OGOM Project
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Vampires, werewolves, fairies in culture. All narratives of the fantastic, the folkloric, and the magical, emphasising the sense of Gothic as enchantment.
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We are a mere 8 members away from our target of 50 by Monday (when I pay the deposit). PictCon2: A Scottish sf & fantasy convention about sf and fantasy in Scotland. 🏴 17th October 2026, Perth, with Guest of honour, editor & writer, Neil Williamson. Tickets at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
PictCon2
A Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention for everyone who reads, writes and watches.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We are a mere 8 members away from our target of 50 by Monday (when I pay the deposit). PictCon2: A Scottish sf & fantasy convention about sf and fantasy in Scotland. 🏴 17th October 2026, Perth, with Guest of honour, editor & writer, Neil Williamson. Tickets at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
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Neil Williamson always has something interesting and perceptive to say, this alone would be reason enough to go to PictCon2.
Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
Neil Williamson
Neil Williamson is a multiple award shortlisted writer, editor and musician from Glasgow. His books include The Moon King, Queen Of Clouds and Charlie Says. He writes and records music as The Disap…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Neil Williamson always has something interesting and perceptive to say, this alone would be reason enough to go to PictCon2.
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Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
Neil Williamson
Neil Williamson is a multiple award shortlisted writer, editor and musician from Glasgow. His books include The Moon King, Queen Of Clouds and Charlie Says. He writes and records music as The Disap…
neilwilliamson.blog
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
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BLOG: Will Monkeys Become Britain's New Big Cats? A rational look at the looming risk of loose primates in post-licensing Britain as 2026 brings changes to the law... #Cryptozoology #BritishLaw #Cryptids
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Will Monkeys Become Britain's New Big Cats?
A rational look at the looming risk of loose primates in post-licensing Britain
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November 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
BLOG: Will Monkeys Become Britain's New Big Cats? A rational look at the looming risk of loose primates in post-licensing Britain as 2026 brings changes to the law... #Cryptozoology #BritishLaw #Cryptids
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Sam George, Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire theconversation.com/older-than-d...
Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire
New research is uncovering medieval legends about the undead in Britain.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sam George, Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire theconversation.com/older-than-d...
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#HALLOWEEN As the veil grows thinner between our world & the spirit world & the witching hour approaches I'd like share my photos of the most uncanny landscape I know. This spookiness is entirely real. Cross Stone Graveyard in Yorkshire is unsettling & sublime #31daysofHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#HALLOWEEN As the veil grows thinner between our world & the spirit world & the witching hour approaches I'd like share my photos of the most uncanny landscape I know. This spookiness is entirely real. Cross Stone Graveyard in Yorkshire is unsettling & sublime #31daysofHalloween
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SPOOKY READING Don't forget to browse the MUP
Spooky reading List for #31daysofHalloween and access the intros to all three of our @OGOMProject books for FREE
Spooky reading List for #31daysofHalloween and access the intros to all three of our @OGOMProject books for FREE
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
SPOOKY READING Don't forget to browse the MUP
Spooky reading List for #31daysofHalloween and access the intros to all three of our @OGOMProject books for FREE
Spooky reading List for #31daysofHalloween and access the intros to all three of our @OGOMProject books for FREE
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OGOM HALLOWEEN NEWSLETTER www.opengravesopenminds.com/newsletter/o...
Open Graves, Open Minds: Halloween Newsletter 2025
Welcome to the Open Graves Open Minds Newsletter for October. We’re delighted to bring you our news and activities for the 2025 spooky season. We are trying out a new way of publishing the newslett…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
OGOM HALLOWEEN NEWSLETTER www.opengravesopenminds.com/newsletter/o...
