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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Ray Newman
@raynewman.bsky.social
· Mar 22
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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Out taking photos in the sun. It's been a bit of a week so I need some me time, and this is the me-est time there is.
January 10, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Out taking photos in the sun. It's been a bit of a week so I need some me time, and this is the me-est time there is.
Ghost stories are for life, not just for Christmas.
Watched a few of these over Christmas. They're really good, very atmospheric and spooky. Especially enjoyed the Aickman and Amis. Thanks to @raynewman.bsky.social for posting.
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Another collection of vintage ghost stories for Christmas
If you’ve seen all of the BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, and want more of the same, I’ve got good news for you. Last year I put together a list of films, short films and TV episodes that seemed t…
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January 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Ghost stories are for life, not just for Christmas.
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Does anyone know of any books about the motorway? I’ve wanted to read London Orbital by Ian Sinclair for a while, but that’s bound by the M25, I think. Is there a history of the British motorway?
January 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Does anyone know of any books about the motorway? I’ve wanted to read London Orbital by Ian Sinclair for a while, but that’s bound by the M25, I think. Is there a history of the British motorway?
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January 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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Morning in the city
January 10, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Morning in the city
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Idk, as a professional word appreciator, I actually think “unalive” is a terrific coinage — it’s forceful, shocking, Joycean
January 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Idk, as a professional word appreciator, I actually think “unalive” is a terrific coinage — it’s forceful, shocking, Joycean
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A folk horror fable called the legend of the arse headed lad, can’t stop thinking about it against my will, okay thank you hormones, neurodivergence, menopause and migraine
What refulgent asteristic mirage is the aura offering this evening?
What coruscating elysian poetries?
Why, it’s the bombastic trumpety bits from Mirie It Is/Summer Is A-cumen In, with willy & bum added over the top like lyrics.
Shall we call William Blake?
Shall we bring your bow of burning gold?
What coruscating elysian poetries?
Why, it’s the bombastic trumpety bits from Mirie It Is/Summer Is A-cumen In, with willy & bum added over the top like lyrics.
Shall we call William Blake?
Shall we bring your bow of burning gold?
Sometimes scintillating Blakean visions herald my migraines; fracturing stained glass galaxies, everything fiercely pearled with ecstatic majesty but mostly it’s a bolt of stray echoaic language or sound & today it’s:
A little mouse with Crocs on
Well I declare!
Going wank-wankety-wank on the stair
A little mouse with Crocs on
Well I declare!
Going wank-wankety-wank on the stair
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
A folk horror fable called the legend of the arse headed lad, can’t stop thinking about it against my will, okay thank you hormones, neurodivergence, menopause and migraine
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Remake the original STAR WARS movies and let Darth Vader have a Somerset accent, you cowards.
January 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Remake the original STAR WARS movies and let Darth Vader have a Somerset accent, you cowards.
My hometown, Bridgwater in Somerset, is twinned with La Ciotat, France, where ‘L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat’ was shot. Also Uherské Hradiště in Czechia.
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
My hometown, Bridgwater in Somerset, is twinned with La Ciotat, France, where ‘L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat’ was shot. Also Uherské Hradiště in Czechia.
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Look at this priceless treasure I got out of a Little Free Library
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Look at this priceless treasure I got out of a Little Free Library
Good shout.
Many have said it (not here), but DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS was so good Carl Franklin should have been able to direct Denzel in *all* the Easy Rawlins stories
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Good shout.
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I just learned that there was a French Connection 3 made for TV with Ed 'Al Bundy' O'Neil as Popeye Doyle and no I don't want to see it
January 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I just learned that there was a French Connection 3 made for TV with Ed 'Al Bundy' O'Neil as Popeye Doyle and no I don't want to see it
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I went to a toddler class today and there was a toddler called Keith
January 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I went to a toddler class today and there was a toddler called Keith
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Tried out some 'new' Christmas films to add into the seasonal rotation over the festive period.
Original (1945) Christmas In Connecticut was a fair demonstration of Barbara Stanwyck's comedy chops, with plenty of farce. It was pretty good, but extremely lightweight. Probably won't watch again.
Original (1945) Christmas In Connecticut was a fair demonstration of Barbara Stanwyck's comedy chops, with plenty of farce. It was pretty good, but extremely lightweight. Probably won't watch again.
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Tried out some 'new' Christmas films to add into the seasonal rotation over the festive period.
Original (1945) Christmas In Connecticut was a fair demonstration of Barbara Stanwyck's comedy chops, with plenty of farce. It was pretty good, but extremely lightweight. Probably won't watch again.
Original (1945) Christmas In Connecticut was a fair demonstration of Barbara Stanwyck's comedy chops, with plenty of farce. It was pretty good, but extremely lightweight. Probably won't watch again.
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Few obvious ones:
Dredd - Solid first film showed only a glimpse of an interesting world. Sequel, spin-off series, Anderson spin-off, untapped potential.
RocknRolla - Would have been interesting to see what came next for Kebbell’s character.
District 9 - Still want to know what happened next .
Dredd - Solid first film showed only a glimpse of an interesting world. Sequel, spin-off series, Anderson spin-off, untapped potential.
RocknRolla - Would have been interesting to see what came next for Kebbell’s character.
District 9 - Still want to know what happened next .
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Few obvious ones:
Dredd - Solid first film showed only a glimpse of an interesting world. Sequel, spin-off series, Anderson spin-off, untapped potential.
RocknRolla - Would have been interesting to see what came next for Kebbell’s character.
District 9 - Still want to know what happened next .
Dredd - Solid first film showed only a glimpse of an interesting world. Sequel, spin-off series, Anderson spin-off, untapped potential.
RocknRolla - Would have been interesting to see what came next for Kebbell’s character.
District 9 - Still want to know what happened next .
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Deathline, I needed a full series of Donald Pleasance and Norman Rossington investigating gruesome London murders but knocking off early for a game of darts.
January 9, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Deathline, I needed a full series of Donald Pleasance and Norman Rossington investigating gruesome London murders but knocking off early for a game of darts.
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I read a Tennessee Williams short story today and found out that he sold his first story at 16 to Weird Tales and shared a ToC with Robert E. Howard, Robert W. Chambers (a reprint I guess?), and some poems translated by Clark Ashton Smith in 1928. Seems a well known fact but not what I expected.
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I read a Tennessee Williams short story today and found out that he sold his first story at 16 to Weird Tales and shared a ToC with Robert E. Howard, Robert W. Chambers (a reprint I guess?), and some poems translated by Clark Ashton Smith in 1928. Seems a well known fact but not what I expected.
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Oh, shove your 'smart speaker' up your arse, Radio 3. "All without touching a button!" I DON'T MIND TOUCHING A BUTTON! I CAN COPE WITH TOUCHING A FUCKING BUTTON! Good morning.
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Oh, shove your 'smart speaker' up your arse, Radio 3. "All without touching a button!" I DON'T MIND TOUCHING A BUTTON! I CAN COPE WITH TOUCHING A FUCKING BUTTON! Good morning.
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I was all fired up to say Master and Commander, but you already did! Someone on the Aubrey/Maturin subreddit had a brilliant idea recently, mapping out a series of TV plots based on blocks of 3-5 of the books, covering various story arcs. Wish it could happen.
January 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM
I was all fired up to say Master and Commander, but you already did! Someone on the Aubrey/Maturin subreddit had a brilliant idea recently, mapping out a series of TV plots based on blocks of 3-5 of the books, covering various story arcs. Wish it could happen.
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I think sequels to Danger:Diabolik could have been fun. It wasn’t a great movie but the look was fabulous and the Morricone score rocks. I think they could have improved with another attempt or two.
January 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM
I think sequels to Danger:Diabolik could have been fun. It wasn’t a great movie but the look was fabulous and the Morricone score rocks. I think they could have improved with another attempt or two.
“It is entirely reasonable to prefer Lovecraft’s later fiction. It is not the same thing, however, to claim that he became a more effective writer. As his stories grew longer, length increasingly replaced structure, and accumulation substituted for narrative control.”
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On At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Canon Fodder is an ongoing series in which I return to authors and bodies of work over time, reading them closely and piece by piece. This essay forms part of the Lovecraft strand; a chronological …
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January 9, 2026 at 7:04 AM
“It is entirely reasonable to prefer Lovecraft’s later fiction. It is not the same thing, however, to claim that he became a more effective writer. As his stories grew longer, length increasingly replaced structure, and accumulation substituted for narrative control.”
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Forgive me
I have deleted the tracking parameters you added to the share link
So invasive
Tiresome
And long
I have deleted the tracking parameters you added to the share link
So invasive
Tiresome
And long
January 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Forgive me
I have deleted the tracking parameters you added to the share link
So invasive
Tiresome
And long
I have deleted the tracking parameters you added to the share link
So invasive
Tiresome
And long
A very short watchlist of films that probably should have had a sequel or five. Suggestions welcome – but make the case.
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This should have led to a long running series
Films that I've noticed people saying ought to have triggered a run of sequels, or about which I think that myself. At least a TV spinoff. Come on. If you want to make suggestions, don't just say the ...
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January 9, 2026 at 6:47 AM
A very short watchlist of films that probably should have had a sequel or five. Suggestions welcome – but make the case.
boxd.it/RyGma
boxd.it/RyGma
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This feels like the Mandela Effect because I have no memory of this incident happening. Surely if there'd been a plane hijacking featuring a rock star and an English aristocrat it would have been all over the news?!
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
This feels like the Mandela Effect because I have no memory of this incident happening. Surely if there'd been a plane hijacking featuring a rock star and an English aristocrat it would have been all over the news?!