Part-Time lecturer @Uni_Lancashire. Writing monograph on Early Modern Horror. Contemp horror/Gothic/games. Reviewer for @thesixthaxis Garth Marenghi Stan.
Lancaster, UK
Joined September 2009
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📣CALL FOR PAPERS📣 'Folklore and the Natural World': The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference 2027. 11-13 June 2027, The Cut Conference Centre, Shrewsbury. Deadline for proposals: Sunday 13 December 2026 folklore-society.com/event/s…
ALT Edward Hicks, Peaceable Kingdom of the Branch, Wikimedia Commons
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
Next month I’ll be extending the #Halloween season to deliver a public talk on #Ghost Stories & #Gothic Literature 👻 for @SeedTalks in Brighton (& livestreamed) on Weds 25th November at 7pm. Get tickets here and please share with #Brighton friends: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ghost-sto…
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The wonderful folks at @ColumbiaUP have put together this book flyer, including a 20% discount.
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We are very excited to see you tomorrow at 6:30–7:00 PM BST for our Criminal Gothic talk with Dr Barbara Hughes-Moore! ⚖️🦇🎃
Send us an email or a DM if you’re still in search of the zoom link!
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My book, Ferocious Fatherhood: A Crisis in Masculinity and Fatherhood in American Horror Cinema available for pre-order now 📚⬇️
bloomsbury.com/uk/ferocious-…
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
I submitted Devilry in Godling Wood: A Medieval Horror to Sentinel Creatives in Aug 2025. Now, 14 months later, we’re a week away from the novel’s release. I’m excited & nervous about it. I’d be grateful for any help spreading the word. It means the world to me.
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
Last call, chums! Today is the preorder cutoff for X-MEN INCURSIONS 1 by Jim Towe, @JetstormSS and yours truly.
HOUSE OF M meets DAYS OF FUTURE PAST via SECRET WARS (and just a dash of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’). Big drama, big action, and maybe even a tear or two.
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
TOMORROW!
Hungry Horrors is coming out from Early Access and launching full campaign on Steam. Feed mythical monster from British & Irish legends or become their next meal.
Wishlist now to get notified when full version is out!
#indiegame #deckbuilder #gamedev
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
HISTORY OF VAMPIRES
The Histoire des vampires et des spectres malfaisans (1820) was written by the French demonologist Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy & based on prior 18th-century treatises, local European folklore, and historical #vampire panics #31daysofHalloween
Image: second edition, 1820.
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
X-MEN INCURSIONS 1 is on preorder cutoff this weekend. The universes of House of M and Days of Future Past have collided, and Kitty Pryde and Doctor Strange are caught in the middle!
It’s really freakin’ good and you deserve it because you‘re a nice person and you work hard.
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
You’ll have heard many of the challenges the traditional video games media faces. Much of that is owed to its own failings, sure. But a key force behind the decline is AI.
I’ve spent hours and hours writing guides for Silver Pines this last week, a real labour of love. Within hours, Google’s AI search results had took my words and regurgitated them almost verbatim. With just a tiny credit.
A visit to Gamer Social Club will show you we are not a clickbait site. We do not post a single item about rumours. It’s all very hard work, written with love for the medium. But your visits to our site (or your other favourite alternative(s)) keep us alive and passionate to do what we do.
We’ll never be an IGN, but AI is damaging and a limiting factor in our scope. If you see value in guides or news, give us, or your other preferred outlet the click as a token of thanks.
After all. We, real people, love writing about games, for you 🫶
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
Paid Opportunity for fans of Resident Evil and Horror Games. If you make short form content, not just gaming, I'm looking for creators that make the follow content style. Please tap in!
* Choose your Fighter
* Build your own Horror Game Night (aesthetics are key)
* GRWM cosplays and Skits
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
We're just under one week away from the Silver Pines release on PC and consoles!
If you'd like to help support us during this busy launch window, please drop Silver Pines a Follow on Steam. The Steam store algorithm is as mysterious as our town, so every little thing helps! 🌲
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
I'm super proud of this idea, but Indie Voices only works if I hand the microphone over to you. 💜
Indie devs, voice actors, streamers, composers, writers, artists, and anyone else who makes the indie game community what it is: I want to hear your stories and help you share them with the world!
I've been rattling around the TNT virtual hallways alone for far too long, so now I'm handing over the metaphorical microphone with Indie Voices.
We've all read or listened to countless interviews with developers, talking about their game and the development process. But what happens when you take away the questions and prompts, and instead invite someone to tell whatever story they think needs to be heard?
Don't you think it would be fun to find out?
Indie Voices is a new project on TNT where indie devs and anyone involved with indie games can tell their own stories.
I'm starting small and inviting a handful of people to contribute while I figure out what the hell I'm doing, but I'll be opening Indie Voices for submissions soon.
You don't need to be a writer, and English does not need to be your first language. I'll handle editing, uploading, and all the backend SEO nonsense.
TNT is my voice, but your voices deserve to be heard too. 💜
thenerdytype.com/indie-voice…
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Kristala is 30% off for PS5 in all regions, for all editions! Make your own cat character and experience this dark action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. #playstationsale #actionrpg #ps5gameplay
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
There are so many demos available on Steam right now, and more coming daily, which makes it hard to stand out. Here are 11 that caught my attention, and I think you should try them all!
Devs in the comments, go show some love! 👇
thenerdytype.com/post/11-ind…
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Escape from 8-Bit High is now available on Steam and GOG!
Help the rock trio Blueberry Finn defeat the Evil Pomodore 64 - a nasty artificial intelligence awakened by a mysterious cassette
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2…
GOG: gog.com/en/game/escape_from_…
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
Escape from 8-Bit High is finally OUT NOW!!!
Voicing Alex has been so fun and I'm so proud to be a part of the team 🖤
I can't wait for you all to play the game @DuckMadeOfWood has put so much work into
Working with Duck, @hankworx, @KatLink and all the VAs has been a dream ❤️
Escape from 8-Bit High is now available on Steam and GOG!
Help the rock trio Blueberry Finn defeat the Evil Pomodore 64 - a nasty artificial intelligence awakened by a mysterious cassette
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2…
GOG: gog.com/en/game/escape_from_…
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
Hang in there, everyone !
Just one more month until you can play the White Creek demo on PC and Dreamcast! 👻
Before that, help us spread the word by wishlisting White Creek on GOG and Steam, and following us on Kickstarter.
Every single wishlist is a real boost for the game. Thank you! 🙏
#dreamcast #silenthill
Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social retweeted
My new solo album is out today: NOCTULE - Extinguish Thy Flame.
Elden Ring is the game that saved my life and I wanted to honour it the only way I know how: by writing hundreds of guitar leads and screaming over them.
noctule.bandcamp.com/album/e…
