The latest issue of Midland History journal is a ‘Haunted Midlands’ special. Appears to be open-access, for now.

* Towards the Haunted Midlands

* Edgehill, Naseby, and the Ghosts of the Civil Wars

* Recapturing History: Newstead Abbey and Romantic-Gothic Interpretation

* Mercian Charms: From The Lair of the White Worm to Penda’s Fen

* Weird Waterways: Blue Humanities and Eerie Canals in the Midlands

* Queering the Postindustrial Landscape in Joel Lane’s Short Fictions

* Wave Goodbye to the Future: Haunting, Music, and Cultural Stasis in the Regional Novels of Catherine O’Flynn and Joel Lane

* The National Literacy Trust Haunted Birmingham Campaign: How Might ‘Scary stories’ Connect People to Place, Heritage and Literacy?