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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...
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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
Feat. Selina Scott, Margaret Thatcher, and a goth-romo from Watford, among others.

youtu.be/zxmrGR2yvE8?...
1986: The Englishwoman's Wardrobe | Forty Minutes | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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February 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Sorry I commented “AI slop” on the photos of your new baby
February 15, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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How did I get this far in life without knowing about this?
February 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
“Buy these books. I command you.”
February 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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My boss has been saying, “it’s very much a moveable beast,” for over ten years.
February 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Finally got around to this and it's unsurprisingly very good and recommended. It's not just here that @raynewman.bsky.social is stretching creatively. From previews of his next collection I have enjoyed, things are only going to get more weird and unsettling.
I'm thrilled to welcome guest author @raynewman.bsky.social to Listen with Other. In series 5, Ray reads his new story The Interchange, with his own original music and location recordings. Find it at listenwithother.co.uk and wherever podcasts are found.
#podcasts #fiction #writing
February 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Someone said they were feeling "a little Depressica Simpson" on IG so there you go friends.

A new clever little saying to describe the days of our lives 🤌🏽
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM