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.
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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-...
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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.
Got an MRI tomorrow. Gulp. These pre-festive ticking time bombs are not good for my stress levels. 😂
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Got an MRI tomorrow. Gulp. These pre-festive ticking time bombs are not good for my stress levels. 😂
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I’m doing my Ghost Stories talk in New York!!*
*via Zoom
*via Zoom
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m doing my Ghost Stories talk in New York!!*
*via Zoom
*via Zoom
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So enraged by the new Frankenstein that I better not say anything I'd like to say. Only this - no one genuinely using a Byron quote to end their movie should be taken seriously.
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
So enraged by the new Frankenstein that I better not say anything I'd like to say. Only this - no one genuinely using a Byron quote to end their movie should be taken seriously.
'The Man Made Mad by Fear' - Gustave Courbet (c. 1843-44)
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
'The Man Made Mad by Fear' - Gustave Courbet (c. 1843-44)
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Just bought a handmade pottery garlic rasp and three lino prints for Xmas
If you have a small artisan business, selling jewelry, pottery, gifts, prints, knitwear why not let everyone know about it, add your shop site and lets get a chain of supporting small businesses going
#BuySmall #ShopIndie
If you have a small artisan business, selling jewelry, pottery, gifts, prints, knitwear why not let everyone know about it, add your shop site and lets get a chain of supporting small businesses going
#BuySmall #ShopIndie
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Just bought a handmade pottery garlic rasp and three lino prints for Xmas
If you have a small artisan business, selling jewelry, pottery, gifts, prints, knitwear why not let everyone know about it, add your shop site and lets get a chain of supporting small businesses going
#BuySmall #ShopIndie
If you have a small artisan business, selling jewelry, pottery, gifts, prints, knitwear why not let everyone know about it, add your shop site and lets get a chain of supporting small businesses going
#BuySmall #ShopIndie
Happy Doctor Who day to all those who celebrate it. Some of the fandom is awful, but there are some truly LOVELY people out there amongst them who are the dearest friends. One or two of the episodes are okay, but you should have got into something more wholesome instead, like BLEEP AND BOOSTER.
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Happy Doctor Who day to all those who celebrate it. Some of the fandom is awful, but there are some truly LOVELY people out there amongst them who are the dearest friends. One or two of the episodes are okay, but you should have got into something more wholesome instead, like BLEEP AND BOOSTER.
Random youtube channels you subscribe to?
For me it's Taofledermaus - a dude who just fires bullets his subscribers make for him. Lo-fi but hi-entertainment.
For me it's Taofledermaus - a dude who just fires bullets his subscribers make for him. Lo-fi but hi-entertainment.
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Random youtube channels you subscribe to?
For me it's Taofledermaus - a dude who just fires bullets his subscribers make for him. Lo-fi but hi-entertainment.
For me it's Taofledermaus - a dude who just fires bullets his subscribers make for him. Lo-fi but hi-entertainment.
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The Ghost Story for Christmas Eve this year is M R James's "An Episode of Cathedral History".
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Ghost Story for Christmas Eve this year is M R James's "An Episode of Cathedral History".
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
'The Third of May 1808' - Francisco Goya (1914)
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
'The Third of May 1808' - Francisco Goya (1914)
Three years to the day since I met one of the greatest people on the planet.
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Three years to the day since I met one of the greatest people on the planet.
'King of Horror' - John-Mark Gleadow (2025)
November 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
'King of Horror' - John-Mark Gleadow (2025)
Catching up on Strictly. That Paso was fucking DRAMATIC. Loved it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Catching up on Strictly. That Paso was fucking DRAMATIC. Loved it.
If I was Julia I'd so have had this framed.
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If I was Julia I'd so have had this framed.
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There are 10 things that help me keep my sanity, when my brain is too cluttered to focus on reading. And they just might help you too. 🧡
10 Tips for Finding Joy When You Cannot Concentrate on Reading ✨ Advice for Bookworms 📖
YouTube video by Caro Arnett
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There are 10 things that help me keep my sanity, when my brain is too cluttered to focus on reading. And they just might help you too. 🧡