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“Waked, and unquiet”: William Hope Hodgson’s The Night Land (2025)
Book Chapter
Alder, E. (2025). “Waked, and unquiet”: William Hope Hodgson’s The Night Land. In C. H. Sederholm, & K. Woofter (Eds.), The Weird: A Companion. Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b20688

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1917) is a central but sometimes overlooked figure in the development of weird fiction in the early twentieth century. Hodgson’s work flourished at the intersection of what we now call science fiction, Gothic, fantasy, and... Read More about “Waked, and unquiet”: William Hope Hodgson’s The Night Land.

James and Percival Everett's Dialogue with US Storytelling (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keeble, A. (2025, December). James and Percival Everett's Dialogue with US Storytelling. Paper presented at PERCIVAL - an international conference on the literature and art of Percival Everett, London

This paper considers James within Everett’s famously diverse oeuvre – to date including twenty-four novels, four collections of short fiction, three collections of poetry and a children’s book – a distinctive body of work commonly described as “uncat... Read More about James and Percival Everett's Dialogue with US Storytelling.

Hypnos (San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival) (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Milne, L. Hypnos (San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival). [Video]. 1 July 2025 - 1 July 2025

Official selection (semi-finalist) for San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival 2025.

An Ancient Egyptian poem, driving through a storm, radio, memory and the otherworld. A dream film on Super8 and HD.

Carnival of Lies (2025)
Book
Bishop, D. (2025). Carnival of Lies. Pan MacMillan

'Brilliant' – Ian Rankin

Venice. Winter, 1539.

When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence – with his life, if necessary. The deadly attack that follows leads to bo... Read More about Carnival of Lies.

Paths of Desire (preview screening) (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Milne, L. (2025, June). Paths of Desire (preview screening). Presented at Unquiet Shores Conference, Edinburgh Napier University

Preview presentation and discussion of 'Paths of Desire' film, as part of Experimental Films conference session, Unquiet Shores conference 2025.

Regenerative Design in the Circular Economy: an oxymoron? (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panneels, I., Sinclair, M., & Alder, E. (2024, May). Regenerative Design in the Circular Economy: an oxymoron?. Presented at Cumulus Budapest 2024 Conference, Budapest, Hungary

The Circular Economy (CE) model considers the life cycle of material goods and examines its journey from cradle to cradle, which tries to put human beings in the same species picture as other living things and focuses on design of materials and syste... Read More about Regenerative Design in the Circular Economy: an oxymoron?.

Dream in the Mirror (Chicago Filmmaker Awards) (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Milne, L., & Martin, S. Dream in the Mirror (Chicago Filmmaker Awards). [Digital video]. 22 May 2025

The Dream in the Mirror is a documentary commissioned by Criterion, NYC for their new Blue-Ray /streaming restored edition of Tarkovsky's Mirror (1975). It is an official selection (semi-finalist) at the Chicago Filmmaker Awards 2025.

“To Hear The Mermaids Sing”: Visual Figuration, Myth and Desire in the Case of The Waterwoman (2025)
Journal Article
Milne, L. (2025). “To Hear The Mermaids Sing”: Visual Figuration, Myth and Desire in the Case of The Waterwoman. Folklore, 95(4), 7-68. https://doi.org/10.7592/FEJF2025.95.milne

The idea of a female spirit attached to a place of water has endured for millennia in literature, folklore and the visual arts. Supernatural aquatic women – mermaids, sirens, nymphs and nereids – attached to sea, shore, spring, river and cave, manife... Read More about “To Hear The Mermaids Sing”: Visual Figuration, Myth and Desire in the Case of The Waterwoman.

Plundrarna [Fantomen 10/2025] (2025)
Other
Bishop, D. (2025). Plundrarna [Fantomen 10/2025]. Malmö, Sweden

Siblings Kit and Heloise Walker intervene when scavengers took advantage of lawlessness in post-disaster Bengali.
This 23-page story written by David Bishop was illustrated by Janusz Ordon.

'The Work' (2025)
Book Chapter
Lyall, S. 'The Work'. In A Companion to Postwar British and Irish Literature and Culture. Wiley

A Summer Sunday Evening (2025)
Digital Artefact
Stutterheim, K. A Summer Sunday Evening. [Film]

An experimental Short Documentary

After a busy summer weekend at one of southern England’s most beautiful beaches, people gather for BBQs, dip their feet in the sea, snap photos, and play ball. As the sun sets, a quieter truth remains: the traces... Read More about A Summer Sunday Evening.

Staging the Modern Nightmare (2025)
Book Chapter
Milne, L. (2025). Staging the Modern Nightmare. In F. Clemente, & G. Colombani (Eds.), Nightmares in the Long Nineteenth Century (195–250). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81164-7_8

Over the course of the long nineteenth century, the manner in which people experienced and represented terrifying dreams changed in far-reaching ways. This chapter considers, first, what a nightmare is and how it works, then, how key thinkers, writer... Read More about Staging the Modern Nightmare.