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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I made a palette today for my earth pigments. Metal, plastic or even ceramic just didn't feel right somehow. The limpets are for water and the scallops for the shavings of pigment to be mixed before painting. I'll experiment with making brushes - I have rose fibre, nettle fibre and flax.

Rough clay palette with scallops and limpets pushed in

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly said 'find out who you are and do it on purpose.' Tim (as Frankenfurter) said 'Don't dream it; be it.' In their honour, Let's do *both* youtu.be/8wLArncKxag

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The Rocky Horror Show - Don't Dream It, Be It

YouTube video by theleslie97

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm at Northumbria University at the launch of 'Our Stories Matter.' Northumbria Uni is establishing the first North East and Cumbria Centre for GRT communities which will provide trusted spaces to gather learn and support one another with leadership training, careers advice and employment pathways.

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

‘Sooner or later, we have to venture beyond our biological family to find our logical one, the one that actually makes sense for us. We have to, if we are to live without squandering our lives.’ TOTC blew me away from the outset. Beaming love to my family, logical and otherwise #Pride

Cover of book 'Logical Family - a memoir' by Armistead Maupin

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Delicious post keeps arriving - books to be read as part of judging the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social 'Best Horror Novel' - such a hard choice from such amazing books. #Horror #HorrorWriting #HorrorStudies #awards

3 books on a table - hunger stone, buffalo hunter and black flame

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Ah, Giles...I always wanted to be you when I grew up. Ave atque vale, fine traveller. #Horror

Anthony Head, actor, in his role as Giles in Buffy the vampire slayer

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Got to love a bit of book ephemera - this newspaper clipping fluttered out of a second hand book I opened today. It would be kind of rude not to turn this little unbidden prompt into a short story, wouldn't it...? #Horror #HorrorWriting #HorrorWriters

Book 'ghost stories by women' with a newspapaer clipping with headline 'seance protest was enough to wale the dead'

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Day 3 Part 4 and more at Horror Studies Now26- thought provoking sessions from Kris Woofter and Mervyn Marshall, the awards ceremony for the gorgeous and talented @katherineprentice.bsky.social as the worthy winner of the Peter Hutchings Award and then social shenanigans. @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Kris Woofter in front of a screen showing his work

Mervyn Marshall in front of a screen showing his work

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Day 3 Part 3 at Horror Studies Now26 -a panel on Women in Horror. This was a standout session for me - Shellie McMurdo, Selma Purac and Jeanette Goon all left me wanting more. Chaired by the lovely StaceyAbbot. The power in this room was off the scale! @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Shellie McMurdo in front of a screen showing an image of gory special effects

Selma Purac in front of a screen presentation of her work showing film posters

Selma Purac in front of a screen showing her work and Stacey Abbot as chair

Jeanette Goon in front of a screen showing her work

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Day 3 Part 2 at Horror Studies Now26 A fantastic panel 'Written in Blood' with Sophie Dungan, Zoe Zavrotny and Alex Herod - that delightful mix of scholarly rigour and relatable moments that brought the work alive - great stuff! @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Sophie Dungan standing in front of a screen showing an image and text from her presentation

Zoe Zavrotny standing in front of a screen describing her topic

Alex Herod standing in front of a screen describing her topic of abjection and addiction

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Day 3 Part 1 at Horror Studies Now26 Marc Olivier and SJLauro ran the most wonderful session on publishing. If only all editors were this kind and charismatic! Some excellent advice given and much to consider. @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Marc olivier in front of a screen showing book cover for 'wallpaper'

Marc olivier in front of a sreen showing 'advice from aquisitions editor'

SJ Lauro in front of screen showing a gotjic cover from 'Studies in the fantastic'

SJ Lauro in front of a screen showing cover of 'Studies in the Fantastic' for 'Lovecraft Country'

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Day 2 Part 3: a superb session chaired by the lovely @maxgee1284.bsky.social: Disability and Neurodivergence. Catherine Pugh - Extraordinary Body in Post-Apocalypse Narratives, Darren Gray on 'Occupied Flesh' and the wonderful Marcella Rees-Gray on 'Growing up Wild.' @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Cathering Pugh in front of a screen showing images from the walking dead

Darren Gray in front of a screen showing a poster of the film 'Companion'

Marcella Rees-Gray in front of a screen showing image from where the wild things are

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Day 2 Part 2 at Horror Studies Now26 - a mind-blowing session on Horror and Performance with Alanna Thain, Heather Kelley and Jose Nateras. So many ways to tell horror stories...exploring new forms and sparking ideas - truly revelatory @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Alanna Thain in front of a screen displaying 'The Somatechnics of Survival'

Heather Kelley in front of a screen showing images of haunted houses

Jose Nateras in front of a screen showing posters for Ju-On the live and Paranormal Activity

