Dorothy K Haynes – Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch
Five supernatural and unsettling short stories from Dorothy K. Haynes’ award-winning collection first published in 1949. Produced by David Jackson Young and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.
@bookstodon
https://archive.org/details/bbc-radio-dorothy-k-haynes/BBC+Dorothy+K+Haynes+2004-12-xx+1+Gas.flac
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #gothic #horror #weird #weirdfiction #weirdtales #audio #audiobooks #shortstories
“…my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay, near Dundee…”
—Mary Shelley, introduction to FRANKENSTEIN (1831 edn)
Mary Shelley (1797–1851) was born #OTD, 30 August. Prof Daniel Cook examines why Scotland mattered so much to Mary Shelley, & considers Shelley’s position in the Scottish Gothic tradition
@litstudies
#Scottish #literature #gothic #Frankenstein #FrankensteinDay #MaryShelley
🥳🎉 DARKNESS FOREVER ist heute zwei Wochen alt
Unser 24/7 Gothic Mixtape Radio, welches sehr viele Stile abdeckt. Einfach mal zu verschiedenen Zeiten reinhören und sich in Musik neu verlieben. Habt ein schönes Wochenende 🥳🎉
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🎉 DARKNESS FOREVER is two weeks old today
Our gothic mixtape radio that covers many styles. Just listen to it at different times and fall in love with music all over again. Have a nice weekend 🥳🎉
My fiction is in the new issue of The Kleksograph 
You can give my Gothic short story, Two Dreams, a read here (with apologies for PDF accessibility shortcomings!): https://www.kleksograph.be/ #ShortStories #ShortStory #Gothic #WritersOfMastodon
Who is that, so insistently tapping at my chamber door?
Something suitably spooky is coming to https://inquisitivebiologist.com this #Halloween... For now, here is a quick progress shot while you all wait for the next #BookReview to drop. I'm about halfway in.
#Literature #Biography #Gothic #Horror #Scicomm #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
In the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast, Graeme Macrae Burnet discusses his new novella BENBECULA, the gothic tradition, how historical fiction speaks to the present day, & how BENBECULA links to HIS BLOODY PROJECT, Graeme’s Booker-shortlisted 2016 novel
@bookstodon
https://www.scotswhayhae.com/post/dark-isle-the-scots-whay-hae-podcast-talks-to-graeme-macrae-burnet
#Scottish #literature #gothic #historicalfiction #CrimeFiction
A gifted writer of gothic & horror fiction, Dorothy K. Haynes (1918–1987) was born #OTD, 12 Oct. Haynes & her twin brother spent 4 years in Aberlour Orphanage, from 1929 to 1933: last year, we republished her long out-of-print childhood memoir, HASTE YE BACK
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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/haste-ye-back/
#Scottish #literature #memoir #gothic #horror #weird #weirdtales #20thcentury #womenwriters
Urban Fairytale
https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/urban-fairytale-justin-farrimond.html
Once upon a time in Oban . . .
#PhotoOfTheDay #Photography #Art #Print #Architecture #Gothic #BlackAndWhite #Townscape #Oban
An old Gothic crypt, lost and forgotten in the forest of Scotland 🏴
The vaulted ceiling is tall and arched with strong ribs in classic Gothic style. Long vines hang down from the ceiling, having worked their way down through the roof. The beautiful red and black floor tiles caught my eye as I walked in!
#Scotland #Explore #Crypt #Spooky #Abandoned #Forest #Chapel #Photography #Gothic
DARK AMBIENT
Anima Exanimata
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Seit einigen Tagen habe ich ein neues Musikprojekt: Anima Exanimata (die leblose Seele).
Der neueste Track ist „Nullum Responsum“
🎵 https://animaexanimata.bandcamp.com/track/nullum-responsum
🌐 https://animaexanimata.de
🫂 https://norden.social/@animaexanimata
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I've been working on a new music project for a few days now: Anima Exanimata (the lifeless soul).
The latest track is “Nullum Responsum.”
