Simon Bacon
@baconetti.bsky.social
Author, film critic, and editor of all things Gothicky.
Aca-Comic-Colleagues
A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter Szép for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books).
Full details are in the photos below:
A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter Szép for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books).
Full details are in the photos below:
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Aca-Comic-Colleagues
A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter Szép for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books).
Full details are in the photos below:
A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter Szép for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books).
Full details are in the photos below:
I have a collection on “Contagion: Cryptids, Panic and the Monsters of Anxiety” and I’m in need of a couple of extra 4,500 word essays by the end of November 2025.
If interested contact me @: [email protected]
The original CFP is attached below:
If interested contact me @: [email protected]
The original CFP is attached below:
August 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I have a collection on “Contagion: Cryptids, Panic and the Monsters of Anxiety” and I’m in need of a couple of extra 4,500 word essays by the end of November 2025.
If interested contact me @: [email protected]
The original CFP is attached below:
If interested contact me @: [email protected]
The original CFP is attached below:
Co-editor book-mail. Big shoutout to my partner in Lunar-gothic-crime Elana Gomel, and a huge welldone to all the contributors for their terrific essays. 😃
August 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Co-editor book-mail. Big shoutout to my partner in Lunar-gothic-crime Elana Gomel, and a huge welldone to all the contributors for their terrific essays. 😃
Aca-AlienFranchise-Colleagues
It’s almost 50 yrs of the Alien franchise so time there was a Companion for it.
Abstracts by end Sept on new directions in reading the franchise, characters, crossovers & its cultural impact are encouraged.
Abstracts to me at: [email protected]
It’s almost 50 yrs of the Alien franchise so time there was a Companion for it.
Abstracts by end Sept on new directions in reading the franchise, characters, crossovers & its cultural impact are encouraged.
Abstracts to me at: [email protected]
July 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Aca-AlienFranchise-Colleagues
It’s almost 50 yrs of the Alien franchise so time there was a Companion for it.
Abstracts by end Sept on new directions in reading the franchise, characters, crossovers & its cultural impact are encouraged.
Abstracts to me at: [email protected]
It’s almost 50 yrs of the Alien franchise so time there was a Companion for it.
Abstracts by end Sept on new directions in reading the franchise, characters, crossovers & its cultural impact are encouraged.
Abstracts to me at: [email protected]
Ooohhh….super exciting. We finally have a cover for “Uncanny Doubles: Doppelgängers, Twins, CLones and the Gothic”….not too much longer before we’re on proofs and hopefully out before the end of the year! 😃
June 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ooohhh….super exciting. We finally have a cover for “Uncanny Doubles: Doppelgängers, Twins, CLones and the Gothic”….not too much longer before we’re on proofs and hopefully out before the end of the year! 😃
Woooooot…the vampires have landed! They look beautiful and packed to the brim with vampy goodness. 😃
June 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Woooooot…the vampires have landed! They look beautiful and packed to the brim with vampy goodness. 😃
One of the perks of being a series editor is I get a copy of all the newly published books….and this beauty by the terrific Kristoffer Woofter and Carl Sederholm just arrived! If you’ve any interest in The Weird you should get this book!
May 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
One of the perks of being a series editor is I get a copy of all the newly published books….and this beauty by the terrific Kristoffer Woofter and Carl Sederholm just arrived! If you’ve any interest in The Weird you should get this book!
Feast your eyes on this beauty...the cover for the soon to be published Fairies: A Companion edited by the ever amazing Lorna Piatti-Farnell and myself.
May 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Feast your eyes on this beauty...the cover for the soon to be published Fairies: A Companion edited by the ever amazing Lorna Piatti-Farnell and myself.
Terrific new edited collection by my good colleague Steffen Hantke:
CFP: Fearful Performances: Stardom, Skill, and Style of Acting in the Horror Film
More details in the attached images but email your proposal/abstract/questions to: [email protected] before 15 June 2025.
CFP: Fearful Performances: Stardom, Skill, and Style of Acting in the Horror Film
More details in the attached images but email your proposal/abstract/questions to: [email protected] before 15 June 2025.
May 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Terrific new edited collection by my good colleague Steffen Hantke:
CFP: Fearful Performances: Stardom, Skill, and Style of Acting in the Horror Film
More details in the attached images but email your proposal/abstract/questions to: [email protected] before 15 June 2025.
CFP: Fearful Performances: Stardom, Skill, and Style of Acting in the Horror Film
More details in the attached images but email your proposal/abstract/questions to: [email protected] before 15 June 2025.
Aca-Vampy-Colleagues.
Essay emergency for a collection on Vampires and Music for Lexington Books, deadlining this Summer. Because of Sinners I need a 5-6,000 word essay on Music/Vampires/Sinners by end of July 2025.
If interested contact me at: [email protected]
Essay emergency for a collection on Vampires and Music for Lexington Books, deadlining this Summer. Because of Sinners I need a 5-6,000 word essay on Music/Vampires/Sinners by end of July 2025.
If interested contact me at: [email protected]
April 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Aca-Vampy-Colleagues.
