"𝕸𝖞 '𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖎𝖙𝖚𝖉𝖊' 𝖙𝖔𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖘 𝖌𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖉𝖒𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖔𝖑𝖉." - May Sinclair 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Mine too, May, mine too. 👻 Today, the weather has been howling, pouring, and generally kicking up a fuss. I have been tucked up with 'In the Night Wood' - a fairy tale, an ode to literature, and a tragedy of loss articulated through magical realism, the gothic, fantasy and, I hope, folk horror too... I'll save further comment until I'm done. 👻 It has been a perfectly Novemeber-y day; Halloween lingers in the air, the spooky season is in full swing and Christmas and winter seem suddenly close. 👻 I also aattended a fascinating lecture on Victorian and Edwardian female authors of ghost stories. The Christmas tradition of spectral storytelling of course came up, as did one fine British gentleman - a staunch supporter of his female contemporaries. I imagine Sinclair would consider his own tales well told too... 👻 Today's image serves as a conceptual depiction of November, existing between the Tradition of Terror and Decadence and Decay. It is also a sneaky little #thespookynerdsbookclub spoiler for the upcoming readalong, which @rabbitheartedreader, @engaginglit, & I are getting increasingly excited about cohosting next month! Details coming soon... 👻 🤔: Are you breaking the "rules" and embracing Christmas/seasonal/holiday traditions early this year? If so, I salute you in your festive rebellion! 🤔: Does the fact that 'attitude' is quoted in inverted commas lead anyone else to assume Sinclair is being consciously attitude-y (and love her for it)? . #natureisgothic #folkhorror #contemporarygothic #dalebailey #inthenightwood #bookstagram #englishliterature #victorianliterature #edwardianliterature #christmas #halloween #spookynerds #bookblogger #bookclub #readalong #teaser #spoiler #ghoststories #femaleauthors #charlesdickens #achristmascarol #classicliterature #decemberreads #maysinclair https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlf6fsgb3W/?igshid=1f8ums1we5rm8
