Eldritch Girl: Weird Gothic Stuff & Nonsense

BONUS 02 - On Greek Myths & Vile Lady Villains: In Conversation with Danai Christopoulou

Danai Christopoulou is the author of VILE LADY VILLAINS. We talk about Greek culture, myths, and writing from a Greek perspective. The fully formatted transcript with images & links can be found at cmrosens.com. Works by the author mentioned in the show: VILE LADY VILLAINS by Danai Christopoulou MEDUSA anthology - Flame Tree Press BRIDE OF THE GULF - short story in khōréō magazine Films recommended: Μέδουσα/Medusa (1998) dir. George Lazopoulos Άλυτη/Entwined (2019) dir. Minos Nikolakakis

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#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 2026 - Films 21-30

The next 10 films are here - films 21-30 of the challenge! Cambodian Horror The Hand (2025) dir. Mak Pichjuli. Watched on YouTube. Filipino Horror Posthouse (2025) dir. Nikolas Red Turkish Horror [all on YouTube] Siccîn 5 (2018) dir. Alper Mestçi Siccîn 6 (2019) dir. Alper Mestçi Siccîn 7 (2024) dir. Alper Mestçi Siccîn 8 (2025) dir. Alper Mestçi Ölü Kontesin Laneti/Curse of the Dead Countess (2025) dir. Ahmet Arpacı Nigerian Horror Haunted (1998) dir. Chico Ejiro USA Horror They Will Kill You (2026) dir. Kirill Sokolov Vietnamese Horror Đoạt Hồn/Hollow (2014) dir. Ham Tran

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#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 2026 - Films 11-20

Intro/Outro: "Eighties Action" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The next 10 films of the challenge are as follows: Australian Horror The Pack (2015) dir. Nick Robertson Canadian Horror Rituals (1977) dir. Peter Carter Chinese Horror 三更客栈/Midnight Inn (2024) dir. Chen Jiaolong 白雲齋怪話 /Baiyun Ghost House/Weird Stories of Baiyun Zhai (2025) dir. Li Zhiwen Filipino Horror Nightshift (2020) dir. Yam Laranas Italian Horror La notte dei diavoli/The Night of the Devils (1972) dir. Giorgio Ferroni Uruguayan Horror Plenilunio/Fullmoon (1993) dir. Ricardo Islas. Watched on YouTube USA Horror Never Let Go (2024) dir. Alexandre Aja, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) dirs. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett,

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#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 2026 - Films 01-10

Intro/Outro: "Eighties Action" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The first 10 films for the challenge! They are as follows: Chilean Horror Wekufe: El origen del mal/Wekufe: The Origin of Evil (2016) dir. Javier Attridge La casa lobo/Wolf House (2018) dirs. Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña Indian Horror भूत बंगला / Bhooth Bangla (2026) dir. Priyadarshan Junglemahal: The Awakening (2023) dir. Arunava Chowdhury Italian Horror La settima tomba/The Seventh Grave (1965) dir. Garibaldi Serra Caracciolo Il mostro dell'opera/The Monster of the Opera (1964) dir. Renato Polselli Demonia (1990) dir. Lucio Fulci. Nigerian Horror Clout (2021) dir. Bobby Emmanuel Okoye, Watched on YouTube. Sakobi: The Snake Girl (1998) dir. Zeb Ejiro.Watched on YouTube. Araromire / The Figurine: Araromire (2009) dir. Kunle Afolayan.Watched on YouTube.

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Bonus: Media Round-Up 01

Get these episodes without ads, and free eBooks to download by joining my Ko-Fi membership - cancel any time. As this is a media-focused season, I thought I'd do some podcast versions of the media round-ups I post monthly on my website, of all the media I've been reading, listening to, and watching. These are all genres, and if you fancy getting to know me and my media tastes, or get some recs for your own media consumption, then check these bonus episodes out. [If you do want to skip spoilers for Val Kilmer film The Traveler, please skip to around 01:04:01.420 where you then just pick up my overall thoughts on the film, without plot specific points.] Book Recs: All of Us Murderers by K.J. Charles What The Fog Conceals by R.A. Marno Linghun by Ai Jiang 25 Gifts of Terror by Boris Bacic We Are Here to Hurt Each Other by Paula D. Ashe HorrorBabble’s Diary Horror (Audiobook) Algernon Blackwood BBC Radio Drama Collection (Audiobook/Audio Drama) TV Show / Limited Series Recs: Hazbin Hotel Helluva Boss Yaratilan/Creature (8-part series) Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence (complete 3-part adaptation) Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse (complete 3-part adaptation) Midwinter of the Spirit (complete 3-part adaptation) Crooked House (3-part complete series) Queen Mantis (8-part complete series) La Révolution (8-part series, cancelled, ends with set-up to S02) Ghosts (UK) - complete and now finished series with several seasons. . . . Intro/Outro: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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100 Horror Movies in 92 Days - A Look Back at the Highlights

