Michael Cox
@shin-mc.bsky.social
Into forteana, weird fiction, history • writes about William Hope Hodgson at @hodgsoniana.bsky.social • guit & vox in @pkbats.neocities.org • used to run an arcade
Reposted by Michael Cox
Yo #chiptune crew! I'm running back Micro Music For Micro People, and I'd love to have your 30 second chiptune / #digifu or chip-adjacent tune involved! Please sign up if you're interested forms.gle/ZxmCmRkkiSq9...
Micro Music for Micro People II - Signups/Show Your Interest here!
CalmDownKidder Records is organising the follow up to 2013's Micro Music For Micro People, and needs YOU! Chiptune, Lo-Bit and Adjacent music all welcome.
This is only a form to express your interes...
forms.gle
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Yo #chiptune crew! I'm running back Micro Music For Micro People, and I'd love to have your 30 second chiptune / #digifu or chip-adjacent tune involved! Please sign up if you're interested forms.gle/ZxmCmRkkiSq9...
Reposted by Michael Cox
Come to Scotland's oldest lending library tonight, the beautifully remote Innnerpeffray Library nr Crieff, to hear only the third ever performance of "Not Truly Dead - Three Ghost Stories by M R James"
Tickets here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/whats-on/
Tickets here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/whats-on/
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Come to Scotland's oldest lending library tonight, the beautifully remote Innnerpeffray Library nr Crieff, to hear only the third ever performance of "Not Truly Dead - Three Ghost Stories by M R James"
Tickets here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/whats-on/
Tickets here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/whats-on/
Reposted by Michael Cox
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
Reposted by Michael Cox
🛒 OUR NEW WEBSITE IS FINALLY HERE - 30% OFF ALL BOOKS UNTIL THE 17TH📚
After many years of making do with our clunky old Wordpress site we are thrilled to finally launch a bookshop site that we feel better represents the level of service we strive to offer.
🔗: argonautbooks.co.uk
(1/3)
After many years of making do with our clunky old Wordpress site we are thrilled to finally launch a bookshop site that we feel better represents the level of service we strive to offer.
🔗: argonautbooks.co.uk
(1/3)
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🛒 OUR NEW WEBSITE IS FINALLY HERE - 30% OFF ALL BOOKS UNTIL THE 17TH📚
After many years of making do with our clunky old Wordpress site we are thrilled to finally launch a bookshop site that we feel better represents the level of service we strive to offer.
🔗: argonautbooks.co.uk
(1/3)
After many years of making do with our clunky old Wordpress site we are thrilled to finally launch a bookshop site that we feel better represents the level of service we strive to offer.
🔗: argonautbooks.co.uk
(1/3)
Reposted by Michael Cox
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Reposted by Michael Cox
British Library Publishing have sent me a photo of POSSESSED - it EXISTS!!!
Am so proud to present this lost novel - nobody knew it existed until I came across it.
Includes an 8,000 word introduction with the first biographical essay on Rosalie and Edward.
An important work. Links to order below
Am so proud to present this lost novel - nobody knew it existed until I came across it.
Includes an 8,000 word introduction with the first biographical essay on Rosalie and Edward.
An important work. Links to order below
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
British Library Publishing have sent me a photo of POSSESSED - it EXISTS!!!
Am so proud to present this lost novel - nobody knew it existed until I came across it.
Includes an 8,000 word introduction with the first biographical essay on Rosalie and Edward.
An important work. Links to order below
Am so proud to present this lost novel - nobody knew it existed until I came across it.
Includes an 8,000 word introduction with the first biographical essay on Rosalie and Edward.
An important work. Links to order below
Reposted by Michael Cox
Mawnan Church and Woods in #Cornwall, scene of the mysterious 'Owlman' sightings in the 1970s: a #Fortean and #cryptozoology favourite. In 1993 I found it an atmospheric location with its ancient granite church. The wood wasn't as spooky as expected but it will have grown a lot thicker in 30 years!
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Mawnan Church and Woods in #Cornwall, scene of the mysterious 'Owlman' sightings in the 1970s: a #Fortean and #cryptozoology favourite. In 1993 I found it an atmospheric location with its ancient granite church. The wood wasn't as spooky as expected but it will have grown a lot thicker in 30 years!
