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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Aca-Undead-Superheroes-Colleagues Essay emergency for a collection on Undead Superheroes for Bloomsbury. I need 5,000 words on an evil/undead superhero of either Black/Latinx/African/Asian heritage. If interested contact me at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The exciting news just keeps on coming this week... just signed a contract for Eco-futures: A Companion with the incomparable Lorna Farnell. Well-done everyone who's taking part... updates are on their way to you shortly! 😃

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Oohhh….stumbled on something else while checking things out online. Exciting to see Undead Superheroes/Superhero Gothic with a page holder on the Bloomsbury website! 😃

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oohhh exciting…..just stumbled upon a place-holder for this little gem. It’s taken some time to get here but sooooooo good to see it almost out in the world! 😃

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Aca-American Literature-Colleagues Something that might be of interest. A colleague of mine, Thomas Fahy, has a great series on American Literature Readings in the 21st Century at Palgrave that is looking for authors for various types of volumes. Further details in photo.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Free series editor book delivery! And this one’s a doozie…the rather fabulous Ray Bradbury Companion put together by the equally fabulous Kevin Wetmore! Check it out below. And if you have an idea for a Companion around Genre Fiction and Film drop me a line at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Get your Lost Boys and your Stake Lands at half price! "Vampires & the Making of the United States in the 21st Century" from @baconetti.bsky.social and friends is now in paperback. @routledgebooks.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Vampires-and...

On the left, the cover of the book "Vampires and the Making of the United States in the Twenty-First century" with a generic cover, a line-drawing of a cityscape.

On the right, an image from the 1986 film THE LOST BOYS in which four teenage male vampires in rock 'n' roll outfits stare menacingly into the distance.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Aca-Serial-Killer-Colleagues Short essays (2,5-3K words) for a Companion on Serial Killers: • Cinema, psychopathy, and social commentary • Indian true crime cinema, and • Celebrity serial killers, myth-making, and cinema portrayals, Full details of the CFP in attached photo

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hi Folks…need your help. Got a book with Routledge on “Global Vampires and National Identity” and their usual range of less-than-exciting cover choices. I’ve picked 4 that “zinged” when I looked at them, but which one do you like? (Use the number at the top of each image)

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Aca-Urban-Horror-Colleagues I need 2 abstracts for a Companion on Urban Horror - Backrooms as a symptom/product/experience of the Urban. -Satanism and the City. At this stage just a 300 word abstract is needed. If interested contact me at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Aca-Cryptid-Colleagues I need one more essay by end October for the Contagion & Cryptids collection on a “real world” cryptid (Mothman, Bigfoot, Jersey Devil, Slenderman etc) that also has a contagious nature to it. If interested contact me at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A terrific new volume on Ray Bradbury, edited by Kevin Wetmore Jr., has just been published in the Genre Film and Fiction Companion Series I run. If you have an idea for a Companion on a genre/subgenre, or an important director/author/creative please do contact me to discuss (baconetti@gmail.com)

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Aca-Contagion-Colleagues I have a collection on “Contagion: Pandemics, Cryptids and Monsters!” and need essays on the following: — the contagious nature of “monstrous” conspiracy theories — the contagion (and cryptids) of urban myth Contact me at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Aca-Women & Film-Friends Colleagues are compiling a Companion on “Women in Screen” but need the following: -Women in contemporary Indian cinema -Women of colour in erotic, transgressive or experimental cinemas -Women, television & audience If interested email Dr McRae: donna.mcrae@deakin.edu.au

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Aca-Neo-Victorian-Crime-Colleagues We have an emergency for an abstract on a South American perspective on Neo-Victorian Crime for a Companion on Neo-Victorian Crime. If it's of interest message me or drop me a line asap at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

My favourite kind of book post…free editor copies of the paperback edition book post! And ain’t they pretty! (Beautiful cover art by Derek Newman-Stille 😃)

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Tatiana Fajardo @tatiana1979.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

'Vampires and the Making of the United States in the Twenty-First Century,' edited by @baconetti.bsky.social This collection follows the vampire across the US to consider what cultural and historical environments have gone towards creating the contemporary undead. www.routledge.com/Vampires-and...

