Dr Victoria C. Roskams
@vroskams.bsky.social
writer/musician working on music & literature, 19th century mostly. Also Oscar Wilde, inevitably.
https://oxford.academia.edu/VictoriaRoskams
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wrote about some of my favourite Austen bangers for @thecollectorx.bsky.social : www.thecollector.com/jane-austen-...
6 Jane Austen Quotes About Wit, Love, & Literature | TheCollector
Discover some essential quotes by one of English literature's best-loved authors: Jane Austen.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
wrote about some of my favourite Austen bangers for @thecollectorx.bsky.social : www.thecollector.com/jane-austen-...
Lamp Lit Issue 1.2 is out, featuring a short story I wrote called 'Pierrot disparu'! lamplit.net/q-issue-numb...
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Lamp Lit Issue 1.2 is out, featuring a short story I wrote called 'Pierrot disparu'! lamplit.net/q-issue-numb...
Reposted by Dr Victoria C. Roskams
🛋️ Lamp Lit 1.2 Fall 2025 is Live at LampLit.net! 🛋️
Thank you to Lamp Lit 1.2 Contributors: ⬇️
#poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
Thank you to Lamp Lit 1.2 Contributors: ⬇️
#poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🛋️ Lamp Lit 1.2 Fall 2025 is Live at LampLit.net! 🛋️
Thank you to Lamp Lit 1.2 Contributors: ⬇️
#poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
Thank you to Lamp Lit 1.2 Contributors: ⬇️
#poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
my latest for @thecollectorx.bsky.social : www.thecollector.com/grand-tour-e...
The Grand Tour and How It Shaped English Literature | TheCollector
How did the Grand Tour, the 17th- and 18th-century trend among rich young men for traveling through Europe, change the way that authors in English wrote?
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November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
my latest for @thecollectorx.bsky.social : www.thecollector.com/grand-tour-e...
Reposted by Dr Victoria C. Roskams
🛋️Lamp Lit 1.2 Fall '25 Cover and Contributor Reveal!
Cover art by Mirjana M. @ cyanide_cherries on insta
Our sophomore issue will be released to Lamplit.net on Thursday, November 13th! 🛋️
#coverreaveal #poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
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Cover art by Mirjana M. @ cyanide_cherries on insta
Our sophomore issue will be released to Lamplit.net on Thursday, November 13th! 🛋️
#coverreaveal #poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
1/4
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🛋️Lamp Lit 1.2 Fall '25 Cover and Contributor Reveal!
Cover art by Mirjana M. @ cyanide_cherries on insta
Our sophomore issue will be released to Lamplit.net on Thursday, November 13th! 🛋️
#coverreaveal #poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
1/4
Cover art by Mirjana M. @ cyanide_cherries on insta
Our sophomore issue will be released to Lamplit.net on Thursday, November 13th! 🛋️
#coverreaveal #poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
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also new on @thecollectorx.bsky.social, my article on the enigmatic Ludwig II of Bavaria: www.thecollector.com/ludwig-ii-fa...
The Enigmatic “Fairy-Tale” King of Bavaria | TheCollector
Who was King Ludwig II, who dwelled in fairytale castles, dreaming of scenes from Richard Wagner's operas?
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November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
also new on @thecollectorx.bsky.social, my article on the enigmatic Ludwig II of Bavaria: www.thecollector.com/ludwig-ii-fa...
latest by me for @thecollectorx.bsky.social on some seasonal spooky reads: www.thecollector.com/defining-wor...
13 Defining Works of Gothic Literature | TheCollector
From haunted houses to vampires and doubles, from well-known spine-tinglers to more forgotten fare, the Gothic genre will never die.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
latest by me for @thecollectorx.bsky.social on some seasonal spooky reads: www.thecollector.com/defining-wor...
my story 'Friends of Dorothy' has just been published in The Literary Hatchet magazine! It's about Oscar Wilde's niece Dolly, wit, Paris, fur coats, etc etc, you get the gist: lizzieandrewborden.com/literaryhatc...
Literary Hatchet #40 DOUBLE ISSUE – Literary Hatchet
FREE download until next issue is published.
