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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 7h

I'm being a good fan girlie and have now bought tickets to go see @nunkie.bsky.social at the Lowry on Halloween! Opted for 4pm show so I can still do fancy dress evening out.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 10h

#31DaysOfHorror I'm going to try to watch a horror or Halloween related film every day this month (some Halloween related films aren't horror, but it feels wrong to not allow myself a zero scare day and watch something like hocus pocus) Day 1: Idle Hands (on Netflix UK)

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Idle Hands - Don't You Watch The News? Scene

Alt: Idle Hands - Don't You Watch The News? Scene

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here lies the person formally known as "RecsB" Writer of horror/spooky short fiction, collector of books, keeper of crystals and neglectful mother of house plants.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#13MorbidMondays ...the final one... The Epitaph Are you sure you want this on the grave stone? It's rather unusual to be doing it when the person is alive and ..well? You are still well, Miss? Yes, I'm fine. But tomorrow is never promised. True, Miss. I'll get right on it. Be ready in ...1/

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Blessed Mabon and happy hobbit day to all who celebrate it.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#13MorbidMondays an unsteady hand She had felt her hands tremble during the stitches, though she hadn't realised how unsteady they were, not until it was time for the first dancer to take to the stage. 1/2

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Getting a head start on this year's seasonal cards ...doing mono print cards with sakura pastels I picked up at @librariesarchives.bsky.social on Thursday afternoon

Mono print featuring happy Halloween text and four pumpkins

Rows of black, green, orange, yellow-orange on lined paper. Print is made by placing the colour face down on paper and drawing with a biro pen on the back.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#13MorbidMondays all silent (yesterday was super busy, turning 42) It's so quiet here now. I looked around the pile of bodies, the ones the newspaper didn't report as being victims of the Christmas display poisoning by grandfather. Their eyes staring at me in defiance, even in death. One by one /1

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I drank too much prosecco last night, but it's birthday eve today so I had a cheeky half with dinner. And saw a chap with the most fetching pointy hat.

Statue of Hume wearing a traffic cone, located on the royal mile in Edinburgh (city)

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This sounds brilliant....won't know if I can do it yet as I've not got my diary with me. Hopefully lots of people can join in viewing.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Nobody told me that @nunkie.bsky.social was going to be in my neck of the woods on Halloween! So so tempted to go see him in person (have only seen him in live stream via @romgothsam.bsky.social and YouTube) I hadn't finalised my Halloween plans yet tho.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#13MorbidMondays in the mirror I used the cuff of my cardigan to wipe away the layer of dust. Oh, it's a mirror, I called out to my friends. Ooh, is it a good one? They gathered beside me, watching their reflections come into focus as I wiped away more dust. 1/

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I can't do Wednesdays otherwise I would.... Highly recommend Sam's courses to anyone interested in the gothic.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's been a double bill cinema day (I booked in time to get good seats for £4 a ticket for national cinema day) I feel that as a pairing, camp miasma and I want your sex have a fair bit to say on sexual repression, expression and exploration. In very different tones. Kinks all round!

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#13MorbidMondays never found They never found any trace of Eric Smith. Witnesses reported seeing him walk down the street in the direction of a neighbour's house. Her house, plus the well in her back yard were searched, no trace. Though investigators noted how realistic her macabre decor was.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Really sad to hear of his passing this evening... Never got to meet him sadly. Rocky horror, of which really wouldn't have existed the way it has without him (he was there from the beginning, B4 the film) has always been home to us weirdos, misfits + other sorts who don't fit het world... Gutted.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#13MorbidMondays moonrise I wait for the moonrise, when I can leave our tree Descend from the branches until I reach the ground where I am free I know I could try to run away, but there, Pan waits, down on one knee I wait for the moonrise, and remember granny's rule of three

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Lovely end to #moreTerrors2026 with a poetry reading... Listening with a hot chocolate

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Last writing workshop of #moreTerrors2026 Feeling much better about having passive characters in my stories. Though I am a pantser, and I haven't decided what will happen after the reveal in my latest project.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Finished with a somewhat wonky stitch up as somehow I dropped a stitch (no idea how on the loom) smol pumpkin! #MoreTerrors2026

Small orange pumpkin, made on a knitting loom

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Last panel of the day ...but not the last activity #moreTerrors2026 looking at Radcliffe and her contemporaries Ladies who write ✒️

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Been working on my current loom knitting project during the last panel .... 6 more rows to go #moreTerrors2026 it's so fluffy and orange 🧡

14 rows of u-wrap stitch on a 12 peg knitting loom completed using two strands of orange chenille yarn.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Straight onto the next panel, looking at female vampires and sapphic representation #moreTerrors2026 Very glad I'm super up to date on the vampire chronicles so no spoilers for me 🙂

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#moreTerrors2026 back from lunch break, onto the next panel, which is looking at hunger, gothic bodies and bio politics (So glad I've finished my lunch....which was beans on toast.)

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

On 2nd panel of the day, with a focus on adaptation #MoreTerrors2026 sexiest tree remains a hot topic in the conference chat... I don't want to Google that question though. 👀

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Now on the 1st round table panel of the day, looking at themes such as jealousy, and the role of the helper within Radcliffe's stories #MoreTerrors2026

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Starting day 2 of #moreTerrors2026 with a bonus writing workshop on building on the senses and use of metaphors within prose. Note to self: never have a wriggly red line on the floor unless it's literal entrails.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#moreTerrors2026 Now on cocktail hour but as I don't have any of the ingredients in, I've opted for the least goth looking as it's pink but still goth adjacent... Kylie Prosecco! (In this essay I will argue ... because of the Nick Cave / wild rose murder ballad era) Also it's pretty.

Heart patterned flute with a mini bottle of Kylie Prosecco (pink toned sparkling wine)

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#moreTerrors2026 now on Author panel ...lots of love for gateway books and films eg goosebumps, cat and the canary, Christopher pike, point horror ( #bringBackPointHorror )

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#moreTerrors2026 The last panel had lots of love for trees (potentially quite literal) and sacrifices for the trees /woodland based deities. Got a couple of films recs and books to look up later. Now on a brief tea break so I'm making spring rolls and looking forward to the next few hours.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#moreTerrors2026 The past few hours have looked at colonial gothic (British empire focus), hungry ghosts in Bengali literature, trees and writing about trees...in typical fashion mine got a bit weird...a tree might have consumed a man. And the young protagonist might just be cursed. Usual stuff.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Learning about mermaids / sirens in Radcliffe's poetry and Minerva press during the first panel of #moreTerrors2026 Anxieties of being copied or dare I say mirrored reproduction feels like a valid concern in today's AI world as much as it was back in the 1800s

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Getting settled in for #MoreTerrors2026 lots of online conference goodness (though I'm really achey from last night's attendance of #theCure in wythenshawe park...so glad I can do it in my pjs)

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#13MorbidMondays within the woods Go deep within the woods. Look for the oldest, most stubborn tree. The one where the twigs will bend but won't break. Ask the tree for a gift. Kiss the trunk in thanks when received, then bring it back to me. [later] the outstretched hand held a heart of thorns.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I'll be a bit bleary eyed for this one, as my night before is gonna be a heavy one (off to see The Cure). Come join me in the audience!

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ikea seems to have stopped doing dairy free ice cream, but it's okay they have Halloween things. Can't carry it all. I may have to return (the joys of going solo with a mobility aid and taxi / public transport)

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#13morbidMondays falsehearted "Your heart beat, it's faster than this morning." "Thanks, I borrowed hers." I looked at the doorway behind her, a rogue limb twitching out of view. "What did you trade her?" "A false one." "Will it function?" "Like an automaton" "A false heart for a false girl"

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I also think the universe knows I'm having a really vile time of things, as a random guy handed me this note today (whilst attending UKTTA Manchester) #randomActsOfKindness

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I think @aldiukstores.bsky.social knew I was a bit down. Walked in tonight and left with balls of bright purple wool, glitter paper, and my current favourite sweets were half price! #craftsBringJoy Cheers Aldi!

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#letterboxdFriday #lastFourWatched A bit of everything this past week or two... sadly no TV shows on letterboxd - honourable mention to Elle season 1.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Getting tired of the accounts that do reposts then undo it a few hours later because I didn't give them money for whatever cause they claim they are trying to get help for. It's scam bot vibes. #repostCulture

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#13MorbidMondays Faded photograph (ok, I'm a day late on this but I've been having vile things happen irl) She stared at the photograph on her screen. It was so, so old. Sepia turned into a weak tea so pale as if been made with water that was threatened by a tea bag. She looked at a familiar /1

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Can't believe @igagoths.bsky.social is fully over now until the next one....the last cluster of us leave in the morning after today's very busy trip to Whitby abbey, which was perfect weather for it and we managed to catch Dracula being performed on site.

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Recs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Getting ready for the most important bit of the IGA .... Goth disco! @igagoths.bsky.social It's been a busy week with much substance (pun intended).. sessions I attended included discussions of: 80s TV, Angela Carter, Tradwives, Society, AI, Vampire folklore, intelligent apes, dolls +more!

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