Sam Fern
@samfern.bsky.social
Author, editor, Edinburgh!
'Escape Castle Dracula'
(Big Picture Press)
'Where the Dead Live'
(Templar Books)
www.samfern.co.uk
'Escape Castle Dracula'
(Big Picture Press)
'Where the Dead Live'
(Templar Books)
www.samfern.co.uk
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Author of Escape Castle Dracula (2024) and Where the Dead Live (2025), @samfern.bsky.social is back on campus this June for the Monster Media Conference 2026.
You can sign up to attend sessions in person or online. Sink your teeth into the conference programme here: llc.ed.ac.uk/film-and-int...
You can sign up to attend sessions in person or online. Sink your teeth into the conference programme here: llc.ed.ac.uk/film-and-int...
Monster Media Conference 2026 | Film and Intermediality | Literatures Languages and Culture
An interdisciplinary conference organised by Julia Larsen and Lucy McMillan (two third-year PhD Intermediality candidates) and Dr Maddy Potter (English Literature), exploring the intersection between ...
llc.ed.ac.uk
June 4, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Author of Escape Castle Dracula (2024) and Where the Dead Live (2025), @samfern.bsky.social is back on campus this June for the Monster Media Conference 2026.
You can sign up to attend sessions in person or online. Sink your teeth into the conference programme here: llc.ed.ac.uk/film-and-int...
You can sign up to attend sessions in person or online. Sink your teeth into the conference programme here: llc.ed.ac.uk/film-and-int...
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“Intermediality gave me permission to think in new ways about combinations of art forms […] TV promo posters meet renaissance art! Magic tricks in theatre and film! Biscuits and LEGO!”
Meet @samfern.bsky.social, one of the very first graduates of our MSc Intermediality: llc.ed.ac.uk/news/meet-ou...
Meet @samfern.bsky.social, one of the very first graduates of our MSc Intermediality: llc.ed.ac.uk/news/meet-ou...
Meet our graduates: Sam Fern (Intermediality) | Literatures, Languages & Cultures | Literatures Languages and Culture
Sam shares how postgraduate study transformed his writing and editing career.
llc.ed.ac.uk
June 4, 2026 at 9:54 AM
“Intermediality gave me permission to think in new ways about combinations of art forms […] TV promo posters meet renaissance art! Magic tricks in theatre and film! Biscuits and LEGO!”
Meet @samfern.bsky.social, one of the very first graduates of our MSc Intermediality: llc.ed.ac.uk/news/meet-ou...
Meet @samfern.bsky.social, one of the very first graduates of our MSc Intermediality: llc.ed.ac.uk/news/meet-ou...
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@samfern.bsky.social joins us in The Reading Realm today to talk about his new book, WHERE THE DEAD LIVE, which is illustrated by Rômolo D’Hipólito!
thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/09/21/g...
#KidLit #BookSky #EduSkyPrimary
thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/09/21/g...
#KidLit #BookSky #EduSkyPrimary
GET TO KNOW SAM FERN - The Reading Realm
Today Sam Fern joins us in The Reading Realm to talk about his new book, WHERE THE DEAD LIVE, which is illustrated by Rômolo D’Hipólito… Before we settle down in The Reading Realm for a chat, what’s y...
thereadingrealm.co.uk
September 21, 2026 at 8:37 AM
@samfern.bsky.social joins us in The Reading Realm today to talk about his new book, WHERE THE DEAD LIVE, which is illustrated by Rômolo D’Hipólito!
thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/09/21/g...
#KidLit #BookSky #EduSkyPrimary
thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/09/21/g...
#KidLit #BookSky #EduSkyPrimary
Working on a "libraries in games" article (out soon!) but boy is it hard to screenshot a character without them looking like they fear books...
January 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Working on a "libraries in games" article (out soon!) but boy is it hard to screenshot a character without them looking like they fear books...
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Got the delightful @samfern.bsky.social to do a professional developmental review of my novella's first draft – a first ever for me – and oh my god now I just want to shut myself in and write but I need to wait until life is less... *gestures at everything*
10/10 would recommend
10/10 would recommend
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Got the delightful @samfern.bsky.social to do a professional developmental review of my novella's first draft – a first ever for me – and oh my god now I just want to shut myself in and write but I need to wait until life is less... *gestures at everything*
10/10 would recommend
10/10 would recommend
A joy to show the delightful folks at Toppings (Edinburgh) that I can write my own name!
Must stop wearing same coat to all signings...
#booksky #toppings #bookshops #edinburgh
Must stop wearing same coat to all signings...
#booksky #toppings #bookshops #edinburgh
February 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A joy to show the delightful folks at Toppings (Edinburgh) that I can write my own name!
Must stop wearing same coat to all signings...
#booksky #toppings #bookshops #edinburgh
Must stop wearing same coat to all signings...
#booksky #toppings #bookshops #edinburgh
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walked up to passport control at Copenhagen airport last night to be greeted with ‘why are you here?’ Alright Soren Kierkegaard!
February 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
walked up to passport control at Copenhagen airport last night to be greeted with ‘why are you here?’ Alright Soren Kierkegaard!
Language is our punishment for abandoning the ape life of dirty fruit and good sticks.
Exhibit A:
My drink by the drink my drink drinks.
Exhibit A:
My drink by the drink my drink drinks.
February 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Language is our punishment for abandoning the ape life of dirty fruit and good sticks.
Exhibit A:
My drink by the drink my drink drinks.
Exhibit A:
My drink by the drink my drink drinks.
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If only I could be a cute little korok today floating happily from a korok balloon. ☺️
#zelda #legendofzelda #botw #breathofthewild #korok
#zelda #legendofzelda #botw #breathofthewild #korok
February 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If only I could be a cute little korok today floating happily from a korok balloon. ☺️
#zelda #legendofzelda #botw #breathofthewild #korok
#zelda #legendofzelda #botw #breathofthewild #korok
As a lifelong devotee of 'Mute Forest Elf Pottery Smash Simulator', it sure is more satisfying to enact terracotta crimes on the Hyrulian peasantry as their Head of State.
#zelda #EchoesofWisdom #nintendo
#zelda #EchoesofWisdom #nintendo
February 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
As a lifelong devotee of 'Mute Forest Elf Pottery Smash Simulator', it sure is more satisfying to enact terracotta crimes on the Hyrulian peasantry as their Head of State.
#zelda #EchoesofWisdom #nintendo
#zelda #EchoesofWisdom #nintendo
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Here is the Viking mouse to go with my Sutton Hoo Saxon cat from last year, they are cat and mouse set. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #vikingjewellery #vikingarmour #vikingstyle #vikingdesign #fantasyviking #vikingartwork #vikingart #littlemetalfoxes
January 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Here is the Viking mouse to go with my Sutton Hoo Saxon cat from last year, they are cat and mouse set. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #vikingjewellery #vikingarmour #vikingstyle #vikingdesign #fantasyviking #vikingartwork #vikingart #littlemetalfoxes
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You are wandering through the woods. It is misty. Moonlight casts a cold highlight over the gnarled branches and decaying ground. Do you go towards the mountain in the distance? or back to the apparent safety of the trees?
February 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
You are wandering through the woods. It is misty. Moonlight casts a cold highlight over the gnarled branches and decaying ground. Do you go towards the mountain in the distance? or back to the apparent safety of the trees?
Bath Signings, Part III! A top-tier time today at @toppingsbath.bsky.social, scribbling merrily through their stock of 'Escape Castle Dracula'!
February 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Bath Signings, Part III! A top-tier time today at @toppingsbath.bsky.social, scribbling merrily through their stock of 'Escape Castle Dracula'!
Bath Signings, Part II! Defacing Escape Castle Dracula with the lovely lot at @waterstonesbath.bsky.social , a dear old haunt. Delighted for the sticker!
February 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Bath Signings, Part II! Defacing Escape Castle Dracula with the lovely lot at @waterstonesbath.bsky.social , a dear old haunt. Delighted for the sticker!
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Out in lovely literary Bath, UK, signing ESCAPE CASTLE DRACULA. First stop, the kindly folk at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social ! A treasure of an indie, beautifully curated.
February 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Out in lovely literary Bath, UK, signing ESCAPE CASTLE DRACULA. First stop, the kindly folk at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social ! A treasure of an indie, beautifully curated.