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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

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · Aug 12

As of now, you’ll find me in the directory of members of the Society of Authors. societyofauthors.org/soa-member/j...

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1h

This morning we visited the Fear and Fascination exhibition at the Sir Duncan Rice Library. Caroline couldn’t resist a spooky photo opportunity.

This morning we visited the Fear and Fascination exhibition at the Sir Duncan Rice Library. Caroline couldn’t resist a spooky photo opportunity.

This morning we visited the Fear and Fascination exhibition at the Sir Duncan Rice Library. Caroline couldn’t resist a spooky photo opportunity.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2h

I did that thing this morning of waking up from a dream with an idea for a story half-formed in the dream. I was quick to write down what I could remember, so now I have the basis for a new piece of short fiction. It’s called Famous Last Words…

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2h

Which is also right up there. Along with ‘come on, join *in*!’

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 10h

If there’s one phrase that constitutes justifiable homicide, it’s ’cheer up!’

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 10h

#Spooktober

Every day this month I will post an excerpt from one of my scary stories, just to get you in the mood for Spooky Season.

#Spooktober

Every day this month I will post an excerpt from one of my scary stories, just to get you in the mood for Spooky Season.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 23h

#HorrorWritersChat

My new book Capture Spiral will hopefully be out by the end of the year. I can’t say exactly when, but here is a sneak peek at the cover image…

Capture Spiral cover image

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 23h

Actually Tod is still alive, sans tongue. I’m fascinated by how many parts of the body we can lose and still remain alive. That’s what my story Sticky Ends is all about.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 23h

#HorrorWritersChat

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

‘Are you alright?’ asked Tod.

‘Indupitably, squire’ said Henk.

‘Stop talking like that’ said Tod. He reached over, cut out Henk’s tongue and ate it, in between mouthfuls of Monster Munch.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 23h

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

Question Four

There he is! Baron Crescendo! Oh how the skies split open to his guitar, how more of us fly in the air! And look, a note from him, just for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Well? Go on! Word or rhyme, continue his Muse!

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat

The best ‘ghosts’ are the ones that ‘haunt’ people’s memories. What I’m talking about here aren’t ’ghosts’ in the accepted sense. Those don’t exist. What exists, and is scary, is ‘the past’.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
#HorrorWritersChat

Question Three

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

It is always a delight to see our violinists perform! How the living bend their splintering bones as they float above us all! Tell us, our ghostly compatriots – which of us are better? Of the folkloric kind? Or invented by our shadowy creators?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat

My stories are full of sculleries, parlours, back bedrooms, suburban lounges, drab galley kitchens. I find abject horror in the horribly ordinary. The secrets are all behind closed doors. People who you’d never think were monsters. But are.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 1d

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

Question Two

Ah, the performance has begun! Behold the souls of the living darting into the flutes and trumpets! Now, as you sip your ectoplasmic wine, tell us – what are your favourite locations for ghosts? And why?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1d

‘mlm’ is the sound I make when I see chocolate.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I see. Well I won’t be doing that.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1d

The odd Ripper too.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1d

‘Truck Nuts’ sounds like a fabulous slur.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat

It’s Jez, soon to be 60 😳 writing ‘kitchen sink horror’ from a grotto in Aberdeen, Scotland. I’m afraid I don’t know what a ‘wraithful visage’ is, sorry. It sounds painful.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 1d

Be welcomed to the ethereal music hall! A stringed aperitif is in order… do tell the Symposium what do you write, from where… and what IS, indeed, your wraithful visage for tonight?
#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

Question One

Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1d

#Spooktober

Every day this month I will post an excerpt from one of my scary stories, just to get you in the mood for Spooky Season.

#Spooktober

Every day this month I will post an excerpt from one of my scary stories, just to get you in the mood for Spooky Season.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick

Dead of Night

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

Go us!

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

PS I see what you did there…

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

The news division does!

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

I really wanted to like this, after catching up with and enjoying House of the Devil shortly before I saw it, but I have to say I thought it was dreary and poor.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t disagree.

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

What is?

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

It’s highly unfashionable to big up the BBC, but their YouTube archive has grown into a lovely collection of classic old telly. youtube.com/@bbcarchive?...

Welcome to the BBC Archive. Hop aboard an audiovisual time machine, that will transport you back to the golden age of TV. Whether you are looking for some childhood nostalgia (clackers - remember t...

Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

#Spooktober

Every day this month I will post an excerpt from one of my scary stories, just to get you in the mood for Spooky Season.

#Spooktober

Every day this month I will post an excerpt from one of my scary stories, just to get you in the mood for Spooky Season.