Dr Lorna Wallace
@lornawallace.bsky.social
Freelance Writer | PhD in English Literature from the University of Stirling | clippings.me/lornawallace
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I've lived near the Scottish Highlands for most of my life, and seen tourists make many planning and packing mistakes on their first trips here.
I was born and raised in Scotland. First-time visitors to the Scottish Highlands always make these 5 mistakes.
I've lived near the Scottish Highlands for most of my life, and seen tourists make many planning and packing mistakes on their first trips here.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I've lived near the Scottish Highlands for most of my life, and seen tourists make many planning and packing mistakes on their first trips here.
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Sometimes the most memorable scenes in movies are almost wordless, relying completely on visual storytelling and a swelling score. Here are five examples of perfect, dialogue-free moments:
Five SFF Movies With Incredibly Memorable Dialogue-Free Scenes - Reactor
What are your favorite moments of wordless storytelling in film?
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November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sometimes the most memorable scenes in movies are almost wordless, relying completely on visual storytelling and a swelling score. Here are five examples of perfect, dialogue-free moments:
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Which science fiction prison would you be most desperate to avoid? Here are five truly terrifying SF prisons, from the prisoner-of-war camps of the Vorkosigan Saga to inmates fighting in gladiatorial games...
Five Stories Set in Terrifying Sci-Fi Prisons - Reactor
From AI-run cells to mysterious bunkers to interplanetary prison camps
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November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Which science fiction prison would you be most desperate to avoid? Here are five truly terrifying SF prisons, from the prisoner-of-war camps of the Vorkosigan Saga to inmates fighting in gladiatorial games...
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What caused some of these ominous events still remains a total mystery.
8 Strange Dark Days Throughout History
What caused some of these ominous events still remains a total mystery.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What caused some of these ominous events still remains a total mystery.
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Our modern concept of Halloween takes inspiration from the ancient festival of Samhain, so what better way to celebrate the season than with spine-tingling books and stories inspired by Celtic folktales?
Beyond Samhain: Five Spooky Tales Based in Celtic Folklore - Reactor
Taking terrifying inspiration from ancient Irish and Scottish folk stories
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October 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Our modern concept of Halloween takes inspiration from the ancient festival of Samhain, so what better way to celebrate the season than with spine-tingling books and stories inspired by Celtic folktales?
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Pumpkin-headed characters come in many varieties, from dangerous, demonic, and ghostly gourds to delightful singing (and rapping) goofballs. Check out our ranking of 13 of the best on-screen pumpkinheads! 🎃
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Gourd, Better, Best: Ranking 13 Pumpkin-Headed Characters - Reactor
From the deadly and demonic to the whimsical and wonderful — also, one of these guys raps for some reason?!
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October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Pumpkin-headed characters come in many varieties, from dangerous, demonic, and ghostly gourds to delightful singing (and rapping) goofballs. Check out our ranking of 13 of the best on-screen pumpkinheads! 🎃
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"Bong’s films go for the stomach, the heart, and the funny bone."
Fantastic analysis of three of Bong Joon Ho's films. His underdog characters and genre mixing are big parts of what I find so compelling about his movies.
Fantastic analysis of three of Bong Joon Ho's films. His underdog characters and genre mixing are big parts of what I find so compelling about his movies.
There is a time for bold, heroic characters. But in Bong Joon Ho's movies, there is equally a time for losers. Elaine U. Cho on underdogs in Okja, Snowpiercer, and The Host, and how they lend us inspiration anyways:
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Hope and the Loser Heroes of Bong Joon Ho - Reactor
Director Bong Joon Ho's sci-fi films feature flawed heroes, but he never loses a sense of hopefulness.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Bong’s films go for the stomach, the heart, and the funny bone."
Fantastic analysis of three of Bong Joon Ho's films. His underdog characters and genre mixing are big parts of what I find so compelling about his movies.
Fantastic analysis of three of Bong Joon Ho's films. His underdog characters and genre mixing are big parts of what I find so compelling about his movies.
2025 has been such a great year for horror films. Not only is the overall quality SO high, but the variety has been incredible. Sinners, Weapons, Final Destination Bloodlines, The Long Walk, Black Phone 2—they’re all totally different. Can’t wait to see what the last couple months of the year hold!
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
2025 has been such a great year for horror films. Not only is the overall quality SO high, but the variety has been incredible. Sinners, Weapons, Final Destination Bloodlines, The Long Walk, Black Phone 2—they’re all totally different. Can’t wait to see what the last couple months of the year hold!
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While the Tooth Fairy herself may be surprisingly modern, the bits of folklore that went into her creation are hundreds of years old.
https://bit.ly/4gam070
https://bit.ly/4gam070
The Strange Origins of the Tooth Fairy
While the Tooth Fairy herself may be surprisingly modern, the bits of folklore that went into her creation are hundreds of years old.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
While the Tooth Fairy herself may be surprisingly modern, the bits of folklore that went into her creation are hundreds of years old.
https://bit.ly/4gam070
https://bit.ly/4gam070
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Strange paths appearing in the woods? Impossible corridors and staircases popping up out of nowhere? The horror of liminal, uncanny, and in-between spaces is real and captured perfectly in these five books
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Five Horror Books Set in Liminal Spaces - Reactor
Endless, eerie, impossible places — do you explore, or run like hell?
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October 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Strange paths appearing in the woods? Impossible corridors and staircases popping up out of nowhere? The horror of liminal, uncanny, and in-between spaces is real and captured perfectly in these five books
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From medical texts, to BDSM poems, to the biography of a highwayman bound in his own skin—at his request.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
From medical texts, to BDSM poems, to the biography of a highwayman bound in his own skin—at his request.
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Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in a remote location in Chile’s Andes Mountains on October 13, 1972—and those who made it through the crash would need to resort to desperate measures to survive.
