Stephen J Carver
@drstephencarver.bsky.social
Author & old school biker. General Editor of Wordsworth Editions 'Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural' series. Author of forthcoming book 'Hell on Wheels: A History of Biker Movies'.
Oh boy, a big box of books! I selected, edited and introduced both these collections for Wordsworth Editions - you can find them in bookshops, on Amazon, or purchase direct from the publisher here: wordsworth-editions.com #writing #poetry #ghoststory
January 26, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Oh boy, a big box of books! I selected, edited and introduced both these collections for Wordsworth Editions - you can find them in bookshops, on Amazon, or purchase direct from the publisher here: wordsworth-editions.com #writing #poetry #ghoststory
'I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.' The toast is: 'Absent Friends.' We lost Mark E. Smith today in 2018. #TheFall
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 AM
'I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.' The toast is: 'Absent Friends.' We lost Mark E. Smith today in 2018. #TheFall
One more! This is what happened when Poe met Dickens... ainsworthandfriends.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/w...
When Poe Met Dickens
A new post for the Wordsworth Editions blog In the United States, one of the first – if not the first – critics to discover the talented new British author Charles Dickens was Edgar Allan Poe. Poe …
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January 19, 2026 at 6:37 PM
One more! This is what happened when Poe met Dickens... ainsworthandfriends.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/w...
The Gothic Life of Edgar Allan Poe. 💀 wordsworth-editions.com/the-gothic-l...
January 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The Gothic Life of Edgar Allan Poe. 💀 wordsworth-editions.com/the-gothic-l...
'Sensations are the great things after all. Should you ever be drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations — they will be worth to you ten guineas a sheet.' Edgar Allan Poe born today in 1809.
January 19, 2026 at 9:06 AM
'Sensations are the great things after all. Should you ever be drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations — they will be worth to you ten guineas a sheet.' Edgar Allan Poe born today in 1809.
Many Happy Returns Caroline Munro!
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Many Happy Returns Caroline Munro!
I'll just leave this here then. 😉
January 16, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I'll just leave this here then. 😉
Batman premiered on ABC 60 years ago today.
January 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Batman premiered on ABC 60 years ago today.
On the whole, I think there are worst ways to spend a wintry weekend than indexing a book about biker movies...
January 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
On the whole, I think there are worst ways to spend a wintry weekend than indexing a book about biker movies...
To hell with 'Happy New Year.' I'm gonna go with: 'We Survived 2025.' Good luck.
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
To hell with 'Happy New Year.' I'm gonna go with: 'We Survived 2025.' Good luck.
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, 28 September 1934 – 28 December 2025.
December 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, 28 September 1934 – 28 December 2025.
This is the story by yours truly that won the British Vault of Horror Christmas Short Story Competition on Christmas Eve. 👻💀🕷️ stephencarverauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Imaginary Girlfriend
A ghost story for Christmas… I saw this post on Facebook the other day asking, ‘What’s the worst thing that ever happened to you?’ Well, this didn’t exactly happen to me, but it’s the worst t…
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December 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is the story by yours truly that won the British Vault of Horror Christmas Short Story Competition on Christmas Eve. 👻💀🕷️ stephencarverauthor.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/t...
Happy Holidays, everyone. Have a good one!
December 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Happy Holidays, everyone. Have a good one!
Protesters in the US outside a showing of the original Silent Night, Deadly Night in 1984.
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Protesters in the US outside a showing of the original Silent Night, Deadly Night in 1984.
My attempt at a history of the BBC's 'Ghost Story for Christmas' series for Wordsworth last year, built around the then forthcoming 'Woman of Stone'. Not long after this I curated a new collection of E. Nesbit's horror stories. ainsworthandfriends.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/w...
‘Woman of Stone’: Ghost Stories for Christmas
A new post for the Wordsworth Editions blog ‘The ghost is innately conservative,’ Professor Clive Bloom once wrote, in an uncompromising essay on M.R. James. A bold claim in gothic theory, it makes…
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December 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My attempt at a history of the BBC's 'Ghost Story for Christmas' series for Wordsworth last year, built around the then forthcoming 'Woman of Stone'. Not long after this I curated a new collection of E. Nesbit's horror stories. ainsworthandfriends.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/w...
Reposted by Stephen J Carver
#AChristmasCarol was the first in a series of Christmas books by Dickens. Here's something I wrote a few years back for
Wordsworth Editions on #Dickens' other #Christmas stories... wordsworth-editions.com/dickens-othe...
Wordsworth Editions on #Dickens' other #Christmas stories... wordsworth-editions.com/dickens-othe...
December 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
#AChristmasCarol was the first in a series of Christmas books by Dickens. Here's something I wrote a few years back for
Wordsworth Editions on #Dickens' other #Christmas stories... wordsworth-editions.com/dickens-othe...
Wordsworth Editions on #Dickens' other #Christmas stories... wordsworth-editions.com/dickens-othe...
This was another one of my better #Christmas #ghoststories, about a young man in love with a gothic girl in the Eighties. It's therefore dedicated to my lovely wife, Gracie, who appears in the feature image. New one coming soon! 👻 💀🕷️ stephencarverauthor.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/t...
The Watch House: A Ghost Story for Christmas
It was Angie – or ‘Angelique’ as she now styled herself – who first figured out that the old watch house on the Spit would make a great venue for a Christmas party. An early adapter to acid house, …
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December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This was another one of my better #Christmas #ghoststories, about a young man in love with a gothic girl in the Eighties. It's therefore dedicated to my lovely wife, Gracie, who appears in the feature image. New one coming soon! 👻 💀🕷️ stephencarverauthor.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/t...
#AChristmasCarol was the first in a series of Christmas books by Dickens. Here's something I wrote a few years back for
Wordsworth Editions on #Dickens' other #Christmas stories... wordsworth-editions.com/dickens-othe...
Wordsworth Editions on #Dickens' other #Christmas stories... wordsworth-editions.com/dickens-othe...
December 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
#AChristmasCarol was the first in a series of Christmas books by Dickens. Here's something I wrote a few years back for
Wordsworth Editions on #Dickens' other #Christmas stories... wordsworth-editions.com/dickens-othe...
Wordsworth Editions on #Dickens' other #Christmas stories... wordsworth-editions.com/dickens-othe...
Classic Hollywood actors posing with stuffed reindeer, Part 2: Yvonne de Carlo. #Christmas
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Classic Hollywood actors posing with stuffed reindeer, Part 2: Yvonne de Carlo. #Christmas
Classic Hollywood actors posing with stuffed reindeer, Part 1: Myrna Loy. #Christmas
December 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Classic Hollywood actors posing with stuffed reindeer, Part 1: Myrna Loy. #Christmas
I know I should be listening to Christmas music but TBH I can't be arsed...
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I know I should be listening to Christmas music but TBH I can't be arsed...