Making It Wyrd
@makingitwyrd.bsky.social
A trio of scholars putting a gothic spin on pop culture. Books, films, music - we're making it wyrd 👻
Check out our blog: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Check out our blog: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
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Have you got a wyrd take on pop culture you are desperate to share? We are now open for guest blog posts! Any length, as informal as you like (just cite your sources). Dm or email us your proposed posts or any questions 👻
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Making It Wyrd
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January 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Have you got a wyrd take on pop culture you are desperate to share? We are now open for guest blog posts! Any length, as informal as you like (just cite your sources). Dm or email us your proposed posts or any questions 👻
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Have you got a wyrd take on pop culture you are desperate to share? We are now open for guest blog posts! Any length, as informal as you like (just cite your sources). Dm or email us your proposed posts or any questions 👻
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Making It Wyrd
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Have you got a wyrd take on pop culture you are desperate to share? We are now open for guest blog posts! Any length, as informal as you like (just cite your sources). Dm or email us your proposed posts or any questions 👻
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
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I am launching a new blog and short fiction site UncannyCornwall.com in February. Exploring the mysterious, the fortean and unexplained in the land of myths and legend.
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 AM
I am launching a new blog and short fiction site UncannyCornwall.com in February. Exploring the mysterious, the fortean and unexplained in the land of myths and legend.
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The second heat of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here!
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Vs
Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter
Vote in the comments!
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Vs
Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter
Vote in the comments!
January 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The second heat of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here!
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Vs
Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter
Vote in the comments!
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Vs
Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter
Vote in the comments!
The second heat of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here!
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Vs
Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter
Vote in the comments!
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Vs
Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter
Vote in the comments!
January 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The second heat of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here!
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Vs
Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter
Vote in the comments!
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Vs
Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter
Vote in the comments!
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On our blog you'll find posts on all sorts of gothic topics including Taylor Swift’s monstrous women and the uncanny double in Love Island. We also have plenty of rec lists covering gothic fiction, nonfiction, film, podcasts and video games!
lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com
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Lincoln Gothic Group
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November 11, 2024 at 3:34 PM
On our blog you'll find posts on all sorts of gothic topics including Taylor Swift’s monstrous women and the uncanny double in Love Island. We also have plenty of rec lists covering gothic fiction, nonfiction, film, podcasts and video games!
lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com
lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com
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Getting an academic job following our PhDs is looking scarily slim right now in the UK. So, in the spirit of our rec lists, let's put together a resource list of non-uni based jobs where a Gothic, arts or humanities PhD is still desired!
Leave your suggestions below and share this post!
Leave your suggestions below and share this post!
February 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Getting an academic job following our PhDs is looking scarily slim right now in the UK. So, in the spirit of our rec lists, let's put together a resource list of non-uni based jobs where a Gothic, arts or humanities PhD is still desired!
Leave your suggestions below and share this post!
Leave your suggestions below and share this post!
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Our journey to find the best gothic novel ever continues...
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Our journey to find the best gothic novel ever continues...
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!
Our journey to find the best gothic novel ever continues...
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Our journey to find the best gothic novel ever continues...
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!
The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis
Vs
Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Vote in the comments!
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A recent addition to our fiction rec list, Bunny is a surreal and gruesome exploration of loneliness, creativity and femininity. It asks how can women do wrong when they are so cute?
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
January 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
A recent addition to our fiction rec list, Bunny is a surreal and gruesome exploration of loneliness, creativity and femininity. It asks how can women do wrong when they are so cute?
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
A recent addition to our fiction rec list, Bunny is a surreal and gruesome exploration of loneliness, creativity and femininity. It asks how can women do wrong when they are so cute?
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
January 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
A recent addition to our fiction rec list, Bunny is a surreal and gruesome exploration of loneliness, creativity and femininity. It asks how can women do wrong when they are so cute?
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
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In the neverrealm between submission and viva. There's about to be a lot of scrolling through job sites in these parts. Send tips and tricks pls
January 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM
In the neverrealm between submission and viva. There's about to be a lot of scrolling through job sites in these parts. Send tips and tricks pls
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What work of gothic fiction is on your TBR this year?
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
Fiction
You’ll find here an evolving collection of fiction books that we think fall within the Gothic canon. Make sure to let us know your thoughts, we’re always open to recommendations and dis…
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
What work of gothic fiction is on your TBR this year?
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
What work of gothic fiction is on your TBR this year?
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
Fiction
You’ll find here an evolving collection of fiction books that we think fall within the Gothic canon. Make sure to let us know your thoughts, we’re always open to recommendations and dis…
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
What work of gothic fiction is on your TBR this year?
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments!
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/
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What connects these works?
Correct guesses get a warm feeling of a job well done 👻👻👻
Correct guesses get a warm feeling of a job well done 👻👻👻
September 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What connects these works?
Correct guesses get a warm feeling of a job well done 👻👻👻
Correct guesses get a warm feeling of a job well done 👻👻👻
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It's 2026 and we're so back! What have been your gothic/wyrd faves while we've been away? Films, TV, books, music, games - leave them in the comments! 👻👻👻
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
It's 2026 and we're so back! What have been your gothic/wyrd faves while we've been away? Films, TV, books, music, games - leave them in the comments! 👻👻👻
It's 2026 and we're so back! What have been your gothic/wyrd faves while we've been away? Films, TV, books, music, games - leave them in the comments! 👻👻👻
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
It's 2026 and we're so back! What have been your gothic/wyrd faves while we've been away? Films, TV, books, music, games - leave them in the comments! 👻👻👻
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Just submitted my phd thesis on the prescient ecologies of David Rudkin. Someone get me a mince pie, pronto! 🎈🥳🎉
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Just submitted my phd thesis on the prescient ecologies of David Rudkin. Someone get me a mince pie, pronto! 🎈🥳🎉
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Christmas is a time for cheer and disgusting homicidal monsters. We have a blog post for that:
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...
The ‘I’ in Mogwai: Gremlins and the Abject.
“I warned you. With mogwai comes much responsibility. But you didn’t listen.” Gremlins is a horror film, but not for the reasons you think. The 1984 horror-comedy film Gremlins directed…
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December 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Christmas is a time for cheer and disgusting homicidal monsters. We have a blog post for that:
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...
Christmas is a time for cheer and disgusting homicidal monsters. We have a blog post for that:
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...
The ‘I’ in Mogwai: Gremlins and the Abject.
“I warned you. With mogwai comes much responsibility. But you didn’t listen.” Gremlins is a horror film, but not for the reasons you think. The 1984 horror-comedy film Gremlins directed…
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Christmas is a time for cheer and disgusting homicidal monsters. We have a blog post for that:
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...
makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...
We may be a bit quiet on here for a few weeks while our social media person (@scarlettbutchers1.bsky.social) is busy prepping for PhD submission. Spooky things to come soon though 👻👻👻👀
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We may be a bit quiet on here for a few weeks while our social media person (@scarlettbutchers1.bsky.social) is busy prepping for PhD submission. Spooky things to come soon though 👻👻👻👀
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If you missed this week's talk on powerful and vulnerable women in supernatural k-dramas... you can find it here
youtu.be/sBnTwqRdX3Q
youtu.be/sBnTwqRdX3Q
Women from Nightmares: Vulnerability and Powerful Women in K-dramas with Soumili Hazra
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you missed this week's talk on powerful and vulnerable women in supernatural k-dramas... you can find it here
youtu.be/sBnTwqRdX3Q
youtu.be/sBnTwqRdX3Q
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I'm getting through the last months of my phd by making teaser trailers for it. I would urge you all to do the same
October 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm getting through the last months of my phd by making teaser trailers for it. I would urge you all to do the same
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Excited to finally be able to share my book with the world!
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga 💀⭐️
The book explores the relationship between celebrity culture and the Gothic in literature, media and popular culture.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga 💀⭐️
The book explores the relationship between celebrity culture and the Gothic in literature, media and popular culture.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Excited to finally be able to share my book with the world!
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga 💀⭐️
The book explores the relationship between celebrity culture and the Gothic in literature, media and popular culture.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga 💀⭐️
The book explores the relationship between celebrity culture and the Gothic in literature, media and popular culture.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
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Do you enjoy k-dramas?
Do you enjoy the Gothic?
Do you enjoy powerful supernatural women?
Do we have the talk for you! This Saturday at 10am and 4pm British time. Online and free to access!
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Do you enjoy the Gothic?
Do you enjoy powerful supernatural women?
Do we have the talk for you! This Saturday at 10am and 4pm British time. Online and free to access!
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Select tickets – Women from Nightmares: Vulnerability and Powerful Women in K-dramas with Soumili Hazra – Zoom
Women from Nightmares: Vulnerability and Powerful Women in K-dramas with Soumili Hazra – Zoom, Sat 8 Nov 2025 - Our series of talks is funded exclusively by donations. The talks are free to access but...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Do you enjoy k-dramas?
Do you enjoy the Gothic?
Do you enjoy powerful supernatural women?
Do we have the talk for you! This Saturday at 10am and 4pm British time. Online and free to access!
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Do you enjoy the Gothic?
Do you enjoy powerful supernatural women?
Do we have the talk for you! This Saturday at 10am and 4pm British time. Online and free to access!
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...