William Ager
@nunkie.bsky.social @romgothsam.bsky.social
#warningtothecurious #mrjames #ghoststories #horroractionfigure #romancingthegothic
@nunkie.bsky.social @romgothsam.bsky.social
#warningtothecurious #mrjames #ghoststories #horroractionfigure #romancingthegothic
August 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Brilliant first day at The Warning to the Conference organised by Romancing the Gothic @romgothsam.bsky.social
#thewarningtothecurious #romancingthegothic
#thewarningtothecurious #romancingthegothic
August 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Brilliant first day at The Warning to the Conference organised by Romancing the Gothic @romgothsam.bsky.social
#thewarningtothecurious #romancingthegothic
#thewarningtothecurious #romancingthegothic
Thank you #HorrorWritersChat! If you're interested in Gothic forests, I've got an upcoming creative writing workshop on that very subject!
It's part of the amazing lineup for the #RomancingTheGothic online conference 👇
It's part of the amazing lineup for the #RomancingTheGothic online conference 👇
Are you interested in Ann Radcliffe?
Women in Gothic and Horror?
Trans horror?
Writing workshops with amazing people?
You can get it all for one online event. Come to as much or as little as you like!
22nd and 23rd August
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993974113...
Women in Gothic and Horror?
Trans horror?
Writing workshops with amazing people?
You can get it all for one online event. Come to as much or as little as you like!
22nd and 23rd August
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993974113...
'More Terrors Than Her Reason Could Justify': An Online Gothic Conference
On 22nd and 23rd August we celebrate 200 years of Ann Radcliffe's posthumous publications and marginalised genders in the Gothic!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Thank you #HorrorWritersChat! If you're interested in Gothic forests, I've got an upcoming creative writing workshop on that very subject!
It's part of the amazing lineup for the #RomancingTheGothic online conference 👇
It's part of the amazing lineup for the #RomancingTheGothic online conference 👇
You can find my Lost Children of the Alleghenies talk on the #RomancingTheGothic YouTube channel
bsky.app/profile/romg...
bsky.app/profile/romg...
Did you miss this weekend's talk on
The Lost Children of the Alleghenies?
You can catch it here - youtu.be/rvSxFkaZhw4
The Lost Children of the Alleghenies?
You can catch it here - youtu.be/rvSxFkaZhw4
The Lost Children of the Alleghenies with B. Rae Grosz
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
You can find my Lost Children of the Alleghenies talk on the #RomancingTheGothic YouTube channel
bsky.app/profile/romg...
bsky.app/profile/romg...
I’m giving a free, online talk about this story for #RomancingTheGothic tomorrow at 4pm BST (11am Eastern) and 9pm BST (4pm Eastern) bsky.app/profile/brae...
In 1856, two young brothers got lost in the western Pennsylvania woods. The desperate search for the boys finally ended when their bodies were found, thanks to a man’s eerie dream. The Lost Children of the Alleghenies Monument stands at the site. Some believe the place is haunted. #PhantomsFriday
September 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’m giving a free, online talk about this story for #RomancingTheGothic tomorrow at 4pm BST (11am Eastern) and 9pm BST (4pm Eastern) bsky.app/profile/brae...
We always have so many kind volunteers each year! If you'd like to be one of them, offering a free session on anything related to the Gothic, horror, supernatural, folklore or detective fiction - please reach out! You can message me here or use the sam at romancingthegothic dot com address!
December 31, 2024 at 12:02 PM
We always have so many kind volunteers each year! If you'd like to be one of them, offering a free session on anything related to the Gothic, horror, supernatural, folklore or detective fiction - please reach out! You can message me here or use the sam at romancingthegothic dot com address!
Honored to talk about Pat Barker’s Another World for Romancing the Gothic—what an experience!
#PatBarker #AnotherWorld #RomancingTheGothic #Gothic #TraumaFiction #BritishLiterature
#PatBarker #AnotherWorld #RomancingTheGothic #Gothic #TraumaFiction #BritishLiterature
If you missed this week's talk on Intergenerational Trauma and the Gothic in Pat Barker's 'Another World' with Fahime Serhatti, you can find it here!
youtu.be/z1rs1o7DTmE
youtu.be/z1rs1o7DTmE
Intergenerational Trauma and Gothic Elements in Pat Barker's Another World with Fahime Serhatti
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Honored to talk about Pat Barker’s Another World for Romancing the Gothic—what an experience!
