A question. I'm interested in fiction/film which wrestles with ideas of the consciousness/sentience of complex Earth-entities. The living ocean in Lem's Solaris; UKLG's conscious in UKLG's The Word For World Is Forest; Jeff VanderMeer's Area X... Can we grow a list? Any rivers?

📢📢📢 Fear Studies in an Age of Fear: The inaugural conference of 'The Fear Network' Abstracts due October 25th. Taking place University of Warwick 31 January 2025 Further details can be found here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…

Call for Film/TV/Video Game Reviewers.📢 The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fairy Tale (I19 Journal) call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/08/27…

The Conversation asked me to write a few words about Agatha Harkness, and I've never knowingly said no to a witch. Check it out below: theconversation.com/agatha-all-alo…

Very excited to get my hands on this delicious folk horror anthology from Nēpenthé Press, in which I have a short story, Maiden in the Moor, about midsummer rituals, Yorkshire, tape recordings, and possibly dubious PhD projects 🌿🔥💀🍎 Just LOOK at this gorgeous book!

If you have never listened to the Land of the Creeps #horrorpodcast, it’s time to start! Here the team discuss the best #horrormovies from 1977–a monumental year—and they have an amazing guest! 😂

The latest issue of Bloodletter Magazine is here, and it is gorgeous. Issue three: Hysteria features a piece by me about how The Descent subverts the hysterical female trope. You can read that and all the other incredible pieces below bloodlettermag.com

Aca-Manga/Anime-Colleagues. I’ve a contracted collection where I need an essay on manga/anime (character/story/franchise) and eco-feminism and “greenness” (environmental and/or literal greenness). If interested contact me at: [email protected]

Pre-order the book Erica Borgstrom and I wrote now! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ routledge.com/Critical-Appro…

If you missed our talk this weekend on Sherlock Holmes and Watson in 'A Study in Scarlet', you can catch it here! I really really enjoyed this reading! youtu.be/QvwMCS-pTk0

Registration for free online conference, Reproduction and Speculative Cultures, is open, 28/10/24. Programme available when you sign up. Part of my work with Future of Human Reproduction Lancaster University Wellcome #sciencefiction #sf eventbrite.co.uk/e/reproduction…

Two new books from Columbia Univ Press for genre lovers: "Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema" has kaiju rampages & toxicscapes while "The Rebirth of Suspense" luxuriates in the slow burn of UNDER THE SKIN + more. Rachel DiNitto / Rick Warner tinyurl.com/jvss3d9b tinyurl.com/5cjbcs6e

I'm putting together a list of people interested in NHS maternity services reform - historians, antenatal educators, parents, health researchers, midwives, doctors, policy folks etc - for a project I'm working on and some future events. Let me know if you'd like to be added!

Fantastic piece in the new Transformative Works and Cultures issue by Adriana Amaral, Libertad Borda, Nadiezhda Camacho Quiroz, & Clarice Greco on the specificities of fandom & fan studies in Latin America & the need for a dedicated Fan Studies Network Fan Studies Network #FanStudies journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/…

So excited to continue to share the news that my short story collection inspired by the Major Arcana is taking flight with Tenebrous Press! This marks the start of a long-standing relationship that we can't share a lot about yet but believe me, it's going to kick all the ass!!

Our amazing line up for this year's Cine-Excess, and details of how you can join us are now available at bit.ly/cine-excess-20… #CineExcess #CultFilm #Festival #Conference #Gremlins Joe Dante #TheTexasChainSawMassacre The Soska Sisters

From 'The Passenger' to 'Talk To Me', Sharai Bohannon (@misssharai) tracks the use of sunny yellow cardigans in the most depressing horror movies. buff.ly/4ddhYaL

What are you doing tomorrow? There's still time to book onto our free online talk on The Eco-Gothic and Matriarchal Power in Practical Magic with Charlotte Troy! 10am and 7pm British time 10 - eventbrite.co.uk/e/962881684037… 7 - eventbrite.co.uk/e/962887290807…

I have to give a shout-out to this amazing essay by Matt Hills, which I've come back to so many times. One of the most important essays on #horror in my view (in Dark Thoughts: Philosophic Reflections on Cinematic Horror, ed. Steven Jay Schneider and Daniel Shaw, 2003)

Did you miss our window for NightTide Magazine’s Monthly Macabre: FOLK HORROR? I’m gonna be sweet and extend the deadline to 9/23! Pitch here: nighttidemag.com/contact