English teenager Mitch Glover was on a school trip to the Neauville-St Vaast German war cemetery in France, when he caught a spectre on his Iphone. The ghost you can see in the image (to the left) appears to be wearing the uniform of the Seaforth Highlander regiment - a kilt and a tam o'… Continue reading Seaforth Highlander
Purgatory Shoes by ZombiePeepshow.
Art installation in St George's Church in the Czech village of Lukova. Installation by Jakub Hadrava.
I favoured the darker material on TV when I was growing up. Under double figures it was Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Demon Headmaster, Goosebumps and The Twilight Zone. When I tripped over into my teens, Buffy the Vampire Slayer became my weekly ritual. Dawson's Creek and all that gooey, sunlit shit could… Continue reading Live Action Horror
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Okay. So news on the magazine. Well, I'm pleased to say that we now have a graphic designer to assemble issue one. The person in charge of transforming Wyrd Words & Effigies into a magazine is Anya Grainger, a graphic designer based in York, England. I've worked with Anya before and her work is absolutely exceptional. You can check out… Continue reading Wyrd Words & Effigies Magazine – News
Attention writers, poets, artists and photographers. I am looking for submissions of poetry, prose and creative non-fiction, art and photography on the theme of 'death and dying' for the first issue of Wyrd Words And Effigies magazine. The word count for written pieces is 2,000 words. There is no limit on photography/art but please submit in jpeg… Continue reading Wyrd Words & Effigies Magazine/Issue 1 – Looking For Submissions
Attention writers, poets, artists and photographers. I am looking for submissions of poetry, prose and creative non-fiction, photography and art on the theme of 'death and dying' for the first issue of Wyrd Words & Effigies magazine. The word count for written pieces is 2,000 words. There is no limit on photography/art but please submit… Continue reading Wyrd Words & Effigies Magazine – The Hunt For Submissions
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 