Han O'Flanagan (they/he)
@smaugish.bsky.social
Final year PhD candidate in English Literature @ Lancaster University. Researching asexuality in fin-de-siecle ghost and Weird fiction. Big ol goff. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Oh hey bluesky. My hair is v short and all green now. Few other updates too. Taking a month off for surgery on my eyes and being able to do very little other than listen to podcasts and my own thoughts... really did a number on me 😅
May 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Oh hey bluesky. My hair is v short and all green now. Few other updates too. Taking a month off for surgery on my eyes and being able to do very little other than listen to podcasts and my own thoughts... really did a number on me 😅
Ghosts of Advent Day 11- A Wicked Voice by Vernon Lee
A composer becomes haunted by the 'ghost' of a dead singer, his obsession growing with every passing day...
There might not be a real 'ghost' in this short story, but it's haunting all the same!
A composer becomes haunted by the 'ghost' of a dead singer, his obsession growing with every passing day...
There might not be a real 'ghost' in this short story, but it's haunting all the same!
December 11, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 11- A Wicked Voice by Vernon Lee
A composer becomes haunted by the 'ghost' of a dead singer, his obsession growing with every passing day...
There might not be a real 'ghost' in this short story, but it's haunting all the same!
A composer becomes haunted by the 'ghost' of a dead singer, his obsession growing with every passing day...
There might not be a real 'ghost' in this short story, but it's haunting all the same!
Ghosts of Advent Day 10- The Pavilion by Edith Nesbit
Plain Jane Amelia has to watch with unease as two of her cousin's suitors enter into a deadly game of machismo.
Another Weird story where there might not be any ghosts, but the vampiric plants dwelling in the Pavilion are deliciously creepy!
Plain Jane Amelia has to watch with unease as two of her cousin's suitors enter into a deadly game of machismo.
Another Weird story where there might not be any ghosts, but the vampiric plants dwelling in the Pavilion are deliciously creepy!
December 11, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 10- The Pavilion by Edith Nesbit
Plain Jane Amelia has to watch with unease as two of her cousin's suitors enter into a deadly game of machismo.
Another Weird story where there might not be any ghosts, but the vampiric plants dwelling in the Pavilion are deliciously creepy!
Plain Jane Amelia has to watch with unease as two of her cousin's suitors enter into a deadly game of machismo.
Another Weird story where there might not be any ghosts, but the vampiric plants dwelling in the Pavilion are deliciously creepy!
Ghosts of Advent Day 9-The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
An artist gifts his already engaged cousin a ring before travelling... but whilst he forgets his love for her, she cannot.
A haunting story of love that lingers after death, we are back to a classic and creepy ghost story for day 9!
An artist gifts his already engaged cousin a ring before travelling... but whilst he forgets his love for her, she cannot.
A haunting story of love that lingers after death, we are back to a classic and creepy ghost story for day 9!
December 9, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 9-The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
An artist gifts his already engaged cousin a ring before travelling... but whilst he forgets his love for her, she cannot.
A haunting story of love that lingers after death, we are back to a classic and creepy ghost story for day 9!
An artist gifts his already engaged cousin a ring before travelling... but whilst he forgets his love for her, she cannot.
A haunting story of love that lingers after death, we are back to a classic and creepy ghost story for day 9!
Ghosts of Advent Day 8- The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson
A young man has a recurring nightmare about staying with the family of a friend and the terrifying Mrs. Stone, that seems to be coming true...
Again, not quite a ghost story, but something almost vampiric for our eighth story!
A young man has a recurring nightmare about staying with the family of a friend and the terrifying Mrs. Stone, that seems to be coming true...
Again, not quite a ghost story, but something almost vampiric for our eighth story!
December 9, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 8- The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson
A young man has a recurring nightmare about staying with the family of a friend and the terrifying Mrs. Stone, that seems to be coming true...
Again, not quite a ghost story, but something almost vampiric for our eighth story!
A young man has a recurring nightmare about staying with the family of a friend and the terrifying Mrs. Stone, that seems to be coming true...
Again, not quite a ghost story, but something almost vampiric for our eighth story!
Ghosts of Advent Day 7- The Blue Room by Lettice Galbraith
Another potentially 'ghost' less story, this short supernatural tale sees a housemaid witness strange events that take place inside an apparently haunted room, before an act of bravado threatens to turn to tragedy...
Another potentially 'ghost' less story, this short supernatural tale sees a housemaid witness strange events that take place inside an apparently haunted room, before an act of bravado threatens to turn to tragedy...
December 7, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 7- The Blue Room by Lettice Galbraith
Another potentially 'ghost' less story, this short supernatural tale sees a housemaid witness strange events that take place inside an apparently haunted room, before an act of bravado threatens to turn to tragedy...
Another potentially 'ghost' less story, this short supernatural tale sees a housemaid witness strange events that take place inside an apparently haunted room, before an act of bravado threatens to turn to tragedy...
Ghosts of Advent Day 6- The Waiting Room by Robert Aickman
A much more 'modern' choice, and only really tangentially a ghost story, but a delightfully Weird and strange pick that sees a man encounter shades of the past when he is stranded at a quiet, countryside train station.
A much more 'modern' choice, and only really tangentially a ghost story, but a delightfully Weird and strange pick that sees a man encounter shades of the past when he is stranded at a quiet, countryside train station.
December 6, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 6- The Waiting Room by Robert Aickman
A much more 'modern' choice, and only really tangentially a ghost story, but a delightfully Weird and strange pick that sees a man encounter shades of the past when he is stranded at a quiet, countryside train station.
A much more 'modern' choice, and only really tangentially a ghost story, but a delightfully Weird and strange pick that sees a man encounter shades of the past when he is stranded at a quiet, countryside train station.
Ghosts of Advent Day 5- The Curse of the Stillborn by Margery Lawrence
A creepy and sometimes unsettling story, with a dose of Egyptomania and a commentary on colonialism, this one sees a Christian couple bring about the curse of the still-born when they ignore the wishes of bereaved parents!
A creepy and sometimes unsettling story, with a dose of Egyptomania and a commentary on colonialism, this one sees a Christian couple bring about the curse of the still-born when they ignore the wishes of bereaved parents!
December 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 5- The Curse of the Stillborn by Margery Lawrence
A creepy and sometimes unsettling story, with a dose of Egyptomania and a commentary on colonialism, this one sees a Christian couple bring about the curse of the still-born when they ignore the wishes of bereaved parents!
A creepy and sometimes unsettling story, with a dose of Egyptomania and a commentary on colonialism, this one sees a Christian couple bring about the curse of the still-born when they ignore the wishes of bereaved parents!
Ghosts of Advent Day 4- The Real and the Counterfeit by Louisa Baldwin
A young man spends Christmas at his friends' family estate, and decides to stage a prank when he learns about the mysterious 'family' ghost that goes terribly wrong...
Another creepy classic for day 4 of our advent countdown!
A young man spends Christmas at his friends' family estate, and decides to stage a prank when he learns about the mysterious 'family' ghost that goes terribly wrong...
Another creepy classic for day 4 of our advent countdown!
December 5, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 4- The Real and the Counterfeit by Louisa Baldwin
A young man spends Christmas at his friends' family estate, and decides to stage a prank when he learns about the mysterious 'family' ghost that goes terribly wrong...
Another creepy classic for day 4 of our advent countdown!
A young man spends Christmas at his friends' family estate, and decides to stage a prank when he learns about the mysterious 'family' ghost that goes terribly wrong...
Another creepy classic for day 4 of our advent countdown!
Ghosts of Advent Day 3- Was It An Illusion? by Amelia B. Edwards.
A school inspector gets lost in the fog on his way to an inspection, and comes across two mysterious strangers.
A classic ghost story for our third day, with a mystery that will have you asking yourself if it really was an illusion?
A school inspector gets lost in the fog on his way to an inspection, and comes across two mysterious strangers.
A classic ghost story for our third day, with a mystery that will have you asking yourself if it really was an illusion?
December 3, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 3- Was It An Illusion? by Amelia B. Edwards.
A school inspector gets lost in the fog on his way to an inspection, and comes across two mysterious strangers.
A classic ghost story for our third day, with a mystery that will have you asking yourself if it really was an illusion?
A school inspector gets lost in the fog on his way to an inspection, and comes across two mysterious strangers.
A classic ghost story for our third day, with a mystery that will have you asking yourself if it really was an illusion?
Ghosts of Advent Day 2- The Diary of Mr Poynter by M. R. James
A collector finds JUST the pattern to finish off his house inside an antique journal, but what else has been hidden inside there?
A deliciously creepy M. R. James classic for our second day. The climax will stay with you!
A collector finds JUST the pattern to finish off his house inside an antique journal, but what else has been hidden inside there?
A deliciously creepy M. R. James classic for our second day. The climax will stay with you!
December 2, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 2- The Diary of Mr Poynter by M. R. James
A collector finds JUST the pattern to finish off his house inside an antique journal, but what else has been hidden inside there?
A deliciously creepy M. R. James classic for our second day. The climax will stay with you!
A collector finds JUST the pattern to finish off his house inside an antique journal, but what else has been hidden inside there?
A deliciously creepy M. R. James classic for our second day. The climax will stay with you!
Ghosts of Advent Day 1- Miss Mary Pask by Edith Wharton.
A personal favourite to kick off this spooky countdown, this is a story of spinsters, dark houses, and a terrifying night spent in the company of an apparent ghost who is very aware of their spectral existence...
A personal favourite to kick off this spooky countdown, this is a story of spinsters, dark houses, and a terrifying night spent in the company of an apparent ghost who is very aware of their spectral existence...
December 1, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Ghosts of Advent Day 1- Miss Mary Pask by Edith Wharton.
A personal favourite to kick off this spooky countdown, this is a story of spinsters, dark houses, and a terrifying night spent in the company of an apparent ghost who is very aware of their spectral existence...
A personal favourite to kick off this spooky countdown, this is a story of spinsters, dark houses, and a terrifying night spent in the company of an apparent ghost who is very aware of their spectral existence...
3 years ago, in my first year of my PhD, I shared a festive countdown of ghost stories.
It feels only fitting that in my final year, I do it all again. Christmas is the season for ghost stories, new and old and returning favourites.
So join me starting from tomorrow for my Ghosts of Advent 2024.
It feels only fitting that in my final year, I do it all again. Christmas is the season for ghost stories, new and old and returning favourites.
So join me starting from tomorrow for my Ghosts of Advent 2024.
November 30, 2024 at 1:07 PM
3 years ago, in my first year of my PhD, I shared a festive countdown of ghost stories.
It feels only fitting that in my final year, I do it all again. Christmas is the season for ghost stories, new and old and returning favourites.
So join me starting from tomorrow for my Ghosts of Advent 2024.
It feels only fitting that in my final year, I do it all again. Christmas is the season for ghost stories, new and old and returning favourites.
So join me starting from tomorrow for my Ghosts of Advent 2024.