#PatBarker #AnotherWorld #RomancingTheGothic #Gothic #TraumaFiction #BritishLiterature
#PatBarker #AnotherWorld #RomancingTheGothic #Gothic #TraumaFiction #BritishLiterature
Goths for Breakfast will take place on February 28th today. Everyone gets a one hour slot (tight) and we welcome all sorts of talks or workshops. On the Gothic, horror, the supernatural, folklore, spooky histories, pitch me anything!
Email is sam at romancingthegothic dot com!
Email is sam at romancingthegothic dot com!
January 30, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Goths for Breakfast will take place on February 28th today. Everyone gets a one hour slot (tight) and we welcome all sorts of talks or workshops. On the Gothic, horror, the supernatural, folklore, spooky histories, pitch me anything!
Email is sam at romancingthegothic dot com!
Email is sam at romancingthegothic dot com!
me: i have been in horrible pain the past few weeks but i've got all my notes for my #RomancingTheGothic presentation, let's just collate this. it's been a while since i used Prezi, but given how visual my presentation is, that will be fun!
Prezi: MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION WITH AI
me: get fucked.
Prezi: MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION WITH AI
me: get fucked.
February 27, 2026 at 12:47 AM
me: i have been in horrible pain the past few weeks but i've got all my notes for my #RomancingTheGothic presentation, let's just collate this. it's been a while since i used Prezi, but given how visual my presentation is, that will be fun!
Prezi: MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION WITH AI
me: get fucked.
Prezi: MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION WITH AI
me: get fucked.
Definitely adding Eleanor Scott to my TBR, thanks to Sontje Schulenburg's talk "Overshadowed by M. R. James: The Supernatural Fiction of Eleanor Scott" #RomancingTheGothic #WarningToTheCurious
August 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Definitely adding Eleanor Scott to my TBR, thanks to Sontje Schulenburg's talk "Overshadowed by M. R. James: The Supernatural Fiction of Eleanor Scott" #RomancingTheGothic #WarningToTheCurious
This week's #WyrdWednesday theme is goblins, so here's an old video of me reading my goblin story, "The Sentinel," for a #RomancingTheGothic author showcase
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bscz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bscz...
Author Showcase: Brittany Rae Grosz - 'The sentinel'
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This week's #WyrdWednesday theme is goblins, so here's an old video of me reading my goblin story, "The Sentinel," for a #RomancingTheGothic author showcase
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bscz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bscz...
Fascinating talk covering three excellent films. I love Lake Mungo and The Autopsy of Jane Doe. Only seen She Will once but it’s gone to top of my re-watch list! Thank you Amy Beddows 🙏
#RomancingtheGothic
#RomancingtheGothic
I'm giving a talk next Saturday (14th) as part of the excellent 'Romancing the Gothic' series. I will be speaking about female ghosts in horror and what they tell us about violence against women and girls.
Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-gho....
Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-gho....
Female Ghosts in Horror Films with Amy Beddows
The Haunting Complexities of Violence Against Women: Female Ghosts in Horror Films
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Fascinating talk covering three excellent films. I love Lake Mungo and The Autopsy of Jane Doe. Only seen She Will once but it’s gone to top of my re-watch list! Thank you Amy Beddows 🙏
#RomancingtheGothic
#RomancingtheGothic
Today's my birthday, which is as good an excuse as any to remind you that I have four #RomancingTheGothic talks available to watch for free.
Links below, but first!
A shameless plug for my fifth talk, also free, coming in March 👇
bsky.app/profile/romg...
Links below, but first!
A shameless plug for my fifth talk, also free, coming in March 👇
bsky.app/profile/romg...
In March, we'll be having a range of 'Introductions' to different authors, genres or themes.
First up, on 7th March at 4pm and 9pm GMT is 'An Introduction to Mary Roberts Rhinehart' with B. Rae Grosz
4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
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First up, on 7th March at 4pm and 9pm GMT is 'An Introduction to Mary Roberts Rhinehart' with B. Rae Grosz
4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
9 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Select tickets – An Introduction to Mary Roberts Rinehart with B. Rae Grosz – Zoom
An Introduction to Mary Roberts Rinehart with B. Rae Grosz – Zoom, Sat 7 Mar 2026 - Our series of talks is funded exclusively by donations. The talks are free to access but if you can support the proj...
www.tickettailor.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Today's my birthday, which is as good an excuse as any to remind you that I have four #RomancingTheGothic talks available to watch for free.
Links below, but first!
A shameless plug for my fifth talk, also free, coming in March 👇
bsky.app/profile/romg...
Links below, but first!
A shameless plug for my fifth talk, also free, coming in March 👇
bsky.app/profile/romg...
