B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz
@braegrosz.com
She/They. Greyromantic. Aspiring bog body. Writer. You can support my work via https://ko-fi.com/braegrosz.
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B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz
@braegrosz.com
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B. Rae Grosz
ghost stories & other haunting tales
braegrosz.com
Hello, new followers! And old followers who like handy threads of links to boost!
I’m Rusty, pen name B. Rae Grosz (she/they), purveyor of sad, strange stories, true and fictional. I write about ghosts and other hauntings, often with folklore, fairytale, and/or gothic inspirations.
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I’m Rusty, pen name B. Rae Grosz (she/they), purveyor of sad, strange stories, true and fictional. I write about ghosts and other hauntings, often with folklore, fairytale, and/or gothic inspirations.
braegrosz.com
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All I'm saying is that these are not the actions of people who do not want to be guillotined.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
All I'm saying is that these are not the actions of people who do not want to be guillotined.
Reminded of this old #FairyTaleFlash
He kissed the princess, smiled as she woke. She struck so fast that he didn’t have time to stop smiling before he fell to the floor. When there was nothing left but his bones, she smiled back at him, then returned to her bed to sleep and wait for her true love.
He kissed the princess, smiled as she woke. She struck so fast that he didn’t have time to stop smiling before he fell to the floor. When there was nothing left but his bones, she smiled back at him, then returned to her bed to sleep and wait for her true love.
Snow White? Vampire. Cinderella? Vampire. Sleeping Beauty? Oh, you better believe she was a vampire.
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Reminded of this old #FairyTaleFlash
He kissed the princess, smiled as she woke. She struck so fast that he didn’t have time to stop smiling before he fell to the floor. When there was nothing left but his bones, she smiled back at him, then returned to her bed to sleep and wait for her true love.
He kissed the princess, smiled as she woke. She struck so fast that he didn’t have time to stop smiling before he fell to the floor. When there was nothing left but his bones, she smiled back at him, then returned to her bed to sleep and wait for her true love.
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Would you like help with that?
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Would you like help with that?
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They succeeded in making the world turn away from Gaza by announcing a ceasefire that Israel has not adhered to. It continues to kill, destroy, and block food and medicine. The war has not stopped; it has only become more brutal, as the victims are now in complete isolation.Do not forget my family 💔
We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid
Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety
I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
They succeeded in making the world turn away from Gaza by announcing a ceasefire that Israel has not adhered to. It continues to kill, destroy, and block food and medicine. The war has not stopped; it has only become more brutal, as the victims are now in complete isolation.Do not forget my family 💔
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If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/
Conference
“The Underground: Prohibition, Abolition, Expression”2026 Call for Papers April 10-12, 2026, hosted by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Baker Street Station on the Metropolitan Railway, 1863 &#…
midwestvictorian.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/
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Author Spotlight #9: Lillian Hochwender (ligerlillie.bsky.social) and their poem, "Our Night at the Anatomy Theatre."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/our-night-at...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #poetry #healthscares
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/our-night-at...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #poetry #healthscares
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Author Spotlight #9: Lillian Hochwender (ligerlillie.bsky.social) and their poem, "Our Night at the Anatomy Theatre."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/our-night-at...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #poetry #healthscares
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/our-night-at...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #poetry #healthscares
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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Hello #WriterSky & #AuthorSky, I'm now re-open for Author Spotlight requests, which are short text-only interviews spotlighting something you've written, or your work in general. 📚💙
I'm now taking requests for 2026 features.
2024: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
2025: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
I'm now taking requests for 2026 features.
2024: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
2025: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
Author Spotlight Series (2024)
I want to uplift and promote my fellow authors’ work – so the Author Spotlight Series for indies was born. Check out the interviews and find your next read!
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November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Hello #WriterSky & #AuthorSky, I'm now re-open for Author Spotlight requests, which are short text-only interviews spotlighting something you've written, or your work in general. 📚💙
I'm now taking requests for 2026 features.
