Haunted Classrooms: Learning and the Macabre in the Victorian Age

Discover how Victorian schools and universities shaped Gothic horror. From Dickens’s classrooms to Stevenson’s corpses and M. R. James’s ghosts.

Oct 6 • 

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September 2025

September 2025 Wrap-Up

A summary of what I've written and read this past month.

Sep 29 • 

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Leslie S. Klinger and the Art of Annotation

Explore Leslie S. Klinger’s annotated classics—Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Frankenstein & more—bringing Victorian horror and mystery to life today.

Sep 22 • 

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Nine Lives of Terror: The Cat in Folklore and the Gothic

Cats in folklore & Gothic fiction: Poe, Le Fanu & Lovecraft – how felines reveal the uncanny, desire and vengeance.

Sep 15 • 

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Publication Day

In Plain Sight, Unseen is OUT NOW!

Sep 12 • 

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In Plain Sight, Unseen launches tomorrow!

It's publication day for In Plain Sight, Unseen tomorrow!

Sep 11 • 

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Thank You For Preordering!!

Everything I've been writing, reading and watching in August.

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

Ebook Now Available for Preorder!

In Plain Sight, Unseen is now available to preorder as an ebook on Amazon Kindle at the launch price of $0.99, and through most other ebook retailers.

Aug 19 • 

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Of Pint and Patron: The Public House in Gaslamp Fiction

Explore how Victorian pubs shaped gaslamp fiction – smoke, secrets, and the cultural role of the public house in gothic storytelling.

Aug 18 • 

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Beneath the Dial: The Origins of My Haunted Timepiece Tale

Explore the origins of my Victorian horror story about a haunted pocket watch, a ghostly hound, and an antique shop. Gaslamp chills await.

Aug 4 • 

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July 2025 Wrap-Up

What I've been reading, writing, and watching in July.

Aug 2 • 

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July 2025

Staging Terror: The Rise of Horror in Nineteenth-Century Theatre

Before Bram Stoker penned one of the most influential novels of all time, Dracula, he spent decades steeped in the dramatic world of the Victorian…

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