/HeERGmwUdF8
This one is about Shirley Jackson and Haunted Houses and Finances
youtu.be/HeERGmwUdF8
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I've had quite a lot of new people follow me this week so time for some Romancing the Gothic recs!
Romancing the Gothic runs free talks on all things Gothic, horror and the supernatural. We have a backlog of hundreds of classes!
Give me a topic you're interested in, and I'll see what we've got :)
Romancing the Gothic runs free talks on all things Gothic, horror and the supernatural. We have a backlog of hundreds of classes!
Give me a topic you're interested in, and I'll see what we've got :)
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I've had quite a lot of new people follow me this week so time for some Romancing the Gothic recs!
Romancing the Gothic runs free talks on all things Gothic, horror and the supernatural. We have a backlog of hundreds of classes!
Give me a topic you're interested in, and I'll see what we've got :)
Romancing the Gothic runs free talks on all things Gothic, horror and the supernatural. We have a backlog of hundreds of classes!
Give me a topic you're interested in, and I'll see what we've got :)
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a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
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The Haunted Room, Painted at a Farmhouse on Exmoor
🎨 by Alfred James Munning, circa 1950
#PhantomsFriday
🎨 by Alfred James Munning, circa 1950
#PhantomsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Haunted Room, Painted at a Farmhouse on Exmoor
🎨 by Alfred James Munning, circa 1950
#PhantomsFriday
🎨 by Alfred James Munning, circa 1950
#PhantomsFriday
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One of the more interesting #phantomsfriday news items I've run across, this from Illustrated Police News (of Boston), Sept. 10, 1874.
13-year-old John Nolan of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was plagued by an angry, stone-throwing phantom only he could initially see. More details in alt text.
13-year-old John Nolan of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was plagued by an angry, stone-throwing phantom only he could initially see. More details in alt text.
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One of the more interesting #phantomsfriday news items I've run across, this from Illustrated Police News (of Boston), Sept. 10, 1874.
13-year-old John Nolan of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was plagued by an angry, stone-throwing phantom only he could initially see. More details in alt text.
13-year-old John Nolan of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was plagued by an angry, stone-throwing phantom only he could initially see. More details in alt text.
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Field Ritual
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#darkart #spookyart #horrorart #art #artist #creature #demon #ritual #oc #deathanxiety #horror #scary #buymyart #artshare
ko-fi.com/owllog
#darkart #spookyart #horrorart #art #artist #creature #demon #ritual #oc #deathanxiety #horror #scary #buymyart #artshare
November 12, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson
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10 more days!
Open call for submissions!
Seeking paranormal stories that centre asexual, aromantic, and aspec characters
Ghouls and ghosts, werewolves and vampires, cryptids and those that search for them — we want to see them 👀👻
Open from Sept. 15th to November 30th
paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co
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Seeking paranormal stories that centre asexual, aromantic, and aspec characters
Ghouls and ghosts, werewolves and vampires, cryptids and those that search for them — we want to see them 👀👻
Open from Sept. 15th to November 30th
paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co
🌈📚🪐💙
![Submission Guidelines:
Please email your submission to phenomenapress@gmail.com with '[STORY TITLE] - Aspec Paranormal Anthology' in the subject line
Include: name, email address, WIP title, word count and short synopsis
For more info: paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6y2wrm5quhazhnyqdv5juitq/bafkreidtw3pamwju3i6adkefnay2erods34ticm5mxjvwurcanhre7rd6i@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
10 more days!
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Come join me in reading and learning about a whole range of women's writing in the long eighteenth century!
It's online, it's only $55 and it runs all year! It is an absolute steal.
(And yes, there will be Gothic! As well as plenty of other things)
regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...
It's online, it's only $55 and it runs all year! It is an absolute steal.
(And yes, there will be Gothic! As well as plenty of other things)
regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...
12 Books Your Regency Heroine Should Read – Regency Fiction Writers
regencyfictionwriters.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Come join me in reading and learning about a whole range of women's writing in the long eighteenth century!
It's online, it's only $55 and it runs all year! It is an absolute steal.
(And yes, there will be Gothic! As well as plenty of other things)
regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...
It's online, it's only $55 and it runs all year! It is an absolute steal.
(And yes, there will be Gothic! As well as plenty of other things)
regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...
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Hello! My name is Johannes T. Evans (he/him), and I am a gay, transgender, disabled author of fantasy, romance, horror, and erotic fiction based in West Yorkshire.
I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website:
www.johannestevans.co.uk
I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website:
www.johannestevans.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hello! My name is Johannes T. Evans (he/him), and I am a gay, transgender, disabled author of fantasy, romance, horror, and erotic fiction based in West Yorkshire.
I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website:
www.johannestevans.co.uk
I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website:
www.johannestevans.co.uk
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ME: Who’s a good girl?
