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Scary as Folk
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Cultural byways of the strange and interesting.
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Anyone fancy a 24 hour folk horror movie marathon for Hallowe'en? I'm raising money for some righteous causes. All the details are over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DPfatUMkQD...
October 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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ACAB doesn't include Agent Dale Cooper
January 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
First 5⭐ read of 2025. Beautiful folk horror that hearkens back to nature animism and stories of the Fae, while being steeped in rural isolation and grief. Can't wait to read the follow-up.
January 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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My debut folk horror audio drama is now available! Enter a world immersed in Shropshire Folklore, ruled by Devil Himself. There's something very strange afoot up the stiperstones!

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September 18, 2023 at 4:26 PM
Folklore isn't just elves, standing stones, and talking potatoes. This is a brilliant piece on the intersectionality with disability. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaf/arti...
Rewilding My Brain: Folklore, Disability, and the Non-human World
Abstract. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one in four people in the United States currently lives with a disability. Such a prominent folk group—sixty-one million people...
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January 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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PLEASE read this really important message about The Folklore Library and Archive and if you can help follow this link

www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-f...

Even if you can't help directly, please forward this message on to everyone you can. These archives are valuable. Thank you.
January 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What luck that Pennsylvania is a rotten borough.
January 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Giving Bluesky a whirl in my attempt to escape the grip of Meta. Apologies in advance...

Did you know Scottish Presbyterians considered potatoes to be "unbiblical"?
January 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM