Baboushka
When the saint of Shadow appears on the heath, this is the outfit she wears.
Month: July 2021
Edge of Seventeen
The song Johnny dances to in the Shadowlands.
Bela Lugosi’s Dead
In Paint it Black, Gosha goes up to the heath at midnight to perform a summoning to the gothic tones of Bela Lugosi’s Dead by Bauhaus.
Playlist: Cindytalk – Camouflage Heart
I’ve always had a soft spot for droney avant-garde music, and I went through a very big Goth phase when I was a teenager and into my early twenties, and these two came together in my love for this one album by the band Cindytalk.
Being Gay in the UK
In the 1980s, when Spellshock and The Witch of Cheyne Heath series is set, homosexuality had technically been decriminalized, but the country was still oppressive toward members of the LGBT community.
The Shadowlands
A terrifying place where dream, prophecy, and the subconscious intermingle.