Season 06 of Eldritch Girl is a Horror Film focused season! I've been doing the #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days challenge for 4 years now, but this time I want to share my challenge progress on the podcast. Here's my look back at the last 4 years, with a few Top 10 lists (plus runners up). I'm looking forward to starting this season but the episodes may be a challenge in themselves to get up! We'll see how often I can post, as all the films will be new to me, and I can't get a head start to record them! For now, enjoy my look back at the 467 films I've watched over the last 4 years specifically for the challenge count. Read this in its original post format on cmrosens.com. Get these episodes without ads, and free eBooks to download by joining my Ko-Fi membership - cancel any time. Intro/Outro: "Eighties Action" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#AScareADay - October Reading Challenge Days 30-31

The final two days - and my top 5 from the whole list! You can find all the list and links on romancingthegothic.com and individual daily posts on my Ko-Fi and at cmrosens.com. Get the OCCUPYING BODIES anthology, out now! My top 5 #AScareADay stories: October 27th – Helen Stubbs – ‘Uncontainable’ (2016) – Read it here October 28th – Nibedita Sen – ‘Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnibar Island’ (2019) – Read it here October 15th – Conrad Aiken – ‘The Vampire’ (1916) – Read it here or listen here October 18th – Everill Worrell – ‘The Canal’ (1927) – Read and listen to it here October 8th – Rhoda Broughton – ‘The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing but the Truth’ (1868) – Read it here League of its own: October 24th – Lisa L Hannett – ‘Sweet Subtleties’ (2012) – Read it here There are so many from this year's list that I loved. I also go into my top 10 films for the #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days challenge, which I've now completed! Intro/Outro music credits: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#AScareADay - October Reading Challenge Days 28-29

Only 2 days to catch up with now, so this is a shorter episode! I tried my hand at fragment writing, and also a web comic style story with photos I took, and stock photos I found in Canva. So these two days are both a bit experimental! You can find them on cmrosens.com and all the challenge stories listed on romancingthegothic.com if you want to find them. CW for body horror Intro/Outro Credits: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#AScareADay - October Reading Challenge Days 25-27

I loved these stories/poems, and highly recommend them. Get ahead or do the challenge day by day: https://romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/the-scare-a-day-challenge-october-2025/ My creative responses vary from Changelings to Beverley Wend & Eglantine Pritchard, and more... Intro/Outro Music Credits: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#AScareADay - October Reading Challenge Days 21-24

Have a read of the stories for these days and join in with your own thoughts - here are mine, along with media recs, and creative responses! Go over to cmrosens.com for all my #AScareADay posts, and to find all the links mentioned in this episode. Intro/Outro Music Credits: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#AScareADay - October Reading Challenge Days 18-20

Today we've got more vampire fiction, sapphic fiction, and domestic horror. Let's dive in! Follow the challenge list: https://romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/the-scare-a-day-challenge-october-2025/ Read the posts on my website and on my Ko-Fi. Intro/Outro Credits: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#AScareADay - October Reading Challenge Days 14-17

I share my thoughts and creative fiction and nonfiction responses on the 3 poems and stories on the #AScareADay 2025 challenge list for Oct 14-16. Check the full list out on www.romancingthegothic.com and check out the daily posts on my Ko-Fi and my website. Intro/Outro Music Credit: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#AScareADay - October Reading Challenge Days 10-13

More new-to-me poets and authors, courtesy of the romancingthegothic.com A Scare A Day reading challenge running through October. Join in on social media with the tag #AScareADay. Here are my thoughts on, and creative responses to, the next few days of the challenge. You can find all my posts so far on cmrosens.com - I'm posting every day of October at 6:30PM UK time. My Ko-Fi posts, open to all, go live 10:30AM UK time. Intro/Outro Credits: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#AScareADay - October Reading Challenge Days 08-09

