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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles

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The hag in hagiography. Born in the hour of the Pig.

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · Aug 30

Live long and prosper. Yes, I'm talking to you.

Image of Spock from Original Star Trek, hand raised in Vulcan greeting. Caption reads: "Live long and prosper."

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 22h

What roles did women play in theorising, popularising, writing, publishing and reading the early Gothic?

Come find out!

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Women and the Early Gothic with Dr Sam Hirst

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 1h

Happy Anniversary :)

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 5h

I have now created a separate account for #PhantomsFriday, imaginatively calling it @phantomsfriday.bsky.social
I'm not sure why I've done this, it just seemed right to have all those Friday posts on ghostly books, art, poems, #folklore, haunted locations etc in one place. Please join the feed!

Illustration by Barry Wilkinson of a weird, blurry figure of a man, hands raised and apparently crying out. In the background a man in a doorway is reacting with shock at the sight of it.

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Dak @dak.myatproto.social · 7h

Just got kicked out of the library for whispering “The books are watching us” too loudly.

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 4h

praying mantis statue at second time around, route 30, boswell, pennsylvania, 1984

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3h

The really scary thing about the test card is that the girl is playing noughts and crosses with the clown and the clown's made a move.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 3h

Some paths we walk alongside phantoms. Some paths we march with pylons. No lane is empty of companions. Each journey is spirited. We travel with ghosts – both those of place and the ones from our past that we always carry with us. – #DAKilroy

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 3h

Happy Birthday!

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 8h

If Jane mentions baked beans again I'll throttle her.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 8h

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 999:
It’s not just the story that matters, it’s the person telling it. Your stories are filtered through your experience, your culture, your upbringing, your identity. Don’t be afraid to let it show. Those things matter. You matter.

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🚥Perrywong🚥 @perrywong.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 8h

[immediately goes to top of watchlist]

Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 8h

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Supernatural E3 "The Werewolf Reunion" Billie Whitelaw, Ian Hendry, Charles Kay, Edward Hardwicke.

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, actually I haven't seen any of them! I was thinking of a different Dead of Night and Supernatural.

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The Exorcism - BBC Dead of Night

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 8h

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The Keeper (1983)

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 8h

I haven't seen those last two. I'm going to post links here as a reminder to watch.

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Casting the Runes 1979

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Ediewings @ediewings.bsky.social · 2d

I love how this is an official road sign in Glenelg, Scotland. Photo taken 6 years ago in our last holiday before COVID.

#funnysigns #glenelg #mars

Photo of a road sign in Glenelg, Scotland with a stone wall and greenery behind. Sign says "Glenelg (Earth) twinned with Glenelg (Mars) 😂

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 9h

I've never seen Frenzy (another on my endless 'to watch' list.) I might see if I can have an evening by myself to watch a double-bill of The Lodger and Frenzy. Is it usually classed as a thriller? I'm never sure where the lines are between genres.

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 1d

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.

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Manuel Herrick @manuel-herrick.bsky.social · 11h

What's the best one liner in movie history?

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Mike @bikeymikey70.bsky.social · 11h

What’s the best one liner in movie history?

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Greg the Miller @gregthemiller.bsky.social · 1d

"what are you gonna be for halloween" a problem

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 11h

I'd thought the first Stephen King book I read was Carrie, now I realise it must have been Firestarter (I may have had this epiphany before & forgot 🤔). I read it as a kid when the film came out, thinking it was a novelization of the film 🤦. (Another realisation: I've still not seen the film).

Film poster for Firestarter, with an image of a young Drew Barrymore. "Firestarter. Will she have the power ... to survive?"

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Cosmic Clau @cosmicclau.bsky.social · 11h

What's the best one liner in movie history?

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 1d

'View from Senate House Library' (2014) by Melissa Scott-Miller
chrisbeetles.com/artwork/44604/view-from-senate-house-library

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