Verity Holloway
@verityholloway.bsky.social
Strange fiction, weird history. Lost member of the PRB. Marfan syndrome. Will-o’-the-wisp. Victorians, folklore, bad medicine. THE OTHERS OF EDENWELL and CHEER THE SICK out now. 🦇🖋️🇬🇮
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
This is spectacular. I'm cackling.
A reader told me she was asked to take off her Hellebore “Wind in the Willows” jumper before entering Westminster Abbey. The reason given was that it depicts the devil and might offend people. The reader explained it was the Greek god Pan, but the security guard didn’t backtrack. Satanic panic 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is spectacular. I'm cackling.
Finally, my drag king name. VIMBOS! Prince of Fluid Beef.
forgotten fortifying beef drinks of the 1890s ...
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Finally, my drag king name. VIMBOS! Prince of Fluid Beef.
Retrospective diagnosis is basically impossible and problematic on a number of levels, but then there's the near-universal experience of being a neurodivergent art historian and going, "OMG, he's me for real".
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Documentary explores whether JMW Turner may have been neurodivergent
Programme uses artist’s sketches, drawings and watercolours to build unprecedented psychological portrait
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Retrospective diagnosis is basically impossible and problematic on a number of levels, but then there's the near-universal experience of being a neurodivergent art historian and going, "OMG, he's me for real".
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Happy November 10th! Some prime memes I have gathered
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Happy November 10th! Some prime memes I have gathered
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social I want to seeeeee
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
The church says it is currently unclear whether the collapse has damaged any surrounding graves.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social I want to seeeeee
Stop what you're doing and watch these sleepy chaps.
One of the reasons why Finland is the happiest country in the world is that the public broadcaster Yle sends a live feed of the first 8 weeks of a pack of puppies every fall. It’s already the fifth edition of ”Finland’s most therapeutic live feed”.
This is what I call value for my tax money
This is what I call value for my tax money
Pentulive 24/7 | Pentulive
Pentuliven pikkuiset kehittyvät vauhdikkaasti ja jokainen pentu on saanut nimensä! Kahdeksan viikkoa kestävässä suorassa lähetyksessä seurataan englanninspringerspanieli Murua ja tämän pentuetta.
areena.yle.fi
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Stop what you're doing and watch these sleepy chaps.
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
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The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.
January 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.
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30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Thinking of Edward, Fred, and Bill Urry, my cousins who died together at the battle of Gallipoli along with their brother-in-law Arthur William Richardson. It’s thought they are the only set of three brothers who died on the same
day in World War One. I dedicated The Others of Edenwell to them.
day in World War One. I dedicated The Others of Edenwell to them.
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thinking of Edward, Fred, and Bill Urry, my cousins who died together at the battle of Gallipoli along with their brother-in-law Arthur William Richardson. It’s thought they are the only set of three brothers who died on the same
day in World War One. I dedicated The Others of Edenwell to them.
day in World War One. I dedicated The Others of Edenwell to them.
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Looking forward to an evening in by the fire, having a delve into this. @helleborezine.bsky.social Tales of Occult Britain
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Looking forward to an evening in by the fire, having a delve into this. @helleborezine.bsky.social Tales of Occult Britain
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Listening to Florence and the Machine’s “Everybody Scream” and thinking of Lucille Clifton’s “It was a Dream”
Poems are spells, songs are spells, screams are the most primal of spells
What should you do about the nightmare we find ourselves in?
This
This
This
Poems are spells, songs are spells, screams are the most primal of spells
What should you do about the nightmare we find ourselves in?
This
This
This
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Listening to Florence and the Machine’s “Everybody Scream” and thinking of Lucille Clifton’s “It was a Dream”
Poems are spells, songs are spells, screams are the most primal of spells
What should you do about the nightmare we find ourselves in?
This
This
This
Poems are spells, songs are spells, screams are the most primal of spells
What should you do about the nightmare we find ourselves in?
