Joe Phelan
@joejp.bsky.social
All about art, music and gothic literature. Things that go bump in the night.
Rambles around Dublin and beyond.
Aun Aprendo.
Rambles around Dublin and beyond.
Aun Aprendo.
Orban sick as a parrott. What a few days it's been for Irish football. Red cards, tears and a penalty. Wow. From being well and truly buried after three games to being in the World Cup playoffs.
November 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Orban sick as a parrott. What a few days it's been for Irish football. Red cards, tears and a penalty. Wow. From being well and truly buried after three games to being in the World Cup playoffs.
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"He didn’t tell me about the cemetery. Three-bedroom, two baths, Craftsman-style, yes. Quarter acre."
Good Bones by Rachel Harrison
##horrorwriting
www.guernicamag.com/good-bones/
Good Bones by Rachel Harrison
##horrorwriting
www.guernicamag.com/good-bones/
Good Bones
I was unpacking dishes when it came back to me. It was so vivid in my mind and it stunned me so much that I lost my grip and dropped a plate.
www.guernicamag.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"He didn’t tell me about the cemetery. Three-bedroom, two baths, Craftsman-style, yes. Quarter acre."
Good Bones by Rachel Harrison
##horrorwriting
www.guernicamag.com/good-bones/
Good Bones by Rachel Harrison
##horrorwriting
www.guernicamag.com/good-bones/
The illustrations of French artist André Maire.
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The illustrations of French artist André Maire.
Reposted by Joe Phelan
Today on the blog-- Becky's Nightstand Reads via @spl.org Blog and my appearance there tonight with @sadiehartmann.bsky.social:
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Becky's Nightstand Reads via the Seattle Public Library Blog
Tomorrow I am appearing at the Seattle Public Library in conversations with Sadie Hartmann, and in conjunction with the Seattle Chapter of H...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Today on the blog-- Becky's Nightstand Reads via @spl.org Blog and my appearance there tonight with @sadiehartmann.bsky.social:
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/11/beck...
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/11/beck...
All Souls' Day - Jakub Schikaneder
November 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
All Souls' Day - Jakub Schikaneder
Here's a tv programme featuring Eddie tell frightening strories concerning Halloween. From 1986.
#Halloween #OicheShamhna
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#Halloween #OicheShamhna
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Oíche Shamhna (November Eve / Halloween) Irish Story - Eddie Lenihan, 1986
YouTube video by CR's Video Vaults
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October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Here's a tv programme featuring Eddie tell frightening strories concerning Halloween. From 1986.
#Halloween #OicheShamhna
youtu.be/JxWTcJQfnSY?...
#Halloween #OicheShamhna
youtu.be/JxWTcJQfnSY?...
For the night thats in it. Storyteller Eddie Lenihan talks about the customs and beliefs surrounding Halloween.
#Halloween #OicheShamhna
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#Halloween #OicheShamhna
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Episode 1 : Halloween
YouTube video by Tell Me A Story Podcast with Eddie Lenihan
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October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
For the night thats in it. Storyteller Eddie Lenihan talks about the customs and beliefs surrounding Halloween.
#Halloween #OicheShamhna
youtu.be/WqH8YFLaj00?...
#Halloween #OicheShamhna
youtu.be/WqH8YFLaj00?...
Ghost Town here performed by Lankum.
A wonderful interpretation of The Specials classic.
youtu.be/aLLnF4vxaeY?...
A wonderful interpretation of The Specials classic.
youtu.be/aLLnF4vxaeY?...
Lankum - Ghost Town (Official Video)
YouTube video by LankumDublin
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October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ghost Town here performed by Lankum.
A wonderful interpretation of The Specials classic.
youtu.be/aLLnF4vxaeY?...
A wonderful interpretation of The Specials classic.
youtu.be/aLLnF4vxaeY?...
Thanks to @talkscaredpod.bsky.social and @swanriverpress.bsky.social I'm set up for the season.
#horrorwriting
#horrorwriting
October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thanks to @talkscaredpod.bsky.social and @swanriverpress.bsky.social I'm set up for the season.
