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The UK Ghost Story Festival returns in February 2025 at @MuseumofMaking in Derby. Co-ordinated by @AlexDavis1981

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Join us on Saturday 30 November as we spend the day looking at haunted spaces, haunted ideas, haunted emotions. Head to writingtheoccult.carrd.co for full details, or go straight to eventbrite.com/e/writing-theโ€ฆ to grab your ticket. The day will be recorded so you can catch up later.
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We're lucky to have talented folks join us for Writing the Occult: Hauntology - including the one & only @_EvelynHollow. She's a TV, radio & podcast presenter. An acclaimed parapsychologist. And the author of the recently-released Atlas of Paranormal Places. Here's the blurb ๐Ÿงตโฌ‡
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Just a couple of days left now...
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We asked Alex Davis, the mastermind behind the chilling Winter Haunts event, to reveal his top five modern ghost stories that will leave you sleeping with the lights on! ๐Ÿ˜ฑโœจ Want to know which spine-tingling tales made the cut? ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ“– Find out here. ๐Ÿ‘‰ writ.me/3YHbgGc
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Cat out of bag: join me as we talk RITUALS in folk horror as part of Darkness in the Fields: Midwinter. What role do rituals play in these narratives? And how can you create your own believable rituals to get your isolated communities scaring the bejesus out of their outsider?
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Winter Haunts 2024 is coming! Join @silviamg, @LauraPurcell, @JeremyDyson & more for workshops, interviews & panels on Nov 16th! Secure your spot now & dive into supernatural storytelling! #WinterHaunts2024 #GothicFiction #HorrorWriting
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Iโ€™m doing a thing for this thing โฌ‡๏ธ
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Join Nathan Ballingrud (@NBallingrud) and Christopher Golden (@ChristophGolden) in conversation for WINTER HAUNTS 3, an online day celebrating all things gothic and supernatural! ๐Ÿ‘ป ๐Ÿ“† : Saturday 16th November, 3:40pm-4:40pm ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ : tinyurl.com/43tcwv27
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Following a visit from his father's ghost, Hamlet tells Horatio: "Time is out of joint." It's this feeling we'll explore when we chat all things hauntology on 30 November. Head to writingtheoccult.carrd.co for full details, or grab your ticket from eventbrite.com/e/writing-theโ€ฆ.
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Winter Haunts Giveaway! ๐ŸŽƒ Enter now for a chance to win a FREE ticket to Winter Hauntsโ€”a full day of ghost story, Gothic, and supernatural fiction on Saturday 16th November! Complete the form to enter. ๐Ÿ‘ป writ.me/3YDGlKU
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We're already looking forward to next year .... Writing Flash Fiction ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ“–.... @AlexDavis1981 eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fโ€ฆ
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eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-influโ€ฆ Back by popular demand ...๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ˜Šโ˜ ๏ธ The Influence of Mike Flanagan on Horror and Gothic Fiction @AlexDavis1981
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On this haunted Halloween night, letโ€™s set the mood for chills that linger well beyond October... Winter Haunts is back on 16th November, bringing masters of Gothic and ghostly tales to unlock the secrets of storytelling!ย ๐Ÿ‘ปย  Book your space. ๐Ÿ‘‰ writ.me/3NJLYkg
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Here are a few of our top headliners for the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL's in-person event at Derby's @MuseumofMaking - can't wait for our three days of events in February! ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststโ€ฆ @_EvelynHollow @edward_parnell @SStokesChapman
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Here are a few of our top headliners for the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL's in-person event at Derby's @MuseumofMaking - can't wait for our three days of events in February! ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststโ€ฆ @_EvelynHollow @edward_parnell @SStokesChapman
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Just launched the latest instalment in my Writing the Occult - and the lineup is fucking HUUUUUGE. Evelyn Hollow! Professor Robert Edgar! Icy Sedgwick! Adam S Leslie! Lindz McLeod! Sarah Jackson! Mina Ikemoto Ghosh! Robert P. Ottone! Details: writingtheoccult.carrd.co
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Interested in writing a ghost story? ๐Ÿ‘ป In our latest blog, Alex Davis shares five tips for crafting spine-chilling tales, just in time for spooky season. Check it out and get inspired ahead of this year's Winter Haunts event! ๐Ÿ‘‰ writ.me/3YoMj0N
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Join Nathan Ballingrud (@NBallingrud) and Christopher Golden (@ChristophGolden) in conversation for WINTER HAUNTS 3, an online day celebrating all things gothic and supernatural! ๐Ÿ‘ป ๐Ÿ“† : Saturday 16th November, 3:40pm-4:40pm ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ : tinyurl.com/43tcwv27
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Thrilled to be taking part in the UK Ghost Story Festival this year, giving a talk on Spectral Evidence in the Witch Trials at Derby Museum of Making on Friday 21st February 2025! Tickets: buff.ly/4eS1JSc Full list of sessions across the weekend: buff.ly/3UmNblz
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