Events and CFPs: Fairytale ballads, water horses, ghosts, Romanticism, Victorian, Gothic others, science, Ann Radcliffe
NB: The BARS…
https://www.opengravesopenminds.com/cfp-conferences/events-and-cfps-fairytale-ballads-water-horses-romanticism-victorian-gothic-others-science-ann-radcliffe/
NB: The BARS…
https://www.opengravesopenminds.com/cfp-conferences/events-and-cfps-fairytale-ballads-water-horses-romanticism-victorian-gothic-others-science-ann-radcliffe/
October 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Events and CFPs: Fairytale ballads, water horses, ghosts, Romanticism, Victorian, Gothic others, science, Ann Radcliffe
NB: The BARS…
https://www.opengravesopenminds.com/cfp-conferences/events-and-cfps-fairytale-ballads-water-horses-romanticism-victorian-gothic-others-science-ann-radcliffe/
NB: The BARS…
https://www.opengravesopenminds.com/cfp-conferences/events-and-cfps-fairytale-ballads-water-horses-romanticism-victorian-gothic-others-science-ann-radcliffe/
Events and CFPs: Fairytale ballads, water horses, Romanticism, Victorian, Gothic others, science, Ann Radcliffe
NB: The BARS deadline is approaching--29 September!! The Singing Bones: Ballads for the Witching Season The Carterhaugh School, four weeks from 4 November, 2025; on line. A fascinating…
NB: The BARS deadline is approaching--29 September!! The Singing Bones: Ballads for the Witching Season The Carterhaugh School, four weeks from 4 November, 2025; on line. A fascinating…
Events and CFPs: Fairytale ballads, water horses, Romanticism, Victorian, Gothic others, science, Ann Radcliffe
NB: The BARS deadline is approaching--29 September!! The Singing Bones: Ballads for the Witching Season The Carterhaugh School, four weeks from 4 November, 2025; on line. A fascinating course on the darker folkloric ballads. This is a topic very close to OGOM's research on dark faerie literature, with its conjunction of the Gothic, the folkloric and the liteary! Step into the half-lit world of traditional ballads where fairies steal lovers, ghosts demand revenge, devils make dark bargains, and murderers meet their fates beneath the waning moon. For centuries, these sung stories have carried humanity’s deepest fears and desires – grief, passion, enchantment, and awe – from one generation to the next, one firelit gathering at a time.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Events and CFPs: Fairytale ballads, water horses, Romanticism, Victorian, Gothic others, science, Ann Radcliffe
NB: The BARS deadline is approaching--29 September!! The Singing Bones: Ballads for the Witching Season The Carterhaugh School, four weeks from 4 November, 2025; on line. A fascinating…
NB: The BARS deadline is approaching--29 September!! The Singing Bones: Ballads for the Witching Season The Carterhaugh School, four weeks from 4 November, 2025; on line. A fascinating…
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I'm in #KingsLynn tonight ahead of the SOLD OUT #fearinthefens festival. Looking forward to sharing my research on UK werewolf myths with film goers on Sat 25th at 3.00. Come and say hello if you have a ticket! there! #31DaysofHalloween @hertsresearch.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm in #KingsLynn tonight ahead of the SOLD OUT #fearinthefens festival. Looking forward to sharing my research on UK werewolf myths with film goers on Sat 25th at 3.00. Come and say hello if you have a ticket! there! #31DaysofHalloween @hertsresearch.bsky.social
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SPOOKY NETSUKE (根付) White bats resemble ghosts in exquisite miniature sculptures popular during the Edo period in Japan. Reflecting important aspects of Japanese #folklore bats are often associated with good fortune #31DaysofHalloween
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
SPOOKY NETSUKE (根付) White bats resemble ghosts in exquisite miniature sculptures popular during the Edo period in Japan. Reflecting important aspects of Japanese #folklore bats are often associated with good fortune #31DaysofHalloween
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HALLOWEEN FAIRIES - by yours truly
Fairies weren’t always cute – they used to drink human blood and kidnap children
theconversation.com/fairies-were...
Fairies weren’t always cute – they used to drink human blood and kidnap children
theconversation.com/fairies-were...
Fairies weren’t always cute – they used to drink human blood and kidnap children
The ‘Disneyfication’ of fairies has helped us forget their darker origins.
theconversation.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
HALLOWEEN FAIRIES - by yours truly
Fairies weren’t always cute – they used to drink human blood and kidnap children
theconversation.com/fairies-were...
Fairies weren’t always cute – they used to drink human blood and kidnap children
theconversation.com/fairies-were...
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WOO HOO a chance to read the introductions to all 3 @ogomproject.bsky.social books for free for #31DaysofHalloween via manchesterup.bsky.social
@hertsresearch.bsky.social @billbloodyhughes.bsky.social and I really enjoyed working on these!!
@hertsresearch.bsky.social @billbloodyhughes.bsky.social and I really enjoyed working on these!!
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
WOO HOO a chance to read the introductions to all 3 @ogomproject.bsky.social books for free for #31DaysofHalloween via manchesterup.bsky.social
@hertsresearch.bsky.social @billbloodyhughes.bsky.social and I really enjoyed working on these!!
@hertsresearch.bsky.social @billbloodyhughes.bsky.social and I really enjoyed working on these!!
WOO HOO a chance to read the introductions to all 3
@ogomproject.bsky.social
books for free for #31DaysofHalloween via manchesterup.bsky.social
@hertsresearch.bsky.social
@billbloodyhughes.bsky.social
and I really enjoyed working on these!!
@ogomproject.bsky.social
books for free for #31DaysofHalloween via manchesterup.bsky.social
@hertsresearch.bsky.social
@billbloodyhughes.bsky.social
and I really enjoyed working on these!!
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
WOO HOO a chance to read the introductions to all 3
@ogomproject.bsky.social
books for free for #31DaysofHalloween via manchesterup.bsky.social
@hertsresearch.bsky.social
@billbloodyhughes.bsky.social
and I really enjoyed working on these!!
@ogomproject.bsky.social
books for free for #31DaysofHalloween via manchesterup.bsky.social
@hertsresearch.bsky.social
@billbloodyhughes.bsky.social
and I really enjoyed working on these!!
Open Graves, Open Minds: Halloween Newsletter 2025
Welcome to the Open Graves Open Minds Newsletter for October. We’re delighted to bring you our news and activities for the 2025 spooky season. We are trying out a new way of publishing the newsletter, directly from the website (other options are…
Welcome to the Open Graves Open Minds Newsletter for October. We’re delighted to bring you our news and activities for the 2025 spooky season. We are trying out a new way of publishing the newsletter, directly from the website (other options are…
Open Graves, Open Minds: Halloween Newsletter 2025
Welcome to the Open Graves Open Minds Newsletter for October. We’re delighted to bring you our news and activities for the 2025 spooky season. We are trying out a new way of publishing the newsletter, directly from the website (other options are simply too expensive for non-profit groups like ourselves); please forgive us if this is not working to your convenience. If you have subscribed via the website or are on our contacts list because of previous involvement, you will receive notifications of blog posts and the Newsletter. If you only want to receive the Newsletter, you can select this option, or you can unsubscribe.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Open Graves, Open Minds: Halloween Newsletter 2025
Welcome to the Open Graves Open Minds Newsletter for October. We’re delighted to bring you our news and activities for the 2025 spooky season. We are trying out a new way of publishing the newsletter, directly from the website (other options are…
Welcome to the Open Graves Open Minds Newsletter for October. We’re delighted to bring you our news and activities for the 2025 spooky season. We are trying out a new way of publishing the newsletter, directly from the website (other options are…
OGOM HALLOWEEN EVENTS You are cordially invited to our Halloween activities and events. Full listings over on the OGOM blog #31DaysofHalloween www.opengravesopenminds.com/events/ogom-...
OGOM Halloween: Spooky Events & Publications
OGOM would like to invite all their followers to join them for seasonal events and spooky reading during October. We’re excited to announce the following activities: Event: Fear in the Fens F…
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October 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
OGOM HALLOWEEN EVENTS You are cordially invited to our Halloween activities and events. Full listings over on the OGOM blog #31DaysofHalloween www.opengravesopenminds.com/events/ogom-...
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If you look closely you will see my article on the vampire's lost reflection. Thank you to @helleborezine.bsky.social for the wonderful Mirror issue. Readers of these articles on fetches, changelings, doppelgangers and vampires will never look in the mirror in the same way again! #31daysofhalloween
✨🪞IT’S HERE!🪞✨
Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered The Mirror Issue. Shipping begins now!
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Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered The Mirror Issue. Shipping begins now!
✨ Get your copy from helleborezine.com ✨
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If you look closely you will see my article on the vampire's lost reflection. Thank you to @helleborezine.bsky.social for the wonderful Mirror issue. Readers of these articles on fetches, changelings, doppelgangers and vampires will never look in the mirror in the same way again! #31daysofhalloween
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FEAR IN THE FENS FESTIVAL Woo hoo I will speaking on ‘Becoming Wolf: The English Eerie and History of the UK Werewolf’ Sat 25th October, 3.00 at fearinthefens.com in Kings Lynn. There will be a showing of An American Werewolf in London #31DaysOfHalloween
October 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
FEAR IN THE FENS FESTIVAL Woo hoo I will speaking on ‘Becoming Wolf: The English Eerie and History of the UK Werewolf’ Sat 25th October, 3.00 at fearinthefens.com in Kings Lynn. There will be a showing of An American Werewolf in London #31DaysOfHalloween
JACK-O-LANTERNS Before the grinning pumpkins of #Halloween the folkloric versions or Jack-o-Lanterns, named after the Irish myth, were terrifying; carved from turnips or beets they had the appearance of shrunken heads, warding off uninvited guests
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
JACK-O-LANTERNS Before the grinning pumpkins of #Halloween the folkloric versions or Jack-o-Lanterns, named after the Irish myth, were terrifying; carved from turnips or beets they had the appearance of shrunken heads, warding off uninvited guests
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AN ANCIENTE MAPPE of FAIRYLAND newly discovered and set forth. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918. I have a copy of this map of fairyland by Bernard Sleigh in my study to ponder other worlds. It's filled with awe and wonder.
September 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
AN ANCIENTE MAPPE of FAIRYLAND newly discovered and set forth. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918. I have a copy of this map of fairyland by Bernard Sleigh in my study to ponder other worlds. It's filled with awe and wonder.
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THE SPOOKY SEASON IS HERE at last! I will be taking part in #31daysofhalloween again from 1st October. Some vintage #Halloween #cats to celebrate! Black cats are lucky not unlucky of course! Can't wait to see all the #Halloween posts!
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
THE SPOOKY SEASON IS HERE at last! I will be taking part in #31daysofhalloween again from 1st October. Some vintage #Halloween #cats to celebrate! Black cats are lucky not unlucky of course! Can't wait to see all the #Halloween posts!
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GOTHTOBER I encountered the perfect gothic scene on my way to teach Romantic Origins and Gothic Afterlives. Walking through the churchyard on the way to the station it was completely shrouded in mist! #31DaysofHalloween
October 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
GOTHTOBER I encountered the perfect gothic scene on my way to teach Romantic Origins and Gothic Afterlives. Walking through the churchyard on the way to the station it was completely shrouded in mist! #31DaysofHalloween
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The folkloric belief that reflections, portraits and shadows contain part of a person’s soul influenced two of the greatest Gothic novels of the 19th century.
Read more in @coffinboffin.bsky.social ‘s piece for The Mirror Issue. Pre-order on helleborezine.com
Read more in @coffinboffin.bsky.social ‘s piece for The Mirror Issue. Pre-order on helleborezine.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The folkloric belief that reflections, portraits and shadows contain part of a person’s soul influenced two of the greatest Gothic novels of the 19th century.
Read more in @coffinboffin.bsky.social ‘s piece for The Mirror Issue. Pre-order on helleborezine.com
Read more in @coffinboffin.bsky.social ‘s piece for The Mirror Issue. Pre-order on helleborezine.com