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Xavier Aldana Reyes

@xaldanareyes.bsky.social
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Reader in English Literature and Film • International Gothic Association co-president (2022-2026) • Manchester #Gothic Centre founding member • #Horror Studies book series editor • Profile: tinyurl.com/2czvabnz

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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Out now! 'Horror and Disability' by @drdarrengray.bsky.social is the first study of disability in modern horror film and television, demonstrating how the genre turns bodies, vulnerability and difference into sites of fear and resistance. 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/horror-... @xaldanareyes.bsky.social
Horror and Disability is the first comprehensive study exploring disability within twenty-first-century horror films and television. Using critical theories along with disability and cultural studies, it examines how horror depicts mobility impairments, blindness, deafness, neurodiversity, illness, ageing and physical differences, demonstrating how these bodies are portrayed as monstrous, vulnerable, empowered or resistant
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"'Incarnate' seems dedicated to this generation, and its message is crystal clear" Xavier Aldana Reyes on Alma Katsu's "Incarnate": lareviewofbooks.org/article/alma-ka…
the cover of Incarnate
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My first review for Los Angeles Review of Books is out! Incarnate will appeal to anyone interested in 'beauty horror' or 'social media horror'. @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/alma... #horror #beautyhorror #bodyhorror #gothic
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Another Means to Torment | Los Angeles Review of Books
Alma Katsu crafts beauty horror for the age of influencers.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Christmas Horror is out this week. It’s a great, lavish collection that combines winter classics with new commissioned stories. Thanks to Flame Tree Press for the opportunity to contribute a short foreword! www.flametreepublishing.com/christmas-ho... #horror #christmas #christmashorror #newbook
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Christmas Horror Short Stories - Flame Tree Publishing
This collection gathers together classics such as Dickens' A Christmas Carol, alongside stories from writers working today, exploring many ways in whi
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Very excited to be joining this year's Grimmfest jury! www.grimmfest.com/grimmfest-20... #horror #horrorcinema #horrorfilms #grimmfest #grimmfest2026
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GRIMMFEST 2026 JURY AND AWARDS UP FOR GRABS... - Grimmfest
Every year we carefully select an industry led jury to pass judgement on our selected films. The jury work together to decide which films warrant our coveted annual ‘REAPER AWARDS’. The jury presents ...
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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
From hosted label Chasm Films, the blackly comic horror show THE LAST CIRCUS is in town. A UK Blu-ray premiere of Álex de la Iglesia's landmark genre work, this LE release ft. new audio comm by @morenadefuego.bsky.social, video essay by @xaldanareyes.bsky.social, BTS footage and more!
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I recently had the pleasure of talking body horror and The Fly with the CBC for this excellent Ideas special. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #bodyhorror #thefly #horror
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Traveling back to Massachusetts tomorrow, so once again y’all get #ScholarSunday on a Saturday! Here’s my 289th thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
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#ScholarSunday Thread 289 (once more on a Saturday, 8/15/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Traveling back to Massachusetts tomorrow, so once again y’all get #ScholarSunday on a Saturday! Here’s my 289th thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from...
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Lovely to chat ‘body horror’ with Doug Hess for the latest episode of the excellent Forgotten Hollywood podcast. #horror #bodyhorror open.spotify.com/episode/7cD5...
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Forgotten Hollywood
Podcast · JLJ Media · Producer/Creator/Host Doug Hess takes you on a journey back in time and shares with you pieces. of Hollywood you may or may not have known about!
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For anyone interested, here's a short piece I wrote recently to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Fly. #horror #bodyhorror #thefly #davidcronenberg theconversation.com/the-fly-at-4...
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The Fly at 40: why Cronenberg’s grotesque classic remains his most affecting film
David Cronenberg’s The Fly remains a grotesque yet deeply moving tale of transformation, technology and what it means to lose your humanity.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Body Horror is out today in the UK (and I believe already out in the US and other countries)! The code CUP20 gets you 20% off when purchasing the book directly from @ColumbiaUP. I’d be really grateful for any reposts or help with promotion! 🪰🧪🩸 #horror #bodyhorror cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho...
Cover for Body Horror: Biology, Biopower, Biotechnology, by Xavier Aldana Reyes. It includes a still from the film, featuring Jeff Goldblum. His face shows visible signs that his body is beginning to change.
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🏆️📚️ WINNER 📚️🏆️ Congratulations to Dale Townshend whose book 'Matthew Gregory Lewis: The Gothic and Romantic Literary Culture' has won the Allan Lloyd Smith Prize for Best Monograph at the @igagoths.bsky.social conference! Discover more about this fascinating book: uwp.celfapps.com/book/matthew...
Book cover which features a portrait
