Making It Wyrd

What work of gothic fiction is on your TBR this year? Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments! makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/

For special issue #10 (spring 2026) of @horrorhomeroom, we’re diving into the world of creepy dollhouses & their inhabitants in #horror & horror adjacent narratives (thrillers, mysteries, science fiction etc.) #dolls Check out the full CFP here: horrorhomeroom.com/cfp-dolls-and-…

It's 2026 and we're so back! What have been your gothic/wyrd faves while we've been away? Films, TV, books, music, games - leave them in the comments! 👻👻👻

Christmas is a time for cheer and disgusting homicidal monsters. We have a blog post for that: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/the…

We may be a bit quiet on here for a few weeks while our social media person (@ScarlettRB98) is busy prepping for PhD submission. Spooky things to come soon though 👻👻👻👀

Catch up with the blog in the meantime? Makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

We've had some new followers, so let's take a stroll back through our blog posts. Fans of Taylor Swift, Female Rage, monstrous feminity: this one's for you 👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/07/11/got…

With spooky season coming up, what better time to read about @222aghoststory? 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/07/31/222…

It's time to add some new texts to our nonfiction rec list! Books, articles, blog posts - have you written something gothic you think should be on here? Have we missed your favourite? Let us know! 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/non-fiction/

A little snippet of what we have been doing over on tiktok. Ep 1 of our Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine is on... Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn)

Been thinking about temporal pandemonium and gothic repetition in video games recently. What game does it best (and why is it Undertale)?

Pumpkins on every corner, maybe a skeleton, if you're lucky. But something's wrong. It's Halloween, but you don't FEEL it. But then you remember makingitwyrd have rec lists with all kinds of spooky media. Halloween is saved! 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/recommendation…

The latest edition to our gothic film list. Secrets, sex, scandal, suffocation??? You could play gothic bingo with Jawbreaker and at least get a cross 👻 Find the full list here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/films/

The next Best Gothic Novel Ever battle is here! We are firmly in the 21st century with this one... The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón Vs If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio 👻👻👻

As we approach Halloween, it's the perfect time to read about the most terrifying thing in the world: daily life. makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/fer…

Here it is, my latest book! This one was a lot of fun!

A tale of murders, secrets, cults and floor plans... Strange Houses is contemporary urban gothic out of Japan and is the perfect October read!

episode 2 of our Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine is here! Today we look at Charli xcx and the Abject. Do not despair, this is the introductory episode on Charli - we have more to say!