Jez Conolly
@jezconolly.bsky.social
I’ve got away with words
Books: The Thing | Dead of Night | Seconds
Essays: Routledge Companion to Folk Horror | Scarred for Life volume 3
Horror fiction writer
NEW BOOK COMING SOON: CAPTURE SPIRAL
Aberdeen dweller
He/Him
https://linktr.ee/jezconolly
Books: The Thing | Dead of Night | Seconds
Essays: Routledge Companion to Folk Horror | Scarred for Life volume 3
Horror fiction writer
NEW BOOK COMING SOON: CAPTURE SPIRAL
Aberdeen dweller
He/Him
https://linktr.ee/jezconolly
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Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly PREORDER
In Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, Jez Conolly revisits the haunted textures of a 1970s childhood on the Lincolnshire coast, where faded...
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My new book ‘Capture Spiral: An Escape From Memory’, is now available for preorder.
“Capture Spiral is a user's guide for a night gallery of childhood-origin neuroses, and a celebration of the "great escape" we call imagination.” (Stephen Volk)
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“Capture Spiral is a user's guide for a night gallery of childhood-origin neuroses, and a celebration of the "great escape" we call imagination.” (Stephen Volk)
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At the risk of lapsing into peak Capitalism, there’s a Black Friday discount currently in effect on preorders of my new book CAPTURE SPIRAL. When ordering, go to checkout and input the discount code CONSUME to receive 20% off the price! temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly PREORDER
In Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, Jez Conolly revisits the haunted textures of a 1970s childhood on the Lincolnshire coast, where faded...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
At the risk of lapsing into peak Capitalism, there’s a Black Friday discount currently in effect on preorders of my new book CAPTURE SPIRAL. When ordering, go to checkout and input the discount code CONSUME to receive 20% off the price! temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
I’m afraid I’ll miss this week’s #HorrorWritersChat as I’m hosting a Shut Up and Write meet-up on Wednesday evening. Have fun kids!
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’m afraid I’ll miss this week’s #HorrorWritersChat as I’m hosting a Shut Up and Write meet-up on Wednesday evening. Have fun kids!
“If I ever did racially abuse somebody when I was at school, which I have no memory of doing, but if I did, I did it in a loving, nurturing way.”
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
“If I ever did racially abuse somebody when I was at school, which I have no memory of doing, but if I did, I did it in a loving, nurturing way.”
I had some rather exciting writing-related news this afternoon, details of which are entirely embargoed until 10 December!
a woman is making a funny face with her eyes closed .
Alt: a woman is making a funny face with her eyes closed .
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November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I had some rather exciting writing-related news this afternoon, details of which are entirely embargoed until 10 December!
So, on today of all days…Who?
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So, on today of all days…Who?
I’ve just used the word ‘anyhoo’ in a short story, because it’s written in first person, and anyway, fuck you English language, I can used whatever words I like!
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I’ve just used the word ‘anyhoo’ in a short story, because it’s written in first person, and anyway, fuck you English language, I can used whatever words I like!
I occasionally make the mistake of reading comments threads underneath tabloid newspapers stories on social media relating to migrants, and I always come away from the experience thinking that millions of my fellow citizens are utter utter utter utter utter cunts.
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I occasionally make the mistake of reading comments threads underneath tabloid newspapers stories on social media relating to migrants, and I always come away from the experience thinking that millions of my fellow citizens are utter utter utter utter utter cunts.
I suspect AI at play behind @melissaguerts, but against my better judgment, I like what they’re doing. This track has quite the New Order feel to it. youtu.be/KakaYM_Q-OE?...
lol no
YouTube video by @melissageurts - Topic
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November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I suspect AI at play behind @melissaguerts, but against my better judgment, I like what they’re doing. This track has quite the New Order feel to it. youtu.be/KakaYM_Q-OE?...
Slaughterhouse One.
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Slaughterhouse One.
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It seems only right to share one of my male first-person stories - so here is Tea with Mrs. Hindley. www.patreon.com/posts/134293...
It seems only right to share one of my male first-person stories - so here is Tea with Mrs. Hindley. www.patreon.com/posts/134293...
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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It seems only right to share one of my male first-person stories - so here is Tea with Mrs. Hindley. www.patreon.com/posts/134293...
It seems only right to share one of my male first-person stories - so here is Tea with Mrs. Hindley. www.patreon.com/posts/134293...
#HorrorWritersChat
One way or another: being found out. They work hard to conceal, but the cracks show eventually.
One way or another: being found out. They work hard to conceal, but the cracks show eventually.
Q4 is up. Ten minutes to outro and the promo: I am still working my way through. You're all wonderful busy bees today and I adore you!
This one is a little easier. No archetypes!
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This one is a little easier. No archetypes!
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November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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One way or another: being found out. They work hard to conceal, but the cracks show eventually.
One way or another: being found out. They work hard to conceal, but the cracks show eventually.
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I don’t find a lot of mileage in exploring overt toxic masculinity. It would almost be too obvious. So I guess I tend to combine the latter two - subvert *and* weaponise.
I don’t find a lot of mileage in exploring overt toxic masculinity. It would almost be too obvious. So I guess I tend to combine the latter two - subvert *and* weaponise.
Q3. I'm doing what I can to answer everyone, and repost, so bear with me. So I don't keep you waiting, I'll throw out 3. Interpret this one how you like. I know many queer folks like me do not align masculinity with man shaped. And with horror, we love to subvert our tales.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I don’t find a lot of mileage in exploring overt toxic masculinity. It would almost be too obvious. So I guess I tend to combine the latter two - subvert *and* weaponise.
I don’t find a lot of mileage in exploring overt toxic masculinity. It would almost be too obvious. So I guess I tend to combine the latter two - subvert *and* weaponise.
#HorrorWritersChat
I would say: trust. Many of my stories have unreliable narrators of one sort or another. There is always something delicious about whipping the rug out from the reader’s feet, after playing on their expectations.
I would say: trust. Many of my stories have unreliable narrators of one sort or another. There is always something delicious about whipping the rug out from the reader’s feet, after playing on their expectations.
Well then, #HorrorWritersChat. What's an archetype anyway? I jest. We're all writers here... after alllllllll....
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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I would say: trust. Many of my stories have unreliable narrators of one sort or another. There is always something delicious about whipping the rug out from the reader’s feet, after playing on their expectations.
I would say: trust. Many of my stories have unreliable narrators of one sort or another. There is always something delicious about whipping the rug out from the reader’s feet, after playing on their expectations.
#HorrorWritersChat
Jez, 60, Aberdeen - kitchen sink horror - if I think about it, the men in my stories are probably best described as failures of one sort or another. While I explore male vulnerability, I don’t tend to do so from a sympathetic perspective. These failures are often monsters.
Jez, 60, Aberdeen - kitchen sink horror - if I think about it, the men in my stories are probably best described as failures of one sort or another. While I explore male vulnerability, I don’t tend to do so from a sympathetic perspective. These failures are often monsters.
Here we go, #HorrorWritersChat!
Q1 has arrived. It's international men's day today, and I thought actually that's a good topic. Not the easiest one to build questions around, either. So if I do not hit the mark I am sure you will forgive me.
As usual, no links, no pitches, not till the end.
Q1 has arrived. It's international men's day today, and I thought actually that's a good topic. Not the easiest one to build questions around, either. So if I do not hit the mark I am sure you will forgive me.
As usual, no links, no pitches, not till the end.
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Jez, 60, Aberdeen - kitchen sink horror - if I think about it, the men in my stories are probably best described as failures of one sort or another. While I explore male vulnerability, I don’t tend to do so from a sympathetic perspective. These failures are often monsters.
Jez, 60, Aberdeen - kitchen sink horror - if I think about it, the men in my stories are probably best described as failures of one sort or another. While I explore male vulnerability, I don’t tend to do so from a sympathetic perspective. These failures are often monsters.
Your soundtrack for the snow. youtu.be/Rpqj9-LKXLE?...
Woodkid & Nils Frahm - Winter Morning I
YouTube video by Erased Tapes
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November 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Your soundtrack for the snow. youtu.be/Rpqj9-LKXLE?...
Had flu jab this morning. Speaking fluent Swahili this afternoon.
a man in a suit and white shirt is smiling in the back of a car
Alt: a man in a suit and white shirt is smiling in the back of a car
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November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Had flu jab this morning. Speaking fluent Swahili this afternoon.
#writesky #writingcommunity have you begun planning your Yuletide avoidance writing tasks yet? I find the holiday period is a good chance to direct lots of energy towards my writing projects, knowing that most of the rest of the Western World is spending time getting fat and poor and into arguments.
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
#writesky #writingcommunity have you begun planning your Yuletide avoidance writing tasks yet? I find the holiday period is a good chance to direct lots of energy towards my writing projects, knowing that most of the rest of the Western World is spending time getting fat and poor and into arguments.
I’m about to add the word ‘Christmas’ to my list of muted words and tags. I’m a childless Atheist. Throughout the festive period you’ll find me petting cats and walking on a beach. Avoidance is possible. Try it.
a black and white cat is laying on its back wearing a santa suit and hat .
Alt: a black and white cat is laying on its back wearing a santa suit and hat .
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November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I’m about to add the word ‘Christmas’ to my list of muted words and tags. I’m a childless Atheist. Throughout the festive period you’ll find me petting cats and walking on a beach. Avoidance is possible. Try it.
A film I’ve never seen. There’s a still from it in the Denis Gifford Horror Movies book. The title is perfect for now.
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A film I’ve never seen. There’s a still from it in the Denis Gifford Horror Movies book. The title is perfect for now.
I like this one. One dog goes one way and the other goes the other. And this guy's saying, "Whaddya want from me?"
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I like this one. One dog goes one way and the other goes the other. And this guy's saying, "Whaddya want from me?"
Can you be sued for telling somebody to ‘fuck off and die’? Especially if you say ‘please fuck off and die’? Just checking before I start replying to comments from people in the UK currently dancing a little jig of delight at the prospect of Trump destroying the BBC. I see no value in debating them.
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Can you be sued for telling somebody to ‘fuck off and die’? Especially if you say ‘please fuck off and die’? Just checking before I start replying to comments from people in the UK currently dancing a little jig of delight at the prospect of Trump destroying the BBC. I see no value in debating them.
What’s fascinating about these 1970s TV show theme tunes is that, on those rare occasions when you hear the whole thing, there’s always a bit in the middle (which you’d never hear on the telly) when the tune ‘wigs out’ and goes a bit light jazz. youtu.be/tCyieuiKr-k?...
Farmhouse Kitchen Theme
YouTube video by Louish Waltz
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November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What’s fascinating about these 1970s TV show theme tunes is that, on those rare occasions when you hear the whole thing, there’s always a bit in the middle (which you’d never hear on the telly) when the tune ‘wigs out’ and goes a bit light jazz. youtu.be/tCyieuiKr-k?...
We should be welcoming refugees from war/climate-affected parts of the world. We created their impossible living conditions. It’s the very least we can do.
(BTW, my least woke opinion is: global overpopulation is not due to rising birth rates, it’s due to people staying alive for too long)
(BTW, my least woke opinion is: global overpopulation is not due to rising birth rates, it’s due to people staying alive for too long)
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We should be welcoming refugees from war/climate-affected parts of the world. We created their impossible living conditions. It’s the very least we can do.
(BTW, my least woke opinion is: global overpopulation is not due to rising birth rates, it’s due to people staying alive for too long)
(BTW, my least woke opinion is: global overpopulation is not due to rising birth rates, it’s due to people staying alive for too long)
New WIP: a story about a GP surgery receptionist. Her husband affectionately calls her ‘Hitler’. She…withholds. Working title: ‘Broken Record’.
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New WIP: a story about a GP surgery receptionist. Her husband affectionately calls her ‘Hitler’. She…withholds. Working title: ‘Broken Record’.
These three article icons appeared on somebody’s LinkedIn profile that I was just looking at. Some of those poor people don’t have a leg to stand on.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
These three article icons appeared on somebody’s LinkedIn profile that I was just looking at. Some of those poor people don’t have a leg to stand on.