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CFPs: Folk horror, folklore and fantasy, enchanted environments, literature and science

Posted on 15th September 2019 by William the Bloody

* Hurry! Some of these deadlines are very soon! 1. Contemporary Folk Horror in Film and Media, Leeds Beckett University, 30-31 July 2020. Deadline: 30 December 2019. The 1960’s and 70s folk horror canon brought the ‘Unholy Trinity’ of Witchfinder General (1968), The Blood on … Continue reading →

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Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire

Posted on 25th October 2018 by William the Bloody

Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire The Premature Burial. Antoine Wiertz (1854) Sam George, University of Hertfordshire The story of Count Dracula as many of us know it was created by Bram Stoker, an Irishman, in 1897. … Continue reading →

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How long have we believed in vampires? (from The Conversation)

Posted on 28th October 2017 by Sam George

How long have we believed in vampires? EMVDS-photography/Shutterstock.com Sam George, University of Hertfordshire Vampires have a contested history. Some claim that the creatures are “as old as the world”. But more recent arguments suggest that our belief in vampires and … Continue reading →

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How long have we believed in vampires?

Posted on 27th October 2017 by William the Bloody

Sam has an article here, ‘How long have we believed in vampires?‘ for The Conversation on the long history of vampires.

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A Guide to Ancient Magic

Posted on 26th August 2016 by William the Bloody

A fascinating, though brief, article from the Smithsonian on ancient spells and curses from Sumeria, Greece, and Rome

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