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Author Archives: Sam George
Is the End of Time in Sight for Doctor Who?
It has been a while since Doctor Who featured on the site, though I remember posting an All Sorts of Scary (pun intended) story on the Kandy Man and the unlikely rise of gothic sweets some time ago!! Dr Ivan Phillips, … Continue reading
Dark Musings From A Discarded Christmas Tree
There is something of an arboreal theme going on on the blog just now following the announcement of the Beasts of the Forest conference. If you are decorating your tree you might like to read Hans Andersen’s unsettling account of … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Christmas Tree, Eco criticism, Fir Tree, Hans Andersen
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50 Words for Snow
You might have noticed that we have a snow theme on our site just now and it was almost snowing in St Albans on my walk today: The novelist Marcus Sedgwick is no stranger to OGOM, some of you will have … Continue reading
Beasts of the Forest: Denizens of the Dark Woods
One of the emails I received over the holiday period was an invitation to be a plenary speaker at an interdisciplinary symposium at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, which will explore the representation of forests and their more sinister inhabitants … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), OGOM News
Tagged Big Foot, fairies, forests, Gothic landscapes, Wolves, woods
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Happy Gothic Hogmanay – You Can Close Your Box Now Pandora!
I am hoping Pandora will close her box today for the Hogmanay and we can all celebrate the rise of Happy Gothic!! 2017 will see the launch of the OGOM Research Centre and the completion of our ‘Company of Wolves’ … Continue reading
Have Yourselves A Gothicky Merry Christmas From OGOM!
Gothicky Merry Christmas OGOMERS!! Pandora seemed to reopen her box in 2016 and no end of horrors were let loose upon the world from Brexit to Trump (with Bowie’s death seemingly acting as a catalyst for things falling apart). Happily … Continue reading
OGOM Celebrates the Rise of Dr Kaja Franck
Woo hoo…huge congratulations to Kaja who passed her PhD viva today!!! Dr Franck OGOM is very, very proud of you. It has been a joy and a delight to supervise you from day one. We are all so very pleased … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Kaja Franck, OGOM, Werewolves, Wolves
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Gothic Sensibilities: Charlotte Bronte Stitches Her Dead Sibling’s Hair Into Her Shoes
Just when you thought the Bronte sisters could not get any more gothic Charlotte Bronte’s silk shoes from 1850 reveal that she repaired them using her dead sibling’s hair!! This may seem maudlin to us but it was evidently an … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Charlotte Bronte, hair, John Donne, Love tokens, The Relic
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Gentleman Death in Silk and Lace: Lestat to debut on Undead TV
Fans of Lestat and of Undead TV must surely be celebrating today. I heard through Vanity Fair that Anne Rice is bringing her Vampire Chronicles to television. After regaining the rights to the series, the author and her son Christopher are … Continue reading
Posted in MA Reading the Vampire module news
Tagged Anne Rice, Lestat, vampire television
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Kaja’s Pulp Fiction Werewolves
Kaja and I have both been asked to write features for the Folklore Thursday website. Mine is on vampires and the OGOM project and is very late (sorry Willow) but Kaja’s is out now and is an excellent read. Have … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Folklore, Folklore Thursday, Kaja Franck, Werewolves
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