Amanda Mason
@amandajanemason.bsky.social
Writer. THE WAYWARD GIRLS (2019) THE HIDING PLACE (2021)
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Advance copies of this beautiful book arrived today #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft - massive thanks @flametreepress To pre-order yours:
www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...
www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...
I'm so delighted to be included in this anthology #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft
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Outside the paywall for a week or so. www.cartoongravity.com/how-to-cope-...
How to cope with 2026
Some strategies for doing better on our next trip around the sun.
www.cartoongravity.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Outside the paywall for a week or so. www.cartoongravity.com/how-to-cope-...
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I'm dreaming of an unheimlich Christmas
Just like the ones that seem vaguely familiar for some reason
Just like the ones that seem vaguely familiar for some reason
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I'm dreaming of an unheimlich Christmas
Just like the ones that seem vaguely familiar for some reason
Just like the ones that seem vaguely familiar for some reason
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Happy 52nd to the folk-horror masterpiece that refuses to fade. 🌾🔥
Cinephilia & Beyond breaks down the making of The Wicker Man—legendary stories, haunting craft, pure cinema
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cinephiliabeyond.org/wickerman/
#Filmsky
Cinephilia & Beyond breaks down the making of The Wicker Man—legendary stories, haunting craft, pure cinema
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cinephiliabeyond.org/wickerman/
#Filmsky
‘The Wicker Man’ at 52: The True Nature of Sacrifice • Cinephilia & Beyond
The Wicker Man poster art by Karl Fitzgerald https://www.karlfitzgeraldart.com/ By Tim Pelan Making the film was great fun. It was shot in 25 different locations and, since it was set in spring, and w...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Happy 52nd to the folk-horror masterpiece that refuses to fade. 🌾🔥
Cinephilia & Beyond breaks down the making of The Wicker Man—legendary stories, haunting craft, pure cinema
⬇️⬇️⬇️
cinephiliabeyond.org/wickerman/
#Filmsky
Cinephilia & Beyond breaks down the making of The Wicker Man—legendary stories, haunting craft, pure cinema
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cinephiliabeyond.org/wickerman/
#Filmsky
I'm thrilled to have a copy of #NightBabies by @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social She is, as I have commented in the past, so good I could spit.
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm thrilled to have a copy of #NightBabies by @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social She is, as I have commented in the past, so good I could spit.
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I'm writing here about Brilliana Harley and her letters to her student son at Oxford in the seventeenth century. There is a paywell, but only for the last little bit - and Brilliana's letters are absolutely delightful and worth knowing if you don't already. lucyallengoss.substack.com/p/a-seventee...
A Seventeenth-Century Mother Preparing for Christmas: Brilliana Harley's Letters
On December 6th, 1639, a mother sat down to write to her son.
lucyallengoss.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm writing here about Brilliana Harley and her letters to her student son at Oxford in the seventeenth century. There is a paywell, but only for the last little bit - and Brilliana's letters are absolutely delightful and worth knowing if you don't already. lucyallengoss.substack.com/p/a-seventee...
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It’s Emeric’s birthday tomorrow.
📸 Cornel Lucas (1985)
📸 Cornel Lucas (1985)
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It’s Emeric’s birthday tomorrow.
📸 Cornel Lucas (1985)
📸 Cornel Lucas (1985)
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A cold day in December, and therefore time for me to post a career highlight: David Mildon's magnificent performance of my Christmas story 'Mr Cromerty Of Boston', for the @liarsleague.bsky.social. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Lu...
Mr Cromerty of Boston by Richard Smyth, read by David Mildon
YouTube video by Liars' League
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December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A cold day in December, and therefore time for me to post a career highlight: David Mildon's magnificent performance of my Christmas story 'Mr Cromerty Of Boston', for the @liarsleague.bsky.social. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Lu...
I am doing this and you should join in. 👻
Our online UK Ghost Story Festival features some awesome writing talent, with a range of interviews, workshops and talks across three days from 6th-8th Feb next year! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghosts #ghoststories #writing #writers #festival #festivals #online #authors
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am doing this and you should join in. 👻
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OUT NOW!
Exclusively for supporters of the Broken Veil channel.
The original “Ghost Story for Christmas” (except not): Jonathan Miller’s 1968 ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ is muttering and flapping and slowly mooing its way down the beach…
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
Exclusively for supporters of the Broken Veil channel.
The original “Ghost Story for Christmas” (except not): Jonathan Miller’s 1968 ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ is muttering and flapping and slowly mooing its way down the beach…
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OUT NOW!
Exclusively for supporters of the Broken Veil channel.
The original “Ghost Story for Christmas” (except not): Jonathan Miller’s 1968 ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ is muttering and flapping and slowly mooing its way down the beach…
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
Exclusively for supporters of the Broken Veil channel.
The original “Ghost Story for Christmas” (except not): Jonathan Miller’s 1968 ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ is muttering and flapping and slowly mooing its way down the beach…
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
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You might think it’s a bit limited, given that we’ve only published one book, but this is really all the Christmas shopping you’ll need to do:
Uncertain Stories Christmas Gift Guide 2025
A guide to which book to buy for your nearest and dearest, from Uncertain Stories.
www.uncertainstories.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
You might think it’s a bit limited, given that we’ve only published one book, but this is really all the Christmas shopping you’ll need to do:
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“Among his more famous achievements, he radically rewrote Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (under the pen name Barry Watson), adding most of the thrilling beats and hilarious gags.”
v/ @nickdesemlyen.bsky.social
v/ @nickdesemlyen.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“Among his more famous achievements, he radically rewrote Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (under the pen name Barry Watson), adding most of the thrilling beats and hilarious gags.”
v/ @nickdesemlyen.bsky.social
v/ @nickdesemlyen.bsky.social
I'm getting a strong 'dress all the infants as angels for the school nativity' vibe, here.
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I'm getting a strong 'dress all the infants as angels for the school nativity' vibe, here.
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Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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We're entering peak ghost story season, and if spooky and supernatural fiction is your think, then the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL ONLINE could be just the thing for you! Running from the 6th-8th February, we've got a great line-up incoming... www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory...
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We're entering peak ghost story season, and if spooky and supernatural fiction is your think, then the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL ONLINE could be just the thing for you! Running from the 6th-8th February, we've got a great line-up incoming... www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory...
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Surpassing human capabilities isn’t the biggest threat that AI poses, says activist and author of “Enshittification” Cory Doctorow.
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Surpassing human capabilities isn’t the biggest threat that AI poses, says activist and author of “Enshittification” Cory Doctorow.
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The greatest tragic love story ever told…
**BREAKING NEWS**
We're thrilled to announce that we'll be publishing
@essiefox.bsky.social's #Catherine – a retelling of #WutheringHeights as a MAJOR literary event on 12.02.26
🖤 bit.ly/3KlDp11
#classics #gothic #Heathcliff #DarkRomanceBooks
The greatest tragic love story ever told…
**BREAKING NEWS**
We're thrilled to announce that we'll be publishing
@essiefox.bsky.social's #Catherine – a retelling of #WutheringHeights as a MAJOR literary event on 12.02.26
🖤 bit.ly/3KlDp11
#classics #gothic #Heathcliff #DarkRomanceBooks
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🐦⬛🪦🕯️🖤
The greatest tragic love story ever told…
**BREAKING NEWS**
We're thrilled to announce that we'll be publishing
@essiefox.bsky.social's #Catherine – a retelling of #WutheringHeights as a MAJOR literary event on 12.02.26
🖤 bit.ly/3KlDp11
#classics #gothic #Heathcliff #DarkRomanceBooks
The greatest tragic love story ever told…
**BREAKING NEWS**
We're thrilled to announce that we'll be publishing
@essiefox.bsky.social's #Catherine – a retelling of #WutheringHeights as a MAJOR literary event on 12.02.26
🖤 bit.ly/3KlDp11
#classics #gothic #Heathcliff #DarkRomanceBooks
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A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
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Highly recommended, fellow Darkness fans
As one of the BBC’s most extraordinary series returns to iPlayer to mark its fortieth anniversary, Jude Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically minded crime thriller
Why #EdgeOfDarkness makes so much sense in 2025
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Why #EdgeOfDarkness makes so much sense in 2025
buff.ly/nIF9mdh
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Highly recommended, fellow Darkness fans
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Whitby jet faceted bead bracelet and a similar bracelet worn by the woman in the early 1880s photograph.
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Whitby jet faceted bead bracelet and a similar bracelet worn by the woman in the early 1880s photograph.
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This is truly delightful. Definitely worth taking some time to read.
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This is truly delightful. Definitely worth taking some time to read.
I'm watching the 2006 adaptation of Jane Eyre which I really like. Jane and Rochester are at least presented as equals even though the idea that Toby Stephens is in any way unpleasant to look at is faintly hilarious.
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I'm watching the 2006 adaptation of Jane Eyre which I really like. Jane and Rochester are at least presented as equals even though the idea that Toby Stephens is in any way unpleasant to look at is faintly hilarious.
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Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus.
Official disclosure for the period in February 2020 – described by the Covid inquiry as a “lost month” in the country’s crisis response – reveal Johnson enjoyed an extended break during the half-term holidays at Chevening, a governmental estate in Kent, where he spent time walking his dog and taking motorcycle rides. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system