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Look what just arrived in the post! A huge thank you to everyone who supported this project, one way or another. 💚💚💚 cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho...
Xavier Aldana Reyes holding a copy of Body Horror: Biology, Biopower, Biotechnology, a new book in the Short Cuts film studies series.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The postman has been busy this week. The perfect antidote to a hot summer is Baltic Horror, out now in the Horror Studies series. 📚 @uniwalespress.bsky.social www.uwp.co.uk/book/baltic-...
Cover for Baltic Horror, edited by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns. It shows a gloomy, wintry forest.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Just out from a former Gothic Centre and School of English student. Once a great PhD thesis and now an even better book. Highly recommended!
Cover of book Cosmic Humour and Philosophical Pessimism in Contemporary Culture, by Oliver Rendle.
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We are so looking forward to attending the @igagoths.bsky.social at the University of Hull later this month! Take a sneak peak at some of the books we will be bringing with our £25 Gothic and Horror Studies paperbacks📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/gothic-and-h...
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Special half price offer from @manchesterup.bsky.social!
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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This will be another fun title from @uniwalespress.bsky.social
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the d-uncan-ny valley @duncangates.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
***NEWS*** I am thrilled to be part of @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social, talking with @xaldanareyes.bsky.social on Sat 11th July about my adaptation of JB Priestley's 'Benighted', and its place in the wider Gothic canon: www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/from-b...
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From Benighted to Rocky Horror: A Gothic Lineage | Bradford Literature Festival
Discover the dark and fascinating world of J.B. Priestley’s Benighted in this compelling panel exploring the novel’s place within the tradition of British Gothic literature.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Book announcement! Reece Goodall’s edited collection Horror Spoofs and Parodies is planned for publication this autumn. It’s volume #29 in the Horror Studies academic book series. www.uwp.co.uk/book/horror-... @uniwalespress.bsky.social #horror #horrorstudies
Cover for Reece Goodall’s Horror Spoofs and Parodies, showing a creepy clown.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Upcoming postgraduate conference on speculative fiction at Lancaster University (18 September). manchestergothic.mmu.ac.uk/event/specul...
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Speculative Fiction and Criticism in Precarious Times - Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies
‘Speculative Fiction and Criticism in Precarious Times’ is a conference celebrating a rich network of postgraduate research students working with speculative fiction and criticism across the United Ki...
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
For anyone who might fancy it, this year's Bradford Literature Festival will include a session on J. B. Priestley's novel Benighted and the old dark house tradition. #Gothic www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/from-b... @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social
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From Benighted to Rocky Horror: A Gothic Lineage | Bradford Literature Festival
Discover the dark and fascinating world of J.B. Priestley’s Benighted in this compelling panel exploring the novel’s place within the tradition of British Gothic literature.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
To celebrate Pride Month, here’s a short interview about my forthcoming body horror book - and queerness. 🏳️‍🌈🧪 #pridemonth #bodyhorror #horror #newbook cupblog.org/2026/06/15/x... @columbiaup.bsky.social
Q&A: Xavier Aldana Reyes on Body Horror, Queerness, and the Politics of the Flesh
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Severin Films @severinfilms.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
You may know director Eloy de la Iglesia from such Severin-restored classics as THE CREATURE, NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM, THE QUINQUI COLLECTION and CANNIBAL MAN. Trailer Link: youtu.be/CncN3ckg73I
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DANZA MACABRA VOLUME FIVE: THE TURN OF THE SCREW (1985) TRAILER
YouTube video by Severin Films / Intervision Picture Corp.
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Severin Films @severinfilms.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
But with 1985’s acclaimed TURN OF THE SCREW, he adapted Henry James’ legendary novella with a startling psychosexual twist for one of his most controversial films of all.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
When it rains, it pours. Congratulations are due to Luke Moloney on a successful defence of his PhD thesis on the ‘science-fictional horrific’! With thanks to the examiners and chair for all their work.
Luke Moloney’s thesis, ‘The Science-Fictional Horrific: The Ecocritical Role of Genre Hybridity in Postmillennial Anthropocene Literature and Film (2000-2021)’.
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Out now! 'Baltic Horror in film, gaming and literature', edited by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, is the first collection dedicated to analysing horror audiovisual media and literature produced in the Baltic region. 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/baltic-... @xaldanareyes.bsky.social
‘This volume offers a rich and comprehensive exploration of an understudied region. Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns has curated an impressive range of interdisciplinary essays that reveal how Baltic horror reflects cultural anxieties, histories and identities. This highly original collection is valuable for both horror scholars and readers curious about overlooked cinematic and literary traditions.’
 
