During the Peninsular War a wounded soldier recuperates in a remote location. He falls in love with the daughter of the house, but her family hides a terrible secret…
Author copies arrived of this bulky anthology of African ghost stories. Now I can say that my story was published in the same book as the legend, Amos Tutuola!
We've got a small number of the latest linocut available this go-around. There are three up, but if there's enough demand I'll drag out the ol' Woodzilla. #MastoArt#art#FediArt#gothic
Haste Ye Back (again)
5 March, Glasgow University & online
Free
Dorothy K. Haynes (1918–1987) was a well-known author of horror fiction. Dr Craig Lamont discusses editing HASTE YE BACK, Haynes’s #memoir of her childhood years in Aberlour Orphanage. An orphanage, in north-east Scotland, during the Great Depression, sounds like the setting for something grim – yet Haynes shows how an orphanage can also be a home, & a happy one too.
HASTE YE BACK
by Dorothy K. Haynes
edited by Craig Lamont
A gifted writer of #gothic & #supernatural fiction, Dorothy K. Haynes (1918–1987) grew up in Aberlour Orphanage. In this memoir, she brings to life the residents & stories of the institution that shaped her
LADY MACBETH: Gothic fantasy by Ava Reid coming out in August! Reid wrote The Wolf and the Woodsman and Juniper and Thorn, both of which I loved. #bookstodon#Scotland#gothic#fiction@bookstodon
"The Phantom of the Opera" (1925) is a classic silent film with a strong Gothic horror romance theme.
Unfortunately there's no public domain score, so I've edited a new libre soundtrack for the film from existing Creative Commons and public domain music. You can watch this new version at:
The latest issue of Books From Scotland is online – featuring
The Kavya Prize
Clairmont
Queering the Greek Myths
Ava Anna Ada
Kevin the Orange
Who’s Aldo?
Green New Worlds
The Hotel Hokusai
James Clerk Maxwell
Café Canna
10 Scotland Street
The Bumblebee Garden
Poor Things
The Salt & the Flame
Sleekit
To the Dogs
HASTE YE BACK
by Dorothy K. Haynes
edited by Craig Lamont
A gifted writer of #gothic & #supernatural fiction, Dorothy K. Haynes (1918–1987) grew up in Aberlour Orphanage. In this memoir, she brings to life the residents & stories of the institution that shaped her