#DarkAmbient
#AnimaExanimata
#Music
#Musik
#Ambient
#Gothic
#Darkness
读过 Cathedral 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
久闻大名且不负盛名的一部作品，一个花了 86 年四五代人才能完成的项目，需要有多大的集体信念感才行。中世纪营造涉及到各种工种，如采石匠、切石匠、雕刻师、水泥匠、泥瓦匠、木匠、铁匠、盖顶匠和玻璃匠，汇集了人类当时知识和技术的精华，叹为观止。
The Uncanny Scot
To get you in the mood for Halloween, this back issue of The Bottle Imp pursues the spectre of the Scottish Gothic – including HP Lovecraft’s favourite Scots word …
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggity beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
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(the absence of a neep emoji is cultural imperialism at its worst)
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2009/11/editorial-the-uncanny-scot-scottish-gothic/
#Scottish #literature #horror #gothic #halloween #Lovecraft #HPLovecraft
Look who has come knocking for Halloween...
Fascinating and most informative, this detailed and deeply researched biography draws on previously unavailable correspondence to present a fuller picture of the life of Edgar Allan Poe.
https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/10/31/book-review-edgar-allan-poe-a-life/
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #EdgarAllanPoe #EAPoe #Biography #Literature #Goth #Gothic #Horror #Halloween @bookstodon
📚 Alchemised by: SenLinYu
"What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.”
Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilit...
“In crime, as in all life, nothing is fixed or certain. Put another way, it is part of the mystery of being, which has its origin in religious faith, & Stevenson’s stories abound in mysteries”
SINS & FOLLIES
Three Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
🗡️ “A Lodging for the Night”
🪞 “Markheim”
💀 “The Body-Snatcher”
Download the free ebook
@bookstodon
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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/sins-and-follies-2/
#Scottish #literature #RobertLouisStevenson #ShortStories #CrimeFiction #19thcentury #Victorian #gothic #RLSDay
Elspeth Barker (1940–2022) was born #OTD, 16 Nov
Maggie O’Farrell called Barker’s classic O CALEDONIA “one of those books you proselytize about… I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named [it] as her favourite book”
A 🎂🧵
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https://lithub.com/maggie-ofarrell-on-elspeth-barkers-modern-scottish-classic-o-caledonia/
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #gothic #comingofage
#StimmenausDerSchwarzenSzene #InterviewMitGoths
Update:
Das Buch mit 204 Seiten ist nun als E-Book und PDF dauerhaft gratis herunterladbar. 😊
Den Link gibt hier auf meiner Webseite:
https://amalia-zeichnerin.net/aufruf-fuer-ein-unkommerzielles-buchprojekt-interviews-mit-goths/
Alle Teilnehmenden, die per E-Mail informiert werden wollten, haben heute Abend eine E-Mail von mir bekommen, in der es das E-Book und das PDF als Anhang gibt.
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#Goth #Gothic #Grufti #GothLifestyle #Interview #Lesen #GothCommunity
Update: Someone has asked about price via DM so this is likely claimed. I will update this post if anything changes!
Alright you adorable ita bag lovers. I have to get rid of this bat shaped bright bat designs ita bag, because it's just a bit too big and awkward for me to properly store in my current apartment. If you don't know what an ita bag is, it's used to show off your pins. You put your pins on the insert inside and they show through the clear plastic window, so they don't get damaged, and if they fall off, they fall to the bottom of the bag, and not on the floor.
I'm willing to part with it for the cost of shipping it to where ever you are. 
It didn't come with inserts, but I made both of these that I will send to you. It came with straps, but I've since lost them, so I'll send you this random strap I found instead. The main compartment is big enough for an original nintendo switch and it also has a smaller inner pocket for things like debit cards and cash. It's been loved over the years, but has minimal wear and tear. It's mostly fine, but has the wings are slightly bent inwards from how it was stored. They could easily be bent back though with a few heavy books.