Essay emergency for a collection on Vampires and Music for Lexington Books, deadlining this Summer. Because of Sinners I need a 5-6,000 word essay on Music/Vampires/Sinners by end of July 2025.
If interested contact me at: [email protected]
Essay emergency for a collection on Vampires and Music for Lexington Books, deadlining this Summer. Because of Sinners I need a 5-6,000 word essay on Music/Vampires/Sinners by end of July 2025.
If interested contact me at: [email protected]
Found it on a contributors post..will add photos below
April 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Found it on a contributors post..will add photos below
CFP: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
We're nearing the last few weeks for our Call for Papers for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Companion.
Full CFP in the images and below, and abstract submission form here 👉https://forms.gle/XUsmPfBsXju2XpcR9 (due 15 May 2025)
We're nearing the last few weeks for our Call for Papers for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Companion.
Full CFP in the images and below, and abstract submission form here 👉https://forms.gle/XUsmPfBsXju2XpcR9 (due 15 May 2025)
April 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
CFP: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
We're nearing the last few weeks for our Call for Papers for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Companion.
Full CFP in the images and below, and abstract submission form here 👉https://forms.gle/XUsmPfBsXju2XpcR9 (due 15 May 2025)
We're nearing the last few weeks for our Call for Papers for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Companion.
Full CFP in the images and below, and abstract submission form here 👉https://forms.gle/XUsmPfBsXju2XpcR9 (due 15 May 2025)
So exciting…we have a cover for Lunar Gothic and it’s sooo beautiful! 🤩
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
So exciting…we have a cover for Lunar Gothic and it’s sooo beautiful! 🤩
Aca-Terrifier-Colleagues.
Essay Emergency:
I need an essay on Terrifier 3 for a book on Undead Christmas by end April (2025). 5-6,000 words and ideally touch on any the following: Eco-horror/Anthropocene/Capitalism-Consumerism.
If interested email me at: [email protected]
Essay Emergency:
I need an essay on Terrifier 3 for a book on Undead Christmas by end April (2025). 5-6,000 words and ideally touch on any the following: Eco-horror/Anthropocene/Capitalism-Consumerism.
If interested email me at: [email protected]
April 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Aca-Terrifier-Colleagues.
Essay Emergency:
I need an essay on Terrifier 3 for a book on Undead Christmas by end April (2025). 5-6,000 words and ideally touch on any the following: Eco-horror/Anthropocene/Capitalism-Consumerism.
If interested email me at: [email protected]
Essay Emergency:
I need an essay on Terrifier 3 for a book on Undead Christmas by end April (2025). 5-6,000 words and ideally touch on any the following: Eco-horror/Anthropocene/Capitalism-Consumerism.
If interested email me at: [email protected]
This is lovely news…though I think it’s more for all the terrific authors that wrote the 90+ essays in the Palgrave Handbook of the Vampire ….so well done everyone! 😃
March 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is lovely news…though I think it’s more for all the terrific authors that wrote the 90+ essays in the Palgrave Handbook of the Vampire ….so well done everyone! 😃
Aca-Clive Barker-Colleagues.
CFP: “We have such sights to show you”: The Cross-media Works of Clive Barker
Full info in attached photo.
Abstracts & notice of interest to: David Edwards ([email protected]) & Simon Bacon ([email protected]) by end September 2025
CFP: “We have such sights to show you”: The Cross-media Works of Clive Barker
Full info in attached photo.
Abstracts & notice of interest to: David Edwards ([email protected]) & Simon Bacon ([email protected]) by end September 2025
March 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Aca-Clive Barker-Colleagues.
CFP: “We have such sights to show you”: The Cross-media Works of Clive Barker
Full info in attached photo.
Abstracts & notice of interest to: David Edwards ([email protected]) & Simon Bacon ([email protected]) by end September 2025
CFP: “We have such sights to show you”: The Cross-media Works of Clive Barker
Full info in attached photo.
Abstracts & notice of interest to: David Edwards ([email protected]) & Simon Bacon ([email protected]) by end September 2025
I don’t often get the paper versions of books but these beauties from Bloomsbury turned up today signalling that Female Identity in Contemporary Fictional Purgatorial Worlds is an almost affordable price now (it’s even more prescient given the recent turn in world events)
March 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I don’t often get the paper versions of books but these beauties from Bloomsbury turned up today signalling that Female Identity in Contemporary Fictional Purgatorial Worlds is an almost affordable price now (it’s even more prescient given the recent turn in world events)
In case you missed it:
CFP: Vampires and Fashion
Details in attached pictures.
Abstracts of 300 words or inquiries of interest contact: [email protected]
CFP: Vampires and Fashion
Details in attached pictures.
Abstracts of 300 words or inquiries of interest contact: [email protected]
March 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case you missed it:
CFP: Vampires and Fashion
Details in attached pictures.
Abstracts of 300 words or inquiries of interest contact: [email protected]
CFP: Vampires and Fashion
Details in attached pictures.
Abstracts of 300 words or inquiries of interest contact: [email protected]
Just in case you missed it, here’s the CFP for the terrific CFP on Alice in Wonderland which, if it’s anything like the previous volume on Through the Looking Glass, will be amazing. Do get in touch.
