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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill)

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🩸 Writing about my family’s rural true crime πŸ“•MFA Brown University | PhD Denver πŸ“From a gravel road, nowhere

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True crime set in a rural place?

07.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

Editing then shoveling

26.01.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

POV: You grew up in a haunted farmhouse and are beginning to think that the ghosts never left.

26.01.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One time I was stuck in customs because they were flipping through my poetry notebook and none of it made any goddamn sense to them and I tried to explain that I was a poet but all they saw were the mad scribblings of a dumbass.

26.01.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have I abandoned all that is holy or did I simply write a draft over pints of Coors at the dive bar?

20.01.2026 05:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haaaay Todd! Long time no see! πŸ’—

05.11.2025 01:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Make ghosts your target audience.

Follow for more practical writing advice.

19.06.2025 12:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t forget that stories are the bridge between here and the afterlife.

Follow for more practical writing advice.

24.06.2025 04:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the milky third eye of ancestors. the dried-up riverbed. the letter opened with a swiss army knife.

19.06.2025 01:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh Jan, how kind of you to share - I am only seeing this now! So happy to see you over here and to have met you through the workings of the web! Thank you kindly my friend!! <3

23.09.2025 00:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not to brag but one of my eyebrow hairs grows very long, very fast and won't listen to reason.

25.06.2025 03:48 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t forget that stories are the bridge between here and the afterlife.

Follow for more practical writing advice.

24.06.2025 04:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Make ghosts your target audience.

Follow for more practical writing advice.

19.06.2025 12:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

night hooks: the plot turns that can only occur in the fog after dark (with whiskey)

19.06.2025 02:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the milky third eye of ancestors. the dried-up riverbed. the letter opened with a swiss army knife.

19.06.2025 01:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

saw a hawk with a snake in its mouth

18.06.2025 21:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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out with the bugs today

18.06.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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One of my long-standing hobbies is going to estate sales, where I found this folk horror fairy chair. I keep it in my writing room.

17.06.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s to raising hell!!!!!!! 🍻

16.06.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gothic Quill | Julia Madsen | Substack A purveyor of dark histories & folk horror from the heartland. Sign up today for pop culture-infused insights from Julia Madsen, MFA Brown University, PhD University of Denver. Each letter is haunted....

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16.06.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gothic Quill | Julia Madsen | Substack A purveyor of dark histories & folk horror from the heartland. Sign up today for pop culture-infused insights from Julia Madsen, MFA Brown University, PhD University of Denver. Each letter is haunted....

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16.06.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you’re interested in folk horror and american gothic, let’s fuckin’ kick it. Let’s get muddy.

16.06.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve always been the type of writer who has to fight by the skin of my teeth to help get my story out there. Have see too many failed attempts to count. If you’re interested in folk horror and american gothic, let’s fuckin’ kick it. Let’s get muddy.

16.06.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œNo Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

14.06.2025 19:24 πŸ‘ 45766 πŸ” 9483 πŸ’¬ 394 πŸ“Œ 395

To thine own self be truant

01.05.2025 02:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The American Dream has disadvantaged the imagination of possibility

28.04.2025 21:58 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.04.2025 17:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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baby’s first meme xo

24.04.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dominic Sessa is officially set to star as Anthony Bourdain in the biopic, Tony, from director Matt Johnson 🀍

The film will be released by A24

Add to watchlist ➑️ boxd.it/OJaa

23.04.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 21
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When a publisher gets ready to go on submission

15.04.2025 01:35 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0