2024: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
2025: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
I'm now taking requests for 2026 features.
2024: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
2025: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
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[Public Television Voice]
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
If you enjoy watching talks by experts in Gothic and horror that are free to access and made internationally available... why not support the project so I can keep running it and keep paying people to participate.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
[Public Television Voice]
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
All I'm saying is that these are not the actions of people who do not want to be guillotined.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
All I'm saying is that these are not the actions of people who do not want to be guillotined.
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🎶 "Sunny Day sweepin' the clouds away,
On my way to where the air is sweet!
Can you tell me how to get? How to get to Sesame Street" 🎶 ❤
On my way to where the air is sweet!
Can you tell me how to get? How to get to Sesame Street" 🎶 ❤
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🎶 "Sunny Day sweepin' the clouds away,
On my way to where the air is sweet!
Can you tell me how to get? How to get to Sesame Street" 🎶 ❤
On my way to where the air is sweet!
Can you tell me how to get? How to get to Sesame Street" 🎶 ❤
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
The Veil, Fernand Khnopff, 1887
charcoal and graphite www.artic.edu/artworks/111...
The Veil, Fernand Khnopff, 1887
charcoal and graphite www.artic.edu/artworks/111...
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
The Veil, Fernand Khnopff, 1887
charcoal and graphite www.artic.edu/artworks/111...
The Veil, Fernand Khnopff, 1887
charcoal and graphite www.artic.edu/artworks/111...
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Its whispers are bad enough, of course. Its howls are bad enough. But not the worst. If you’ve listened to the wind, you know that there’s worse than when the wind only whispers to you, only howls at you.
She was not in the habit of listening to the wind, so she didn’t know. (1/6)
She was not in the habit of listening to the wind, so she didn’t know. (1/6)
November 1, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Its whispers are bad enough, of course. Its howls are bad enough. But not the worst. If you’ve listened to the wind, you know that there’s worse than when the wind only whispers to you, only howls at you.
She was not in the habit of listening to the wind, so she didn’t know. (1/6)
She was not in the habit of listening to the wind, so she didn’t know. (1/6)
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Hi The war ended and began great suffering for me and my family.In the last time I could buy a tent but not waterproof and feel scared on my children and my purposes if rain falls💔Anti-water tent is expensive.I can't buy it without your help ..Please you're the last hope of me 🙏❤️
gofund.me/7bc425ef
gofund.me/7bc425ef
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Hi The war ended and began great suffering for me and my family.In the last time I could buy a tent but not waterproof and feel scared on my children and my purposes if rain falls💔Anti-water tent is expensive.I can't buy it without your help ..Please you're the last hope of me 🙏❤️
gofund.me/7bc425ef
gofund.me/7bc425ef
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Rania 💔 I'm a displaced mom from 🥺, Gaza.
It's been 2 year no home,💔 no warm clothes for me or my kids.
Winter is here and we have nothing to keep us warm🧥
Please small donation means life to my children 🙏💔
👉 gofund.me/d0cc0587
@mommunism.bsky.social
It's been 2 year no home,💔 no warm clothes for me or my kids.
Winter is here and we have nothing to keep us warm🧥
Please small donation means life to my children 🙏💔
👉 gofund.me/d0cc0587
@mommunism.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Rania 💔 I'm a displaced mom from 🥺, Gaza.
It's been 2 year no home,💔 no warm clothes for me or my kids.
Winter is here and we have nothing to keep us warm🧥
Please small donation means life to my children 🙏💔
👉 gofund.me/d0cc0587
@mommunism.bsky.social
It's been 2 year no home,💔 no warm clothes for me or my kids.
Winter is here and we have nothing to keep us warm🧥
Please small donation means life to my children 🙏💔
👉 gofund.me/d0cc0587
@mommunism.bsky.social
[Public Television Voice]
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
If you enjoy watching talks by experts in Gothic and horror that are free to access and made internationally available... why not support the project so I can keep running it and keep paying people to participate.
www.patreon.com/c/romancingt...
www.patreon.com/c/romancingt...
