C.W. Reeve
@cwreeve.bsky.social
Author of weird tales & folk horror, co-host of #WyrdWednesday. Killing me won't bring back your apples (He/Him) 👻
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Minos was a king of Crete, and the son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made his defeated rival, King Aegeus, pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to his labyrinth, to be eaten by the fearsome Minotaur.
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🎨 by William Blake, circa 1824
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🎨 by William Blake, circa 1824
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Minos was a king of Crete, and the son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made his defeated rival, King Aegeus, pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to his labyrinth, to be eaten by the fearsome Minotaur.
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by William Blake, circa 1824
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by William Blake, circa 1824
So, the blood candles are back...
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So, the blood candles are back...
Some pics from Nottingham Justice Museum's Dead Man Walking night (which was much fun but absolutely terrifying, btw)
#photography #justicemuseum #Nottingham
#photography #justicemuseum #Nottingham
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Some pics from Nottingham Justice Museum's Dead Man Walking night (which was much fun but absolutely terrifying, btw)
#photography #justicemuseum #Nottingham
#photography #justicemuseum #Nottingham
Nottingham's Newstead Abbey is best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron, but romantic poetry isn’t the only legacy the famous author left behind. It's said the ghost of Byron’s beloved dog, Boatswain, still roams the estate, searching endlessly for his master...
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Nottingham's Newstead Abbey is best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron, but romantic poetry isn’t the only legacy the famous author left behind. It's said the ghost of Byron’s beloved dog, Boatswain, still roams the estate, searching endlessly for his master...
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
...and the postcard in question:
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
...and the postcard in question:
The famous 'Girl in The Flames' photo from 1995, showing Wem Town Hall on fire and a mysterious little girl stood in the blaze, seemingly unbothered.
The girl in question was actually lifted from a postcard from 1922.
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The girl in question was actually lifted from a postcard from 1922.
#WyrdWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The famous 'Girl in The Flames' photo from 1995, showing Wem Town Hall on fire and a mysterious little girl stood in the blaze, seemingly unbothered.
The girl in question was actually lifted from a postcard from 1922.
#WyrdWednesday
The girl in question was actually lifted from a postcard from 1922.
#WyrdWednesday
Creepy Hotel Corridors, Part 7 in an occasional series.
This one is from a hostel in New York that I stayed at for a week or so, which was run by nuns. I didn't see a single nun while I was there.
This one is from a hostel in New York that I stayed at for a week or so, which was run by nuns. I didn't see a single nun while I was there.
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Creepy Hotel Corridors, Part 7 in an occasional series.
This one is from a hostel in New York that I stayed at for a week or so, which was run by nuns. I didn't see a single nun while I was there.
This one is from a hostel in New York that I stayed at for a week or so, which was run by nuns. I didn't see a single nun while I was there.
The famous 'Tulip Staircase' photo, taken by Rev. Ralph Hardy, a retired clergyman from White Rock, British Columbia in 1966. He intended merely to photograph the elegant spiral staircase, instead he got some unexpected spooky monk action
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The famous 'Tulip Staircase' photo, taken by Rev. Ralph Hardy, a retired clergyman from White Rock, British Columbia in 1966. He intended merely to photograph the elegant spiral staircase, instead he got some unexpected spooky monk action
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
Edwin Landseer's allegedly haunted painting Man Proposes, God Disposes hangs in the exam hall at the University of London. According to myth, a student once committed suicide during exams by stabbing a pencil into their eye, writing "The polar bears made me do it" on their exam paper.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Edwin Landseer's allegedly haunted painting Man Proposes, God Disposes hangs in the exam hall at the University of London. According to myth, a student once committed suicide during exams by stabbing a pencil into their eye, writing "The polar bears made me do it" on their exam paper.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"...a pair of hands gripped the driving wheel & I had to fight for control."
The tales of the Hairy Hands date back to the early 20th century. Victims report a sudden loss of control over their vehicles, and the sensation of a pair of large, hairy hands gripping the steering wheel
#PhantomsFriday
The tales of the Hairy Hands date back to the early 20th century. Victims report a sudden loss of control over their vehicles, and the sensation of a pair of large, hairy hands gripping the steering wheel
#PhantomsFriday
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"...a pair of hands gripped the driving wheel & I had to fight for control."
The tales of the Hairy Hands date back to the early 20th century. Victims report a sudden loss of control over their vehicles, and the sensation of a pair of large, hairy hands gripping the steering wheel
#PhantomsFriday
The tales of the Hairy Hands date back to the early 20th century. Victims report a sudden loss of control over their vehicles, and the sensation of a pair of large, hairy hands gripping the steering wheel
#PhantomsFriday
Onibaba (1964), written and directed by Kaneto Shindô.
Two women murder samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their shiftless neighbour, the other meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre, unsettling mask.
#WyrdWednesday
Two women murder samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their shiftless neighbour, the other meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre, unsettling mask.
#WyrdWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Onibaba (1964), written and directed by Kaneto Shindô.
Two women murder samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their shiftless neighbour, the other meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre, unsettling mask.
#WyrdWednesday
Two women murder samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their shiftless neighbour, the other meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre, unsettling mask.
#WyrdWednesday
Drop something SKELETAL
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Drop something SKELETAL
Orpheus, entering the underworld in order to bring Eurydice back to the world of the living.
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🎨 - 'Orpheus Enters the Gate to Hades' by Taylor Miles Lockett
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🎨 - 'Orpheus Enters the Gate to Hades' by Taylor Miles Lockett
October 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Orpheus, entering the underworld in order to bring Eurydice back to the world of the living.
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 - 'Orpheus Enters the Gate to Hades' by Taylor Miles Lockett
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 - 'Orpheus Enters the Gate to Hades' by Taylor Miles Lockett
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.
#Caturday
🎨 by cellsdividing.com
(As an aside, if I ever start another band, I've always thought the name 'Feline Knife Fight' would be kinda cool. It is very unlikely I will form another band.)
🎨 by cellsdividing.com
(As an aside, if I ever start another band, I've always thought the name 'Feline Knife Fight' would be kinda cool. It is very unlikely I will form another band.)
October 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
#Caturday
🎨 by cellsdividing.com
(As an aside, if I ever start another band, I've always thought the name 'Feline Knife Fight' would be kinda cool. It is very unlikely I will form another band.)
🎨 by cellsdividing.com
(As an aside, if I ever start another band, I've always thought the name 'Feline Knife Fight' would be kinda cool. It is very unlikely I will form another band.)
In the Rock Lounge of Nottingham pub The Trip to Jerusalem hangs a model galleon covered by what looks like 50 years of dust & cobwebs, which no one dares clean. The last three people who have cleaned it are said to have died mysterious & unexpected deaths within months of doing so.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
October 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In the Rock Lounge of Nottingham pub The Trip to Jerusalem hangs a model galleon covered by what looks like 50 years of dust & cobwebs, which no one dares clean. The last three people who have cleaned it are said to have died mysterious & unexpected deaths within months of doing so.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
Seven years bad for whoever broke the mirror that's been outside my apartment building for weeks...
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Seven years bad for whoever broke the mirror that's been outside my apartment building for weeks...
“The monsters that rose from the dead, they are nothing compared to the ones we carry in our hearts.”
- Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Jon McCoy
- Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Jon McCoy
October 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“The monsters that rose from the dead, they are nothing compared to the ones we carry in our hearts.”
- Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Jon McCoy
- Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Jon McCoy
‘It would make Chairs, Tables, Trunks & all moveables walk up and down the Rooms. And often come tumble down the stairs, some times like a bowl & other times as if it drew a Chain.’
John Mompesson, describing the poltergeist activity later known as 'The Drummer of Tedworth' in 1661
#PhantomsFriday
John Mompesson, describing the poltergeist activity later known as 'The Drummer of Tedworth' in 1661
#PhantomsFriday
September 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
‘It would make Chairs, Tables, Trunks & all moveables walk up and down the Rooms. And often come tumble down the stairs, some times like a bowl & other times as if it drew a Chain.’
John Mompesson, describing the poltergeist activity later known as 'The Drummer of Tedworth' in 1661
#PhantomsFriday
John Mompesson, describing the poltergeist activity later known as 'The Drummer of Tedworth' in 1661
#PhantomsFriday
Creepy hotel corridor I have seen, part 6 in an occasional series.
It's the statue on the right in this one. I wouldn't have been surprised to find it waiting for me in a doorway at some point. Real 'that scene in Beetlejuice' vibes...
It's the statue on the right in this one. I wouldn't have been surprised to find it waiting for me in a doorway at some point. Real 'that scene in Beetlejuice' vibes...
September 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Creepy hotel corridor I have seen, part 6 in an occasional series.
It's the statue on the right in this one. I wouldn't have been surprised to find it waiting for me in a doorway at some point. Real 'that scene in Beetlejuice' vibes...
It's the statue on the right in this one. I wouldn't have been surprised to find it waiting for me in a doorway at some point. Real 'that scene in Beetlejuice' vibes...
The Retreat, by Gemma Fairclough, is the latest from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social & part of their Northern Weird project. I loved the author's last book (Bear Season), & this one didn't disappoint. An atmosphere of dread runs right through it like a stick of Blackpool rock. I loved it 👻
#booksky
#booksky
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Retreat, by Gemma Fairclough, is the latest from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social & part of their Northern Weird project. I loved the author's last book (Bear Season), & this one didn't disappoint. An atmosphere of dread runs right through it like a stick of Blackpool rock. I loved it 👻
#booksky
#booksky
