Xavier Aldana Reyes
@xaldanareyes
Reader in English Literature and Film International Gothic Association co-president (2022-2026) • Manchester #Gothic Centre founding member • #Horror Studies book series editor • Profile:
Body Horror is out today in the UK (and I believe already out in the US and other countries)! The code CUP20 gets you 20% off when purchasing the book directly from @ColumbiaUP. I’d be really grateful for any reposts or help with promotion! 🪰🧪🩸 #horror #bodyhorror cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho...
Look what just arrived in the post! A huge thank you to everyone who supported this project, one way or another. 💚💚💚 cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho...
The postman has been busy this week. The perfect antidote to a hot summer is Baltic Horror, out now in the Horror Studies series. 📚 @uniwalespress.bsky.social www.uwp.co.uk/book/baltic-...
Just out from a former Gothic Centre and School of English student. Once a great PhD thesis and now an even better book. Highly recommended!
Book announcement! Reece Goodall’s edited collection Horror Spoofs and Parodies is planned for publication this autumn. It’s volume #29 in the Horror Studies academic book series. www.uwp.co.uk/book/horror-... @uniwalespress.bsky.social #horror #horrorstudies
To celebrate Pride Month, here’s a short interview about my forthcoming body horror book - and queerness. 🏳️🌈🧪 #pridemonth #bodyhorror #horror #newbook cupblog.org/2026/06/15/x... @columbiaup.bsky.social
When it rains, it pours. Congratulations are due to Luke Moloney on a successful defence of his PhD thesis on the ‘science-fictional horrific’! With thanks to the examiners and chair for all their work.
Excited to announce our Fred Blanc just passed his viva for his doctoral thesis on thalassophobia in Weird literature. Congrats from everyone in the Gothic Centre! And a huge thank you to the examiners and chair.
Danza Macabra 5, a collection of Spanish #Gothic classics, has just been announced by @severinfilms.bsky.social. Proud to have a video essay on Eloy de la Iglesia’s unique adaptation of The Turn of the Screw. www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=38456
Horror and Disability: Representations of Disability in Twenty-First-Century Film and Television, by Darren Gray, is scheduled for publication this September. It will be volume #28 in the Horror Studies book series at @uniwalespress.bsky.social. #horror #horrorstudies www.uwp.co.uk/book/horror-...
Very excited to tuck into these excellent new collections in the International Gothic @manchesterup.bsky.social series! #gothic #gothicstudies
Congratulations to Alissa Burger on the publication of Remaking the Monster! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/remaking-... #gothic #frankenstein @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Queda una semana para que cierre el plazo de inscripción para atender el congreso 'Galatea despierta'. Con muchas ganas de volver por Castellón y charlar sobre terror corporal feminista. www.culturavisual.uji.es/mujeresartif...
Out in August! 💚 cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho... #horror #bodyhorror
Very excited about the latest addition to the Horror Studies series. Huge congrats to @maireadcasey.bsky.social! #horrorstudies #horror @uniwalespress.bsky.social
Looking forward to speaking at the 'Trans-scriptions: Cultural Codings and the Poetics of the Body' in a couple of weeks. And what a gorgeous poster their team has come up with! #bodyhorror #conference wordpre150.wordpress.com
Just out in the Horror Studies book series! www.uwp.co.uk/book/urban-l... #horror #horrorstudies #newbook #urbanlegends @uniwalespress.bsky.social
The plenary speakers have just been announced! And a reminder that the CfP for the 18th biennial conference of the International #Gothic Association closes on the 31st of January. hullgothic.wordpress.com @igagoths.bsky.social @gothicstudies.bsky.social
The new paperback for Graveyard Gothic is 40% off at @ManchesterUP until 31 January. #gothic #gothicstudies #newbook manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/gothic-studi...