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Aca-Disney-Colleagues Do I know anyone who’d want to write something on Disney comics? If “yes” drop me a line at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My favourite kind of post…editor-copy post…and this one was a doozy. So many terrific essays by so many terrific authors. It’s Zombitastic! 😃

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Aca-Colleagues Essay emergency for Ageing Female Bodies for Palgrave on the following: -positive views of Aunt Gladys & recent hags -Latino texts like Phenomena [Fenómenas-2023], Crazy Old Woman [Vieja loca-2025], and La Llorona [2019] If interested email: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

My favourite kind of post….editor copy post. And even more so when it’s this little gem full of terrific essays on all things twins, clones and doppelgängers. 😃

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Aca-Zombie-Colleagues Just published, The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie! Probably best accessed through your library it is the most wide-ranging study of the zombie megatext currently available and contains some of the best zombie scholars out there. a.co/d/dlvfXOA

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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie: Bacon, Simon: 9783032056955: Amazon.com: Books

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Aca-Alien-Colleagues Abstract emergency for the Alien Franchise Companion on readings of Alien (or intersections with Predator) in relation to idigeniety, decolonialism, and folklore/folkhorror. If of interest drop me a line and/or a 300 word abstract to: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Aca-Genre Fiction & Film-Colleagues Series Editor post. Atwood: A New Companion edited by Gina Wisker. No 18 in the Genre Fiction & Film Companion Series looks at Atwood & her ongoing cultural importance. If you have an idea for a Companion contact me at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Just been informed by Palgrave that Uncanny Doubles (aka Doppelgänger Gothic) has just been published (though confusingly you can’t buy it until 10th Jan next year?!?), but well done everyone for your terrific work in this! link.springer.com/book/9783031...

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Uncanny Doubles

This book presents an original and innovative study of how the intersection of the doppelgänger and the Gothic configures a way

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

100 Draculas on Screen has been released just in time for the holidays. Featuring interviews with the actors, directors, and writers, such as Guy Maddin, Dolly Wells, Rudolph Martin, and Patrick Bergin, that gave undead life to the immortal Count. It’s Draculicious! www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4WPSH3...

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Aca-Alien-Franchise-Colleagues I have gaps in an Aliens Franchise Companion the following: - Aliens comic books - Theological approaches - monsters/hybrids - crossovers (Predator/Blade Runner etc) - creative pieces inspired by the franchise Email me at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Aca-Urban-Horror- Colleagues I need a 300 word abstract asap on urban horror in futuristic city/urban spaces in East Asia. Could involve Alice in Borderland, Sweet Home, or even Tokyo Gore Police. Final essay of 5-6K needed end 2026. If interested email me: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Aca-Comic-Colleagues A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter Szép for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books). Full details are in the photos below:

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Aca-Alien-Colleagues I’m putting together a Companion on the Alien Franchise and have some gaps on abstracts about Alien Earth (all angles welcome), Romulus, and the crossover/influence with the Predator franchise. If of interest contact me at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The next book to be released in the Genre, Fiction and Film Companion series I run at Peter Lang. If you have an idea for one please do get in touch with me.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Aca-Christmas-Horror-Colleagues I’ve an emergency for an essay on eco-horror and Christmas involving supernatural or magical creatures, pointing to a pagan/folk horror past. Can’t involve ghosts but can be in any media. If interested drop me a message to: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I’ve been involved in earlier iterations of these books and they’re absolutely terrific. So if you want to help get the latest one on “Subversive Sci-fi: Evolution” out into the world (and on your book shelf) follow the link to their kickstarter page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

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Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution

More Reflections on Futuristic Films That Broke the Rules

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Final 2 essays for The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie: The Zombie Megatext are now live online (90 in total): - “Zombie Rhetoric” by Kendall Phillips & Connor Knowlan. - “Haitian Origins” by Sarah Juliet Lauro & Lucy Swanson. They can be found here: link.springer.com/referencewor...