For inquiries email: [email protected]
For inquiries email: [email protected]
March 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Just in case you missed it, here’s the CFP for the terrific CFP on Alice in Wonderland which, if it’s anything like the previous volume on Through the Looking Glass, will be amazing. Do get in touch.
For inquiries email: [email protected]
For inquiries email: [email protected]
Aca-Nosferatu-Colleagues.
CFP: In the Shadow of Orlok
Exciting new collection from Phil Fitzsimmons & myself on our favourite nasty vampire, from Murnau to Egger and all shades between.
Details in attached image or email us at: [email protected] & [email protected]
CFP: In the Shadow of Orlok
Exciting new collection from Phil Fitzsimmons & myself on our favourite nasty vampire, from Murnau to Egger and all shades between.
Details in attached image or email us at: [email protected] & [email protected]
February 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Aca-Nosferatu-Colleagues.
CFP: In the Shadow of Orlok
Exciting new collection from Phil Fitzsimmons & myself on our favourite nasty vampire, from Murnau to Egger and all shades between.
Details in attached image or email us at: [email protected] & [email protected]
CFP: In the Shadow of Orlok
Exciting new collection from Phil Fitzsimmons & myself on our favourite nasty vampire, from Murnau to Egger and all shades between.
Details in attached image or email us at: [email protected] & [email protected]
Aca-Mothers&Horror-Colleagues
CFP: Mothers, Mothering, Horror and Terror in Television, Film, and Literature (see attached images)
Has a couple of gaps that urgently need filling. If interested drop them a line at [email protected] asap (deadline negotiable):
CFP: Mothers, Mothering, Horror and Terror in Television, Film, and Literature (see attached images)
Has a couple of gaps that urgently need filling. If interested drop them a line at [email protected] asap (deadline negotiable):
February 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Aca-Mothers&Horror-Colleagues
CFP: Mothers, Mothering, Horror and Terror in Television, Film, and Literature (see attached images)
Has a couple of gaps that urgently need filling. If interested drop them a line at [email protected] asap (deadline negotiable):
CFP: Mothers, Mothering, Horror and Terror in Television, Film, and Literature (see attached images)
Has a couple of gaps that urgently need filling. If interested drop them a line at [email protected] asap (deadline negotiable):
Aca-Carmilla-Colleagues.
Exciting new collection on new directions/imaginings of Carmilla:
CFP: ‘My Wild Heart Bleeds: Exploring Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’ and its legacy’
If interested see the image attached or contact us at: [email protected] & [email protected]
Exciting new collection on new directions/imaginings of Carmilla:
CFP: ‘My Wild Heart Bleeds: Exploring Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’ and its legacy’
If interested see the image attached or contact us at: [email protected] & [email protected]
February 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Aca-Carmilla-Colleagues.
Exciting new collection on new directions/imaginings of Carmilla:
CFP: ‘My Wild Heart Bleeds: Exploring Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’ and its legacy’
If interested see the image attached or contact us at: [email protected] & [email protected]
Exciting new collection on new directions/imaginings of Carmilla:
CFP: ‘My Wild Heart Bleeds: Exploring Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’ and its legacy’
If interested see the image attached or contact us at: [email protected] & [email protected]
Editor copies day…we love those!
Brilliant work everyone…it’s looks luvverly 😍
Brilliant work everyone…it’s looks luvverly 😍
January 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Editor copies day…we love those!
Brilliant work everyone…it’s looks luvverly 😍
Brilliant work everyone…it’s looks luvverly 😍
Aca-NeoVictorian-Colleagues.
CFP for a terrific new collection on Neo-Victorianism and the Gothic in the 21st Century edited by Prof. Rossie Artemis. See the attached photo for more details or email: [email protected]
CFP for a terrific new collection on Neo-Victorianism and the Gothic in the 21st Century edited by Prof. Rossie Artemis. See the attached photo for more details or email: [email protected]
January 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Aca-NeoVictorian-Colleagues.
CFP for a terrific new collection on Neo-Victorianism and the Gothic in the 21st Century edited by Prof. Rossie Artemis. See the attached photo for more details or email: [email protected]
CFP for a terrific new collection on Neo-Victorianism and the Gothic in the 21st Century edited by Prof. Rossie Artemis. See the attached photo for more details or email: [email protected]
Aca-Lovecraft-Colleagues.
An exciting new collection on adaptations of Lovecraft’s work called “Beyond Lovecraft: A Companion” is being put together by Dr David K. Goodin …I think you might want to be part of it!
Details in photos below:
An exciting new collection on adaptations of Lovecraft’s work called “Beyond Lovecraft: A Companion” is being put together by Dr David K. Goodin …I think you might want to be part of it!
Details in photos below:
January 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Aca-Lovecraft-Colleagues.
An exciting new collection on adaptations of Lovecraft’s work called “Beyond Lovecraft: A Companion” is being put together by Dr David K. Goodin …I think you might want to be part of it!
Details in photos below:
An exciting new collection on adaptations of Lovecraft’s work called “Beyond Lovecraft: A Companion” is being put together by Dr David K. Goodin …I think you might want to be part of it!
Details in photos below: