Amy Tryphena
@uncannykernow.bsky.social
Cornish Writer • Teller of Cornish tales , nature writer and bipolar mental health blogger • Dendrophile, Ancient Stone Botherer & Haunter of the Woods 〓〓
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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
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
Visited this beauty of a crop circle in Wiltshire last year.
I wrote a small piece in @stoneclub 's 2nd edition of their fabulous zine Ancient Times
#wyrdwednesday
I wrote a small piece in @stoneclub 's 2nd edition of their fabulous zine Ancient Times
#wyrdwednesday
January 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Visited this beauty of a crop circle in Wiltshire last year.
I wrote a small piece in @stoneclub 's 2nd edition of their fabulous zine Ancient Times
#wyrdwednesday
I wrote a small piece in @stoneclub 's 2nd edition of their fabulous zine Ancient Times
#wyrdwednesday
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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!
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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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In the latest episode of my podcast, which is out now on all platforms, I discuss the role of the ghost in the medieval period with my expert guest @goingmedieval.bsky.social
Listen free on your podcast apps, or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-186....
or watch at youtu.be/UXT9f5sWD5Q
Listen free on your podcast apps, or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-186....
or watch at youtu.be/UXT9f5sWD5Q
January 21, 2026 at 7:28 PM
In the latest episode of my podcast, which is out now on all platforms, I discuss the role of the ghost in the medieval period with my expert guest @goingmedieval.bsky.social
Listen free on your podcast apps, or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-186....
or watch at youtu.be/UXT9f5sWD5Q
Listen free on your podcast apps, or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-186....
or watch at youtu.be/UXT9f5sWD5Q
Duloe stone circle - #Cornwall #Kernow #standingstonesunday
Cornwall's smallest yet grandest stone circle with its magnificient quartz menhirs.
Cornwall's smallest yet grandest stone circle with its magnificient quartz menhirs.
January 25, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Duloe stone circle - #Cornwall #Kernow #standingstonesunday
Cornwall's smallest yet grandest stone circle with its magnificient quartz menhirs.
Cornwall's smallest yet grandest stone circle with its magnificient quartz menhirs.
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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Four-day celebration of talent to take place in Falmouth
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
Four-day celebration of talent to take place in Falmouth
Among the highlights are a Rewind Party with 90s fitness icon Mr Motivator, stand-up comedy from Sarah Keyworth.
www.falmouthpacket.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Four-day celebration of talent to take place in Falmouth
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
Things are somewhat muddy in pony land right now and more rain on the way!
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Things are somewhat muddy in pony land right now and more rain on the way!
Tregeseal stone circle #StandingStoneSunday meditating in the centre always gives me a tingly, joyful warmth.
January 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Tregeseal stone circle #StandingStoneSunday meditating in the centre always gives me a tingly, joyful warmth.
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Looking forward to Montol celebrations in Penzance, after some solstice stone bothering at sunset #wintersolstice #midwinter #folklorefriday #Cornwall
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Why west Cornwall is the perfect place to mark the winter solstice
With ancient standing stones and modern midwinter festivals, the West Penwith peninsula is a land of magic and mystery
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Looking forward to Montol celebrations in Penzance, after some solstice stone bothering at sunset #wintersolstice #midwinter #folklorefriday #Cornwall
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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Last week I visited Duddo Five Stones, aka the Singing Stones, for the first time - wow! Beautiful weathered megaliths crowning the hill, with Northumberland spreading far and wide, and the Cheviots on the horizon. The stones even whistled for us! Very nice indeed #StandingStoneSunday
December 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Last week I visited Duddo Five Stones, aka the Singing Stones, for the first time - wow! Beautiful weathered megaliths crowning the hill, with Northumberland spreading far and wide, and the Cheviots on the horizon. The stones even whistled for us! Very nice indeed #StandingStoneSunday
Men Scryfa - probably dated to the bronze age but inscribed in the late iron age/romano-celtic period #StandingStoneSunday #kernow @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Men Scryfa - probably dated to the bronze age but inscribed in the late iron age/romano-celtic period #StandingStoneSunday #kernow @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social
Here's something to take you into Yuletide… the new Winter issue of Northern Earth is out! Look out for a Stone Age polishing stone, some old and new geoglyphs and a surprise contribution from a well-known name… northernearth.co.uk/product/nort...
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A pysky led adventure on the moors of Penwith #Cornwall #Kernow #flashfiction #folkyfriday
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Threshold by Amy Tryphena
Ghosts of the old world make their presence still known upon the moors. Known by their ancient stone walls and standing stones that still litter the landscape. The walkers, incongruous in their pri…
literallystories2014.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A pysky led adventure on the moors of Penwith #Cornwall #Kernow #flashfiction #folkyfriday
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literallystories2014.com/2024/04/09/t...
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
December 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Standing stones are an excellent habitat it seems! Perfect for mosses and lichens to grow... I wonder if anyone's done a survey of standing stone ecosystems? 🤔
This stone is part of Callanish IV on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
#StandingStoneSunday
📸 Mine
#archaeology #ecology #photooftheday🏺
This stone is part of Callanish IV on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
#StandingStoneSunday
📸 Mine
#archaeology #ecology #photooftheday🏺
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Standing stones are an excellent habitat it seems! Perfect for mosses and lichens to grow... I wonder if anyone's done a survey of standing stone ecosystems? 🤔
This stone is part of Callanish IV on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
#StandingStoneSunday
📸 Mine
#archaeology #ecology #photooftheday🏺
This stone is part of Callanish IV on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
#StandingStoneSunday
📸 Mine
#archaeology #ecology #photooftheday🏺
Bronze age holed stones part of the Tregeseal stone circle complex in the far west of Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Bronze age holed stones part of the Tregeseal stone circle complex in the far west of Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday
A tale of a drunken Cornish miner - are the Knockers his friend or foe? #folkyfriday #shortstory
literallystories2014.com/2024/04/16/k...
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Knockers by Amy Tryphena
William Wendron balanced on a wooden stool, wedged into the corner of the old pub, leaning upon the slate bar top. A crooked half smile fixed upon his face; old hands deformed with arthritis by yea…
literallystories2014.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A tale of a drunken Cornish miner - are the Knockers his friend or foe? #folkyfriday #shortstory
literallystories2014.com/2024/04/16/k...
literallystories2014.com/2024/04/16/k...
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The mystery that is the Cornish Fogou. Their purpose unknown but my best guess is for rituals of death and rebirth. #wyrdwednesday Boleigh, Penwith
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The mystery that is the Cornish Fogou. Their purpose unknown but my best guess is for rituals of death and rebirth. #wyrdwednesday Boleigh, Penwith
The depths of my procrastination knows no bounds when I have a deadline looming. It's the only time the flat gets cleaned! #writersky
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The depths of my procrastination knows no bounds when I have a deadline looming. It's the only time the flat gets cleaned! #writersky
Boskednan stone circle in the far west of Kernow #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Boskednan stone circle in the far west of Kernow #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social
Fairy knots - Legend has it if you find little knots in the mane it's because the Fae are riding your pony at night, braiding little stirrups into their mane and going on celestial adventures. She did seem a little tired this morning... #folklore #folktales
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fairy knots - Legend has it if you find little knots in the mane it's because the Fae are riding your pony at night, braiding little stirrups into their mane and going on celestial adventures. She did seem a little tired this morning... #folklore #folktales