#horrorwriting
#horrorwriting
Reposted by Joe Phelan
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
Marina Warner exhibition. The Shelter of Stories. Ways of Telling.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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That’s all folk: Marina Warner, the curator and mythographer creating a space for stories
Shadow puppets, otherworldly masks, taxidermy dioramas, from Greek epics to the Brothers Grimm: a new exhibition celebrates the fantastical tales that have passed through countries and cultures
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Marina Warner exhibition. The Shelter of Stories. Ways of Telling.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
This has been sitting on my bookstore for years. But it's been worth the wait. A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This has been sitting on my bookstore for years. But it's been worth the wait. A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr
A couple embraces after the fall of the Czech government near the Jewish cemetery, Prague, 1989. Brian Harris.
#photography
#photography
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A couple embraces after the fall of the Czech government near the Jewish cemetery, Prague, 1989. Brian Harris.
#photography
#photography
Mestiza Blood by V. Castro. A stunning collection of short stories.
#horrorwriting
#horrorwriting
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Mestiza Blood by V. Castro. A stunning collection of short stories.
#horrorwriting
#horrorwriting
Catherine Connolly says she knows how Jacobs get the figs into the fig rolls.
#SmearTheBejaysus
#SmearTheBejaysus
October 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Catherine Connolly says she knows how Jacobs get the figs into the fig rolls.
#SmearTheBejaysus
#SmearTheBejaysus
Catherine Connolly once made a phone call in the quiet compartment of the Galway train.
#SmearTheBejaysus
#SmearTheBejaysus
October 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Catherine Connolly once made a phone call in the quiet compartment of the Galway train.
#SmearTheBejaysus
#SmearTheBejaysus
There's a great interview with @michaelwehunt.bsky.social on @talkscaredpod.bsky.social . Michael discusses his new novel The October Film Hunt. I read Michaels first collection of short stories Green Pastures and can highly recommend it.
#horrorwriting
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#horrorwriting
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255 – Michael Wehunt & What If A Horror Film Broke Into Your House?
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October 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
There's a great interview with @michaelwehunt.bsky.social on @talkscaredpod.bsky.social . Michael discusses his new novel The October Film Hunt. I read Michaels first collection of short stories Green Pastures and can highly recommend it.
#horrorwriting
open.spotify.com/episode/4aIt...
#horrorwriting
open.spotify.com/episode/4aIt...
Film Ireland’s 31 Days of Halloween.
Every day Conor Bryce recommends a movie to countdown to October 31st. The focus will be on hidden gems – under-seen or under-appreciated movies that deserve to be seen.
#horror
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Every day Conor Bryce recommends a movie to countdown to October 31st. The focus will be on hidden gems – under-seen or under-appreciated movies that deserve to be seen.
#horror
www.filmireland.net/film-ireland...
Film Ireland’s 31 Days of Halloween
Horror expert Conor Bryce is curating a very special list for Film Ireland this October.
www.filmireland.net
October 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Film Ireland’s 31 Days of Halloween.
Every day Conor Bryce recommends a movie to countdown to October 31st. The focus will be on hidden gems – under-seen or under-appreciated movies that deserve to be seen.
#horror
www.filmireland.net/film-ireland...
Every day Conor Bryce recommends a movie to countdown to October 31st. The focus will be on hidden gems – under-seen or under-appreciated movies that deserve to be seen.
#horror
www.filmireland.net/film-ireland...
Vincent Price recites the poem The Harlot's House by Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde - The Harlot's House (Vincent Price)
YouTube video by isaifilip
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October 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Vincent Price recites the poem The Harlot's House by Oscar Wilde
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youtu.be/_xYSCLddcVQ?...
"I am a camera with its shutters open, quite passive, recording, not thinking....Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed."
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.
First published in 1939, reading this in our current political climate is frightening.
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.
First published in 1939, reading this in our current political climate is frightening.
September 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"I am a camera with its shutters open, quite passive, recording, not thinking....Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed."
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.
First published in 1939, reading this in our current political climate is frightening.
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.
First published in 1939, reading this in our current political climate is frightening.
More on road bowling in Ireland.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘Same magic’: ancient Irish road bowling has been revived by TikTok, drones and Bill Murray
Once in decline, the King and Queen of the Roads – the sport’s ‘Wimbledon’ – draws competitors and crowds from across Europe
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
More on road bowling in Ireland.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita
September 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Symbolism. The city as character.
Bruges-La-Morte by Georges Rodenbach.
Bruges-La-Morte by Georges Rodenbach.
September 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Symbolism. The city as character.
Bruges-La-Morte by Georges Rodenbach.
Bruges-La-Morte by Georges Rodenbach.