Han O'Flanagan (they/he)
smaugish.bsky.social
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. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
I genuinely wait to see those moments 😭 if I can make some more nesbit and Bowen and aickman fans then I can die happy
May 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My work is done!
May 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thank you 😭🙏🏻
May 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I've also got some book reviews published in journals, (hopefully) some articles out this year and maybe a cheeky future chapter on Robert Aickman.

So if you like weirdness, queerness, spookiness, ghostliness... and other-ess words, welcome!
May 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My most recent talk was this introduction to Edith Nesbit's Weird and ghost stories; I'm hoping to do a sister talk on Marjorie Bowen soon.

youtu.be/tkB_pzv5C2U?...
Not Just for Children: The Gothic and Weird Stories of Edith Nesbit with Han O' Flanagan
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
May 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Then there's this talk on object and inhuman ghosts in fin de siecle fiction which was very fun and a specific part of my research I hope to expand on post thesis!

youtu.be/78EFVtVHNDo?...
Pots, Spiders, Monkeys, Oh My! The Inhuman Ghosts of the Fin-de-Siecle with Han O'Flanagan
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
May 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
My first talk with Romancing the Gothic (please ignore the og version of my name) was a very early form of my research into M.R. James specifically

youtu.be/xd1T50u5Kbw?...
Romancing the Gothic - M R James and non-sexual queer ghosts - Hannah O'Flanagan
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
May 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
All of these are with @romgothsam.bsky.social s Romancing the Gothic which is amazing project I will ALWAYS recommend!
My most popular talk (and the 7th most popular on the channel gulp) is this one on victorian occulture/detective fiction. Crowley and Fortune

youtu.be/6pHlH6A5H-4?...
Dion Fortune, Aleister Crowley and Occult Literature with Hannah O'Flanagan
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
May 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
What a weird coincidence given I'm literally listening to their/planning my own Crimson Letters playthrough 👀
May 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I was listening to The Apocalypse Players mostly! Actual play Call of Cthulhu- can recommend!
May 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM