Kat the Spooky Scholar
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history, folklore, and spirituality…sometimes that means the spooky stuff
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#PhantomsFriday A rather dreamy apparition. Jaroslav Spillar. 1898. According to folklorist William Hazlitt, ghosts are more visible the closer they are to their grave.
June 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM
#PhantomsFriday A rather dreamy apparition. Jaroslav Spillar. 1898. According to folklorist William Hazlitt, ghosts are more visible the closer they are to their grave.
Reposted by Kat the Spooky Scholar
A squire's daughter would meet her lover at Furness Abbey. One day he journeyed to sea and never returned. The girl returned every day until her death and her ghost the White Lady, still walks
more: 'Folklore of the Lake District'
bardofcumberland.com
#phantomsfriday #booksky
art: Arthur Rackham
more: 'Folklore of the Lake District'
bardofcumberland.com
#phantomsfriday #booksky
art: Arthur Rackham
June 26, 2026 at 10:50 AM
A squire's daughter would meet her lover at Furness Abbey. One day he journeyed to sea and never returned. The girl returned every day until her death and her ghost the White Lady, still walks
more: 'Folklore of the Lake District'
bardofcumberland.com
#phantomsfriday #booksky
art: Arthur Rackham
more: 'Folklore of the Lake District'
bardofcumberland.com
#phantomsfriday #booksky
art: Arthur Rackham
How can I explain to a neurotypical person how giddy I am upon learning that there is an origin story behind ghosts appearing in windows?
#PhantomsFriday #ForteanFriday Ghostly faces began appearing on window panes in the US in the 1870s. They were called "Lightning Daguerreotypes" since they were thought to have been etched by lightning. Here are two images from San Francisco, 1871.
Full story: hauntedohiobooks.com/news/lightni...
Full story: hauntedohiobooks.com/news/lightni...
June 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
How can I explain to a neurotypical person how giddy I am upon learning that there is an origin story behind ghosts appearing in windows?
Reposted by Kat the Spooky Scholar
#PhantomsFriday #ForteanFriday Ghostly faces began appearing on window panes in the US in the 1870s. They were called "Lightning Daguerreotypes" since they were thought to have been etched by lightning. Here are two images from San Francisco, 1871.
Full story: hauntedohiobooks.com/news/lightni...
Full story: hauntedohiobooks.com/news/lightni...
June 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM
#PhantomsFriday #ForteanFriday Ghostly faces began appearing on window panes in the US in the 1870s. They were called "Lightning Daguerreotypes" since they were thought to have been etched by lightning. Here are two images from San Francisco, 1871.
Full story: hauntedohiobooks.com/news/lightni...
Full story: hauntedohiobooks.com/news/lightni...
Saving this so I can manifest it when my book is ready
Had an indie bookstore say yes to stocking my debut novel! I’m soooo excited!!! (and nervous)
They’re gonna do a nice display for it and everything. This feels like a big opportunity for this little author. 🙂
#Booksky
They’re gonna do a nice display for it and everything. This feels like a big opportunity for this little author. 🙂
#Booksky
June 26, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Saving this so I can manifest it when my book is ready
With my legal background I get how historians & archivists have meet certain evidentiary standards for recordkeeping purposes, but as a queer person with an interest in folklore/oral history, the importance of context, nuance, and in-betweens is just as important for marginalized people's history.
How do we admit queer history to the historical record? Demetris Papadimitropoulos considers Tennessee Williams, Daniel Ciba’s Blue Roses and the ambiguity of proof.
What Queer Archives Know (Before They Can Prove It)
The first mistake is to imagine the archive as a courtroom. A courtroom wants evidence neatly clipped, sworn in, labeled, dated, signed, and standing upright. It prefers testimony to atmosphere, co…
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June 26, 2026 at 4:55 PM
With my legal background I get how historians & archivists have meet certain evidentiary standards for recordkeeping purposes, but as a queer person with an interest in folklore/oral history, the importance of context, nuance, and in-betweens is just as important for marginalized people's history.
In advance of my editing deadline next month I've turned a 150k word manuscript into a much more succinct 107k words, which has been insane. 110k words is the limit for this genre and yet I can't help but worry that it's now too short??
June 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
In advance of my editing deadline next month I've turned a 150k word manuscript into a much more succinct 107k words, which has been insane. 110k words is the limit for this genre and yet I can't help but worry that it's now too short??
