DRACULA NOTEBOOKS Stoker’s handwritten Dracula notebooks were sold to Sotheby's in 1913 ( now held in the Rosenbach Museum). The novel is the result of 7 years research. The page where he works out the attributes of his vampire is endlessly fascinating for writers & scholars.

Looking forward to seeing folk later today at my talk on #GothicFairies

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (15th April) was at 6.11am, sunset is at 8.04pm ⛅️

THE INVISIBLE PRINCE The story of a Prince whose love is captured by Genii; making her only visible through a mirror. Exceptional image from H.J.Ford, Yellow Fairy Book, 1894 #FairyTaleTuesday

This is beautiful & also serendipitous; @OGOMproject's next conference will be on mermaids and other merfolk!

Congratulations to all our authors included in the long list for the Gothic Association's book prizes 2024
Michelle Houston Louis Bayman William (Bill) Hughes Coffin Boffin Dr Bill Hughes (William the Bloody) Marie Mulvey-Roberts
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We're thrilled to see five MUP books included in the long list for the Gothic Association's Book Prizes 2024 🥳

Congratulations to all our authors 👏👏👏👏
Michelle Houston Louis Bayman William (Bill) Hughes Coffin Boffin Dr Bill Hughes (William the Bloody) Marie Mulvey-Roberts

Delighted to see In the Company of Wolves Open Graves & Minds on this lively list!

AN ANCIENTE MAPPE of FAIRYLAND newly discovered and set forth. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918. Printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Bernard Sleigh’s masterpiece is well worth gazing into #MythologyMonday

FAIRY FUNERALS Are fairies immortal or do they die? The Victorians believed in fairy funerals depicting fairy death scenes with fragile melancholy and wonder. ‘The Fairy’s Funeral’ by John Anster Fitzgerald, 1864; ‘Funeral Fairies’, Maximillian Pirner, 1888 #FolkloreSunday

If I disappear whilst writing up my research this might be the reason!

SATURDAY is the best day of the week for staking #VAMPIRES according to folklore; It's the time that vampires must sleep in their graves or tombs and thus they can be found and dispatched; persons born on a Saturday can possess powers against the undead!! #GothicSpring

DARK ORGINS OF THE VICTORIAN FAIRY free online talk, Wed 17 April, 1.30. Gothic has had an association with fairy from its inception. I'll be exploring how we lost our fear of fairies & how they came to be associated with spirits of the dead in folklore UH Research Office…

THE VAMPIRE by Rudyard Kipling. A haunting & macabre poem in which a hapless young man is beguiled by a female with white hands & a pale throat; in the closing lines she is seen dancing in a scarlet shroud. Privately Printed, Boston, 1898. Designed by E.J Clark #GothicSpring

KELPIES finally got to see the Scottish #Kelpies , the largest equine art in the world created by Andy Scott. These mythical horses appear on land and encourage you to ride on their backs before diving into the depths taking you with them! #folklorethursday

Can fairies die? Why were they associated with the spirits of the dead? When did they go from foe to friend? ☠️🧚

Coffin Boffin's ‘Shadow Worlds: The Dark Origins of the Victorian Fairy’ will answer these + more at 1:30PM, 17 April!

Zoom link here 👇
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DARK ORGINS OF THE VICTORIAN FAIRY free online talk, Wed 17 April, 1.30. Gothic has had an association with fairy from its inception. I'll be exploring how we lost our fear of fairies & how they came to be associated with spirits of the dead in folklore UH Research Office…

PLANT NAMES FOR CURSING Bloody crane's-bill; Bastard toadflax; Devil's bit scabious; Fiddle dock; Nipplewort; Spotted me-dick; Stinking Iris; Hoary cress. 🎨Famous Curses by Elliott O' Donnell, 1929 #botanicalgothic #FairyTaleTuesday

Wonderful. So glad you could attend!