New 'Hodgsoniana' post from me.
New post: Wheatley and Hodgson, looking at the connections between William Hope Hodgson and novelist Dennis Wheatley, author of 'The Devil Rides Out'.
hodgsoniana.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
#WilliamHopeHodgson #DennisWheatley #occult #horror #fantasy
hodgsoniana.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
#WilliamHopeHodgson #DennisWheatley #occult #horror #fantasy
Wheatley and Hodgson
Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977) was a prolific English author, best remembered today for his occult and adventure novels of the 1930s-60s. Wheatley led a colourful and successful life, but of particula…
hodgsoniana.wordpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New 'Hodgsoniana' post from me.
Autumn colours at Devilla Forest, Kincardine.
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Autumn colours at Devilla Forest, Kincardine.
Reposted by Michael Cox
Scottish peeps! This is on at Innerpeffray Library on November 19th. What better venue could there possibly be? Be there or be, well, not haunted.
Three ghost stories make up "Not Truly Dead", the latest instalment of The M R James Project: "The Tractate Middoth" "Rats" & "An Evening's Entertainment"
Experience them live at various venues in England & Scotland 'tween late October & Xmas
Full performance schedule here www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule
Experience them live at various venues in England & Scotland 'tween late October & Xmas
Full performance schedule here www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule
October 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Scottish peeps! This is on at Innerpeffray Library on November 19th. What better venue could there possibly be? Be there or be, well, not haunted.
New addition to the Machen collection, watched over by Pan. 📚
October 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
New addition to the Machen collection, watched over by Pan. 📚
Reposted by Michael Cox
📢 Weird Wears is here!
Custom tees, totes, hats & bags inspired by our Tales of the Weird series. Think bold prints, eerie vibes and cosmic dread. 😱
👉 shop.bl.uk/collections/weird-wear
Custom tees, totes, hats & bags inspired by our Tales of the Weird series. Think bold prints, eerie vibes and cosmic dread. 😱
👉 shop.bl.uk/collections/weird-wear
October 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
📢 Weird Wears is here!
Custom tees, totes, hats & bags inspired by our Tales of the Weird series. Think bold prints, eerie vibes and cosmic dread. 😱
👉 shop.bl.uk/collections/weird-wear
Custom tees, totes, hats & bags inspired by our Tales of the Weird series. Think bold prints, eerie vibes and cosmic dread. 😱
👉 shop.bl.uk/collections/weird-wear
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Reposted by Michael Cox
Any Edinburgh-adjacent weirdsters should pop into @argonautbooks.bsky.social to take advantage of their #TalesOfTheWeird ( @blpublishing.bsky.social ) sale and grab a spoooky tote to boot!
October 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Any Edinburgh-adjacent weirdsters should pop into @argonautbooks.bsky.social to take advantage of their #TalesOfTheWeird ( @blpublishing.bsky.social ) sale and grab a spoooky tote to boot!
Cairnholy II, Neolithic chambered tomb, Dumfries and Galloway.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
September 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cairnholy II, Neolithic chambered tomb, Dumfries and Galloway.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
#MementoMoriMonday 💀
Spotted at St Mary's Chapel, Grandtully, Perthshire. 18thC stone depicting Abraham offering Isaac for sacrifice.
Spotted at St Mary's Chapel, Grandtully, Perthshire. 18thC stone depicting Abraham offering Isaac for sacrifice.
September 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#MementoMoriMonday 💀
Spotted at St Mary's Chapel, Grandtully, Perthshire. 18thC stone depicting Abraham offering Isaac for sacrifice.
Spotted at St Mary's Chapel, Grandtully, Perthshire. 18thC stone depicting Abraham offering Isaac for sacrifice.
On this thing properly now, rather than just bridging from Mastodon. Still there too though: mastodon.scot/@shinMC
Michael Cox (@shinMC@mastodon.scot)
143 Posts, 188 Following, 91 Followers · Into #forteana #WeirdFiction #history • writes about #WilliamHopeHodgson at @hodgsoniana@mastodon.social • guit & vox in @pkbats@mastodon.social • #chiptune as...
mastodon.scot
September 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
On this thing properly now, rather than just bridging from Mastodon. Still there too though: mastodon.scot/@shinMC