Apologies for not being on in awhile. Things have been a bit hectic for some time. Hope you're all doing well as I miss my @gothicist community.

My playlist is apparently having a conversation 😜

I think this may be the best knife holder I've ever seen

Well, it looks like my work was also illegally stolen to feed Skynet. I offered no consent for this absolute garbage project. I have no issues with offering people my work free of charge. I do not, however, condone the promotion of AI at all. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Just submitted a new proposal to British Library today. This is one of my biggest writing projects to date. I'm incredibly excited about the concept and super hopeful that it gets accepted.

This was such an incredibly rough semester. It was very disheartening and disappointing. I'm considering detaching from academia and focusing on independent research. It's a shame that its come to this as I loved teaching.

Urgent message for my California people: Please keep your eyes open for Kaci's missing pup. If sighted please contact her ASAP! Many thanks 🖤🖤

Ooohhh….super exciting. We finally have a cover for “Uncanny Doubles: Doppelgängers, Twins, CLones and the Gothic”….not too much longer before we’re on proofs and hopefully out before the end of the year! 😃

I'm appalled. I'm now receiving unsolicited AI generated "reviews" about my varied published works from such supposed academic sites as Academia.edu. Why is this being promoted? When are they going to realize that AI is slowly destroying creativity & critical thought?

Have you sent in a proposal for Monster Fest yet? eventscalendar.smu.ca/smuhalifax/det…

I loathe the final stage editing process, especially when word removal is needed...it feels like murder.

So thrilled, I was able to meet one of my favorites at The Last Toy Store last weekend. Both Bill Moseley and William Forsythe were lovely, friendly people. They were definitely worth the three hour drive!

Danny Trejo hugging the Swedish Chef has to be the best thing I've seen in a long time 🤗

Co-editor book-mail. Big shoutout to my partner in Lunar-gothic-crime Elana Gomel, and a huge welldone to all the contributors for their terrific essays. 😃

There is a chapter in here about witches, and werewolves in Catherine Crowe's literature by yours truly. So proud to be part of this fantastic collection. Congratulations to the editors and contributors!

Happy belated birthday Zack Ward. Hope your day was awesome.

Finally had the chance to visit Noir Dark Spirits for dinner. The atmosphere was quite amazing and its not every day I have my dinner served with a cleaver.

🚨 The CfP for the 18th Biennial Conference of the International Gothic Association has landed! Please help us spread the word, and hopefully see many of you in Hull next year. Link: hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/ International Gothic Association Hull Gothic