Alice Vernon
@alicevernon10.bsky.social
Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. NIGHT TERRORS (Icon 2022). GHOSTED (Bloomsbury Sigma 2025). Writes about ghosts, the paranormal and spooky sleep. Represented by Donald Winchester at Watson, Little.
Last year, a mishap with my reading of the Christmas cake recipe meant I accidentally made two cakes, and I predicted I would now be expected to make two cakes every year.
I was correct! 😂 They've turned out so well this year that I wonder if I'll be asked to make a third one...
I was correct! 😂 They've turned out so well this year that I wonder if I'll be asked to make a third one...
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Last year, a mishap with my reading of the Christmas cake recipe meant I accidentally made two cakes, and I predicted I would now be expected to make two cakes every year.
I was correct! 😂 They've turned out so well this year that I wonder if I'll be asked to make a third one...
I was correct! 😂 They've turned out so well this year that I wonder if I'll be asked to make a third one...
For Remembrance Sunday, I'm thinking about Raymond Lodge, as I now do ever since I learnt about him a few years ago. Raymond was the son of British physicist Sir Oliver Lodge. He died fighting in Ypres in 1915, aged 26. A few weeks later, though, he appeared to get in touch with the Lodge family...
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
For Remembrance Sunday, I'm thinking about Raymond Lodge, as I now do ever since I learnt about him a few years ago. Raymond was the son of British physicist Sir Oliver Lodge. He died fighting in Ypres in 1915, aged 26. A few weeks later, though, he appeared to get in touch with the Lodge family...
Move over, phantom nun of Borley Rectory. You're old news, Enfield Poltergeist. There's a new spook in town, and her name's Elodie the Haunted Egg Cup.
October 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Move over, phantom nun of Borley Rectory. You're old news, Enfield Poltergeist. There's a new spook in town, and her name's Elodie the Haunted Egg Cup.
In case you're wondering how Bev the Haunted Doll's upward trajectory to fame is going, she's just been filmed for a TikTok video for the university's official account. She'll be demanding a separate office from me soon, and a lecture theatre named after her.
She is becoming Too Powerful.
She is becoming Too Powerful.
October 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In case you're wondering how Bev the Haunted Doll's upward trajectory to fame is going, she's just been filmed for a TikTok video for the university's official account. She'll be demanding a separate office from me soon, and a lecture theatre named after her.
She is becoming Too Powerful.
She is becoming Too Powerful.
Another séance trick was to use a small piece of adhesive bandage on the finger tip, blended into the colour of the medium's skin, in which a tiny fragment of graphite was stuck so that 'spirit messages' could subtly be written on the slate. Ingenious!
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Another séance trick was to use a small piece of adhesive bandage on the finger tip, blended into the colour of the medium's skin, in which a tiny fragment of graphite was stuck so that 'spirit messages' could subtly be written on the slate. Ingenious!
It was common for spirits to write on slates during séances, but it could be easily faked. In the dark, the medium would make it seem as though both hands were held in the circle...but they had, in fact, spread one hand to touch the sitter on either side, leaving their other hand free to write.
October 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It was common for spirits to write on slates during séances, but it could be easily faked. In the dark, the medium would make it seem as though both hands were held in the circle...but they had, in fact, spread one hand to touch the sitter on either side, leaving their other hand free to write.
My first book, Night Terrors, came out three years ago today. I wrote it to make sense of my own spooky sleep, but also to help people talk about their parasomnias and to know they're not alone.
Last night I dreamt I was looking for a sword in a warehouse, but kept finding potato mashers...
Last night I dreamt I was looking for a sword in a warehouse, but kept finding potato mashers...
October 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
My first book, Night Terrors, came out three years ago today. I wrote it to make sense of my own spooky sleep, but also to help people talk about their parasomnias and to know they're not alone.
Last night I dreamt I was looking for a sword in a warehouse, but kept finding potato mashers...
Last night I dreamt I was looking for a sword in a warehouse, but kept finding potato mashers...
It is spooky season, my dudes. If you fancy reading about the history of ghost-hunting, séances, Spiritualism, and a recipe to make your own gloopy ectoplasm, please check out my book Ghosted!
Thank you very much to the excellent @mjpcuervo.bsky.social for the wonderful endorsement. ☺️👻
Thank you very much to the excellent @mjpcuervo.bsky.social for the wonderful endorsement. ☺️👻
October 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It is spooky season, my dudes. If you fancy reading about the history of ghost-hunting, séances, Spiritualism, and a recipe to make your own gloopy ectoplasm, please check out my book Ghosted!
Thank you very much to the excellent @mjpcuervo.bsky.social for the wonderful endorsement. ☺️👻
Thank you very much to the excellent @mjpcuervo.bsky.social for the wonderful endorsement. ☺️👻
I had a fantastic time at The Curious Cat Bookshop in Frodsham last night. I loved hearing everyone's spooky stories!
Crackers the cat nicely warmed up a few copies of Ghosted, too.
Crackers the cat nicely warmed up a few copies of Ghosted, too.
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I had a fantastic time at The Curious Cat Bookshop in Frodsham last night. I loved hearing everyone's spooky stories!
Crackers the cat nicely warmed up a few copies of Ghosted, too.
Crackers the cat nicely warmed up a few copies of Ghosted, too.
Tibbs is the gift that keeps giving.
I'm excited to have a weekend back home, and for my Ghosted events in Frodsham and Mold! ☺️
I'm excited to have a weekend back home, and for my Ghosted events in Frodsham and Mold! ☺️
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tibbs is the gift that keeps giving.
I'm excited to have a weekend back home, and for my Ghosted events in Frodsham and Mold! ☺️
I'm excited to have a weekend back home, and for my Ghosted events in Frodsham and Mold! ☺️
One week to go until my event with Mold Bookshop! It would be great to meet some Mold and Flintshire ghost hunters. 👻
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-moldbook...
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-moldbook...
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
One week to go until my event with Mold Bookshop! It would be great to meet some Mold and Flintshire ghost hunters. 👻
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-moldbook...
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-moldbook...
Every chapter of Ghosted has a fantastic and spooky illustration by Cassandra Ford (it's worth reading for those alone, tbh). This is the illustration for Chapter 1: The Séance Room. The facial expressions are so evocative of the hope, fear, and incredulity of the séance.
September 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Every chapter of Ghosted has a fantastic and spooky illustration by Cassandra Ford (it's worth reading for those alone, tbh). This is the illustration for Chapter 1: The Séance Room. The facial expressions are so evocative of the hope, fear, and incredulity of the séance.
Happy publication day to Ghosted! This book was so much fun to research and write, and I can't wait to go on a ghost hunt again.
Thank you to everyone who's ordered a copy! I hope you enjoy reading it...with all the lights on, obviously. 👻
(Note: video plays crackling static sound)
Thank you to everyone who's ordered a copy! I hope you enjoy reading it...with all the lights on, obviously. 👻
(Note: video plays crackling static sound)
September 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Happy publication day to Ghosted! This book was so much fun to research and write, and I can't wait to go on a ghost hunt again.
Thank you to everyone who's ordered a copy! I hope you enjoy reading it...with all the lights on, obviously. 👻
(Note: video plays crackling static sound)
Thank you to everyone who's ordered a copy! I hope you enjoy reading it...with all the lights on, obviously. 👻
(Note: video plays crackling static sound)
During Harry Price's infamous ghost-hunts at Borley Rectory, he reports that this gold wedding ring appeared out of nowhere.
He wrote: 'We had entered both Blue Room and dressing-room several times during the evening, and it is unthinkable that we should not have seen it or trodden on it.'
He wrote: 'We had entered both Blue Room and dressing-room several times during the evening, and it is unthinkable that we should not have seen it or trodden on it.'
September 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
During Harry Price's infamous ghost-hunts at Borley Rectory, he reports that this gold wedding ring appeared out of nowhere.
He wrote: 'We had entered both Blue Room and dressing-room several times during the evening, and it is unthinkable that we should not have seen it or trodden on it.'
He wrote: 'We had entered both Blue Room and dressing-room several times during the evening, and it is unthinkable that we should not have seen it or trodden on it.'
There's a nice little mention of Ghosted in this month's National Geographic Traveller magazine!
(I should point out that I didn't literally visit New Zealand or the community in the Alps gripped by demonic possession, since that happened in 1857 and I hadn't yet been born... 😂)
(I should point out that I didn't literally visit New Zealand or the community in the Alps gripped by demonic possession, since that happened in 1857 and I hadn't yet been born... 😂)
September 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
There's a nice little mention of Ghosted in this month's National Geographic Traveller magazine!
(I should point out that I didn't literally visit New Zealand or the community in the Alps gripped by demonic possession, since that happened in 1857 and I hadn't yet been born... 😂)
(I should point out that I didn't literally visit New Zealand or the community in the Alps gripped by demonic possession, since that happened in 1857 and I hadn't yet been born... 😂)
GHOSTED is published in hardback in the US today! I really hope you enjoy reading it.
And it's out in the UK next week! I haven't been this generally tense since my driving test...
And it's out in the UK next week! I haven't been this generally tense since my driving test...
September 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
GHOSTED is published in hardback in the US today! I really hope you enjoy reading it.
And it's out in the UK next week! I haven't been this generally tense since my driving test...
And it's out in the UK next week! I haven't been this generally tense since my driving test...
I'm very excited to be doing this event for Ghosted with the lovely gang at Mold Bookshop on 26th September, 7pm, Mold Library. It's my hometown! ☺️
www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-moldbook...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-moldbook...
August 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm very excited to be doing this event for Ghosted with the lovely gang at Mold Bookshop on 26th September, 7pm, Mold Library. It's my hometown! ☺️
www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-moldbook...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-moldbook...
Three weeks until GHOSTED is published! Bev the Haunted Doll has had a brief turn as a tombstone-to-tombstone saleswoman, and now she's currently practising her best demonic screech for some podcasts we have coming up.
For more info and to pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ghosted-9...
For more info and to pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ghosted-9...
August 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Three weeks until GHOSTED is published! Bev the Haunted Doll has had a brief turn as a tombstone-to-tombstone saleswoman, and now she's currently practising her best demonic screech for some podcasts we have coming up.
For more info and to pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ghosted-9...
For more info and to pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ghosted-9...
Ghosted is published in one month! It's all getting very exciting. Bev the Haunted Doll is positively crawling the walls.
No, really. She's crawling up the walls. Send help.
Pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ghosted-9...
No, really. She's crawling up the walls. Send help.
Pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ghosted-9...
August 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ghosted is published in one month! It's all getting very exciting. Bev the Haunted Doll is positively crawling the walls.
No, really. She's crawling up the walls. Send help.
Pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ghosted-9...
No, really. She's crawling up the walls. Send help.
Pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ghosted-9...
In 1906, French physiologist Charles Richet did some experiments with a spirit-medium named Marthe Béraud, who specialised in materialising, er, 'limbs' out of ectoplasm. His expert drawings of the séances really highlight what interested him most about the case...
August 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
In 1906, French physiologist Charles Richet did some experiments with a spirit-medium named Marthe Béraud, who specialised in materialising, er, 'limbs' out of ectoplasm. His expert drawings of the séances really highlight what interested him most about the case...
👻GHOSTED pre-order offer at Waterstones!👻
From now until Thursday, you can get 25% off pre-ordered copies of Ghosted with the code SUMMER25. Everyone who pre-orders it will be forever blessed by Bev the Haunted Doll.
#paranormal #ghosthunting #nonfiction
www.waterstones.com/book/ghosted...
From now until Thursday, you can get 25% off pre-ordered copies of Ghosted with the code SUMMER25. Everyone who pre-orders it will be forever blessed by Bev the Haunted Doll.
#paranormal #ghosthunting #nonfiction
www.waterstones.com/book/ghosted...
July 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
👻GHOSTED pre-order offer at Waterstones!👻
From now until Thursday, you can get 25% off pre-ordered copies of Ghosted with the code SUMMER25. Everyone who pre-orders it will be forever blessed by Bev the Haunted Doll.
#paranormal #ghosthunting #nonfiction
www.waterstones.com/book/ghosted...
From now until Thursday, you can get 25% off pre-ordered copies of Ghosted with the code SUMMER25. Everyone who pre-orders it will be forever blessed by Bev the Haunted Doll.
#paranormal #ghosthunting #nonfiction
www.waterstones.com/book/ghosted...
I spent my week recording the audiobook for Ghosted, which was a very strange and very fun experience. I realised I've never pronounced 'tumult' properly in my life. Thanks to Ben Carpenter at Rakkit Productions for making the marathon feel manageable!
Pre-order: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Ghosted-A...
Pre-order: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Ghosted-A...
July 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I spent my week recording the audiobook for Ghosted, which was a very strange and very fun experience. I realised I've never pronounced 'tumult' properly in my life. Thanks to Ben Carpenter at Rakkit Productions for making the marathon feel manageable!
Pre-order: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Ghosted-A...
Pre-order: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Ghosted-A...
The university's wildflower project is definitely doing some good. Check out these BMOCs (Big Moths on Campus) I spotted this morning: a Buff Arches, White Ermine and, lingering around the Students' Union after a heavy night, a Swallow-tailed.
July 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The university's wildflower project is definitely doing some good. Check out these BMOCs (Big Moths on Campus) I spotted this morning: a Buff Arches, White Ermine and, lingering around the Students' Union after a heavy night, a Swallow-tailed.
I had the time of my life at @thebugfarm.bsky.social today, making friends with a green bean stick insect and Madagascar hissing cockroach AND I saw a hummingbird hawk-moth for the first time among the wildflowers. So many wonderful bugs both inside and out. Living my best Animal Crossing life.
July 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I had the time of my life at @thebugfarm.bsky.social today, making friends with a green bean stick insect and Madagascar hissing cockroach AND I saw a hummingbird hawk-moth for the first time among the wildflowers. So many wonderful bugs both inside and out. Living my best Animal Crossing life.
A visit to Dyfi Wildlife Centre is always a treat - this time I saw hundreds of teeny-tiny toadlets. I was fretting about them getting squished because they were so small, and had to make sure several crossed the boardwalk safely. 🐸
June 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A visit to Dyfi Wildlife Centre is always a treat - this time I saw hundreds of teeny-tiny toadlets. I was fretting about them getting squished because they were so small, and had to make sure several crossed the boardwalk safely. 🐸