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A great interview with Filipino speculative author Dean Francis Alfar. Conquering the Blank Page hawkersmag.com/dean-alfar-i...

The Book of Monelle by Marcel Schwob. Symbolism from the early 20th century.

Filipino horror writers to peruse at your leisure. #horrorwriting fullybookedonline.com/blog/post/th...

Dark Matter by Michelle Paver. This novel is a horror story set in the arctic. In my opinion it's a modern classic. #horrorwriting #horrorfiction

The Secret Lives of OFWs by Jet Tagasa. Horror writing from The Philippines #horrorwriting

I've just listened to Neil McRobert's interview with Deena Helm author of Our Cut of Salt. What can I say other than a classic heartfelt interview. Well done Neil.

Una Sealy. An exhibition of Una Sealy's work is currently taking place in the RHA. The exhibition will run till December 20th. #art

The death of reading? An interesting article in The Guardian concerning the written word and books in general. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Imelda Cajipe Endaya #art #filipinoart

Kati Horna - Story of a Vampire #photography

From Death Reality (Shigenjitsu) by Nobuyoshi Araki. #photography

Shawlie with Children, Quay Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin - William Conor. #art #Irishart

Daido Moriyama #photography

Kehinde Wiley's "Young Artists After Siamesas 1960". I'm giving this painting all the publicity it deserves. #art

Oh for those times when politics was pure. Pure evil. Nothing ever changes. The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius. Translated by Robert Graves. #history

Dadaism, surrealism and George Melly. A wonderful documentary. The Journey. #art youtu.be/PU9jSbP62fI?...

Just finished Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones. More magnificent horror writing from a modern master. #horrorwriting

Indian artist Bikash Bhattacharjee #art

The search for aliens continues. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/au...

Colossal Head by Francisco de Zurbarán. #art

This is one of the most frightening books I have ever read. How easily things can spiral out of control and the devastating consequences of nuclear war when there can be no winner. "Nuclear War A Scenario" by Annie Jacobsen.

I'm hopping mad with Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. In the version of The Odyssey I'm reading Menealus is described as being auburn-haired. Yet in the film the character Menealus is quite clearly bald. Come on Mr. Nolan please do better. This glaring mistake ruined the movie for me. #TheOdyssey

This one had been on my TBR list for a while. It was definitely worth the wait. "Picnic at Hanging Rock" by Joan Lindsay. #horrorwriting

'LANA' by Oliver Murphy. Winner of the Irish Arts Review / Ireland U.S. Council Portraiture Award. You can see 'LANA' at the 196th Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition.

Taking a break away from the horror, this memoir of life in Paris is both enjoyable and unique. "A Waiter in Paris" by Edward Chisholm. #writing

"Tender is the Flesh" by Augustina Bazterrica is a rieting account of a dystopian future and a wonderful horror novel. Gut wrenching would be a good phrase to describe it. #horrorwriting

I've been reading M. John Harrison for years and he never ceases to amaze. Here's an interview with him where he discusses the writing process and the release of his latest novel, "The End of Everything". #writing #sci-fi www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Eduard van der Elsken from the many trips he took to Japan. #photography

Enter Sandman because Metallica are playing in Dublin tonight. #speirgorm youtu.be/CD-E-LDc384?...

This is an excellent essay by Barbara Ehrenreich: The Humanoid Stain, Art lesson from our cave dwelling ancestors. #art #caveart thebaffler.com/salvos/the-h...

Marco Pesaresi from the series 'Underground: Travels on the Global Metro'. #photography

You can't put on the TV now without seeing Roy Keane in an add. #speirgorm

Just this week I've discovered Petrified_pod. What dark room have I been living in to miss this? "That's When You Know You've Made It," is their latest audio horror drama. #speirgorm #horrorwriting youtu.be/N85gJ5ldCNA?...

The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest. www.thecollector.com/green-anacon...

Another great interview by @thisishorror.bsky.social . This time they interview @ericlarocca.com and discuss his latest novel "Wretch".

The work of Yuji Wantanabe mixes the modern with the musical. Much of his work is based on creatures from Japan's folklore. #photography

Well this just made me very sad www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

Irish writer John Connolly discusses his writing and his fondness for cork ##horrorwriting #crimefiction www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

This painting is entitled "Bean Sí" and is by MaryKate Hardy. It has just won the Art Riddler competition, as voted by the artists taking part in the exhibition. #art #horror

Read about the Art Riddler, Dublin's anonymous art patron. #art D www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...

A wonderful use of colour by photographer Rafael Pavarotti. The story behind the shoot is one of triumph over adversely. #photography

Out There Screaming, An Anthology of New Black Horror is a wonderful collection containing stories by Nalo Hopkinson, Tananarive Due, Nnedi Okorafor and Nicole D. Sconers amongst others. #horrorwriting

Maria Lax - Stray Sod #photography

Ally by Nalo Hopkinson "The grass in the cemetery was green, the roses and lavender in the wreaths fragrant. Iqbal’s funeral had been a quiet affair, all things considered." www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/ally/ ##horrorwriting

For we know this about May Day , it is the day when all the cut back horns of the old gods grow back. - #CLNolan #MayDay #Beltane

Joel Peter Witkin #photography

The Hotel by Daisy Johnson is a collection of interlinked short stories with are guaranteed to leave a mark. Just don't ask to stay in room 63. #horrorwriting ##horrorfiction