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Scary as Folk

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Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pre-orders for Crossroads Issue 2: The Devil Has the Best Tunes are now open! Over the next few days and weeks, we will be sharing more information about our amazing contributors. We are so excited to get this issue in your hands:
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Scary as Folk @scaryasfolk.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Anyone fancy a 24 hour folk horror movie marathon for Hallowe'en? I'm raising money for some righteous causes. All the details are over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DPfatUMkQD...
24 hour folk horror marathon. 25th October, 2025. A picture of a goat head superimposed over a creepy barn.
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Scary as Folk @scaryasfolk.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Aye, sure. Why no? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
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Occult Elvis: was Presley a telepathic demigod who could heal the sick and change the weather?
According to a lively new book, the King of Rock’n’Roll claimed to be a faith healer from Jupiter’s ninth moon – who as a boy was given a future vision of himself in a white jumpsuit by aliens. We tal...
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Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
ACAB doesn't include Agent Dale Cooper
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Scary as Folk @scaryasfolk.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
First 5⭐ read of 2025. Beautiful folk horror that hearkens back to nature animism and stories of the Fae, while being steeped in rural isolation and grief. Can't wait to read the follow-up.
The cover of Wild Marjoram Tea by Sylvia Littlegood-Briggs next to text describing the contents: herbal remedies, goth butterflies, Cocteau Twins, false graves, death by cows, and hollow trees.
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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · 18/09/2023
My debut folk horror audio drama is now available! Enter a world immersed in Shropshire Folklore, ruled by Devil Himself. There's something very strange afoot up the stiperstones! buzzsprout.com/411730/12499890 buzzsprout.com/411730/12600423
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Scary as Folk @scaryasfolk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Folklore isn't just elves, standing stones, and talking potatoes. This is a brilliant piece on the intersectionality with disability. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaf/arti...
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Rewilding My Brain: Folklore, Disability, and the Non-human World
Abstract. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one in four people in the United States currently lives with a disability. Such a prominent folk group—sixty-one million people...
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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
PLEASE read this really important message about The Folklore Library and Archive and if you can help follow this link www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-f... Even if you can't help directly, please forward this message on to everyone you can. These archives are valuable. Thank you.
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Scary as Folk @scaryasfolk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Over on Pixelfed, I'm back on my bullshit. pixelfed.social/p/scaryasfol...
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By way of introduction, here's a little guide to getting started with the folk horror genre. This is by no means all there is, but will give you a foothold - it's not all just scary twigs and pagan s...
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Scary as Folk @scaryasfolk.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
What luck that Pennsylvania is a rotten borough.
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Scary as Folk @scaryasfolk.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Giving Bluesky a whirl in my attempt to escape the grip of Meta. Apologies in advance... Did you know Scottish Presbyterians considered potatoes to be "unbiblical"?
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