UK Ghost Story Festival

The UK Ghost Story Festival returns in February 2025 at @MuseumofMaking in Derby. Co-ordinated by @AlexDavis1981

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

We'll be bringing the frights to February with the UK Ghost Story Festival in 2025, featuring online and in-person weekend events! https://t.co/bSglsBA9vo #ghosts #ghoststories #gothic #gothicfiction #spooky #fiction #writing #writers

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Christmas is a time for happiness, harmony and.. horror? In SEASON'S SCREAMINGS I'll be exploring some of the best, worst and weirdest of festive horror on film... https://t.co/hhCSKhzI2I #horrortalk #horrortalks #xmas #christmas #christmaslecture

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Three weeks to go until folk horror comes to the coldest season with DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER, featuring @inkhat @kaychronister @RobCEdgar @RuthHeholt @oisaachenry @novicenovelist and @stevetoase! https://t.co/TAzn8bhLNw #folkhorror #writing #writers #horror

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Like it or not, Christmas is sneaking closer all the time - and if you want to keep the horror vibes going through the festive season then my SEASON'S SCREAMINGS talk could be for you! https://t.co/H5EoGuaFF3 #xmas #christmas #festive #horror #horrortalks #horrortalk

[Lauren J McMenemy 👻🧛‍♀️🔮😈 @novicenovelist]

Join us on Saturday 30 November as we spend the day looking at haunted spaces, haunted ideas, haunted emotions.

Head to https://t.co/dJt1Gg9f17 for full details, or go straight to https://t.co/FSYzt4Gw04 to grab your ticket. The day will be recorded so you can catch up later.

[UK Ghost Story Festival @GhostStoryFest]

@WmSchumacher Same again, not made any posts etc. yet...

[UK Ghost Story Festival @GhostStoryFest]

Just a couple of days left now...

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

One week to until we kick off for WINTER HAUNTS 2024 - can't wait to present this very exciting line-up of ghost story and Gothic fiction events! https://t.co/jmrNGQHDXt @writingmagazine @WritingEM @writingwestmids @WritersCentre @poetswritersinc @Writers_Artists

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Three weeks to go until a final fix of folk horror for 2024, with DARKNESS IN THE FIELD: MIDWINTER serving up a range of interviews, talks and workshops over the weekend of 7th and 8th December! https://t.co/TAzn8bhdXY #folkhorror #folklore #horror #horrorfiction

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

In the New Year the awesome @CharHorrorFan will be taking a look at the shortest of short stories with WRITING FLASH FICTION... https://t.co/7lX0JDLX8g #flashfic #flashfiction #shortstory #shortstories #course #courses #workshop #workshops

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Two weeks left to grab those tickets for a fascinating day of events exploring the world of HAUNTOLOGY, presented by @novicenovelist and WRITING THE OCCULT! https://t.co/gtYdxQcLug #writing #writers #occult #hauntology

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Incoming tomorrow! A loaded Saturday of workshops, interviews and panels for writers and readers of ghost stories and Gothic fiction - it's WINTER HAUNTS eve... https://t.co/jmrNGQHDXt #writing #writers #authors #workshop #workshops

[Lauren J McMenemy 👻🧛‍♀️🔮😈 @novicenovelist]

We're lucky to have talented folks join us for Writing the Occult: Hauntology - including the one & only @_EvelynHollow. She's a TV, radio & podcast presenter. An acclaimed parapsychologist. And the author of the recently-released Atlas of Paranormal Places. Here's the blurb 🧵⬇

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Explore ghosts of an entirely different stripe with the next WRITING THE OCCULT event, exploring the strange world of Hauntology... https://t.co/gtYdxQcLug #hauntology #hauntings #occult #ghosts #fiction #writing #writers

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Not long left to grab those tix and join a stellar line-up of talent in ghost stories and Gothic fiction for the 3rd running of WINTER HAUNTS! https://t.co/jmrNGQHDXt @GNutsofHorror @ThisIsHorror @LoveHorror @iHorrorNews @HorrorTree @HorrorNews @HorrorNewsNet @HorrorNewsRadio

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

I'll be revisiting the spooky world of ghost stories - an old favourite of mine, of course - with a two-part course for @NWStudio this December! https://t.co/xOLj9zQ9c9
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[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Last few days to go - WINTER HAUNTS is back with a bang for 2024, with a loaded line-up of interviews, workshops and panels, all running online on 16th November! https://t.co/jmrNGQHDXt #horror #horrorwriting #horrorwriters #horrorfiction #horrorauthors @WritingMagazine

[Alex Davis @AlexDavis1981]

Folk horror will be back in the spotlight this December, with a weekend of online events for DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER! https://t.co/TAzn8bhLNw @folklorepod @folkhorrormagpi @folk_horror @FleurishB @folk_film @HorrorFolk

[Writing Magazine @WritingMagazine]

We asked Alex Davis, the mastermind behind the chilling Winter Haunts event, to reveal his top five modern ghost stories that will leave you sleeping with the lights on! 😱✨

Want to know which spine-tingling tales made the cut? 🕯️📖

Find out here. 👉 https://t.co/8X11Wjp7Ia

[Lauren J McMenemy 👻🧛‍♀️🔮😈 @novicenovelist]

Cat out of bag: join me as we talk RITUALS in folk horror as part of Darkness in the Fields: Midwinter. What role do rituals play in these narratives? And how can you create your own believable rituals to get your isolated communities scaring the bejesus out of their outsider?