@romgothsam.bsky.social
Remember that time I saw a carnivorous plant that ate bat poop on this year's goths for breakfast and decided it should be a tattoo? Behold! #romancingTheGothic
Remember that time I saw a carnivorous plant that ate bat poop on this year's goths for breakfast and decided it should be a tattoo? Behold! #romancingTheGothic
May 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
@romgothsam.bsky.social
Remember that time I saw a carnivorous plant that ate bat poop on this year's goths for breakfast and decided it should be a tattoo? Behold! #romancingTheGothic
Remember that time I saw a carnivorous plant that ate bat poop on this year's goths for breakfast and decided it should be a tattoo? Behold! #romancingTheGothic
Well, I know this is going to interest at least some of the people from RtG. There's probably going to be some crossover between the #PoemsAbout prompts and the #RomancingTheGothic talks this month that will be worth exploring. Two amazing communities I'd love to see bleed into one another.
Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.
Closing date: October 31st
#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Closing date: October 31st
#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026
thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Well, I know this is going to interest at least some of the people from RtG. There's probably going to be some crossover between the #PoemsAbout prompts and the #RomancingTheGothic talks this month that will be worth exploring. Two amazing communities I'd love to see bleed into one another.
Hey! You! Goths for Breakfast is TOMORROW! TOMORROW!! TOMORROW!!!
Join #RomancingTheGothic for an online teach-a-thon to help feed hungry kids
You can choose the ticket price that fits your budget. And talks are recorded, so if you can't attend live, you can check them out on your own later.
Join #RomancingTheGothic for an online teach-a-thon to help feed hungry kids
You can choose the ticket price that fits your budget. And talks are recorded, so if you can't attend live, you can check them out on your own later.
This Saturday is the Goths for Breakfast charity day. Goths unite! We're raising money for Magic Breakfast to feed hungry kids with a teaching marathon of fascinating talks and writing workshops. Pop in and out as you like - the talks are recorded!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982926549...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982926549...
Goths for Breakfast: Charity Teach-a-thon
A full day of back to back classes and workshops on Gothic themes to raise money for the charity Magic Breakfast
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Hey! You! Goths for Breakfast is TOMORROW! TOMORROW!! TOMORROW!!!
Join #RomancingTheGothic for an online teach-a-thon to help feed hungry kids
You can choose the ticket price that fits your budget. And talks are recorded, so if you can't attend live, you can check them out on your own later.
Join #RomancingTheGothic for an online teach-a-thon to help feed hungry kids
You can choose the ticket price that fits your budget. And talks are recorded, so if you can't attend live, you can check them out on your own later.
My afternoon is cross stitch bee and a lecture called "Black Motherhood and Horror" with Roshelle Patterson
@romgothsam.bsky.social
#RomancingTheGothic
@romgothsam.bsky.social
#RomancingTheGothic
August 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
My afternoon is cross stitch bee and a lecture called "Black Motherhood and Horror" with Roshelle Patterson
@romgothsam.bsky.social
#RomancingTheGothic
@romgothsam.bsky.social
#RomancingTheGothic
There’s still time to get a ticket for the second round of my #RomancingTheGothic free, online talk about The Lost Children of the Alleghenies 👇🏻
And Saturday, September 6th at 9pm BST (4pm Eastern)
Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lost-c...
Brought to you by #RomancingTheGothic
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Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lost-c...
Brought to you by #RomancingTheGothic
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Select tickets – The Lost Children of the Alleghenies with B. Rae Grosz – Zoom
Our series of talks is funded exclusively by donations. The talks are free to access but if you can support the project and do ...
www.tickettailor.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There’s still time to get a ticket for the second round of my #RomancingTheGothic free, online talk about The Lost Children of the Alleghenies 👇🏻
Tuned into the #romancingthegothic #warningtothecurious conference hosted by @romgothsam.bsky.social with a lecture on food and the Gothic in the Caribbean.
Doing an appropriate crosstitch as I listen...
Doing an appropriate crosstitch as I listen...
August 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Tuned into the #romancingthegothic #warningtothecurious conference hosted by @romgothsam.bsky.social with a lecture on food and the Gothic in the Caribbean.
Doing an appropriate crosstitch as I listen...
Doing an appropriate crosstitch as I listen...
If you're in the mood for something morbid this #InternationalMusicDay, might I suggest my #RomancingTheGothic talk on "Gloomy Sunday" (also known as the Hungarian Suicide Song)
youtu.be/9092GFAyfys?...
youtu.be/9092GFAyfys?...
Gloomy Sunday: History and Legend with B. Rae Grosz
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you're in the mood for something morbid this #InternationalMusicDay, might I suggest my #RomancingTheGothic talk on "Gloomy Sunday" (also known as the Hungarian Suicide Song)
youtu.be/9092GFAyfys?...
youtu.be/9092GFAyfys?...
Thanks #HorrorWritersChat!
On February 28th, you can join me for a writing workshop dive into the dark depths of haunted lakes — part of the #RomancingTheGothic charity teach-a-thon to raise money to feed hungry kids.
Check out the amazing lineup of talks and get your ticket here 👇
On February 28th, you can join me for a writing workshop dive into the dark depths of haunted lakes — part of the #RomancingTheGothic charity teach-a-thon to raise money to feed hungry kids.
Check out the amazing lineup of talks and get your ticket here 👇
February 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Thanks #HorrorWritersChat!
On February 28th, you can join me for a writing workshop dive into the dark depths of haunted lakes — part of the #RomancingTheGothic charity teach-a-thon to raise money to feed hungry kids.
Check out the amazing lineup of talks and get your ticket here 👇
On February 28th, you can join me for a writing workshop dive into the dark depths of haunted lakes — part of the #RomancingTheGothic charity teach-a-thon to raise money to feed hungry kids.
Check out the amazing lineup of talks and get your ticket here 👇
Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat!
My upcoming workshop for the online #RomancingTheGothic Conference is about how characters' history shapes their perception of setting and how to use that when writing Gothic forests. You can check out the rest of the lineup and purchase tickets here 👇
My upcoming workshop for the online #RomancingTheGothic Conference is about how characters' history shapes their perception of setting and how to use that when writing Gothic forests. You can check out the rest of the lineup and purchase tickets here 👇
'More Terrors Than Her Reason Could Justify': An Online Gothic Conference
On 22nd and 23rd August we celebrate 200 years of Ann Radcliffe's posthumous publications and marginalised genders in the Gothic!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat!
My upcoming workshop for the online #RomancingTheGothic Conference is about how characters' history shapes their perception of setting and how to use that when writing Gothic forests. You can check out the rest of the lineup and purchase tickets here 👇
My upcoming workshop for the online #RomancingTheGothic Conference is about how characters' history shapes their perception of setting and how to use that when writing Gothic forests. You can check out the rest of the lineup and purchase tickets here 👇
"Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless..."
Learn the history behind the legend of "Gloomy Sunday," also known as "the Hungarian Suicide Song," with my talk for #RomancingTheGothic.
#WyrdWednesday
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless..."
Learn the history behind the legend of "Gloomy Sunday," also known as "the Hungarian Suicide Song," with my talk for #RomancingTheGothic.
#WyrdWednesday
Gloomy Sunday: History and Legend with B. Rae Grosz
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
www.youtube.com
May 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless..."
Learn the history behind the legend of "Gloomy Sunday," also known as "the Hungarian Suicide Song," with my talk for #RomancingTheGothic.
#WyrdWednesday
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless..."
Learn the history behind the legend of "Gloomy Sunday," also known as "the Hungarian Suicide Song," with my talk for #RomancingTheGothic.
#WyrdWednesday
Have you been hearing pipes playing an eerie but charming tune, beckoning you to the month of February?
Fear not! It's merely a melodic lure to my upcoming talk on The Pied Piper of Hamelin for #RomancingTheGothic!
Sunday, February 2nd — Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/romancing-...
Fear not! It's merely a melodic lure to my upcoming talk on The Pied Piper of Hamelin for #RomancingTheGothic!
Sunday, February 2nd — Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/romancing-...
Romancing the Gothic
Romancing the Gothic runs free to access classes, workshops and book clubs on anything Gothic, Romantic, Horror or adjacent. We have weekly classes on a Saturday or Sunday, a weekly book group, and al...
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January 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Have you been hearing pipes playing an eerie but charming tune, beckoning you to the month of February?
Fear not! It's merely a melodic lure to my upcoming talk on The Pied Piper of Hamelin for #RomancingTheGothic!
Sunday, February 2nd — Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/romancing-...
Fear not! It's merely a melodic lure to my upcoming talk on The Pied Piper of Hamelin for #RomancingTheGothic!
Sunday, February 2nd — Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/romancing-...
One of the things I love most about convention panels and presentations - including excellent digital conferences like #RomancingTheGothic is how you get to think on and turn over a particular topic from multiple angles, and i just find it so inspiring and so richly rewarding creatively
April 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
One of the things I love most about convention panels and presentations - including excellent digital conferences like #RomancingTheGothic is how you get to think on and turn over a particular topic from multiple angles, and i just find it so inspiring and so richly rewarding creatively