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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October first, so let the Halloween flashbacks start! In June of 2011, Bennett told me he wanted to go as a Tommy—thankfully we had plenty of time to prepare!

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It’s a day of theatrical bounty; I’ve just been cast as 62-year-old horny Frenchman “Gaston” in a local production of Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”—breaking my run of playing elderly British gentlemen. I’ll be sure to regale you all with incessant rehearsal/production photos.

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Emmanuel Macron

Alt: Emmanuel Macron looking anxious.

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Excited to announce I am doggedly continuing to follow in the footsteps of my dramatic muse—Miles Malleson—by playing “Old Joe, the Fence” in our local college’s upcoming production of “A Christmas Carol.” Am currently working on a deeply nuanced reading of the line: “Bedcurtains!!”

Miles Malleson as Old Joe in the 1951 film version of “A Christmas Carol.” He appears to be in the act of questioning where Mrs. Dilber has acquired the set of bedcurtains she is currently offering for sale.

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Jon Dies At The End @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Next Wednesday I'm giving my 'what was filmed at Highgate Cemetery' talk online. As much about what it's like for a cemetery to be a location as the filming itself. But there's lots of cool and rare clips!

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Beyond the Graves - Highgate Cemetery on Film and Television. Online talk. - Arnos Vale

A talk on how Highgate Cemetery has been portrayed in film and TV and what it reveals about its history and cultural image.

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I wish Bluesky would allow you to search terms “from people you follow.” I just saw Osgood Perkins’ “Keeper,” and REALLY wanted to discuss. (spoiler: I liked it. A lot.)

Poster for Osgood Perkins’ film “Keeper” (2025).

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

For fellow Americans who want to buy UK publications—but who don’t want to wait months for a US release—I often forget that Blackwell’s ships to the US with no shipping charges. Hence some new @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @maddypelling.bsky.social before Autumn!

Photo of two books on a table. Madeleine Pelling’s “Hoax; Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment,” and the short story collection “Monster Capital; Tales of Modern Unease.”

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Bearer of Bad News: our Katie—after 16 years with us—is now chasing squirrels in Valhalla. She will be missed.

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Society for the Study of the American Gothic @ssag.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Requesting American Gothic Studies submissions! AGS is the first scholarly journal dedicated to the American Gothic and publishes rigorously vetted scholarship on the topic. This encompasses literature, film, television, comics, and new media, as well as cultural artifacts and practices.

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Museums + Heritage @museumsandheritage.com · 03/06/2026

JOB POST ALERT Role: Head of Stonehenge at English Heritage Location: Stonehenge Salary: Salary from £64,189 p.a. Find out more: museumsandheritage.com/advisor/all-…

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

@tlecaque.bsky.social - my former Boy Scout son has started playing “Trench Crusade;” anything overly problematic?

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Surprise—they’re at The Arts again. Maybe pay artists more rather than penalizing Arts Education. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/a...

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New Federal Guidelines Threaten Almost Half of Graduate Arts Programs

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Post a poster you used to have on your wall (or ceiling).

Poster of “The Gashlycrumb Tinies” by Edward Gorey.

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Backstage images of film sets are fascinating to me, and one of the most engaging examples remains the opening pan of “The Wonder” (2022). It is a uniquely beautiful sequence. www.facebook.com/share/v/1L4c...

Opening shot of the Netflix film “The Wonder” (2022), showing the exterior of an “attic” film set.

As the camera pans across the sound stage, it lands on a set depicting the interior of a ship, complete with actors, lighting, sound and motion. We thus transition from the modern world outside the film into fictional world of the story the characters inhabit.

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

As scenic design is part of my job, I find “backstage photos of horror film sets” merges many of my interests. Here, some of Natalie O’Connor’s sets for “The Enfield Poltergeist” (2023)—albeit very dimly lit. I would love to see more such backstage shots. www.natalieoconnor.com/the-enfield-...

A view of Natalie O’Connor’s living room set for “The Enfield Poltergeist” (Apple TV, 2023) with the bay window wall removed.

Another view of Natalie O’Connor’s living room set for “The Enfield Poltergeist” (Apple TV, 2023) showing the bay window wall visible but pulled back from the main set.

A view of Natalie O’Connor’s living room set for “The Enfield Poltergeist” (Apple TV, 2023) with actors and simulated sunlight outside the windows.

Another view of Natalie O’Connor’s living room set for “The Enfield Poltergeist” (Apple TV, 2023) with the bay window wall removed and the ceiling raised.

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Final book arrived in the mail except for pre-orders); that’s my reading sorted for a while. Strikingly simple and effective cover design! @pgwodelouse.bsky.social @raynewman.bsky.social

Cover of Rory Ffoulkes’ book “The Seen and the Unseen”.

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

You can order ‘Thin Places in Hard Concrete‘ now, with 10 brand new stories of everyday worlds weirdly out of whack: cults, ghosts, impossible infrastructure, haunted Mellotrons... eBook (pre-order, available from 30 April) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4 Paperback www.amazon.co.uk/Thin-Places-...

The cover of Thin Places in Hard Concrete with a floating brutalist staircase. “Admirers of the cult TV series Inside No. 9 will love this collection.” David Collard “His incredible eerie tales of the urban weird will haunt you in the most welcome way.” Rose Ruane

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Still in print, and on sale! A Natural History of Ghosts. Help sort your ghosts out with Team Semi-Believer #SpectreSaturday hmv.com/store/books/...

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON #FAIRIES I'll be speaking on 'Gothic Fairyland' at this event hosted by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 9.30-12.00 UK GMT (10.30-1.00 Madrid Time), online & in-person on 5 May. All welcome for the live stream🖤

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

@bronteschiltz.bsky.social , @tobyhadoke.bsky.social , and @accordingtojond.bsky.social —Nigel led me to believe that the re-entry of rocket missions would be more dramatic than this.

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Nina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

'Once they have trapped you into being like everyone else you will never see your cup of stars again....' A sublime piece of writing by Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) from 'The Haunting of Hill House.'

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Folklore Twitcher @folkloretwitcher.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

"1066 Cosplay" (credit: Rull Vox, Facebook)

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Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Ghost postcard genre. A favourite from my collection - "It Appears...". 1930s.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Hello Tuesday. 🖼️ Edward Gorey

Woman in cocktail dress holding on to a branch with both hands, her bag hangs from a lower branch, illustration.

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Alert : Magdalen launched its Bertrand Russell banana thread 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Do you work on Ann Radcliffe? Do you work on women writers and producers of the Gothic and horror? Do you work on topics related to people of marginalised genders in the Gothic? Join us! Submit an abstract for our upcoming online conference! romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...

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Romancing the Gothic 2026 Online Conference CFP

More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 22nd/23rd August 2026 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of An…

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat and isn’t Indiana Jones:

Katherine Helmond wearing a leopard-print shoe hat from the film “Brazil” (1985).

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Making It Wyrd @makingitwyrd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The next round of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here! The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry Vs We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Vote in the comments!

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

This is a site full of 30 or 40 year olds. Alt text is not only important for accessibility reasons, it is the only way some of us will know who these people in your red carpet photos are!

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

We screamed when we saw this: somehow the cognitive burden was too intense

Thread marveling at the April 4 SNL lineup of Jack White and Jack Black

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Wm. Schumacher @wmschumacher.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Stealing this. “I couldn’t respond…I was doin’ the thing.”

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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Forgive me They were So toxic And so hot

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