This time next week, we'll be at the cemetery. Meet you by Mary Shelley's grave?

Spend your Valentine's Day immersed in the worlds of graveyards and memento mori, of obsession and transgression, of saints and sinners.

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No stranger to Writing the Occult shores, Lindz McLeod is back to talk about her work reimagining Austen classics as queer romances for a modern audience. What are the things we will do for love? Lindz has a shopping list for us...

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I've been hard at work behind the scenes curating quite the belief-laden extravaganza for you, dear followers of the dark - and those details shall be unleashed very, very soon...

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When we think about archaeologists in stories, it's usually the brave adventurer seeking long-lost worlds... but this can be culturally problematic today. That doesn't mean there's no stories to tell about things left behind. 🧵⬇️

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We're counting down until we talk relics at Writing the Occult on 10 May, so figured it's time we do a little relics roll call. And just to show not all relics relate to the major religions, here's a magical fairy flag from the Isle of Skye: clan MacLeod's Am Bratach Sith.🧵⬇️

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Just 2 weeks until we dig into the murky depths of relics, mummies, cursed objects, shipwrecks, and all those other creepy and wonderful things that were left behind.

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A visual prompt for the weekend writers... What worlds can you conjure from this image?
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If your imagination is already whirring with possibilities, join us for Writing the Occult: Relics on 10 May where we consider the case of Relics.

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A visual prompt for the weekend writers... What worlds can you conjure from this image?

If your imagination is already whirring with possibilities, join us for Writing the Occult: Relics on 10 May where we consider the case of Relics: writingtheoccult.carrd.co 🧵⬇️

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We're counting the days until the next Writing the Occult, so figured it's time we do a little relics roll call - a way to introduce you to some of the weird objects from history that are venerated or feared. And why not start with the literal head of Saint John the Baptist? 🧵⬇️

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Where there's relics, there's cultures conquered - especially when it comes to the European "age of discovery". Who better to tackle the horror from colonialism than Mexican-American writer V. Castro? She's joined the crew for Writing the Occult: Relics. Meet her 🧵⬇️

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