DOUBLE Issue #40, published October 2025.
Contributing writers and artists include: jaya abraham, olaore raheemat adebola, colleen anderson, jake bienven...
lizzieandrewborden.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
my story 'Friends of Dorothy' has just been published in The Literary Hatchet magazine! It's about Oscar Wilde's niece Dolly, wit, Paris, fur coats, etc etc, you get the gist: lizzieandrewborden.com/literaryhatc...
Reposted by Dr Victoria C. Roskams
you can read my story 'The Mylar Chamber' in volume 8 of Tales of the Unreal, out now! It is based on a true story: poet Ira Cohen's inadvertent discovery of the photographic technique he used to create his Mylar images. unrealpress.substack.com/api/v1/file/8db65c28-735d-4244-8748-cf02302a50a1.pdf
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October 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
you can read my story 'The Mylar Chamber' in volume 8 of Tales of the Unreal, out now! It is based on a true story: poet Ira Cohen's inadvertent discovery of the photographic technique he used to create his Mylar images. unrealpress.substack.com/api/v1/file/8db65c28-735d-4244-8748-cf02302a50a1.pdf
you can read my story 'The Mylar Chamber' in volume 8 of Tales of the Unreal, out now! It is based on a true story: poet Ira Cohen's inadvertent discovery of the photographic technique he used to create his Mylar images. unrealpress.substack.com/api/v1/file/8db65c28-735d-4244-8748-cf02302a50a1.pdf
unrealpress.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
you can read my story 'The Mylar Chamber' in volume 8 of Tales of the Unreal, out now! It is based on a true story: poet Ira Cohen's inadvertent discovery of the photographic technique he used to create his Mylar images. unrealpress.substack.com/api/v1/file/8db65c28-735d-4244-8748-cf02302a50a1.pdf
moonlighting as a historian in my latest for @thecollectorx.bsky.social : www.thecollector.com/henry-viii-r...
Henry VIII’s Reign and England’s Transformation | TheCollector
This article explores the life and reign of Henry VIII, his six marriages, and the profound impact of his rule on British history.
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August 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
moonlighting as a historian in my latest for @thecollectorx.bsky.social : www.thecollector.com/henry-viii-r...
my latest for @thecollectorx.bsky.social : www.thecollector.com/richard-wagn...
The Genius and Controversy That Was Richard Wagner | TheCollector
Discover the key moments from the life and work of the opinion-dividing dramaturge, notorious opera composer Richard Wagner.
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August 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
my latest for @thecollectorx.bsky.social : www.thecollector.com/richard-wagn...
my first published article for @thecollectorx.bsky.social is about one of my favourite subjects: www.thecollector.com/uncanny-sigm...
Unpacking Freud’s Concept of “The Uncanny” | TheCollector
We've all had the strange feeling that something is uncanny. But where, according to Sigmund Freud, does the uncanny come from?
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August 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
my first published article for @thecollectorx.bsky.social is about one of my favourite subjects: www.thecollector.com/uncanny-sigm...
as an eerily well-timed sequel to my recent talk on The Doors, my story 'Morrison Motel' has just been published - it's about untoward goings-on at the Alta Cienega motel, where Jim Morrison lived while recording multiple Doors albums: exquisitedeathezine.com/morrison-hotel
exquisitedeathezine.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
as an eerily well-timed sequel to my recent talk on The Doors, my story 'Morrison Motel' has just been published - it's about untoward goings-on at the Alta Cienega motel, where Jim Morrison lived while recording multiple Doors albums: exquisitedeathezine.com/morrison-hotel
my story 'The Baptism of the Petit Comte' has just been published in The Literary Fantasy Magazine - archive.thearcanist.net/posts/2507ba...
Baptism of the Petit Comte
Baptism of the Petit Comte # Victoria C. Roskams # First Published in The Literary Fantasy Magazine: Summer 2025
It was a strange fancy of the Count’s to suddenly order that his son be baptised, but t...
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July 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
my story 'The Baptism of the Petit Comte' has just been published in The Literary Fantasy Magazine - archive.thearcanist.net/posts/2507ba...
of limited interest to many but me, but a) why is there a discogs entry for Stenbock's 'True Story of a Vampire' and b) why does it depict Tadzio from Death In Venice running away from the vampire?
July 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
of limited interest to many but me, but a) why is there a discogs entry for Stenbock's 'True Story of a Vampire' and b) why does it depict Tadzio from Death In Venice running away from the vampire?
great news! my talk on 'The Gothic and The Doors' is on youtube, for all and sundry to enjoy my dulcet tones: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVir...
The Gothic and The Doors with Victoria Roskams
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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July 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
great news! my talk on 'The Gothic and The Doors' is on youtube, for all and sundry to enjoy my dulcet tones: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVir...
Reposted by Dr Victoria C. Roskams
If you missed this week's talk on The Gothic and The Doors, you can find it here!
youtu.be/uVirA1joteA
youtu.be/uVirA1joteA
The Gothic and The Doors with Victoria Roskams
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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July 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If you missed this week's talk on The Gothic and The Doors, you can find it here!
youtu.be/uVirA1joteA
youtu.be/uVirA1joteA
update: the talk now has an accompanying playlist (i may or may not have got carried away adding goth songs not actually referenced in the talk) open.spotify.com/playlist/0Y7...
July 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
update: the talk now has an accompanying playlist (i may or may not have got carried away adding goth songs not actually referenced in the talk) open.spotify.com/playlist/0Y7...
tomorrow! 10am and 7pm on zoom (and subsequently on youtube in perpetuity):
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The Gothic and the Doors with Victoria Roskams
An Exploration of The Doors role in the evolution of the Gothic
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July 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
tomorrow! 10am and 7pm on zoom (and subsequently on youtube in perpetuity):
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gothic...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gothic...
out today: 'Rereading Musicians and Their Audiences: Popular Music Autobiographies', ed. Tom Attah, @profkirsty.bsky.social, & Christian Lloyd. featuring my chapter on Lady Gaga as pop's greatest Wildean since Bowie - 'Lady Gaga's Wildean Self-Representations'! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rereading...
Rereading Musicians and Their Audiences
Using a radical and inclusive definition of the genre, this collection explores musicians' autobiographies as articulated in print, on stage, and through variou…
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July 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
out today: 'Rereading Musicians and Their Audiences: Popular Music Autobiographies', ed. Tom Attah, @profkirsty.bsky.social, & Christian Lloyd. featuring my chapter on Lady Gaga as pop's greatest Wildean since Bowie - 'Lady Gaga's Wildean Self-Representations'! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rereading...
much like the adage about waiting for a bus, two of my stories have come along at once this week-
'Corvo's John', now available to read on House of Long Shadows, is based on the mysterious, beguiling, inscrutable literary enigma that was Baron Corvo:
houseoflongshadows.substack.com/p/hls-no-19-...
'Corvo's John', now available to read on House of Long Shadows, is based on the mysterious, beguiling, inscrutable literary enigma that was Baron Corvo:
houseoflongshadows.substack.com/p/hls-no-19-...
HLS No. 19: Corvo's John
A tomb-walk with Victoria C. Roskams
houseoflongshadows.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
much like the adage about waiting for a bus, two of my stories have come along at once this week-
'Corvo's John', now available to read on House of Long Shadows, is based on the mysterious, beguiling, inscrutable literary enigma that was Baron Corvo:
houseoflongshadows.substack.com/p/hls-no-19-...
'Corvo's John', now available to read on House of Long Shadows, is based on the mysterious, beguiling, inscrutable literary enigma that was Baron Corvo:
houseoflongshadows.substack.com/p/hls-no-19-...
my story 'Swan Song' is out now on @fictionontheweb! it is a fictionalised retelling of expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka's commissioning of a life-sized doll of his former lover, Alma Mahler.
you can read it here: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2025/05/swan...
you can read it here: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2025/05/swan...
Swan Song by Victoria C. Roskams
Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.
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May 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
my story 'Swan Song' is out now on @fictionontheweb! it is a fictionalised retelling of expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka's commissioning of a life-sized doll of his former lover, Alma Mahler.
you can read it here: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2025/05/swan...
you can read it here: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2025/05/swan...