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https://bit.ly/45Ss4w7
11 Chilling Facts About the 1972 Andes Plane Crash
Those who made it through the crash would need to resort to desperate measures to survive.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in a remote location in Chile’s Andes Mountains on October 13, 1972—and those who made it through the crash would need to resort to desperate measures to survive.
https://bit.ly/45Ss4w7
https://bit.ly/45Ss4w7
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Terrified of flying? You may want to avoid these airports.
10 of the Scariest Airport Landings in the World
Terrified of flying? You may want to avoid these airports.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Terrified of flying? You may want to avoid these airports.
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People have speculated the nursery rhyme references everything from Viking invasions to human sacrifice.
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https://bit.ly/4mrCwkN
The Dark Theories Behind the “London Bridge Is Falling Down” Nursery Rhyme
There are a handful of sinister suggestions—ranging from a Viking invasion to human sacrifice—about the rhyme’s inspiration.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
People have speculated the nursery rhyme references everything from Viking invasions to human sacrifice.
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https://bit.ly/4mrCwkN
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Tired of your local trails? Plan a hiking trip to one of these incredible ancient sites.
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15 Amazing Archaeological Sites You Can Hike To
Tired of your local trails? Plan a hiking trip to one of these incredible ancient sites.
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October 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tired of your local trails? Plan a hiking trip to one of these incredible ancient sites.
https://bit.ly/3Inhm9r
https://bit.ly/3Inhm9r
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Has someone told you to “go to hell?” If so, let us direct you to these potential portals to the underworld.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3JDu5VI
Read more: https://bit.ly/3JDu5VI
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Has someone told you to “go to hell?” If so, let us direct you to these potential portals to the underworld.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3JDu5VI
Read more: https://bit.ly/3JDu5VI
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We all know about the famous interview with the vampire, but what are your other favorite fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories that unfold as interrogations or documentary-style interviews?
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On the Record: Five Speculative Novels Told Through Interviews - Reactor
...but not the one with the vampire. Too obvious.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We all know about the famous interview with the vampire, but what are your other favorite fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories that unfold as interrogations or documentary-style interviews?
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A toy expert and a psychologist break down what’s going on behind this bizarre trend. https://bit.ly/4lIl0YT
What the Labubu Blind Box Craze Has in Common With Gambling
Why are we so obsessed with opening—and watching people open—blind boxes? A toy expert and a psychologist break down what’s going on behind this bizarre trend.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A toy expert and a psychologist break down what’s going on behind this bizarre trend. https://bit.ly/4lIl0YT
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I've visited over a dozen of Scotland's most popular castles. I'd go back to Stirling and Doune, but Edinburgh Castle didn't feel worth the hype.
As a local, I've visited many of Scotland's castles. There's one tourists can probably skip — and 4 they shouldn't miss.
I've visited over a dozen of Scotland's most popular castles. I'd go back to Stirling and Doune, but Edinburgh Castle didn't feel worth the hype.
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September 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I've visited over a dozen of Scotland's most popular castles. I'd go back to Stirling and Doune, but Edinburgh Castle didn't feel worth the hype.
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How we illustrate the world affects how we experience it.
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https://bit.ly/41Hgzqc
20 Maps That Changed the World
How we illustrate the world affects how we experience it.
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September 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How we illustrate the world affects how we experience it.
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https://bit.ly/41Hgzqc
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What happens when you combine the chaos and trauma of the Second World War with aliens, monsters, time travel, and other SFF elements? Here are five onscreen tales of WWII told through a speculative lens:
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Five Onscreen Depictions of World War II Featuring SFF Elements - Reactor
TV shows and movies that mix WWII history with aliens, monsters, and time travel.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
What happens when you combine the chaos and trauma of the Second World War with aliens, monsters, time travel, and other SFF elements? Here are five onscreen tales of WWII told through a speculative lens:
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While the Tooth Fairy herself may be surprisingly modern, the bits of folklore that went into her creation are hundreds of years old.
https://bit.ly/4gam070
https://bit.ly/4gam070
The Strange Origins of the Tooth Fairy
While the Tooth Fairy herself may be surprisingly modern, the bits of folklore that went into her creation are hundreds of years old.
www.mentalfloss.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
While the Tooth Fairy herself may be surprisingly modern, the bits of folklore that went into her creation are hundreds of years old.
https://bit.ly/4gam070
https://bit.ly/4gam070
Reposted by Dr Lorna Wallace
What caused some of these ominous events still remains a total mystery.
8 Strange Dark Days Throughout History
What caused some of these ominous events still remains a total mystery.
www.mentalfloss.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What caused some of these ominous events still remains a total mystery.
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Cue the creepy carnival music and adjust your seatbelts as Lorna Wallace takes us on a tour of six thrilling horror stories and scary movies set at spooky theme parks, carnivals, and fairgrounds! 🎡
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Six Horror Stories Set in Theme Parks and Carnivals - Reactor
Thrills, chills, and spooky carnival music abound in these movies and short stories...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Cue the creepy carnival music and adjust your seatbelts as Lorna Wallace takes us on a tour of six thrilling horror stories and scary movies set at spooky theme parks, carnivals, and fairgrounds! 🎡
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Exolangs are constructed languages that imagine how the languages of extraterrestrial beings might look and sound—and linguists have come up with some pretty mind-bending options.
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6 Strange “Alien” Languages Created by Linguists
Rikchiks use seven of their 49 tentacles to communicate via a sign language humans would never be able to master. (Not enough hands!)
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September 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Exolangs are constructed languages that imagine how the languages of extraterrestrial beings might look and sound—and linguists have come up with some pretty mind-bending options.
https://bit.ly/3VGwtNY
https://bit.ly/3VGwtNY