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Day 2 Part 1: more thought-provoking papers at Horror Studies Now26 - I started my day listening to the wonderful Mars Nicoli @marsnicoli.bsky.social and then a fantastic paper from Sam Dubois on Transness in horror @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Sam Dubois in front of a screen showing a yellow image of a screaming woman

Mars Nicoli stood in front if a scree. Showing 'the paradox of agency'

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

An excellent opportunity here: 'The Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship provides an unrivalled opportunity for an exceptional early career journalist: a nine-month fellowship with Durham University and Reuters to undertake an investigative project.' #Journalism #Academic #Submissions #Opportunity

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Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship - Durham University

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Delighted to be on the jury for this fantastic award for the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social - what a shortlist! ((FuriousReadingCommences))

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

An excellent first day of papers, friends and discussions at Horror Studies Now26 - the amazing Dr. Chi-Yun Shin's plenary, a splendid session on Temporalities with Marie Krebs and Frankie Wakefield and a fantastic plenary from Prof. Adam Lowenstein to round off the day. @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Dr Chi-Yun Shin speaking in front of a screen displaying work about 'The Sleep' horror film

Frankie Wakefield presenting i. Front of a screen showing inages from fungal horror films

Marie Krebs presenting next to a screen displaying information about abjection

Prof. Adam Lowenstein presenting in front if a screen about Cronenburg, Kafka and Jewish Horror

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Too hot to move much still at nearly 7.30pm. Bank Holiday sewing it is. What do you think making here, to soothe my overheated, gothic little heart?

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

What a glorious day! May is the most divine month :) #Blossom #May #Nature

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Have a glorious Beltane :) May your day be filled with fecundity and may your fire never go out x

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A call for evidence for events at Orgreave - finally! www.orgreave.public-inquiry.uk Justice WILL be served!

Poster calling for evidence for enquiry re. Orgreave

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Here's a little burst of dopamine - you can watch the Tiny Wild Tales video of a ladybird tootling through a field of moss here: x.com/beautiberds/...

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

*Three Year Post-Doc opportunity at Northumbria University*: 'The Horror of Place-Based Harms’ Details here: tinyurl.com/5cfr8xnb Deadline: 05/07/2026, 11:59 PM #horrorNU

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Permit me a little therapist humour of a seasonal quality, if you will. Happy Easter! #Easter #Therapy

Easyer bunny on therapist couch telling therapist 'I don't know where the eggs come from and I don't know why I hide them'

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Watch this! It kept me engaged throughout whilst feeling ill and tucked under a blanket. Great pacing, interesting characters, a blood curse and family secrets. What's not to like?

Cover of 'something very bad is going to happen' - red lettering on image of shocked looking woman

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The world is a frightening place right now, but pockets of beauty persist. #NorthernLights #Aurora

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I have come to the conclusion lately that I may, in fact, be a seal.

Image of seal waving flipper. Headline says 'seals remember what they did for around 18 seconds'

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Many reasons I need comfort this week. Shutting out Very Bad Things. Watching Pacific Rim, thinking how lucky I am to have many close people I could drift with. (Jaeger pilots are 'Drift Compatible' if there's a personal connection/ability to work in sync) My question is - who could you drift with?

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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

IT’S WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH! Be bold Take up space Ask for more money Closed mouths don’t get fed Follow your intuition You are enough Authenticity is enough Ditch those self limiting beliefs Do it scared Don’t give up

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Look what arrived, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social! Can't wait to dive in, but I am lecturing until 8.30pm ((whimper)) #FolkHorror #Horror

Black cover novels with the title 'scratchmoss'. Sitting on cushioned sofa with green man and hare pillows

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Horror Gaming Academics Assemble! I am delighted to share the CFP for the inaugural Falmouth Horror and Gaming Conference. Abstracts of 300 words to: falmouthhorrorandgaming@gmail.com Deadline 1/4/26 Any questions: falmouthhorrorandgaming@gmail.com I hope to see you there! #HorrorAcademia

falmouth.ac.uk

Falmouth Horror & Gaming 2026 | Conference

The Falmouth Horror and Gaming conference will be held in Cornwall at Falmouth’s Penryn University Campus, which is set in lush, tropical gardens with easy transport into Falmouth’s picturesque town a...

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

@cupcakealchemist.bsky.social makes divine dessert-art. A glimmer to lift your day, with gorgeous poetry that among other things inspired one of my favourite Ray Bradbury short stories :)

Cupcake with pink flowers and part of the poem 'There will come soft rains' by sara teasdale

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We are turning our faces back to the light! :)

Simple sun drawing showing text you made it through the 10 darkest weeks of the year'

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

You still have time to get a proposal in if you are quick...

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