Johnny Mains
@johnnymains.co.uk
The UK's foremost horror anthologist.
“Johnny Mains is the Herbert van Thal of our age” – The Independent
AuDHD.
Got the morbs.
“Johnny Mains is the Herbert van Thal of our age” – The Independent
AuDHD.
Got the morbs.
Pinned
Johnny Mains
@johnnymains.co.uk
· Oct 15
Dec 18th at 7pm I'll be reading from ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE, chatting about editing anthologies and ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS (within reason and taste 😉) - tickets are £8.83 (cushion admin and fees).
I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
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I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
Lilly hoping she's not being cooked for dinner...
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Lilly hoping she's not being cooked for dinner...
'War Protest' - Claude Buck (c.1945)
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
'War Protest' - Claude Buck (c.1945)
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New blogpost on an interesting photograph album from the Pamir Boundary Commission of 1895, now digitised and available on DAME (the Digital Archive of the Middle East), documenting negotiations about border demarcation in Afghanistan
specialcollections.exeter.ac.uk/2025/11/21/t...
specialcollections.exeter.ac.uk/2025/11/21/t...
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New blogpost on an interesting photograph album from the Pamir Boundary Commission of 1895, now digitised and available on DAME (the Digital Archive of the Middle East), documenting negotiations about border demarcation in Afghanistan
specialcollections.exeter.ac.uk/2025/11/21/t...
specialcollections.exeter.ac.uk/2025/11/21/t...
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Also while I'm at it, if you'd potentially be interested in Reviewing/ARC copies for In This City, Where it Rains (and future Luna releases including @aknighton.bsky.social's new novella, also launching Feb 3rd!) you can sign up via the form here! 👇 www.lunapresspublishing.com/reviewersand...
Excellent bookmail today, my author copies for In This City, Where it Rains arrived from @lunapress.bsky.social !! My gothic horror love letter to Edinburgh, ft. ghosts, a cursed city, a gothic house, rituals, family secrets, & weird moths is out Feb 3rd!! Pre-order now! 🏴🖤✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Also while I'm at it, if you'd potentially be interested in Reviewing/ARC copies for In This City, Where it Rains (and future Luna releases including @aknighton.bsky.social's new novella, also launching Feb 3rd!) you can sign up via the form here! 👇 www.lunapresspublishing.com/reviewersand...
M off school watching Budget cos of illness. She's incredulous at how evil Kemi and the Tories are, that they'd rather have kids in poverty than lifted out. Am glad she's seen this. She's called Kemi an idiot about five times now.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
M off school watching Budget cos of illness. She's incredulous at how evil Kemi and the Tories are, that they'd rather have kids in poverty than lifted out. Am glad she's seen this. She's called Kemi an idiot about five times now.
Can this apply to fur-babies as well? I want to adopt 5000000 dogs.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Can this apply to fur-babies as well? I want to adopt 5000000 dogs.
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Tories don't like being reminded how Liz Truss fucked everything up, hey?
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Tories don't like being reminded how Liz Truss fucked everything up, hey?
I could see THE THICK OF IT come back now.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I could see THE THICK OF IT come back now.
'Protest , Revolt, Victory' - Daniel Maffia (c. 1980)
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
'Protest , Revolt, Victory' - Daniel Maffia (c. 1980)
Catching up with @scarredforlife.bsky.social on BBC NEWS this morning.
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Catching up with @scarredforlife.bsky.social on BBC NEWS this morning.
'The Village Idiot' - Marc Chagall (c. 1914-15)
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
'The Village Idiot' - Marc Chagall (c. 1914-15)
12 years gone today, the incomparable Joel Lane.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
12 years gone today, the incomparable Joel Lane.
Everyone who has won should hand back their awards in protest. Only way.
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Everyone who has won should hand back their awards in protest. Only way.
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Today marks 50 years of 'Protect and Survive'.
Brilliant to see Ste from @scarredforlife.bsky.social on BBC Breakfast TV this morning talking about growing up in the shadow of the bomb.
Also featured was an amazing piece with Roger Limb discussing the music and sounds he composed for the PIF.
Brilliant to see Ste from @scarredforlife.bsky.social on BBC Breakfast TV this morning talking about growing up in the shadow of the bomb.
Also featured was an amazing piece with Roger Limb discussing the music and sounds he composed for the PIF.
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today marks 50 years of 'Protect and Survive'.
Brilliant to see Ste from @scarredforlife.bsky.social on BBC Breakfast TV this morning talking about growing up in the shadow of the bomb.
Also featured was an amazing piece with Roger Limb discussing the music and sounds he composed for the PIF.
Brilliant to see Ste from @scarredforlife.bsky.social on BBC Breakfast TV this morning talking about growing up in the shadow of the bomb.
Also featured was an amazing piece with Roger Limb discussing the music and sounds he composed for the PIF.
Had to ask that my doctors record a near miss on my notes. They have *twice* today tried to prescribe me a medication that its use of has ended up with me being in A&E.
Absolutely fucking mindblowing.
Absolutely fucking mindblowing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Had to ask that my doctors record a near miss on my notes. They have *twice* today tried to prescribe me a medication that its use of has ended up with me being in A&E.
Absolutely fucking mindblowing.
Absolutely fucking mindblowing.
'Dust Bowl' - Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick (2014)
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
'Dust Bowl' - Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick (2014)
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What an absolute (nuclear) blast that was! If you missed it, I was on BBC Breakfast at around 8.40am talking about nuclear war - check it out on iPlayer! A huge thank you to Sally Nugent, Jon Kay, and the entire team.
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What an absolute (nuclear) blast that was! If you missed it, I was on BBC Breakfast at around 8.40am talking about nuclear war - check it out on iPlayer! A huge thank you to Sally Nugent, Jon Kay, and the entire team.
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Orangutan benefit in London tonight off to Toronto for gig with Chris Hadfield - it has been a gig heavy year - did 5 months without a day off and often doing 3 gigs a day - annoyingly I am not very good at taking time off however much my mind frays
masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/chri...
masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/chri...
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Orangutan benefit in London tonight off to Toronto for gig with Chris Hadfield - it has been a gig heavy year - did 5 months without a day off and often doing 3 gigs a day - annoyingly I am not very good at taking time off however much my mind frays
masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/chri...
masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/chri...
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'The Reader' - Harold Knight (c. 1910)
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
'The Reader' - Harold Knight (c. 1910)
'The Reader' - Harold Knight (c. 1910)
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
'The Reader' - Harold Knight (c. 1910)
Helen Gurley Brown at the the launch of her New English Library book 'SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL', 21st October 1964
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Helen Gurley Brown at the the launch of her New English Library book 'SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL', 21st October 1964
Can someone get me this for my Xmas please?
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Can someone get me this for my Xmas please?
Cancelled - MRI scanner has broken down!
Got an MRI tomorrow. Gulp. These pre-festive ticking time bombs are not good for my stress levels. 😂
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Cancelled - MRI scanner has broken down!
Watching Udo Kier on screen was like watching the Imp of the Perverse. Strangely, l was watching Brawl in Cell Block 99 last night and his evil wee blue eyes lit that film up. There will never be another like him. Vale.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Watching Udo Kier on screen was like watching the Imp of the Perverse. Strangely, l was watching Brawl in Cell Block 99 last night and his evil wee blue eyes lit that film up. There will never be another like him. Vale.