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A disorienting book in which you will find something new every time you venture into Manderley.
Thoughts on Rebecca, a writing prompt and an episode of @folklorepod.bsky.social featuring Grady Hendrix.
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A choppy sea
January 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
The latest issue of Beware of Creepy Houses reviews two books with similar titles which I read for the Booklist Queen Reading Challenge 2026.

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Covers of The Tenant by Katrina Jackson and The Tenant of Stanford House by Samantha Pinazza. Both covers feature the faces of women looking away.
February 28, 2026 at 1:25 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Day 12 of 31 Days of Spooky features churches, Cornwall and Cambridgeshire.

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Image shows stained glass windows.

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October 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Staying spooky until Season’s Greetings.

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Image shows pine tree outside an abandoned building.

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November 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the ninth day of Ghostmas we’re going behind the cover.

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Image shows a fairy statue.

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December 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the eighth day of Ghostmas Tiny Tim is being usurped!

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Image shows a mermaid tail.

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December 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Day 22 of 31 Days of Spooky features frightening film and theatre.

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Image shows empty cinema.

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October 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the fourth day of Ghostmas I would like to thank you, very much.

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Image shows rotary telephone.

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December 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Day 26 of 31 Days of Spooky features cats, candy ands castles.

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Image shows sugary spiral jellies.

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October 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Day 28 of 31 Days of Spooky features writing, rehabilitation and ravens.

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Image shows raven on skull on books.

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October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Day 21 of 31 Days of Spooky features paprika, puppetry and peek-a-boo.

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Image shows puppet on a string.

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October 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the fifth day of Ghostmas we’re going across the pond!

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Image shows hand hovering over crystal ball.

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Hand hovering over crystal ball
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Day 24 of 31 Days of Spooky features bats, blood and beautiful dogs.

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Image shows Becks, a King Charles spaniel/Labrador cross.

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October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the sixth day of Ghostmas we’re back in London with a genuine Victorian.

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Image shows single red rose on book pages.

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Single red rose on book pages
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the third day of Ghostmas we’re still in London, but things are a little bit more expensive…

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Image shows hands in the middle.

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Hands in the middle
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Day 29 of 31 Days of Spooky features cosy customs and creatures.

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Image shows detail from cover of Oxford World Classics Frankenstein 1818 text. The creature is crouching.

Happy Halloween! 🎃

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October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Why are people so cross about Wuthering Heights, but not Frankenstein?

Two misunderstood nineteenth century novels repeatedly attributed to other writers as history is full of men allowing women to take credit for their work…

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Margot Robbie as Cathy Earnshaw in “Wuthering Heights” and Jessie Buckley in The Bride!
March 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Happy Valentine’s Day! 🖤

It’s easy to create terror on a dark and stormy night in an old rickety house, but we see something special here.

Where are we? Hint: Not Yorkshire! 😬

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Image shows a bride and groom.

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Bride and groom overlaid with white hearts
February 14, 2026 at 12:06 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the tenth day of Ghostmas we’re back in America!

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Image shows scream.

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Scream
December 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the tenth day of Ghostmas we’re in London with an icon.

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Image shows ghost.

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December 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the seventh day of Ghostmas we’re in London and surrounded by tat!

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Image shows tentacles.

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Tentacles
December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the second day of Ghostmas we’re going to the darkest depths of Victorian London.

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Image shows a statue of a bird held aloft.

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A statue of a bird held aloft
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
On the first day of Ghostmas we’re going through the looking glass for something a wee bit more medicinal.

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Image shows a dodo.

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December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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GHOST STORY ADVENT

2nd December

A Romance of the Piccadilly Tube is a story of temptation and how it becomes harder and harder to do the right thing once you put doing it off, even if just for a day.

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Vintage image of the London Underground
December 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
inkytitch.bsky.social
Day 27 of 31 Days of Spooky features puzzles, paint and pom-poms.

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Image shows happy sequin ghost.

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October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM