Wm. Schumacher
@wmschumacher.bsky.social
Gothic/Horror Film & Fiction Pedant (ghost stories, esp. M. R. James); Amateur Theatricals; Wastrel and Ne'er-Do-Well. Former Teacher. U of I ‘91, WPGU.
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Very excited that my first narrative film is not only premiering on @shudder.com tomorrow, but that it's also getting so many screenings!! Being a 30-minute film I didn't expect it to get any theatrical play, so the fact that all these venues programmed it to support features is a huge deal to me.🖤
Upcoming screenings for THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM, beginning tomorrow with its premiere on @shudder.com as part of annual series THE HAUNTED SEASON (in all their territories!)
Scan through the list to see if it is coming to a theatre near you!
Scan through the list to see if it is coming to a theatre near you!
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Very excited that my first narrative film is not only premiering on @shudder.com tomorrow, but that it's also getting so many screenings!! Being a 30-minute film I didn't expect it to get any theatrical play, so the fact that all these venues programmed it to support features is a huge deal to me.🖤
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Just out of interest... what have people gone on to do inspired by a Romancing the Gothic class or event?
I know people have done podcast episodes, started research projects, gone to do courses, written short stories and books, written blogs, read a frankly ridiculous amount...
I'd love to know!
I know people have done podcast episodes, started research projects, gone to do courses, written short stories and books, written blogs, read a frankly ridiculous amount...
I'd love to know!
I wish there was more emphasis on access to education disentangled from employability and focusing instead on enrichment because people who engage with education (or have the ability to) as enrichment interact with it differently. (And that's a whole society thing, not an in-uni thing) 7/7
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just out of interest... what have people gone on to do inspired by a Romancing the Gothic class or event?
I know people have done podcast episodes, started research projects, gone to do courses, written short stories and books, written blogs, read a frankly ridiculous amount...
I'd love to know!
I know people have done podcast episodes, started research projects, gone to do courses, written short stories and books, written blogs, read a frankly ridiculous amount...
I'd love to know!
We have spent the last of our Thanksgiving hours absorbed by an Edward Gorey picture puzzle, as God, the Pilgrims, and Sarah Josepha Hale intended.
Good Night!
Good Night!
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We have spent the last of our Thanksgiving hours absorbed by an Edward Gorey picture puzzle, as God, the Pilgrims, and Sarah Josepha Hale intended.
Good Night!
Good Night!
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It's giving thanks
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It's giving thanks
I’m old enough not to have any conservative uncles left to argue with this Thanksgiving Day, so - for those of you dining without contention today - I’m bringing this.
Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!
Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!
Oh, just one more thing. Canned pumpkin is available year-round; how come we only make pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving —maybe Christmas —if it’s so “delicious?”
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m old enough not to have any conservative uncles left to argue with this Thanksgiving Day, so - for those of you dining without contention today - I’m bringing this.
Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!
Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!
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Get your BAVS abstracts in! ⬇️
Check out the BAVS 2026 conference website: www.ljmu.ac.uk/bavs2026
CfP deadline extended until 12th December 2025!
CfP deadline extended until 12th December 2025!
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) conference
The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History, with the Centre for Port and Maritime History, are delighted to welcome BAVS delegates to Liverpool in 2026.
www.ljmu.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Get your BAVS abstracts in! ⬇️
Oh, just one more thing. Canned pumpkin is available year-round; how come we only make pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving —maybe Christmas —if it’s so “delicious?”
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Oh, just one more thing. Canned pumpkin is available year-round; how come we only make pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving —maybe Christmas —if it’s so “delicious?”
I will die on the hill that Turkey and Pumpkin Pie are the American versions of Lutefisk; we eat them because they are traditional, not because they are delicious.
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I will die on the hill that Turkey and Pumpkin Pie are the American versions of Lutefisk; we eat them because they are traditional, not because they are delicious.
Sensible people in South Arlington - speaking truth to pumpkin pie and leaving it as far from a dinner table as possible.
What?!? Pumpkin Pie Bench has returned!!! #southarlington
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sensible people in South Arlington - speaking truth to pumpkin pie and leaving it as far from a dinner table as possible.
Help me, Charlie Brown! Get me back! Get me back, I don't care what happens to me! Get me back to my wife and kids! Help me Charlie Brown, please! Please! I wanna live again. I wanna live again. Please, God, let me live again.
Someday a real rain'll come, Charlie Brown, and wash ALL the scum off the streets
“Give me a ping, Charlie Brown. One ping only, please.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Help me, Charlie Brown! Get me back! Get me back, I don't care what happens to me! Get me back to my wife and kids! Help me Charlie Brown, please! Please! I wanna live again. I wanna live again. Please, God, let me live again.
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If you're interested in folklore, Romancing the Gothic has talks on folklore in lots of countries: from Scotland, Ireland and England to Appalachia, Hawaii, Pakistan, India and more!
Check out our playlist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8nz...
Check out our playlist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8nz...
Northern Folklore - Icy Sedgwick
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you're interested in folklore, Romancing the Gothic has talks on folklore in lots of countries: from Scotland, Ireland and England to Appalachia, Hawaii, Pakistan, India and more!
