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The UK's foremost horror anthologist. “Johnny Mains is the Herbert van Thal of our age” – The Independent AuDHD. Got the morbs.

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 21d

The British Library have just sent me photos of ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE - it has been printed!!!

EMINENT ANTHOLOGIST

Aww yeah.

#FESTIVESHINYSHINY

Book out October 16, pre-order your copy from links below:

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 8h

And how can you forget the shot across the bows?

We'll never have another Azealia Banks. Which is probably a good thing, as she's spitting snake mental but it'll be a fucking massive loss to music if she were to retire

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AZEALIA BANKS - 212 FT. LAZY JAY

YouTube video by Azealia Banks

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 8h

Just so stupidly talented, it's unreal. Fucking love her.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8Q...

Azealia Banks - Anna Wintour

YouTube video by AzealiaBanksVEVO

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 8h

One of the greatest tunes of all time.

Azealia Banks - The Big Big Beat

YouTube video by Claudette Morel

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 8h

Well, I'm glad I got my signed Cat Burns cd before she became an instant national treasure #celebritytraitors #catburns

HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 8h

Excellent x Much love

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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 8h

It’s true.

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 8h

Ah man, how big do you need your cock to be? Get well soon x

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 10h

Got a lovely jumper in town today!

HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 11h

Popped into Waterstones, signed some copies of CELTIC WEIRD and HALLOWEIRD!

HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 11h

It's obscene - way out of the reach of many, many families

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 16h

I'm continuing to stockpile Professionally Defaced copies of Tales Accursed ahead of the next drop on Halloween, but this sheet ghost phantom copy I made last night is currently available in the shop if anyone wants it...
👻 slipperyjack.bigcartel.com

Title page of Tales Accursed a Folk Horror Anthology with pen illustration of a sheet ghost.

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 16h

✨🪞IT’S HERE!🪞✨
Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered The Mirror Issue. Shipping begins now!
✨ Get your copy from helleborezine.com ✨

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 16h

Does it come with an axe and a chicken with a detachable head?

HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 16h

Laszlo Krasznahorkai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 16h

A little bird told me I was a shoo-in to win this year for my 3,0000000000000 word compilation of every time I've said "um" and "ah" - however, I'm not there, so maybe next year...

Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 17h

Quite a dull watch so far, this
www.livetube.tv/news/video-l...

LiveTube News | Video: LIVE: Nobel Prize in literature 2025 announcement

Watch live as the Nobel Prize in literature is announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. #nobelprize #literature #live

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 16h

a: it's a cross-section, so not even the other side of the sphere
b: even at £300 it would be too fucking much

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 16h

£900???????

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 17h

I'm absolutely loving the way that this is finding new people

HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 3d

Genuinely the greatest documentary the BBC have ever made - THE LAST LIGHTHOUSE - am utterly thrilled it's now on youtube. youtu.be/bc9qxyf_suI?...

1973: Life on the LAST LIGHTHOUSE | Tuesday Documentary | World of Work | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 3d

Genuinely the greatest documentary the BBC have ever made - THE LAST LIGHTHOUSE - am utterly thrilled it's now on youtube. youtu.be/bc9qxyf_suI?...

1973: Life on the LAST LIGHTHOUSE | Tuesday Documentary | World of Work | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

youtu.be

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 18h

GET THE FUCK IN!!!!! If anyone deserves this, it's you!!

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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 18h

My hands are shaking a little as I type this but...ITCH! IS OUT TODAY!!

I'm finally a big 5 published author!

Feminist, formication folk horror with creepy crawlies, ancient traditions, unsolved murders, weird processions, masks, an old pub and an excellent dog.

www.hachette.co.uk/titles/gemma...

Gemma Amor dressed in pink holding a copy of ITCH!

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 1d

My *major* occult discovery POSSESSED, a novel by Rosalie and Edward Synton (real surname Corse-Scott), has a cover! It's out on December 4 - I'm *really* excited for you to read the book and my 5,000 word introduction which gives life to the authors and a critical overview of the novel.

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Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social · 18h

Next up on the online courses slate is my four-week look at WRITING GHOST STORIES - just in time for Christmas too... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-gh... #ghoststory #ghoststories #course #courses #classes #class #workshop #workshops #writing #writers #authors

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 18h

Today on the BBC Archive youtubes, I have mostly been watching a profile on William Golding

1959: WILLIAM GOLDING Profile | Monitor | Writers and Wordsmiths | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Sarah Chavez @sarahcalavera.bsky.social · 7d

Don't You Be Afraid Of Ghosts! They're Your Best Friends, Says Woman

Freeport Journal-Standard, Illinois, 1923

Newspaper headline reads Don't You Be Afraid Of Ghosts! They're Your Best Friends, Says Woman

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