UK Ghost Story Festival

We'll be bringing the frights to February with the UK Ghost Story Festival in 2025, featuring online and in-person weekend events! ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststoryfe… #ghosts #ghoststories #gothic #gothicfiction #spooky #fiction #writing #writers

Christmas is a time for happiness, harmony and.. horror? In SEASON'S SCREAMINGS I'll be exploring some of the best, worst and weirdest of festive horror on film... eventbrite.co.uk/organizations/… #horrortalk #horrortalks #xmas #christmas #christmaslecture

Three weeks to go until folk horror comes to the coldest season with DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER, featuring @inkhat @kaychronister @RobCEdgar @RuthHeholt @oisaachenry @novicenovelist and @stevetoase! eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-in-… #folkhorror #writing #writers #horror

Like it or not, Christmas is sneaking closer all the time - and if you want to keep the horror vibes going through the festive season then my SEASON'S SCREAMINGS talk could be for you! eventbrite.com/cc/seasons-scr… #xmas #christmas #festive #horror #horrortalks #horrortalk

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-the-… to grab your ticket. The day will be recorded so you can catch up later.

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Three weeks to go until a final fix of folk horror for 2024, with DARKNESS IN THE FIELD: MIDWINTER serving up a range of interviews, talks and workshops over the weekend of 7th and 8th December! eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-in-… #folkhorror #folklore #horror #horrorfiction

In the New Year the awesome @CharHorrorFan will be taking a look at the shortest of short stories with WRITING FLASH FICTION... eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-flas… #flashfic #flashfiction #shortstory #shortstories #course #courses #workshop #workshops

Two weeks left to grab those tickets for a fascinating day of events exploring the world of HAUNTOLOGY, presented by @novicenovelist and WRITING THE OCCULT! eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-the-… #writing #writers #occult #hauntology

Incoming tomorrow! A loaded Saturday of workshops, interviews and panels for writers and readers of ghost stories and Gothic fiction - it's WINTER HAUNTS eve... eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-haunt… #writing #writers #authors #workshop #workshops

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 🧵⬇

Explore ghosts of an entirely different stripe with the next WRITING THE OCCULT event, exploring the strange world of Hauntology... eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-the-… #hauntology #hauntings #occult #ghosts #fiction #writing #writers

Not long left to grab those tix and join a stellar line-up of talent in ghost stories and Gothic fiction for the 3rd running of WINTER HAUNTS! eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-haunt… @GNutsofHorror @ThisIsHorror @LoveHorror @iHorrorNews @HorrorTree @HorrorNews @HorrorNewsNet @HorrorNewsRadio

I'll be revisiting the spooky world of ghost stories - an old favourite of mine, of course - with a two-part course for @NWStudio this December! eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-ghos… eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-ghos…

Last few days to go - WINTER HAUNTS is back with a bang for 2024, with a loaded line-up of interviews, workshops and panels, all running online on 16th November! eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-haunt… #horror #horrorwriting #horrorwriters #horrorfiction #horrorauthors @WritingMagazine

Folk horror will be back in the spotlight this December, with a weekend of online events for DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER! eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-in-… @folklorepod @folkhorrormagpi @folk_horror @FleurishB @folk_film @HorrorFolk

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! 😱✨ Want to know which spine-tingling tales made the cut? 🕯️📖 Find out here. 👉 writ.me/3YHbgGc

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?