This
This
This
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So far this morning I've made friends with a Magpie and received some wonderful post from @helleborezine.bsky.social! Quite a day so far! 🖤
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
So far this morning I've made friends with a Magpie and received some wonderful post from @helleborezine.bsky.social! Quite a day so far! 🖤
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Ooh, look what's just arrived. @helleborezine.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ooh, look what's just arrived. @helleborezine.bsky.social
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Ten tickets sold so far - only 90 more to go before my self-imposed target has been reached...😂
Dec 18th at 7pm I'll be reading from ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE, chatting about editing anthologies and ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS (within reason and taste 😉) - tickets are £8.83 (cushion admin and fees).
I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ten tickets sold so far - only 90 more to go before my self-imposed target has been reached...😂
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We have just a few signed copies of the book Britain's Folklore Year left from last night's event.
It's a really lovely little hardback from @nationaltrust.org.uk publishing, packed with interesting lore and traditions throughout the year and ideal as a gift!
💙📚🪐
#SignedBooks
It's a really lovely little hardback from @nationaltrust.org.uk publishing, packed with interesting lore and traditions throughout the year and ideal as a gift!
💙📚🪐
#SignedBooks
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We have just a few signed copies of the book Britain's Folklore Year left from last night's event.
It's a really lovely little hardback from @nationaltrust.org.uk publishing, packed with interesting lore and traditions throughout the year and ideal as a gift!
💙📚🪐
#SignedBooks
It's a really lovely little hardback from @nationaltrust.org.uk publishing, packed with interesting lore and traditions throughout the year and ideal as a gift!
💙📚🪐
#SignedBooks
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Frankenstein is available to stream on Netflix today, so expect a bunch of “I don’t get the big deal” takes from people uninterested in the movie who half-watched it on their phones.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Frankenstein is available to stream on Netflix today, so expect a bunch of “I don’t get the big deal” takes from people uninterested in the movie who half-watched it on their phones.
Me sitting with Florence’s lyrics about communing with her ancestors and them only wanting gin and lithium.
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Me sitting with Florence’s lyrics about communing with her ancestors and them only wanting gin and lithium.
I lived in Ipswich for years, and there was a piece of graffiti by the docks that said “Top tip! Recharge your dead batteries in the microwave.”
“It’s weird, it’s brilliant, it makes you think.”
Ipswich isn’t used to public art that gets everyone talking. The Portal linking to cities around the world is definitely doing that.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @ipswichnews.bsky.social - with thanks!
Ipswich isn’t used to public art that gets everyone talking. The Portal linking to cities around the world is definitely doing that.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @ipswichnews.bsky.social - with thanks!
The Portal: A new reflection of Ipswich
The Cornhill in Ipswich has seen horse trams, FA Cup parades and a mile-long queue for free hot dogs. Now it has a giant oval screen to the world
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I lived in Ipswich for years, and there was a piece of graffiti by the docks that said “Top tip! Recharge your dead batteries in the microwave.”
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HELLEBORE x TATE BRITAIN
Save the date: 7.11.2025, 6-10pm
Founder @mjpcuervo.bsky.social will guide you into HELLEBORE’s Cave of Mysteries as part of the Hidden Folklore celebrations.
Save the date: 7.11.2025, 6-10pm
Founder @mjpcuervo.bsky.social will guide you into HELLEBORE’s Cave of Mysteries as part of the Hidden Folklore celebrations.
October 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
HELLEBORE x TATE BRITAIN
Save the date: 7.11.2025, 6-10pm
Founder @mjpcuervo.bsky.social will guide you into HELLEBORE’s Cave of Mysteries as part of the Hidden Folklore celebrations.
Save the date: 7.11.2025, 6-10pm
Founder @mjpcuervo.bsky.social will guide you into HELLEBORE’s Cave of Mysteries as part of the Hidden Folklore celebrations.
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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!
IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!