MINI SEASON! Catch up with the reading challenge list on romancingthegothic.com and all my posts on cmrosens.com and ko-fi.com/cmrosens. Days 08-09 are here, with my thoughts on the 2 stories for these days, but beware as spoilers abound - I give full summaries of these 19thC short tales. One is a new-to-me author (Rhoda Broughton), the other is not new to me, but I've never read this short story before (Margaret Oliphant). For Day 08, I have some recs for you, and also I have folklore of unseen horrors haunting a room - the vampire furniture of Glamorgan is back! For Day 09, I've got an unseen draft chapter of my new Gothic Fantasy novel - currently a work in progress - As Below, So Above. Intro/Outro Music Credit: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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#AScareADay - October Reading Challenge Days 01-07

MINI SEASON! Days 01-07 of #AScareADay, featuring my thoughts on each of the challenge reads and summary (with spoilers) of the stories and poems. We go from the 1600s-1800s this week! Additionally this year I'm posting some creative responses, using the stories and poems as prompts. Some of these pieces are brand new for the challenge, and I've had a lot of fun with them. Find all my posts on Ko-Fi and cmrosens.com. Intro/Outro Music Credit: "Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Yelen and Yelena Chapter 20: A Mortal Ending

Yelena, Yelen, and Velna must all come to terms with the situations they are in, and face some very difficult decisions. CW: on page suicide, threatened execution, body horror. Music Credits: Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Intro/Outro : Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins Soundtrack: Quinn's Song - A New Man, Bittersweet, Leaving Home, Redletter, Morgana Rides, The Stages of Grief, Midnight Tale, Achaidh Cheide. SCP-x4x, Giant Wyrm.

Worldbuilding Chat with Rob Mitchelmore (aka Guillaume Velde)

An hour special chatting with Rob Mitchelmore about worldbuilding on hard mode, so if you're up for some full nerding out on constructing fictional ancient cultures, playing with mythology, and some of the pitfalls to be mindful of in the process, join us for this special worldbuilding chat! We read a small segment of The Marriage of the Fire Under Water and Gale, for two voices, as a jumping off point to talking about Rob's fictional city state near Carthage (the story itself is set just before the Second Punic War, and then in the modern day with the archaeologists re-discovering the culture). Some of this takes place in the fictional University of Basingstoke, which is the university that Katy Porter from the Pagham-on-Sea series wants to apply to. Rob then flips the format and interviews CMR about Pagham-on-Sea and using mythology to put twists on the Gothic Horror and Cosmic Horror elements in those stories. The transcript here is the vtt version - the transcript on cmrosens.com is fully edited and formatted, and has all the research links, further reading, and more. Head there for that!

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Yelen and Yelena Chapter 19: The Embrace

Yelena confronts the Mortress and learns what she must do to save her world. CWs: death, some depictions of bones and impalement. Music Credits: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Intro/Outro: Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins Soundtrack: Gregorian Chant, Devastation & Revenge, Morgana Rides

Author Interview with Jackson P. Brown: Urban Fantasy, London Magic, and the Black Girl Writers Mentoring Programme

Jackson P. Brown (she/her) is a writer from London, an anime and manga enthusiast, and the founder of Black Girl Writers — a mentoring programme for aspiring Black writers. She won Penguin Random House’s #WriteNow competition in 2020, and signed a 3-book deal with Del Rey UK for her debut adult fantasy series, GETHSEMANE. We chat about the British class system, worldbuilding, and her debut novel THE REAPER coming 2025. Website: jacksonpbrown.com Follow her on Threads/IG: @_JackPBrown & TikTok: @jackpbrownauthor.

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Yelen and Yelena Chapter 18: Meeting the Mortress

... Things go downhill. But not, we hope, for the lovely indie (and trad) authors who have a shout out at the end of the episode! Head over to cmrosens.com to check out my 2025 Author Spotlights and you'll find a whole host of books awaiting you. Don't forget to support the podcast on Ko-Fi! CWs: loss of bodily autonomy, violence Music Credits: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Intro/Outro: Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins Soundtrack: Devastation and Revenge, Final Count, The Stages of Grief, Gregorian Chant, Morgana Rides

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