link.springer.com

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie now at 88 (1/2) -Lovecraft & Herbert West by Tony Alcala -Doom by Dawn Stobbart -Phenomenology of the Undead by Patricia Saldarriaga & Emy Manini -Undead Pregnancy by Catherine Pugh & Melody Blackmore All here: link.springer.com/referencewor...

link.springer.com

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Now at 88 for The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie (2/2) 😃 -Italian Zombie Horrors by Matthew Jones -Hong Kong’s Cinema of the Undead by Paul Lewis and Peter True -The Ludo-Narrative Chronotope by Ruikang Wu And they can all be found here: link.springer.com/referencewor...

link.springer.com

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

More essays online for the Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie….only 9 left to go! — “An Apocalypse without Zombies” by Steffen Hantke — “The Women Who Defy the Undead” by Mo Moshaty. And they can be found here: link.springer.com/referencewor...

link.springer.com

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Aca-WeimarCinena-Colleagues Just out, an absolutely terrific CFP by Dr Elisabetta Girelli on “Masculinities in Weimar Cinema” Full details in the link below: www.academia.edu/143948408/WE...

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WEIMAR CFC

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Aca-Vampy/Gaming-Colleagues. I’ve got a collection on “Selling the Vampire” and I need an abstract on the use of vampires in marketing games, or how vampires in games are used to promote/market vampires in other media If interested contact me at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Aca-Crime-Collegues Great conference led by Dr Charlotte Barnes which is a must for all you Crime folks out there: “An Awkward Marriage: Considering the serial killer’s social standing in a changing British culture” For full details see link below. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...

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cfp | call for papers

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

3 more essays for the Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie. 79 down only 11 more to go: -Emerging Zombie Identities in Neoliberalism by Lexa Lechuga -Queer Futurity in Zombie Video Games by Elliot Mason -White Zombie by Matthew Banks Find them here: link.springer.com/referencewor...

link.springer.com

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I have a collection on “Contagion: Cryptids, Panic and the Monsters of Anxiety” and I’m in need of a couple of extra 4,500 word essays by the end of November 2025. If interested contact me @: baconetti@googoemail.com The original CFP is attached below:

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Oohhh exciting….The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie (The Zombie Megatext) finally has a placeholder on Amazon…and a release date. The horde should be released in January next year! 😃🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️ www.amazon.com/Palgrave-Han...

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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie [Bacon, Simon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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. 😃

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Aca-Disney-Colleagues Hugely exciting news of a CFP for a Disney Companion put together by the terrific Prof. Lorna Farnell and myself. So if you are fascinated/horrified by all things Disney see attached: www.academia.edu/143102016/Di...

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Disney: A Companion, edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Simon Bacon

The editors invite abstracts for a forthcoming edited volume entitled Disney: A Companion, which will offer a comprehensive critical exploration of The Walt Disney Company's cultural, historical, ...

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

The Zombie Handbook reaches 76 essays (1 of 2): -The Eco-Zombies of Endzeit by Patricia Saldarriaga & Emy Manini -Zombies and the Holocaust by Elana Gomel - Pre-Code Zombie Comics by Daniel Yezbick And they can all be found here: link.springer.com/referencewor...

link.springer.com

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

The Zombie Handbook reaches 76 essays (2 of 2): - Zombies and Militarization by Michael Doidge = Revenants in Ancient Greece and Rome by Debbie Felton - Japanese Zombies by Kasia Ancuta And they can all be found here: link.springer.com/referencewor...

link.springer.com

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Aca-AlienFranchise-Colleagues It’s almost 50 yrs of the Alien franchise so time there was a Companion for it. Abstracts by end Sept on new directions in reading the franchise, characters, crossovers & its cultural impact are encouraged. Abstracts to me at: baconetti@gmail.com

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Zombie Handbook moving along, only 20 left to go (2 of 2): - Dead Space and Dead Space 2 by Paul A. Thomas - The Revenant in Europe by Stephen Gordon - Thai Ravenous Spirits by Choedphong Uttama - Occultsploitation by Katie Ellis These can be found here: link.springer.com/referencewor...

link.springer.com

The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie

The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.

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