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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm having fun making something new today - a prop for one of our writing courses. But what do you think this slightly shocked looking little thing is going to be...? #Horror #HorrorWriting #writingcommunity

Collage of leaves, images of bats, bottles, hares, frogs, toads, newts, owls. Shapes cut into surface to make comedic looking but accidental shocked eyes and mouth

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's new notebook day! These beauts are handmade specially for me by TwinkleFox and are my monthly writerly treat. Such *Needful Things* ((murmurs: You can never have too many notebooks. Especially creepy ones)) Look closely at the mug you'll see a flock of bats... #horrorbooks #horrorstories

handmade notebooks. One with a haunted house cover on top of partially visible one with shaow people. Old fashioned print on cream background. Glossy burgundy spines.

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Not the best pictures in the world, but that cool, twilight hush with confused crows calling? 100% Goth pricelessness! Did you enjoy the eclipse? #eclipse

eclipse - orange and pink; dark tree silhouettes

eclipse - orange with aura; dark tree silhouettes

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Another gorgeously gothic place to host writing retreats. Where is Northern Horror Hub today? #gothic #horror #writingcommunity

original copy pf dracula from 1901; cream cover. gothic batlike image

old stone water drinking fountain. sandstone. 'Filtered water' carved into fountain

curved wall victorian sandstone building

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

You know when you see a cursed object in a junk shop and you want to buy it anyway? Just me then...ahem. #Horror

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Another gloriously gothic town in the north - look at this ironwork! And I think we need that chair at NHH HQ 🙂 Where am I? #Northern #gothic #gothicstyle

gothic chair made from old church doors with arched back

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We're big fans of short stories here at NHH - those bite-sized bloody chunks that can be gobbled down at a single sitting. What are your favourite collections? We'll share some of ours here starting with Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (Ed. Jordan Peele 2023). #Horror #Reading

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Another venue, you ask? Why yes, for your writing pleasure ((swooshes her mossy cloak, picks a mushroom from her antlers and pops it in her mouth)). Who fancies writing eco-horror in the forest? There's even a classroom hidden in the trees... #writinghorror #horrorbooks #ecohorror #woods #forest

northern lights shining through dark forest trees

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our next venue for writing courses this autumn is The Watch House Museum at Tynemouth, facing the ocean and full of arcane artefacts. Write about great sea beasts, fog banks full of eldritch creatures and dark folklore. Watch for coming events and workshops. #writinghorror #eldritch #DarkFolklore

hitoric black and white photo of the watch house museum tynemouth

interior of the watch house museum tynemouth full of artefacts from shipwrecks and lifeaving equipment

interior of the watch house museum tynemouth full of artefacts from shipwrecks and lifeaving equipment. by large windows looking at the sea

interior of the watch house museum tynemouth full of artefacts from shipwrecks

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Planning for the autumn, when it's safe for we denizens of the darkness to emerge again without turning to dust. We shall be lurking in this gorgeous library at Bensham Grove in Gateshead, working on gothic delights...more details to follow shortly. #horrorbooks #HorrorWriting #gothic #darkacademia

Victorian library with large darkwood table and ornate chairs

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

We love Thistlebone by TC Eglington and illustrated by the mighty Simon Davis. We're lucky enough to own some of his dark folklorish art ((strokes art with a smug yet bony claw)). Follow in comments to see his glorious portraits and stellar graphic novel work #graphicnovel #folklore #folkhorror

cover of thistlebone - faces and tree creature

thistlebone 2 faces and weird root creature

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I'm looking for uneasy places in northern England to inspire flash fiction. Not castles or gothic mansions. Lost, unnoticed, industrial places where darkness gathers. Can you suggest a place? I love the way shadows coalesced under this bridge, pooling more than water. #horrorwriters #FlashFiction

black and white photo - bridge across water - dark mood; in a city; large blocks of offices on the road above

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I've collected Pan Horror forever. The first thing that attracted me was the cover art. I stayed for the stories. Those piquant tastes of ideas have always made my mind thrum with possibilities. Do you love them or are there other anthologies you prefer? #Horror #Anthologies #shortstoriescollection

pan book of horror cover - head in a bucket

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

So...is it too early to be dreaming about Halloween? If I made some cakes and set the table, would you come over? We could watch horror films and read... #Halloween #Horror

halloween cakes on a table in front of a fire

orange halloween cake; 4 tiers, decorated with spiders, webs and ghosts

table decorated for halloween with pumpkin leaves

table decorated for halloween with pumpkin leaves and owl

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Which northern town did I visit today, scoping out venues for horror courses and retreats? #gothic #horror

scrolled metal trellis against sandstone

old redbrick house, railing, trees and stone structure

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A dark folklorish northern event, you say? I offer the Northern Horror Hub's favourite, the Whitby Krampus Run. Elaine and Laurence have created a warm, creative powerhouse community that celebrates the wheel of the year with a range of events, culminating in the Krampus Run. youtu.be/RmYVaj-xKJM

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Whitby Krampus Run 2025

YouTube video by GENeration Xplorers

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Next up we have horror and folklorish podcasts. Our favourite at Northern Horror Hub is www.fabulousfolklore.com from the incredibly erudite and entertaining @icysedgwick.bsky.social. If you haven't listened before...why not? Do it! www.icysedgwick.com Do you have any podcast recommendations?

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The Fabulous Folklore Podcast – Get your fix of fabulous folklore in 15 mins!

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

@northumbriauni.bsky.social is home to the best Horror studies conference in the world, hosted annually by @horrorstudies.bsky.social. We'll be sharing news from the horror academy including our own events with a stellar cast of academics, authors, illustrators and creative writing tutors.

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Could there *BE* an author or book more perfect to celebrate on Northern Horror Hub? @davidmbarnett.bsky.social's latest novel Scratch Moss is set in a northern mining town - and it's a folk horror triumph. In true folk horror style, this isolated and insular community holds dark secrets.

Cover of David Barnett's novel 'Scratch Moss' showing a crow made from foliage

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Our house is next to 900 acres of forest. The noises of the dark woods creep into my dreams and emerge in my writing. We build dens. As darkness falls, they look like otherworldly portals. The 3rd photo (no effects) is swirling. I didn't see it until I was home. A simple walk sparked a story...

den made out of sticks in the woods - weird swirl

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

((slithers in and dips icy claws into your popcorn)) What are ya watching? I'm rewatching She Will (2022)- starring the peerless Alice Krige. Sumptuous cinematography, a soundtrack I can't stop listening (and writing!) to, and a compelling narrative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh3t...

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She Will - Official Trailer | HD | IFC Midnight

YouTube video by Independent Film Company

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

((Sidles up and peers over your shoulder. You feel a strange yet welcome chill)) What ya reading? In my claws this muggy afternoon: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. Good Stab's 'testimony' draws the reader in and tells some resonant, haunting truths. www.stephengrahamjones.com

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Stephen Graham Jones

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Another Northern Horror Hub favourite here - Hari Ren. We are drooling at the idea of book covers made by these incredible people... bsky.app/profile/r3ni...

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Northern Horror Hub @northerhorrorhub.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Our northern gothic hearts don't cope well with this heat. Since we are already fratchety, let's think about AI ((head boils)). We don't use it/accept it in submissions. We'll be sharing our favourite horror/folklore artists here starting with unearthly talents of Tom Brown bsky.app/profile/toms...

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