It's a very cute bag, and I used it for years, but it's time to move on. Let me know your address and I'll let you know what shipping is. You can DM me your signal or matrix username if you'd prefer to send your address that way. It'll probably be anywhere from $25-30 if you don't live in Europe. Much cheaper if you live here though :3
measurements
From edge of wing to edge of wing:
about 56cm (22 inches)
From top of ears to button of bag:
about 40cm (16ish inches)
diameter of clear window for pins:
about 20.5cm (8 inches)
thickness of side of the bag:
12cm (little less than 5 inches)
diameter of round bag part for storage:
25.5cm (little less than 10 inches)
Second post will feature the insert, proof it fits a switch, and the strap I'll include.
#itabag #fashion #designerbag #brightbat #goth #gothic #gothfashion #gothicfashion #pastelgoth #jfashion #kfashion
Update:
#StimmenAusDerSchwarzenSzene
#InterviewsmitGoths
Das E-Book und PDF gibt es dauerhaft gratis als Download, wie bereits angekündigt.
Ab sofort kann die Taschenbuchausgabe im Shop von Epubli bestellt werden, in wenigen Tagen auch überall im Buchhandel.
Alle Infos zum Taschenbuch, E-Book und PDF gibt es dauerhaft hier:
https://amalia-zeichnerin.net/aufruf-fuer-ein-unkommerzielles-buchprojekt-interviews-mit-goths/
Gern #boost
“Helen Adam marched through her life to the beat of her own drum”
—Kristin Prevallet
Helen Adam (1909–1993) – fey child prodigy (published by Faber & Faber at 14) & daughter of the manse; bardic matriarch of the San Francisco Beats; Worm Queen – was born #OTD, 2 Dec.
A 🎂🧵
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https://caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-prevallet-poems-by-helen-adam
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #gothic #supernatural #ballads #SanFrancisco #BeatPoets #poetry
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein is today lauded as the first science fiction novel as well as a seminal work of Gothic horror.
By Lauren Jones
https://www.thecollector.com/mary-shelley-wrote-frankenstein-novel/
Dearest Fediverse,
Just today and tomorrow left where you can get my entire Bandcamp Discography for just €10! 14 albums of danceable dark #indie #rock sometimes #gothic kind of #industrial thumping but also sometimes psychedelic and punky #music. That's a hell of a lot of music.
The price goes back up in 2025!
Have a look at the reviews on Bandcamp!
Https://limneticvillains.bandcamp.com
Let me know what you think! Reposts help a lot. I'm trying to let my art live! It wants an audience. #bandcamp
Thanks!
The Long Shadow of Scottish Gothic
31 July, Glasgow
Tickets £13.44
From ‘Tam o Shanter’ through Jekyll & Hyde to Alasdair Gray & Muriel Spark, the Gothic has a vicelike grip on the Scottish imagination. Dr Valentina Bold & Prof Liam McIlvanney discuss Liam’s new psychological thriller THE GOOD FATHER, the enduring appeal of Scottish Gothic, & our fascination with the dark side
https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/the-long-shadow-of-scottish-gothic-liam-mcilvanney
#Scottish #literature #gothic #RobertBurns #RobertLouisStevenson #AlasdairGray #MurielSpark
Helen Craik (1751–1825), Gothic novelist & friend of Robert Burns, died 200 years ago #OTD, 11 June. Craik published 5 novels but no poetry. In 1919, excerpts of her poems appeared in a newspaper, but the source – a notebook Craik presented to a family friend – disappeared…
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#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #poetry #Gothic #WomenWriters #manuscripts
Scottish Scholars & Secrets: Developments of Dark Academia in Edinburgh
24 June, free online
Natasha Anderson finds roots of Dark Academia running through Edinburgh’s gothic literary traditions, in works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Muriel Spark, & Ian Rankin.
Part of Reading Scotland from Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
@litstudies
https://www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/
#Scottish #literature #gothic #DarkAcademia #Edinburgh #RobertLouisStevenson #MurielSpark #IanRankin
