I was there, Gandalf. Three-thousand years ago.

Thought I was the target of the world's strangest drive-by catcalling when I heard a man shouting 'Baaah. Baaah!'

It was an actual sheep hanging out of a car window.

some russian aristocrat in the 1890's: hello sir, i would like to commision a painting of a monk please
konstantin savitskiy: i am going to paint the hottest man who has ever lived

It's the final day of our bank holiday sale. You know what to do.

(Buy a zine. What you need to do is buy a zine. Thank you.) etsy.com/shop/cloisterf…

Your article was so cathartic and beautiful!! It was like a warm hug after the disappointment and confusion of season two; I felt so seen. I’m so glad you liked the vid!!

(Check out Verity Holloway’s fantastic breakdown of S2 here: verityholloway.com/?p=7380!)

The writing in these is great but the art is unearthly (in a good way).
Plus if you get enough goth points, you wake up in Highgate Cemetery, covered in dew.

Day two of the CloisterFox Zine sale! We have stories by Robert Shearman, Aliya Whiteley, Ally Wilkes, E. Saxey, and many other legends of UK Weird. Every zine you buy increases your Goth Points™ by two whole bats. That's a lot of bats.

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Super pleased to find I've been quoted in this video by The Sin Squad, perfectly and hilariously articulating why season two broke our hearts in the bad way. I will never love again, personally.

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On the blog this week - Daniel Carpenter talked about the weirdness of cities, horror and their new collection Hunting By The River runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/202…

I was lying awake worrying about the third act of my new novel, and then a sweet little voice suggested 'more violence', and you know what? Yes.

In an UNPRECEDENTED act of rash generosity, we'll be having a sale in our shop over the long weekend. Paperbacks, ebooks, and even our little pin badges. Come hither and browse our wares...

welcome back boromir son of gondor

This stopped me in my tracks today

31 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ ⁻ 22ɴᴅ Aᴘʀɪʟ 1993
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𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓅𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝐿𝒶𝓌𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒩𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓊𝓂

Tomorrow! Launching For Tomorrow! And also Hunting by the River!

7pm start, upstairs at the Star of Kings, near King's Cross.

I mean, what else are you going to do on a Tuesday night?

#booklaunch #London Steve J Shaw/Black Shuck Books

Discover the gothic majesty of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy, brought to life with over 140 original hand-drawn illustrations by Dave McKean. Tap into this three-volume set: foliosociety.com/gormenghast.ht…

FREE launch event on Tuesday upstairs at the Star of Kings (near King's Cross) for these two books! 7pm start, books, beer, and a giveaway or two. Hope to see you #London folks there.
Steve J Shaw/Black Shuck Books Ginger Nuts of Horror #Horrorfam