I’m Icy Sedgwick, a folklore writer and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. I also write weird tales, Gothic fiction, and dark fantasy fiction.
I’ve been fascinated by the occult, the unusual and the bizarre for as long as I can remember. My mum started it all by buying me a simple booklet, More Ghosts and Legends of Northumbria, from one of the many castles in the north east. It became a standing joke that we’d look for these booklets everywhere we went, partly to help connect to new places through their legends. It was only as an adult that my love for folklore and ghost stories turned into an interest I wanted to share – something I’ve done through the Fabulous Folklore podcast since January 2019. Since then, I’ve also become driven by a desire to help people to connect to folklore as an ongoing, lived experience.
I bring the same academic rigour to my research that I used on my PhD. Yep, I got a doctorate for talking about cinematography, set design and sound design in haunted house films. But fear not, I adopt the kind of conversational tone I’ve honed through 13 years of teaching in my writing and podcasting – I’m sharing something I’m passionate about, not bamboozling you with jargon! Check out Rebel Folklore, my book with DK, for a flavour of my style – or my blog, if that takes your fancy.
So if you enjoy folklore that is inclusive, you appreciate a spot of critical thinking, and you love content backed up with research, rather than vague fluff that appears in memes, then you’re in the right place!
When I’m not blogging or podcasting, I’m a writer-for-hire. I specialise in long-form content (think blog posts, books, and articles) about history & heritage topics, folklore, the occult, and cinema.
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Contact Icy Sedgwick
You can email me at icy@icysedgwick.com, or follow me on the channels below. Feel free to add me and say hi because I love chatting to new people. Especially if you want to chat about horror, books, the supernatural, knitting, or cute animals.
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So lovely meeting you at the bash! Love your website. (Did you change your theme recently?) Would love to have you around Living in Cyn. Best, Cynthia
Hi Icy,
I have just now downloaded your book Harbingers & Other stories. I look forward to reading it. Thank You so much for the book!
Good Day!
Subarna
Hope you enjoy it!
Cracking blog and your books are truly excellent reading my dear young lady
So glad you enjoy my writing!
Absolutely adore your works young lady !
Hi,
I came by to congratulate you on receiving recognition at this year’s Bloggers Bash.
Janice
A wonderful site. Happy I found it.
Where can I buy ur products
Amazon, Kobo, or any other ebook retailer!
A very interesting article about yew trees.
Thank you!
I loved the information on familiars. Really had me thinking that it’s so peculiar how when it’s a positive thing it’s allowed and negative it’s against the law. And that had me thinking about generals in the Greek military’s using their falcon familiars to send messages and spy on the other incoming army’s whereabouts. But so funny how so much in history (possibly without realizing) people have animal aid or familiar help.
Oh absolutely! Think of all those dependable horses too!
Hi Icy
I love listening to your podcasts although my timing is a bit haphazard! I have just finished listening to the series about the fairy folk and a few things occured to me! One that Thomas the Rhymer is a folk song covered by many including the wonderful Maddy Prior and Steeleye Span among others. Also have you read The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights (by Johnasefield)both of which have fairy references especially the latter. The queen of Fairies and hollow oak. Unabridged version! I also think that somewhere in her past JKRowling must have read them as there are similarities!
Many thanks for your ”fabulous ” podcasts
Fiona Jones
I haven’t read The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights but I will certainly hunt it out!
I loved Guns of Retribution. Would you be willing to share your outline for this? I’d love to see how you put this together with the “Pulp” formula. Thanks, Erik
Unfortunately I wrote it over ten years ago so I don’t know where any of my notes are—they’re probably still in my garage following my big house move!
Thank you for taking the time to research and make the “Time” podcast. I really enjoyed your perspective and additions to the topic.
My pleasure!
I sent you a Facebook message. Just came across you while researching Dragonflies. I’m an immediate fan.
I’m learning Mirror Magic and I learned on my own before I started researching this. I can’t seem to find an answer and thought I would ask here. What does it mean after your see your faces from past lives, and you turn invisible? Meaning my whole head disappears but my clothing is still in the mirror. If anyone knows please advice or let me know what this means.