Check out our playlist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8nz...
Check out our playlist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8nz...
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I've just added a few more talks to the Romancing the Gothic world map. If you'd like to explore horror, the Gothic, the supernatural, folklore and more in talks with experts from around the world... this is the resource for you!
padlet.com/hollyhirst84...
padlet.com/hollyhirst84...
Romancing the Gothic World Tour
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November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I've just added a few more talks to the Romancing the Gothic world map. If you'd like to explore horror, the Gothic, the supernatural, folklore and more in talks with experts from around the world... this is the resource for you!
padlet.com/hollyhirst84...
padlet.com/hollyhirst84...
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Next Thursday, I’m going to be reading a story from Nigel Kneale’s brilliant collection, Tomato Cain, recently reprinted by @commapress.bsky.social, at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social’s @northernfiction.bsky.social 2025 Winter Showcase!
Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Next Thursday, I’m going to be reading a story from Nigel Kneale’s brilliant collection, Tomato Cain, recently reprinted by @commapress.bsky.social, at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social’s @northernfiction.bsky.social 2025 Winter Showcase!
Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
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Doing all I could this morning to keep the few undergrads who even turned up awake, & even this ghastly but interesting image, a prop to my discussion of the female Gothic & "Get Out" didn't quite do the job.
So I'll try with YOU.
It's an illustration to Bluebeard by Winslow Homer, of all people.
So I'll try with YOU.
It's an illustration to Bluebeard by Winslow Homer, of all people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Doing all I could this morning to keep the few undergrads who even turned up awake, & even this ghastly but interesting image, a prop to my discussion of the female Gothic & "Get Out" didn't quite do the job.
So I'll try with YOU.
It's an illustration to Bluebeard by Winslow Homer, of all people.
So I'll try with YOU.
It's an illustration to Bluebeard by Winslow Homer, of all people.
Martin, it's all psychological. You yell barracuda, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell Charlie Brown…we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Charlie Brown.
No, I am your father, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Martin, it's all psychological. You yell barracuda, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell Charlie Brown…we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.
God GOD–whose hand was I holding, Charlie Brown?
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
God GOD–whose hand was I holding, Charlie Brown?
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Three years ago @parthenoid.bsky.social, @hermetic-arts.bsky.social and I visited the locations from Nigel Kneale’s Murrain.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Three years ago @parthenoid.bsky.social, @hermetic-arts.bsky.social and I visited the locations from Nigel Kneale’s Murrain.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
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Trailer and premiere date revealed for Kier-La Janisse’s Shudder chiller “THE HAUNTED SEASON: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM” https://ow.ly/3vzw50XvRhn
Trailer and premiere date revealed for Kier-La Janisse’s Shudder chiller “THE HAUNTED SEASON: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM” - Rue Morgue
Christmas fear comes a little early to the streamer.
ow.ly
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trailer and premiere date revealed for Kier-La Janisse’s Shudder chiller “THE HAUNTED SEASON: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM” https://ow.ly/3vzw50XvRhn
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"Casting the Runes" & "The Residence at Whitminster", two ghost stories by M R James, in a fascinating chapel in London on December 7. Tickets below:
tickets now on sale for "Casting the Runes" in London on 7 December
londonmonthofthedead.com/mrjames2025....
londonmonthofthedead.com/mrjames2025....
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"Casting the Runes" & "The Residence at Whitminster", two ghost stories by M R James, in a fascinating chapel in London on December 7. Tickets below:
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What game is he playing now?
![[AlertDC] US Secret Service reports simulated cannon fire will occur around the White House complex now through 3:00 p.m.
For more info https://evbg.co/78vq1h .](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qphomynbliyd3bjbnhuhfwc2/bafkreidenjs7ehrrvjauvhafkw3rl3jo3ketmnf7xpxxamztmo6pbjxp2u@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What game is he playing now?
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Tis the season
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Tis the season
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Book Cover of the Day:
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
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My brother Tom is a wonderful writer and shares his work on insta at @composition_ofwritings , but I just had to share his reflection on the aftermath of Samhain. It calls to mind the quiet landscape of our childhood and he envokes a world of ghostly companions and omens. I just love it!
#folklore
#folklore
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My brother Tom is a wonderful writer and shares his work on insta at @composition_ofwritings , but I just had to share his reflection on the aftermath of Samhain. It calls to mind the quiet landscape of our childhood and he envokes a world of ghostly companions and omens. I just love it!
#folklore
#folklore
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I'll get you, my pretty! Andrea Fernández Pastor reviews a half-millennium of witchy women in art, film, and fashion in a new #openaccess essay. "The Representation of Women as the Source of Evil: The Evolution of the Witch Figure" in Arts. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
doi.org/10.3390/arts...
doi.org/10.3390/arts...
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I'll get you, my pretty! Andrea Fernández Pastor reviews a half-millennium of witchy women in art, film, and fashion in a new #openaccess essay. "The Representation of Women as the Source of Evil: The Evolution of the Witch Figure" in Arts. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
doi.org/10.3390/arts...
doi.org/10.3390/arts...