 Professor Robert Edgar, York St John University
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Excited to announce our Fred Blanc just passed his viva for his doctoral thesis on thalassophobia in Weird literature. Congrats from everyone in the Gothic Centre! And a huge thank you to the examiners and chair.
Doctoral thesis’ Towards a Weird Hydropoetics: Hybridity, Thalassophobia, and Transcorporeality in Modern and Contemporary Oceanic Weird Fiction’, by Fredrik Blanc
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Alex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
You should preorder my buddy @xaldanareyes.bsky.social's forthcoming monograph on body horror from @columbiaup.bsky.social. I'm told I have a shout out on the acknowledgements page for some very minor sounding board stuff, but I'm beyond thrilled. It's not goo, it's radical immanence.
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Are you feeling inspired by Northumbria University's Horror Now conference? 💀 Discover even more with our Horror Studies series! Featuring books from some of Horror Now's speakers, such as Edmund P. Cueva and Darren Gray 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/series/categ... @xaldanareyes.bsky.social
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Danza Macabra 5, a collection of Spanish #Gothic classics, has just been announced by @severinfilms.bsky.social. Proud to have a video essay on Eloy de la Iglesia’s unique adaptation of The Turn of the Screw. www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=38456
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Gorgeous review of Contemporary Body Horror (2024) in @gothicstudies.bsky.social! Very touched. www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
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Contemporary Body Horror. Cambridge Elements in the Gothic | Gothic Studies
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Dr Hayley Louise @hazzachaz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I PASSED MY PHD WITH MINOR CORRECTIONS!!! #PhD
Destiel confession scene but Dean responds to Castiel saying “Hayley is Dr Hayley now”
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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
UK: Our latest hosted label release with Chasm Films is a demented tale of romantic rivalry between clowns in THE LAST CIRCUS. This UK Blu-ray premiere includes new audio commentary and a new visual essay by @xaldanareyes.bsky.social
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Dale Townshend @dalegothic96.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Just published in our ‘Elements in the Gothic’ series: Xavier Aldana Reyes’s splendid new book on contemporary body horror. Available to download for free for the next 2 weeks: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Contemporary Body Horror
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - Contemporary Body Horror
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RELY project @assemblagelit.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🎙️ As the CFP deadline approaches, we’re delighted to introduce our first keynote speaker: Xavier Aldana Reyes, Reader in English Lit & Film (MMU) and founding member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. 👉Learn more about his work: www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profil...
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Dr Darren Gray @drdarrengray.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
And here’s my book! Check it out 😁 👇 #Horror #Disability #HorrorSky #Booksky
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House of Leaves Publishing @holpublishing.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Valentine's Day may have passed, but this month's reading list topic is close to our hearts: found footage horror! From seminal to anticipated titles, part 1 also recommends 2 open access publications... Full list + more: holpublishing.com/grimreader! #booksky #horrorsky #foundfootage #bookrecs
1: Floral black grey background with a partial image from The Black Witch Project (1999) in the centre (close-up of Heather's eyes) (text reads: Grim Reader's Syllabus; Found Footage: Part One).2: Floral grey background with black bands containing text at top (Found Footage Horror Analysis) and HoL logo at bottom. Six covers in the middle (clockwise):

Analog Nightmares: The Shot On Video Horror Films of 1982–1995 (Richard Mogg, Independent, 2018).

Affective Intensities and Evolving Horror Forms: From Found Footage to Virtual Reality (Adam Daniel, Edinburgh University Press, 2020).

Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality (Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, McFarland, 2013).

Blood on the Lens: Trauma and Anxiety in American Found Footage Horror Cinema (Shellie McMurdo, Edinburgh University Press, 2022).

The Blair Witch Project (Devil's Advocates) (Peter Turner, Liverpool University Press, 2015).

Digital Horror: Haunted Technologies, Network Panic and the Found Footage Phenomenon (Xavier Aldana Reyes & Linnie Blake (Eds.), I.B. Tauris, 2015).3: Floral grey background with black bands containing text at top (Found Footage Horror Analysis: Open Access) and HoL logo at bottom. Two journals in the middle: Grim's Real Fake: Hex, Lies and Videotape (Dawn Keetley, Elizabeth Erwin & Gwen Hofmann (Eds.); Issue #11; September 2022) and Horror Homeroom's Found Footage Horror special issue (Valeska Griffiths & Rebecca McCallum (Eds.); Issue #7; Spring 2023).4: Floral grey background with black bands containing HoL logo at top and text at bottom [(http://holpublishing.com/grimreader)]. Grim Reader bookworm (designed by Jessica Rose) in centre and finger pointing at bottom text. Text in centre reads: Bookworms! Bookmark for later….
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Anthem Press @anthempress.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Just Published! Examines Gothic realism in documentary and horror cinema, highlighting how films evoke archival anxiety and unsettling realities. Order here ➡️ tinyurl.com/zv7byn5s #AnthemPress #HorrorCinema #DocumentaryFilm #GothicStudies #FilmAnalysis #DawsonCollege
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Brontë Schiltz @bronteschiltz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I’m thrilled to have my story, ‘The Wild Hunt’, about the horrors of reality TV, published in this collection! ⬇️
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Horror and Disability: Representations of Disability in Twenty-First-Century Film and Television, by Darren Gray, is scheduled for publication this September. It will be volume #28 in the Horror Studies book series at @uniwalespress.bsky.social. #horror #horrorstudies www.uwp.co.uk/book/horror-...
Cover of Horror and Disability: An abstract picture with criss-crossing colour lines.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Very excited to tuck into these excellent new collections in the International Gothic @manchesterup.bsky.social series! #gothic #gothicstudies
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Congratulations to Alissa Burger on the publication of Remaking the Monster! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/remaking-... #gothic #frankenstein @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Congrats to those longlisted for the International #Gothic Association Book Prizes 2026 (and to our own @dalegothic96.bsky.social)! @igagoths.bsky.social www.globalgoth.org/blog/longlis...
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Longlists announced for the International Gothic Association Book Prizes 2026 - Gothic Association
Now that all nominations have been received and verified, it is a pleasure to announce the longlists for the two IGA book Prizes.
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Sara Martín @saramartin.eurosky.social · 17/03/2026
Hélice (www.revistahelice.com/en/main/) seeks new work on SF, fantasy and gothic, with a special interest in romantasy. We welcome academic papers, short essays, book reviews, and interviews, in English and Spanish. Deadline September 15. @revistahelice.bsky.social #AcademicSky
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Main - Revista Helice
Translations, reviews and studies on speculative and science fiction.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Queda una semana para que cierre el plazo de inscripción para atender el congreso 'Galatea despierta'. Con muchas ganas de volver por Castellón y charlar sobre terror corporal feminista. www.culturavisual.uji.es/mujeresartif...
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Out in August! 💚 cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho... #horror #bodyhorror
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
For any of you who listen podcasts, I recently had the opportunity to chat to the lovely @drrachelknightley.bsky.social about academic writing as creative practice. #horror #gothic www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP5W...
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Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes joins Dr Rachel Knightley at The Writers' Gym
YouTube video by Dr Rachel Knightley
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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
‘You find out what you wanted to say in the process of writing it.’ @xaldanareyes.bsky.social on The Writers' Gym Podcast, celebrating the process: giving ourselves freedom to discover along the way, rather than staying too attached to what we thought we were doing before we picked up the pen.
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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I also finished HORROR FILM AMD AFFECT by @xaldanareyes.bsky.social, which I warmly recommend. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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