Get more from Romancing the Gothic on Patreon
creating Free online classes, days of creation, books groups and
www.patreon.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
[Public Television Voice]
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
This project is made possible with support from Goths like you👇🏻
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Our open online book group here at Romancing the Gothic is looking very exciting going into the end of the year!
Check out our upcoming reads and sign up for some of our author visits with Nilima Rao and KJ Charles!
romancingthegothic.com/book-group-a...
Check out our upcoming reads and sign up for some of our author visits with Nilima Rao and KJ Charles!
romancingthegothic.com/book-group-a...
Book Groups and Author Visits
Each week we have a book group on Mondays and Tuesdays. There are two slots: 10 am Tuesday and 7 pm Monday (BST) and you’re very welcome to either, wherever you are in the world and however m…
romancingthegothic.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Our open online book group here at Romancing the Gothic is looking very exciting going into the end of the year!
Check out our upcoming reads and sign up for some of our author visits with Nilima Rao and KJ Charles!
romancingthegothic.com/book-group-a...
Check out our upcoming reads and sign up for some of our author visits with Nilima Rao and KJ Charles!
romancingthegothic.com/book-group-a...
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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Ahh, my favorite
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ahh, my favorite
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This week's Romancing the Gothic blast from the past takes us into the world of Twin Peaks where Sarah Coflan explores the show's Gothic Underworlds!
youtu.be/y4fSBoeMz8s
youtu.be/y4fSBoeMz8s
Twin Peaks as Underworld Exploration - Sarah Coflan
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This week's Romancing the Gothic blast from the past takes us into the world of Twin Peaks where Sarah Coflan explores the show's Gothic Underworlds!
youtu.be/y4fSBoeMz8s
youtu.be/y4fSBoeMz8s
The thing about me is I don’t believe in magic, but the people who know me best all believe I’m a witch
the thing about me is I think astrology is bunk and yet tarot is cool as hell, believe -utterly- that my best friend is a witch but would feel like an ass even trying candle magic.
I might roll my eyes at someone's Psychic Knowledge about me but neither will I disrespect good luck charm, you get me
I might roll my eyes at someone's Psychic Knowledge about me but neither will I disrespect good luck charm, you get me
I have other little superstitions going for me this month, I'm hangin' on, no worries
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The thing about me is I don’t believe in magic, but the people who know me best all believe I’m a witch
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Always read Tom Cox's alt texts.
THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Always read Tom Cox's alt texts.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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If you want a sapphic focused interrogation of Jane Eyre (and Castle Rackrent) this is the one.
It's so nuanced, well-written and historically informed. A delight to read. But it will haunt you.
It's so nuanced, well-written and historically informed. A delight to read. But it will haunt you.
16) The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner
This book has been haunting me since I first read it (Kit's face at the door for anyone who's read it without spoilering it for the rest of you!) Such an interesting sapphic retelling of the governess story with moral quandaries and no easy answers.
This book has been haunting me since I first read it (Kit's face at the door for anyone who's read it without spoilering it for the rest of you!) Such an interesting sapphic retelling of the governess story with moral quandaries and no easy answers.
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you want a sapphic focused interrogation of Jane Eyre (and Castle Rackrent) this is the one.
It's so nuanced, well-written and historically informed. A delight to read. But it will haunt you.
It's so nuanced, well-written and historically informed. A delight to read. But it will haunt you.
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Join us for our folklore of Games and Pastimes themed #FolkloreThursday this Thursday!
Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times GMT:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
(🎨The Card Players, Theodoor Rombouts)
Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times GMT:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
(🎨The Card Players, Theodoor Rombouts)
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Join us for our folklore of Games and Pastimes themed #FolkloreThursday this Thursday!
Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times GMT:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
(🎨The Card Players, Theodoor Rombouts)
Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times GMT:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
(🎨The Card Players, Theodoor Rombouts)