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.
'The Signal Box, Boxing Day, 1927 ' - Elwin Hawthorne (1929)
December 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
'The Signal Box, Boxing Day, 1927 ' - Elwin Hawthorne (1929)
The christmas shave
December 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The christmas shave
If this doesn't get you excited for what is going to be the greatest documentary of 2026, nothing will!
A long read article for you if you're at a loose end this Boxing Day. The rough story of how Shambles' biggest ever project came to be, told by its director and producer, Trent Burton.
An Incomplete History of An Incomplete History of Music
The rough story of how Shambles' biggest ever project came to be, told by its director and producer, Trent Burton.
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If this doesn't get you excited for what is going to be the greatest documentary of 2026, nothing will!
Got the house to myself for a few days - the first of nine Universal Horror films...SPANISH DRACULA!!
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Got the house to myself for a few days - the first of nine Universal Horror films...SPANISH DRACULA!!
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A long read article for you if you're at a loose end this Boxing Day. The rough story of how Shambles' biggest ever project came to be, told by its director and producer, Trent Burton.
An Incomplete History of An Incomplete History of Music
The rough story of how Shambles' biggest ever project came to be, told by its director and producer, Trent Burton.
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A long read article for you if you're at a loose end this Boxing Day. The rough story of how Shambles' biggest ever project came to be, told by its director and producer, Trent Burton.
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*Exactly* one hundred years ago today 'The Ghost of Moor Hall' by M.E. Murray was published in THE TAMWORTH HERALD.
It was reprinted for the first time in ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and if you haven't read it yet, what a way to celebrate its centenary!
It was reprinted for the first time in ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and if you haven't read it yet, what a way to celebrate its centenary!
December 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
*Exactly* one hundred years ago today 'The Ghost of Moor Hall' by M.E. Murray was published in THE TAMWORTH HERALD.
It was reprinted for the first time in ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and if you haven't read it yet, what a way to celebrate its centenary!
It was reprinted for the first time in ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and if you haven't read it yet, what a way to celebrate its centenary!
'The Folklorist, Cecil Sharp, Meeting William Kimber in 1899 ' - Anthony Morris (undated)
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
'The Folklorist, Cecil Sharp, Meeting William Kimber in 1899 ' - Anthony Morris (undated)
Nautilus always goes in hard.
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Nautilus always goes in hard.
*Exactly* one hundred years ago today 'The Ghost of Moor Hall' by M.E. Murray was published in THE TAMWORTH HERALD.
It was reprinted for the first time in ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and if you haven't read it yet, what a way to celebrate its centenary!
It was reprinted for the first time in ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and if you haven't read it yet, what a way to celebrate its centenary!
December 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
*Exactly* one hundred years ago today 'The Ghost of Moor Hall' by M.E. Murray was published in THE TAMWORTH HERALD.
It was reprinted for the first time in ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and if you haven't read it yet, what a way to celebrate its centenary!
It was reprinted for the first time in ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE and if you haven't read it yet, what a way to celebrate its centenary!
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A *GLOWING* review for ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE has been posted up on ODDLY WEIRD FICTION
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com/2025/12/illu...
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com/2025/12/illu...
Illusions of Presence: Lost Christmas Ghost Stories (ed. Johnny Mains)
" ... an empty house is an admirable field for the operations of the imagination ..." -- from "The Haunted Vicarage," by Emeric Hulme-Beam...
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A *GLOWING* review for ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE has been posted up on ODDLY WEIRD FICTION
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com/2025/12/illu...
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com/2025/12/illu...
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Oxfam have reissued one of this series on their website - Belinda Lyon's fox design.
December 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Oxfam have reissued one of this series on their website - Belinda Lyon's fox design.
"Dandylion for Oxfam" by Belinda Lyon
December 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"Dandylion for Oxfam" by Belinda Lyon
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Why not finish off your Christmas day with one last gift to yourself? We're 10% off through today and tomorrow for all our 2026 courses with the code CHRISTMAS - grant yourself the present of writing! www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis... #writing #writers #NewYear #NewYears #course #courses
December 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM really got under my skin. I absolutely adored it. *THIS* is how you adapt classic narrative text. It didn't put a foot wrong and I'm very excited to see what @kierlajanisse.bsky.social will do next. I have a *whole* load of lost Victorian female fiction for her to tackle!
December 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM really got under my skin. I absolutely adored it. *THIS* is how you adapt classic narrative text. It didn't put a foot wrong and I'm very excited to see what @kierlajanisse.bsky.social will do next. I have a *whole* load of lost Victorian female fiction for her to tackle!
'Christmas' - George Henry Boughton (undated)
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
'Christmas' - George Henry Boughton (undated)
A *GLOWING* review for ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE has been posted up on ODDLY WEIRD FICTION
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com/2025/12/illu...
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com/2025/12/illu...
Illusions of Presence: Lost Christmas Ghost Stories (ed. Johnny Mains)
" ... an empty house is an admirable field for the operations of the imagination ..." -- from "The Haunted Vicarage," by Emeric Hulme-Beam...
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A *GLOWING* review for ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE has been posted up on ODDLY WEIRD FICTION
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com/2025/12/illu...
www.oddlyweirdfiction.com/2025/12/illu...
Late arriving booty!
December 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Late arriving booty!
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Goodbye, Monkey Cage - not as infinite as I imagined
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Goodbye, Monkey Cage - not as infinite as I imagined
Ah, this is great to see, Michael! I hope you enjoy the spirit out of it!
A good book haul this year, including @johnnymains.co.uk Christmas ghost stories collection which I have been very excited to sink my teeth into.
December 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ah, this is great to see, Michael! I hope you enjoy the spirit out of it!
PRESENCE AS PRESENT!!
Excellent Christmas book haul from @johnnymains.co.uk @stonelands.bsky.social @naominovik.bsky.social and Claire Keegan.
December 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
PRESENCE AS PRESENT!!
Excellent Christmas presentry!!
Dad is very happy with getting @johnnymains.co.uk 's His Beautiful Hands
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Excellent Christmas presentry!!
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Obligatory Dad's Parlour pictures
December 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Obligatory Dad's Parlour pictures
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for many, it will be the space left by those no longer with us that can be felt most intensely today. Here is a poem for my dad and one for my mum. Hope the ghosts bring happy memories too .
December 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
for many, it will be the space left by those no longer with us that can be felt most intensely today. Here is a poem for my dad and one for my mum. Hope the ghosts bring happy memories too .
Marnie's still in bed, she's NOT to be woken up till ten. Fucking teenagers. 😂
December 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Marnie's still in bed, she's NOT to be woken up till ten. Fucking teenagers. 😂