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Ray Newman
@raynewman.bsky.social
He/him. From Bridgwater, in Bristol. Writer, editor, content designer. Ghost stories, films. No alt text, no repost. Not here for politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/raynewman Header: my book Intervals of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DDR8X9QY
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Between them ‘Municipal Gothic’ and ‘Intervals of Darkness’ have 27 stories full of haunted buildings, haunted people, and working class weirdness. Obviously *I* think they're great – but so do strangers who owe me nothing!

👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Municipal-Go...

👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...
Now watching: ‘The Hound of Blackwood Castle’, dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1968. The first colour Krimi I've seen. Incredibly funky swinging soundtrack. 📷🎥
February 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I cooked pancakes three ways today. Potato pancakes for lunch. Spring onion pancakes with dinner. And Crap British Pancakes (PDO) for afters.
February 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘February’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt 1958
February 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
None Pizza with Left Mango

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_Pi...
February 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The dog is a black hound that enforces an ancestral curse but finds itself struggling to interpret the rules in the age of donor insemination – which exactly *is* the firstborn? And Bristolians might recognise Barton House on the cover.
Buck up Mambo, there's a dog in this one.

Great shivery shorts by @raynewman.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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collage journal: pg. 24
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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periodic reminder of the existence of Hipster Ipsum (hipsum.co), an extremely useful filler text generator for when you're drafting a grant proposal that has physical page limits as opposed to word counts

my preference is Hipster with a shot of Latin
February 17, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Really loving the 'Listen with Other' anthology series. Fantastic spooky and strange stories. The latest instalment by General Witchfinders Zine alum @raynewman.bsky.social was fantastic - highly recommended. The music and soundscapes really blew me away. Listen now

podlink.com/1842661048/e...
February 17, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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If that promotional vehicle had been around in 1960, I honestly think Hitchcock himself would have done it the week before the premiere. And seeded rumours that he had forced Leigh to gorge on chili-slathered wings immediately before the shower scene.
February 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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"There, there," a fellow soldier says, patting my shoulder as I weep over the body. "It could have happened to anyone."

"Thanks," I sniff. "That's... quite cliche. Say, do you know a recipe for apple pie in haiku form?"

My hand is already reaching for the fallen gun.
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Still Lifes. 📷
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Partial Match. 📷
February 17, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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First cup of tea: the sun rises, stylishly.
February 17, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Good morning!

(art by Robert Maguire)
February 17, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Imagine if when, say, Psycho came out, they had promoted it by making Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh eat very spicy chicken wings.
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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both flatness // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, february 2026

#collage #abstraction #queerart
February 17, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Another wasteland movie. This time, it's a studio set depicting East End Blitz ruins, where Diana Dors is lured after dark in an effort to save a baby goat from strangulation. Light-hearted whimsical fun for kids!

More on wasteland in films:

precastreinforced.co.uk/2023/07/16/l...
February 17, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Now watching: ‘A Kid For Two Farthings’, dir. Carol Reed, 1955, with a screenplay by Wolf Mankowitz based on his own novel. 🎬🎥
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Been watching a bunch of Lucio Fulci giallo and what a gift that he gave us some of the finest in the genre (Seven Notes In Black aka. The Psychic, Don't Torture A Duckling, Lizard In A Woman's Skin) as well as his pantheon of nonsense phantasmagoric hellscapes of rot (the Gates of Hell trilogy)
February 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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HOTTEST DROP OF THE DECADE: My photos of the abandoned service station at Leicester Markfield
February 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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I'm in the cinema cafe and there's an older guy on the table next to me reading out the synopsis for Wuthering Heights to his companion:
"...and features music from...(he peers at it for a long time, finally goes with)...Cheryl Cox."
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Who has a personal or hobby blog about the kind of things I'm interested in that I might not already have in my RSS feed reader? Books, music, films, especially weird or creepy stuff.
February 16, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Good morning from me and Richard Brautigan.
February 16, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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All the young dudes out by the industrial estate comparing souped up Peugeots and racing each other on the dual carriageways
February 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM