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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!

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Film historians: what was the first serial killer's ‘nutty wall’ on film?
Could this be the first ever crime wall?????
February 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Now watching: ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’, dir. Robert Hamer, 1949. 🎥🎬
February 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Posterity. 📷
February 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Wilton’s Music Hall in London is putting on four nights of silent films accompanied by a love score and I really cannot recommend these enough. The Lucky Dog Picturehouse put on fine shows.

wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/pan...
Pandora's Box (1929) with live score - Wilton's Music Hall
“You should only play when you’re sure to win”   Louise Brooks stars as the effortlessly seductive Lulu, a high class courtesan and dancer who brings destruction to the Berlin bourgeoisie with her tur...
wiltons.org.uk
February 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Did some terrain crafting for an eventual Stargrave game. EVA foam, cardboard boxes, and cat food cans with dollar store paints.
February 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Managed to improve my mood on a grey Wednesday by around 5% by listening to my Beach Boys 'deep cuts' (ugh) playlist. Some highlights to follow. 🧵
February 18, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Reposting for the morning crowd. This started out as one of those weird bees in my bonnet and ended up being an incredibly fun and rewarding experience. Make stuff! Make bad stuff, make good stuff - but make it with your whole human heart.
Because I'm a giant weirdo with a long attention span and no social life, a year ago I made my own book trailer (below). And I did it without ever touching GenAI. If you want to know how I did it, read on:
February 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM
It's that fun time of year when I discover I have several more half-siblings via donor insemination, when they get the results back from the ‘fun’ DNA test they got for Christmas.
February 18, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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I'd like to teach the world to sing, but organising everyone's calendar is a fucking joke
February 18, 2026 at 6:26 AM
An essay about something I always find interesting: English writers noticing the war ramping up around them. In this case, it's Virginia Woolf, via her diaries. (Another @longreads.com find.)

lareviewofbooks.org/article/dont...
Don’t Close Your Teeth | Los Angeles Review of Books
Cynthia Zarin traces the rise of fascism through the diary entries of Virginia Woolf, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
lareviewofbooks.org
February 18, 2026 at 6:52 AM
“[Solarpunk] widens the meaning of technology to include Indigenous and place-based practices such as chinampas – raised garden beds woven from reeds, anchored in shallow lakes, and refreshed with nutrient-rich silt from canals.” (via @longreads.com)

aeon.co/essays/in-so...
aeon.co
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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