ME: Who’s the goodliest girl?
ME: Who’s the best girl ever?
MY DOG: I hope you understand that since going deaf, I now just assume that every time your mouth moves, you’re telling me I’m the best.
ME, loudly: YOU are the BEST, GOODLIEST GOOD GIRL ever!!!
MY DOG: I know.
ME: Who’s the goodliest girl?
ME: Who’s the best girl ever?
MY DOG: I hope you understand that since going deaf, I now just assume that every time your mouth moves, you’re telling me I’m the best.
ME, loudly: YOU are the BEST, GOODLIEST GOOD GIRL ever!!!
MY DOG: I know.
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
ME: Who’s a good girl?
ME: Who’s the goodliest girl?
ME: Who’s the best girl ever?
MY DOG: I hope you understand that since going deaf, I now just assume that every time your mouth moves, you’re telling me I’m the best.
ME, loudly: YOU are the BEST, GOODLIEST GOOD GIRL ever!!!
MY DOG: I know.
ME: Who’s the goodliest girl?
ME: Who’s the best girl ever?
MY DOG: I hope you understand that since going deaf, I now just assume that every time your mouth moves, you’re telling me I’m the best.
ME, loudly: YOU are the BEST, GOODLIEST GOOD GIRL ever!!!
MY DOG: I know.
oh! to be a bog body!
i *am* consumed by jealousy, i *am* obsessed with the bog body
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
oh! to be a bog body!
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Its whispers are bad enough, of course. Its howls are bad enough. But not the worst. If you’ve listened to the wind, you know that there’s worse than when the wind only whispers to you, only howls at you.
She was not in the habit of listening to the wind, so she didn’t know. (1/6)
She was not in the habit of listening to the wind, so she didn’t know. (1/6)
November 1, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Its whispers are bad enough, of course. Its howls are bad enough. But not the worst. If you’ve listened to the wind, you know that there’s worse than when the wind only whispers to you, only howls at you.
She was not in the habit of listening to the wind, so she didn’t know. (1/6)
She was not in the habit of listening to the wind, so she didn’t know. (1/6)
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MY DOG: Oh person, my person! I have the most serious of problems! My ears aren’t floppy enough! You must flop my ears!
ME: [Floppy, flop flops right ear. Floppy, flop flops left ear.]
ME: Better?
MY DOG: What part of serious problem was unclear?
Many ear flops later…
MY DOG: Crisis averted.
ME: [Floppy, flop flops right ear. Floppy, flop flops left ear.]
ME: Better?
MY DOG: What part of serious problem was unclear?
Many ear flops later…
MY DOG: Crisis averted.
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
MY DOG: Oh person, my person! I have the most serious of problems! My ears aren’t floppy enough! You must flop my ears!
ME: [Floppy, flop flops right ear. Floppy, flop flops left ear.]
ME: Better?
MY DOG: What part of serious problem was unclear?
Many ear flops later…
MY DOG: Crisis averted.
ME: [Floppy, flop flops right ear. Floppy, flop flops left ear.]
ME: Better?
MY DOG: What part of serious problem was unclear?
Many ear flops later…
MY DOG: Crisis averted.
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When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
It is so inconvenient to have the kind of brain that responds to marketing realities like movie tie-in covers sell books, reviews sell books, blurbs sell books not with "how do I use this info?" but with "guess I should abandon my writing dreams and curl up in the moss to cry until I wither away..."
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It is so inconvenient to have the kind of brain that responds to marketing realities like movie tie-in covers sell books, reviews sell books, blurbs sell books not with "how do I use this info?" but with "guess I should abandon my writing dreams and curl up in the moss to cry until I wither away..."
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[Public Television Voice]
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
If you enjoy watching talks by experts in Gothic and horror that are free to access and made internationally available... why not support the project so I can keep running it and keep paying people to participate.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
[Public Television Voice]
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
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I love how dramatic early Gothic chapbooks are.
When you are next mildly disappointed, may I recommend the following:
'Our castles of hope will turn to the caverns of despair'
When you are next mildly disappointed, may I recommend the following:
'Our castles of hope will turn to the caverns of despair'
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I love how dramatic early Gothic chapbooks are.
When you are next mildly disappointed, may I recommend the following:
'Our castles of hope will turn to the caverns of despair'
When you are next mildly disappointed, may I recommend the following:
'Our castles of hope will turn to the caverns of despair'
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While I am getting loads of attention I wasn't expecting... did you know I run the free education programme 'Romancing the Gothic' which has free online classes from experts around the world every week?
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
While I am getting loads of attention I wasn't expecting... did you know I run the free education programme 'Romancing the Gothic' which has free online classes from experts around the world every week?
Get your tickets here!
share.google/tegHFYWn1yp7...
Get your tickets here!
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