I can’t say I’ve ever had a dance party in the basement of a haunted asylum before yesterday
June 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I can’t say I’ve ever had a dance party in the basement of a haunted asylum before yesterday
Yes yes we all love a good regency novel, but I LOVE an Edwardian period story! The rising socio-political-economic tension against the backdrop of the turn of the century and the industrial revolution. Not to mention the STYLE.
June 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Yes yes we all love a good regency novel, but I LOVE an Edwardian period story! The rising socio-political-economic tension against the backdrop of the turn of the century and the industrial revolution. Not to mention the STYLE.
Depending on the person, you might also use: friend, bestie, diva, babe, or Homie in Christ
Guy at the pyramids called after me “sir!” No response “maam!” No response, after a few seconds he tries again “cousin!” I think we’ve cracked it. There is a gender neutral honorific.
June 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Depending on the person, you might also use: friend, bestie, diva, babe, or Homie in Christ
If you’re gonna make jewelry from my ashes and remains, then turn me into something cool
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
A mourning brooch/pendant of a glazed hair locket framed by oval garnets. Inscribed 1823. Garnets were seen as being in the purple range of colors and were considered appropriate for mourning jewels.
www.bonhams.com/auctions/235...
A mourning brooch/pendant of a glazed hair locket framed by oval garnets. Inscribed 1823. Garnets were seen as being in the purple range of colors and were considered appropriate for mourning jewels.
www.bonhams.com/auctions/235...
June 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
If you’re gonna make jewelry from my ashes and remains, then turn me into something cool
The Poe Museum was vastly interesting and yet I mostly took pictures of the cats
June 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The Poe Museum was vastly interesting and yet I mostly took pictures of the cats
From my weekend getaway to Richmond!
June 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
From my weekend getaway to Richmond!
I imagine every time my editor opens an email from me she says “what in the ADHD am I looking at?”
June 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I imagine every time my editor opens an email from me she says “what in the ADHD am I looking at?”
In one reading this tarot deck made an Ariana Grande reference and told me to be a bitch to get what I want
May 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
In one reading this tarot deck made an Ariana Grande reference and told me to be a bitch to get what I want
I got a new deck for my birthday and it has big himbo energy
May 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I got a new deck for my birthday and it has big himbo energy
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Every writer should have a cool little trick.
lithub.com/tom-junod-on...
lithub.com/tom-junod-on...
Tom Junod on Finding the Right Trick
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. You have some tricks. You’re a magazine writer, after all—you have to write a lot of different kinds of stories, and…
lithub.com
May 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Every writer should have a cool little trick.
lithub.com/tom-junod-on...
lithub.com/tom-junod-on...
I’m tryinggggg but I slept 14 hours yesterday
May 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I’m tryinggggg but I slept 14 hours yesterday
Autocorrect please stop changing the word selkie to selfie it’s very important I promise
May 2, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Autocorrect please stop changing the word selkie to selfie it’s very important I promise
I fear I have to cut two scenes (and a line) I really really liked in order to make the storyline tighter.
May 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I fear I have to cut two scenes (and a line) I really really liked in order to make the storyline tighter.
I met with an editor, who is great and I’m really excited to work with her, but now I have to cut 25-35,000 words of my book in 6 weeks. And I’m already down 15,000 from my 150,000 word count. Send creativity boosts and good vibes and perhaps help.
May 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I met with an editor, who is great and I’m really excited to work with her, but now I have to cut 25-35,000 words of my book in 6 weeks. And I’m already down 15,000 from my 150,000 word count. Send creativity boosts and good vibes and perhaps help.
#manifesting so I can motivate myself to finish this book: when BTRAS is eventually adapted into a movie I want Kristen Stewart to play Nora and Mirren Mack to play Aoife
April 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
#manifesting so I can motivate myself to finish this book: when BTRAS is eventually adapted into a movie I want Kristen Stewart to play Nora and Mirren Mack to play Aoife
My horoscope has been eating the past few days—in response to today’s message: im trying!
April 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
My horoscope has been eating the past few days—in response to today’s message: im trying!
THATS RIGHT I FINISHED WRITING THE BOOK IN ITS ENTIRETY. 500+ PAGES. 150,000+ WORDS. 5+ YEARS.
April 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
THATS RIGHT I FINISHED WRITING THE BOOK IN ITS ENTIRETY. 500+ PAGES. 150,000+ WORDS. 5+ YEARS.
Hey guess what I finished it. I finished the book.
April 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Hey guess what I finished it. I finished the book.