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Author Archives: Sam George
Will the Blood Moon Come Too Soon?
Serpents, dragons, jaguars, bats and wolves are all associated with the eclipse, according the Smithsonian Magazine’s What Folklore Tells us About the Eclipse. You have probably heard of the myth of the wolf who swallows the sun or moon causing an eclipse or … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Fun stuff
Tagged Blood Moon, Bonnie Tyler, eclipse, Vampires, varcolac, Werewolves
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Why YA Gothic Fiction is Booming and Girl Monsters are on the Rise
I’m posting this article from The Conversation by Michelle Smith for this year’s Generation Dead: YA Fiction and the Gothic students, who will begin their study of the YA Gothic genre in September. Why YA Gothic Fiction is Booming and … Continue reading
Night of the Literary Living Dead 26th August
It’s time to break the news of a very exciting battle of the books event that I (Dr Sam George) am doing on 26th August at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in the Spiegeltent with gothtastic writer Marcus Sedgwick. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged Dr Sam George, Dracula, Edinburgh Book Festival, Frankenstein, Marcus Sedgwick, Spiegeltent, The Skinny
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#The Fallen: OGOM Twitter Moment
Your chance to browse @OGOMProject’s Twitter moment on the theme of The Fallen The Fallen
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged Lucifer, Mephistopholes, Satan, The Devil, The Fallen, werewolf family
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Vampire at the Crossroads
The intersection of roads and pathways are dark, dangerous, uncanny places, offering two or more options at once. According to ancient superstitions crossroads are unhallowed ground, haunted by vampires, demons, witches and trolls. Malevolent spirits who like to lead travellers … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged Crossroads, Dr Sam George, folkore, suicide, superstition, Vampires
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The Corpse Flower: One of Nature’s Monsters
This magnificent Corpse Flower is in bloom at New York Botanical Gardens. AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM smells of rotting flesh and resembles an enormous phallus. Proof that truth really is stranger than fiction. I see it as a symbol of my research appearing as … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged Corpse flower, Dr Sam George, monstrous plants, New York Botanical Gardens, poetic botany
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Monsters: Dreams and Discords: Vampire Fiction in Twenty-First-Century American Culture
Congratulations to Jillian Wingfield who yesterday submitted her thesis: ‘Monsters: Dreams and Discords: Twenty-First-Century Vampire Fiction and American Culture’. Jillian got a mention in the preface to the Open Graves, Open Minds book as embarking on her journey into American vampires … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged American Gothic, Jillian Wingfield, Nina Auerbach, Vampires
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Animals and Us
John Berger’s groundbreaking essay ‘Why Look at Animals’ (1980; Penguin, Great Ideas, 2009) has inspired a new exhibition ‘Animals and Us’ at the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate. Berger argued that the ancient relationship between man and nature had been severed … Continue reading
OGOM: Fearful Fens
Thanks to Kaja for initiating the fabulous #FearfulFens during May. Some really interesting and fun research came out of this and you can catch up via our Twitter ‘moment’ below. Our new hashtag for June is the deliciously wicked #TheFallen. … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged #FeafulFens, #TheFallen, eco-Gothic, folk Gothic
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