GossamerWight Literary Magazine
@gossamerwight.com
A UK-based online literary magazine dedicated to dark & unconventional storytelling & poetry. Also on LinkedIn | Instagram | Flipboard | Mastodon.
Editor: James P. Priestley.
Member of the International Gothic Association.
https://www.gossamerwight.com
Editor: James P. Priestley.
Member of the International Gothic Association.
https://www.gossamerwight.com
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'Vinegar Valentines: how cruel Victorians sent insulting cards to their unwanted suitors' theconversation.com/vinegar-vale...
Vinegar Valentines: how cruel Victorians sent insulting cards to their unwanted suitors
The vile Victorians were funnier than they looked, using brutal Valentine’s Day cards to mock people they didn’t fancy much.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
'Vinegar Valentines: how cruel Victorians sent insulting cards to their unwanted suitors' theconversation.com/vinegar-vale...
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George Orwell called for a new way of thinking about science. theconversation.com/george-orwel...
George Orwell called for a new way of thinking about science
Orwell argued that you don’t have to be a scientist to think more scientifically.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:08 AM
George Orwell called for a new way of thinking about science. theconversation.com/george-orwel...
The healing power of poisonous plants
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The healing power of poisonous plants
Evolution has created plants with the power to kill and heal.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The healing power of poisonous plants
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How politics, technology and the environmental crisis turned these movies into horror films in 2026
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How politics, technology and the environmental crisis turned these movies into horror films in 2026
In the right context, films can move across many different genres in the span of their lifetime, depending on the audiences that watch them.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:07 AM
How politics, technology and the environmental crisis turned these movies into horror films in 2026
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Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. Finally... №12: "Emma Stead's 'The 7:42 to Paddington' turns a mundane commuter routine into a dark, comic meditation on friendship, mortality, and the way we might all ignore the grotesque when it slips into the ordinary." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. Finally... №12: "Emma Stead's 'The 7:42 to Paddington' turns a mundane commuter routine into a dark, comic meditation on friendship, mortality, and the way we might all ignore the grotesque when it slips into the ordinary." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №11: "Benjamin Macnair's 'Subjects' is a sleek, unsettling tale that uses the glossy trappings of reality TV to expose the darkest economics of hope. Comparable with the 'Black Mirror' and 'The Twilight Zone' TV series." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №11: "Benjamin Macnair's 'Subjects' is a sleek, unsettling tale that uses the glossy trappings of reality TV to expose the darkest economics of hope. Comparable with the 'Black Mirror' and 'The Twilight Zone' TV series." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №10: "Gary Mucklow's 'BetterYou' spins a sleek, techno-noir moral about the seductive tyranny of algorithmic self-optimisation—a cautionary tale for our age of data-driven life-coaching apps." James Priestley, Editor-in-Chief, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №10: "Gary Mucklow's 'BetterYou' spins a sleek, techno-noir moral about the seductive tyranny of algorithmic self-optimisation—a cautionary tale for our age of data-driven life-coaching apps." James Priestley, Editor-in-Chief, GossamerWight.
How interwar fiction made sense of an increasingly noisy world theconversation.com/how-interwar... #AldousHuxley #GeorgeOrwell #HGWells #VirginaWoolf #JeanRhys #Huxley #Orwell #Woolf #Booksky
How interwar fiction made sense of an increasingly noisy world
Noise first became a public health issue in interwar Britain – called the ‘age of noise’ by dystopian author Aldous Huxley.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:23 AM
How interwar fiction made sense of an increasingly noisy world theconversation.com/how-interwar... #AldousHuxley #GeorgeOrwell #HGWells #VirginaWoolf #JeanRhys #Huxley #Orwell #Woolf #Booksky
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №9: "Malcolm Timperley’s ‘Heat Treatment’ is a clever, unsettling critique of how modern medicine might unintendedly re-ignite old wounds in treating the body while neglecting the lingering, haunting shadows in our minds." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №9: "Malcolm Timperley’s ‘Heat Treatment’ is a clever, unsettling critique of how modern medicine might unintendedly re-ignite old wounds in treating the body while neglecting the lingering, haunting shadows in our minds." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests
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Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests
The author’s vocabulary narrowed a decade before diagnosis – a clue that could transform early dementia detection.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests
theconversation.com/terry-pratch...
theconversation.com/terry-pratch...
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №8: "Alice Leroy's deft blend of atmospheric description and quiet, lingering melancholy in 'Jackie Side by Side' presents an elegiac seaside story that unfolds into a slow-burn fusion of grief, memory, and uncanny reunion." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №8: "Alice Leroy's deft blend of atmospheric description and quiet, lingering melancholy in 'Jackie Side by Side' presents an elegiac seaside story that unfolds into a slow-burn fusion of grief, memory, and uncanny reunion." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №7: "Gillian Lionberger's 'What is Lost in Place of Matrimony' eviscerates the time-honoured traditions of marriage. In this stark, ritual-laden tableau, the protagonist is compelled to perform a macabre rite of passage..." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №7: "Gillian Lionberger's 'What is Lost in Place of Matrimony' eviscerates the time-honoured traditions of marriage. In this stark, ritual-laden tableau, the protagonist is compelled to perform a macabre rite of passage..." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №6: "Raymond Brunell’s dystopian vignette, 'Preliminary Screening,' thrusts the reader into the sterile glow of an AI-run hiring platform, where events turn into a Kafkaesque interplay between the protagonist and the system." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №6: "Raymond Brunell’s dystopian vignette, 'Preliminary Screening,' thrusts the reader into the sterile glow of an AI-run hiring platform, where events turn into a Kafkaesque interplay between the protagonist and the system." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
English PEN’s annual PEN Lecture invites a leading writer to reflect on the current state of free expression, and to explore the resonance—or dissonance—of the words of the PEN Charter, the guiding principles of the PEN movement... their current reality. www.englishpen.org/posts/events... #PEN
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
English PEN’s annual PEN Lecture invites a leading writer to reflect on the current state of free expression, and to explore the resonance—or dissonance—of the words of the PEN Charter, the guiding principles of the PEN movement... their current reality. www.englishpen.org/posts/events... #PEN
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №5: "Through hyperbolic courtroom-like drama and mathematically charged imagery, Kelchworth's 'Interrogation of Numbers' satirises our faith in quantification while revelling in the seductive cruelty of reductionist logic." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №5: "Through hyperbolic courtroom-like drama and mathematically charged imagery, Kelchworth's 'Interrogation of Numbers' satirises our faith in quantification while revelling in the seductive cruelty of reductionist logic." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
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Happy New Year! We’re back at our desks and our site-wide January Sale is back too 🎉 Use the code JAN50 to claim 50% off all books on our website until Sunday 11 January 2026 (excluding pre-orders and subscriptions) www.serenbooks.com/books/
January 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Happy New Year! We’re back at our desks and our site-wide January Sale is back too 🎉 Use the code JAN50 to claim 50% off all books on our website until Sunday 11 January 2026 (excluding pre-orders and subscriptions) www.serenbooks.com/books/
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №4: "'Oldilocks' gives us a new chapter in the lush, kitchen-bound fable, presented by Toby Cotton in verse form—a delicious, unsettling meditation on memory, obsession, and the thin line between comfort and catastrophe." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
bit.ly
January 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №4: "'Oldilocks' gives us a new chapter in the lush, kitchen-bound fable, presented by Toby Cotton in verse form—a delicious, unsettling meditation on memory, obsession, and the thin line between comfort and catastrophe." James Priestley, GossamerWight.
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The next IGA conference will be at the University of Hull, England on 28-31 July 2026!
You can find the CFP and more information at hullgothic.wordpress.com
You can find the CFP and more information at hullgothic.wordpress.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №3: "Nadia Kuligowski’s ‘Refresh Your Inbox Again’ is a free-flowing, long-form introspection on trauma and recovery, surreally exploring the pathway to self-agency amidst what lingers after survival." Toby Cotton, Poetry Editor, GossamerWight.
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №3: "Nadia Kuligowski’s ‘Refresh Your Inbox Again’ is a free-flowing, long-form introspection on trauma and recovery, surreally exploring the pathway to self-agency amidst what lingers after survival." Toby Cotton, Poetry Editor, GossamerWight.
"Lovecraft’s legacy (therefore) entails a somewhat delicious irony in this book. Bin-o-jae is Cthulhu repurposed to draw attention to women’s very real pain and the potential power of unleashing their anger in collective action." #Lovecraft #Lovecraftian #Cthulhu
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Come Down to a Lower Place – a Lovecraftian Korean tale about the oppression of female workers and their bodies
Born from the misogynistic and racist imaginings of HP Lovecraft, a new Korean monster fuelled by feminine rage counters this legacy.
theconversation.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:52 AM
"Lovecraft’s legacy (therefore) entails a somewhat delicious irony in this book. Bin-o-jae is Cthulhu repurposed to draw attention to women’s very real pain and the potential power of unleashing their anger in collective action." #Lovecraft #Lovecraftian #Cthulhu
theconversation.com/come-down-to...
theconversation.com/come-down-to...
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №2: "In ‘Affirmations’, Lydia Cline subverts the traditional affirmation to conjure a darker being that is ill-concealed, suppressed, or lost. In ‘Toxoplasma Gondii’, she recontextualises the behaviour-altering parasite within a modern domestic setting."
Everyday Eerie Anthology — GossamerWight Literary Magazine
A compilation of thought-provoking flash fiction, short stories, and poetry that transport us from the everyday, or ordinary, into the otherworldly, or uncanny.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Everyday Eerie Anthology: bit.ly/4a2fbCU. №2: "In ‘Affirmations’, Lydia Cline subverts the traditional affirmation to conjure a darker being that is ill-concealed, suppressed, or lost. In ‘Toxoplasma Gondii’, she recontextualises the behaviour-altering parasite within a modern domestic setting."
How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now
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How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now
Orwell is feted for the farsightedness of his geopolitical vision as long ago as the 1940s. But a lot of writers were thinking along similar lines.
theconversation.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 AM
How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now
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