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Alex Davis
@alexdavis1981.bsky.social
Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
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Hello! I work as a lecturer, workshoppers and event organiser, focussing mostly on horror with a smattering of SF and fantasy. Here's a few of the things I get up to regularly...
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We're entering peak ghost story season, and if spooky and supernatural fiction is your think, then the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL ONLINE could be just the thing for you! Running from the 6th-8th February, we've got a great line-up incoming... www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory...
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Neil Williamson is back on his urban folk horror BS at Darkness In The Fields: Midwinter 2.

He's running a panel on new anthology Blood in the Bricks with James Bennett, Tracy Fahey & E. Saxey on 6/12.

@esaxey.bsky.social @jamesbennett.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

Ticket link below:
Darkness in the Fields - Midwinter 2
Join us for two days of online folk horror events, with workshops and interview from an exciting variety of writers in the genre.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Come and grab a final fix of folk horror this festive season, with DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER 2 running online over the weekend of 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #folklore #winter #midwinter #writing #writers #fiction #authors
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Midwinter is closing in all the time, and we'll be serving up a big day of folk horror to mark the occasion, running online on the 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i... @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social @folkhorrormagpie.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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If you love your Xmas ghost stories, then we'll be hosting an online launch for this new anthology of fearful festive tales that were almost lost to the mists of time... ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE is here, and you can join us for some spookiness on the 18th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Looking for an antidote to all the Christmas cheer? Our upcoming short course kicking off Monday could be just the thing for you - YOU BETTER NOT CRY starts 1st December... www.eventbrite.com/e/you-better... #christmas #xmas #horror #fiction #writing #writers #course #courses #class #classes
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We're entering peak ghost story season, and if spooky and supernatural fiction is your think, then the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL ONLINE could be just the thing for you! Running from the 6th-8th February, we've got a great line-up incoming... www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory...
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Come and grab a final fix of folk horror this festive season, with DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER 2 running online over the weekend of 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #folklore #winter #midwinter #writing #writers #fiction #authors
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you love your Xmas ghost stories, then we'll be hosting an online launch for this new anthology of fearful festive tales that were almost lost to the mists of time... ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE is here, and you can join us for some spookiness on the 18th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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We're lucky to have such interesting people joining us for Writing the Occult: Cryptids & Creatures - including horror blogger Kayleigh Dobbs, who you may know better at Happy Goat Horror's Queen Goat. She's going to dig into her zombie academia past to espouse the virtues of the walking dead. 🧵⬇️
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Looking for an antidote to all the Christmas cheer? Our upcoming short course kicking off Monday could be just the thing for you - YOU BETTER NOT CRY starts 1st December... www.eventbrite.com/e/you-better... #christmas #xmas #horror #fiction #writing #writers #course #courses #class #classes
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last 24 hours to get involved - ticket sales close at 11am tomorrow for the final WRITING THE OCCULT event for 2025, with our day-long look at CRYPTIDS AND CREATURES! www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-th... #writing #writers #authors #occult #fiction #workshop #workshops #talks #interviews
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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We're lucky to have such interesting people joining us for Writing the Occult: Cryptids & Creatures - including one half of the Spec Fic For Newbies gurus, @tiffaniangus.bsky.social, who'll run a workshop guiding us in how to write our own creature features. Details & tix: writingtheoccult.carrd.co
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A big online gathering of ghost story talent coming this February, with the online weekend of THE UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL running from the 6th to the 8th February! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghoststory #ghoststories #fiction #writing #writers #authors
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Illusions of Presence gathers together an exciting range of lost ghost stories for the first time, and this online launch with editor Johnny Mains is the perfect way to learn more about it and get those spooky vibes in time for ghost story season... www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Midwinter is closing in all the time, and we'll be serving up a big day of folk horror to mark the occasion, running online on the 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i... @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social @folkhorrormagpie.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Christmas is one of my favourite times of year, and I enjoy its darker side as much as all the joy and warmth - and in that spirit Charlotte Baker will be presenting her short course, YOU BETTER NOT CRY, kicking off on Monday! www.eventbrite.com/e/you-better...
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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We're lucky to have such talent joining us for Writing the Occult: Cryptids & Creatures - including horror rock star @gradyhendrix.bsky.social, who's rather partial to a creature feature. Come armed with your questions and we'll have a big ol' chat together. Details & tix: writingtheoccult.carrd.co
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Christmas is one of my favourite times of year, and I enjoy its darker side as much as all the joy and warmth - and in that spirit Charlotte Baker will be presenting her short course, YOU BETTER NOT CRY, kicking off on Monday! www.eventbrite.com/e/you-better...
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Full schedule all in the bag for DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER 2 - we've got some fascinating interviews, talks, workshops and panels on the way for all you folk horror fiends! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #horror #writing #writers #winter #folklore
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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FOUR DAYS, creatures of the internet. The day we go hunting with Writing the Occult: Creatures & Cryptids is almost upon us. Are you ready to discover what's really out there?

Tix £40+bf for access to the whole day live + recordings so you don't miss anything. Details: writingtheoccult.carrd.co
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Full schedule all in the bag for DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER 2 - we've got some fascinating interviews, talks, workshops and panels on the way for all you folk horror fiends! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #horror #writing #writers #winter #folklore
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you're already tired of the Christmas cheer everywhere, why not come and enjoy the darker side of the season with the very talented Charlotte Baker this December? YOU BETTER NOT CRY kicks off on Monday... www.eventbrite.com/e/you-better...
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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We're lucky to have such interesting people joining us for Writing the Occult: Cryptids & Creatures - including cryptozoologist Richard Freeman! Ever wanted to know what it's like to head into the wilderness to hunt for the unknown? Now's your chance to hear it from the proverbial horse's mouth. 🧵⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Join us for our wintry deep dive into the world of folk horror, with DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER running over the weekend of 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #folklore #winter #midwinter #writing #writers #fiction #books
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM