EdKarshner
@edkarshner.bsky.social
Homesick Hillican. Writer. Folklore columnist for Reckon Review. Professor of English & Department Head of English and Media Arts at Robert Morris University.
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Our festive & wintry short-fiction anthology Soot & Boots lands later this month. Hardback + paperback. Sharp stories for dark nights. More soon. #SootAndBoots
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Our festive & wintry short-fiction anthology Soot & Boots lands later this month. Hardback + paperback. Sharp stories for dark nights. More soon. #SootAndBoots
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Episode 182 - GATHERINGS
Listen free on your podcast app or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-182....
Watch a video enhanced version with footage from the TV series at youtu.be/zqFZ58lSMKA
I chat with director Dave Brewis about his new 6-part TV series Gatherings, looking at seasonal events.
Listen free on your podcast app or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-182....
Watch a video enhanced version with footage from the TV series at youtu.be/zqFZ58lSMKA
I chat with director Dave Brewis about his new 6-part TV series Gatherings, looking at seasonal events.
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Episode 182 - GATHERINGS
Listen free on your podcast app or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-182....
Watch a video enhanced version with footage from the TV series at youtu.be/zqFZ58lSMKA
I chat with director Dave Brewis about his new 6-part TV series Gatherings, looking at seasonal events.
Listen free on your podcast app or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-182....
Watch a video enhanced version with footage from the TV series at youtu.be/zqFZ58lSMKA
I chat with director Dave Brewis about his new 6-part TV series Gatherings, looking at seasonal events.
Los is totally expressing my mood today!
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Los is totally expressing my mood today!
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In case you missed it: last week, we released two new episodes of our podcast, Absolute Units!
Learn about tracing queer rural history in our archives with @timjerrome.bsky.social. And/or explore the history of Halloween with @folklorepod.bsky.social.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Learn about tracing queer rural history in our archives with @timjerrome.bsky.social. And/or explore the history of Halloween with @folklorepod.bsky.social.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In case you missed it: last week, we released two new episodes of our podcast, Absolute Units!
Learn about tracing queer rural history in our archives with @timjerrome.bsky.social. And/or explore the history of Halloween with @folklorepod.bsky.social.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Learn about tracing queer rural history in our archives with @timjerrome.bsky.social. And/or explore the history of Halloween with @folklorepod.bsky.social.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
I had the awesome experience and life long dream of being interviewed for this NatGeo article on supernatural Appalachia:
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In the spirit of Halloween, here are some of my Haints, Boogers, and Witches
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In the spirit of Halloween, here are some of my Haints, Boogers, and Witches
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I had the awesome experience and life long dream of being interviewed for this NatGeo article on supernatural Appalachia:
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
In the spirit of Halloween, here are some of my Haints, Boogers, and Witches
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
In the spirit of Halloween, here are some of my Haints, Boogers, and Witches
Last night, for the first time in a long time, I got to take off my department head hat, put on my whimsical folklore T-shirt & trade spreadsheets for folktales. Great Halloween fun with RMU's WLMP. (Once again, thanks to @bereaarchives.bsky.social for the Leonard Roberts material!)
October 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Last night, for the first time in a long time, I got to take off my department head hat, put on my whimsical folklore T-shirt & trade spreadsheets for folktales. Great Halloween fun with RMU's WLMP. (Once again, thanks to @bereaarchives.bsky.social for the Leonard Roberts material!)
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We me way look at folklore as a thing separate, artefact of imaginative response to the world, or we may look through folklore to see the truths of an enchanted world. I’ve learnt late that it’s often better to look through to the universal rather than look at shadows cast. – #CLNolan #Folklore
October 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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We saved @meaganlucas.bsky.social’s incredibly epic story as the closer to On Fire and Under Water for a reason. Buy your copy and find out why.
AVAILABLE NOW: Some say the world will end in fire or flood. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today, including @meaganlucas.bsky.social. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We saved @meaganlucas.bsky.social’s incredibly epic story as the closer to On Fire and Under Water for a reason. Buy your copy and find out why.
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To be chosen by Steph Cha and Don Winslow and to be among some of my favourite people and writers is an overwhelming honor.
Huge thanks to Starlite Pulp for its first home.
Please get yourself a copy, if not for my dirty little spite story, than for one of the other 19 amazing ones.
Huge thanks to Starlite Pulp for its first home.
Please get yourself a copy, if not for my dirty little spite story, than for one of the other 19 amazing ones.
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
To be chosen by Steph Cha and Don Winslow and to be among some of my favourite people and writers is an overwhelming honor.
Huge thanks to Starlite Pulp for its first home.
Please get yourself a copy, if not for my dirty little spite story, than for one of the other 19 amazing ones.
Huge thanks to Starlite Pulp for its first home.
Please get yourself a copy, if not for my dirty little spite story, than for one of the other 19 amazing ones.
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I want to live inside it.
The best.
The best.
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I want to live inside it.
The best.
The best.
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Admittedly, *Spooky Girl* books are always my favourite, but especially in October.
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Admittedly, *Spooky Girl* books are always my favourite, but especially in October.
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I'm giving an online talk for Warner Library in the US (the library that serves Sleepy Hollow) for Halloween this year.
It's on Monday 28 October at 7pm their time (midnight in the UK) and it is FREE!
You can book a place here:
warnerlibrary.org/2025/09/29/z...
#scoobydoo #libraries #folklore
It's on Monday 28 October at 7pm their time (midnight in the UK) and it is FREE!
You can book a place here:
warnerlibrary.org/2025/09/29/z...
#scoobydoo #libraries #folklore
Zoinks! The Spooky Folklore Behind Scooby-Doo (Zoom), 10/28 @ 7 PM
For over half a century, a gang of teens – Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy – and their dog, Scooby, have captivated audiences with their supernatural sleuthing, operating under the banner o…
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October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'm giving an online talk for Warner Library in the US (the library that serves Sleepy Hollow) for Halloween this year.
It's on Monday 28 October at 7pm their time (midnight in the UK) and it is FREE!
You can book a place here:
warnerlibrary.org/2025/09/29/z...
#scoobydoo #libraries #folklore
It's on Monday 28 October at 7pm their time (midnight in the UK) and it is FREE!
You can book a place here:
warnerlibrary.org/2025/09/29/z...
#scoobydoo #libraries #folklore
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Sunday in Sterling, Va.! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... . @washingtonian.com @folklorepod.bsky.social @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social @folkhorrormagpie.bsky.social @loudounnow.org @northernvirginiamag.com.web.brid.gy @wtopnews.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Sunday in Sterling, Va.! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... . @washingtonian.com @folklorepod.bsky.social @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social @folkhorrormagpie.bsky.social @loudounnow.org @northernvirginiamag.com.web.brid.gy @wtopnews.bsky.social
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In today's American Archives Month Lunch Talk, Dr. Steve Gowler discussed his recently-published biography of abolitionist William Goodell (1792-1878). The book, Thoughts That Burned, was based in part on the Goodell family papers, shown here lined up in the reading room. @bereacollege.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In today's American Archives Month Lunch Talk, Dr. Steve Gowler discussed his recently-published biography of abolitionist William Goodell (1792-1878). The book, Thoughts That Burned, was based in part on the Goodell family papers, shown here lined up in the reading room. @bereacollege.bsky.social
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For Halloween season, nothing like hearing Christopher Lee talk about “witchcraft, magic, sorcery… ancient supernatural ways to explain the unknown we now call the occult…”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGy5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGy5...
Christopher Lee's The Occult - Mysteries of the Supernatural (1977)
YouTube video by Lance
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October 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
For Halloween season, nothing like hearing Christopher Lee talk about “witchcraft, magic, sorcery… ancient supernatural ways to explain the unknown we now call the occult…”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGy5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGy5...
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New creative nonfiction at Reckon today from Cindy Sams. Come see!
October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New creative nonfiction at Reckon today from Cindy Sams. Come see!
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This is virtual now. You can come in your jammies and BYOB!
www.crowdcast.io/c/archersull...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is virtual now. You can come in your jammies and BYOB!
www.crowdcast.io/c/archersull...
www.crowdcast.io/c/archersull...
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The end of midterms means a little breathing room. I'm over on the stack tonight:
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October 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The end of midterms means a little breathing room. I'm over on the stack tonight:
open.substack.com/pub/meaganlu...
open.substack.com/pub/meaganlu...
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New Nitty Gritty today! Our Charlotte Hamrick interviews author Ronita Chattopadhyay. Head over to Reckon to read.
October 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New Nitty Gritty today! Our Charlotte Hamrick interviews author Ronita Chattopadhyay. Head over to Reckon to read.
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My family and I survived Hurricane Helene last year.
I wrote this story to process my anger, grief, and confusion. I'm grateful to @rhppress.bsky.social and @curtisippolito.bsky.social for giving it a home. I'd love you to buy this Antho, but even more I want you to vote.
I wrote this story to process my anger, grief, and confusion. I'm grateful to @rhppress.bsky.social and @curtisippolito.bsky.social for giving it a home. I'd love you to buy this Antho, but even more I want you to vote.
October 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
My family and I survived Hurricane Helene last year.
I wrote this story to process my anger, grief, and confusion. I'm grateful to @rhppress.bsky.social and @curtisippolito.bsky.social for giving it a home. I'd love you to buy this Antho, but even more I want you to vote.
I wrote this story to process my anger, grief, and confusion. I'm grateful to @rhppress.bsky.social and @curtisippolito.bsky.social for giving it a home. I'd love you to buy this Antho, but even more I want you to vote.
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“On Fire and Under Water is one of the few books that’s a necessary read, something very little published work manages to accomplish.”
You heard the man. Publishing in two days.
You heard the man. Publishing in two days.
I really enjoyed this conversation I had with @eaaymar.bsky.social and am blown away by his incredible review of On Fire and Under Water.
We're in the Storm
Crime Fiction Revolution is totally the world’s greatest newsletter. Hey girl, let’s get vulnerable. We're in the Storm: A Chat with Curtis Ippolito I’m...
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September 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“On Fire and Under Water is one of the few books that’s a necessary read, something very little published work manages to accomplish.”
You heard the man. Publishing in two days.
You heard the man. Publishing in two days.
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It’s the weekend & we’re reading submissions in between cook-outs & zoo visits. Do we have your CNF or Fiction? 🤓
reckonreview.com/submissions/
reckonreview.com/submissions/
Submissions – Reckon Review
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September 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It’s the weekend & we’re reading submissions in between cook-outs & zoo visits. Do we have your CNF or Fiction? 🤓
reckonreview.com/submissions/
reckonreview.com/submissions/