Bob Fischer
@bobfischer.bsky.social
Writer and mumbler. Fortean Times, Electronic Sound, Doctor Who Magazine, Shindig, Mulgrave Audio, Haunted Generation, Wiffle Lever To Full, Scarred For Life and Summer Winos. Summat to do innit
Dropped @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social posters off at the lovely Who-Ray shop in Stockton this afternoon. Bit of a rainy day. But come and join us, Sandra Kerr, Aja Dodd and Ethan Warren on Sunday 7th December... we promise magical sparkles and possibly a dash of Advocaat.
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Dropped @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social posters off at the lovely Who-Ray shop in Stockton this afternoon. Bit of a rainy day. But come and join us, Sandra Kerr, Aja Dodd and Ethan Warren on Sunday 7th December... we promise magical sparkles and possibly a dash of Advocaat.
We're having a little @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social bash to launch 'Patchwuff'! Folk legend and Bagpuss star Sandra Kerr will be playing live, Ethan Warren (Simon Perkins) and Aja Dodd (Fellfoul) are coming too, and it's all free to attend at the Who-Ray shop in Stockton, 2pm on Sun 7th Dec. Join us!
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We're having a little @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social bash to launch 'Patchwuff'! Folk legend and Bagpuss star Sandra Kerr will be playing live, Ethan Warren (Simon Perkins) and Aja Dodd (Fellfoul) are coming too, and it's all free to attend at the Who-Ray shop in Stockton, 2pm on Sun 7th Dec. Join us!
Genuinely me on my morning walk today. "Police said the missing man was ill-equipped for the conditions, and warned other walkers..." etc
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Genuinely me on my morning walk today. "Police said the missing man was ill-equipped for the conditions, and warned other walkers..." etc
My original 1983 Fighting Fantasy books don't often leave the house these days, but if you come to the Haunted Generation night at Glossop Labour Club this coming Saturday, you can play my 1984 DIY Fighting Fantasy book 'The Moonstone Dungeon...'
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My original 1983 Fighting Fantasy books don't often leave the house these days, but if you come to the Haunted Generation night at Glossop Labour Club this coming Saturday, you can play my 1984 DIY Fighting Fantasy book 'The Moonstone Dungeon...'
There aren't huge quantities of the 10" vinyl left, and hell - I still think 'Fellfoul' sounds wonderful. Great swords & sorcery script by @andreworton.bsky.social, great narration by Aja Dodd, great soundtrack by @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social. Head over to our @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social Bandcamp...
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There aren't huge quantities of the 10" vinyl left, and hell - I still think 'Fellfoul' sounds wonderful. Great swords & sorcery script by @andreworton.bsky.social, great narration by Aja Dodd, great soundtrack by @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social. Head over to our @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social Bandcamp...
COME TO GLOSSOP ON SATURDAY AND I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THIS FENCE
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
COME TO GLOSSOP ON SATURDAY AND I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THIS FENCE
Always a pleasure to write the Haunted Generation column for @forteantimes.bsky.social... Issue 463 out now, with Nice Things said about Pneumatic Tubes (and New Age jogging), David Boulter @claypipemusic.bsky.social, @swansither.bsky.social, @btlabel.bsky.social, @adamsleslie.bsky.social and more.
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Always a pleasure to write the Haunted Generation column for @forteantimes.bsky.social... Issue 463 out now, with Nice Things said about Pneumatic Tubes (and New Age jogging), David Boulter @claypipemusic.bsky.social, @swansither.bsky.social, @btlabel.bsky.social, @adamsleslie.bsky.social and more.
Delighted to be coming back to Lancaster for this little spooky ramble with @scarredforlife.bsky.social. Come and join us, we'll be manifesting at Dukes Theatere on Wed 29th October...
October 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Delighted to be coming back to Lancaster for this little spooky ramble with @scarredforlife.bsky.social. Come and join us, we'll be manifesting at Dukes Theatere on Wed 29th October...
Yarm High Street from the top of the Big Wheel...
October 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Yarm High Street from the top of the Big Wheel...
Dirty fries and a foot-long sausage.
October 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Dirty fries and a foot-long sausage.
While we're talking @shindigmagazine.bsky.social, the current issue (No 168, with Buckingham Nicks on the cover) has me similarly waxing lyrical about my beloved Penda's Fen. Available from all good newsagents now!
October 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
While we're talking @shindigmagazine.bsky.social, the current issue (No 168, with Buckingham Nicks on the cover) has me similarly waxing lyrical about my beloved Penda's Fen. Available from all good newsagents now!
Australian artist Roy Ananda has created a collage of diagrams that he calls The Apparitionist. I expressed my concern that he was dabbling with occult forces, but the exhibition has gone ahead. My letter of warning is in the foyer, though. Pics: Sam Roberts.
www.floatinggoose.com.au/the-appariti...
www.floatinggoose.com.au/the-appariti...
October 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Australian artist Roy Ananda has created a collage of diagrams that he calls The Apparitionist. I expressed my concern that he was dabbling with occult forces, but the exhibition has gone ahead. My letter of warning is in the foyer, though. Pics: Sam Roberts.
www.floatinggoose.com.au/the-appariti...
www.floatinggoose.com.au/the-appariti...
Good people of Glossop! I am bringing The Haunted Generation show to your Labour Club on Saturday 25th October...
October 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good people of Glossop! I am bringing The Haunted Generation show to your Labour Club on Saturday 25th October...
Anyone free on actual Halloween night? Come to Whitby, I'll guide you gently through memories of 1970s/80s Halloweens ("The sky is blue, the grass is green") and there'll be music, dressing up, sweets etc. I might even do the "Witches of Halloween" song from 'Words and Pictures'. A fiver. A FIVER!
October 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Anyone free on actual Halloween night? Come to Whitby, I'll guide you gently through memories of 1970s/80s Halloweens ("The sky is blue, the grass is green") and there'll be music, dressing up, sweets etc. I might even do the "Witches of Halloween" song from 'Words and Pictures'. A fiver. A FIVER!
How did you spend your weekend? I hung out in Cud's dressing room dressed as Whitby Town FC's official mascot, Scampi Skipper.
October 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
How did you spend your weekend? I hung out in Cud's dressing room dressed as Whitby Town FC's official mascot, Scampi Skipper.
Tonight! Goole Library at 7pm! Come and join me for a gentle evening of Haunted Generation strangeness - I'll even read you some of the Fighting Fantasy book I wrote when I was 11. It's only £7 on the door, and I'm really excited because I've never been to Goole before.
October 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Tonight! Goole Library at 7pm! Come and join me for a gentle evening of Haunted Generation strangeness - I'll even read you some of the Fighting Fantasy book I wrote when I was 11. It's only £7 on the door, and I'm really excited because I've never been to Goole before.
Residents of Goole and the surrounding East Riding! I'm bringing a gentle night of 1970s and 80s-themed weirdness to Goole Library on Wednesday. Come and join me for a celebration of regional ITV announcers, urban folklore and the blank-faced children in the opening titles of Bagpuss...
September 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Residents of Goole and the surrounding East Riding! I'm bringing a gentle night of 1970s and 80s-themed weirdness to Goole Library on Wednesday. Come and join me for a celebration of regional ITV announcers, urban folklore and the blank-faced children in the opening titles of Bagpuss...
I'm so proud of the little @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social world of retro weirdness we're building that I've laid everything out on my bed, like I used to with my teenage records. Maybe check out our website or socials, give us a like or a share, even give one of our dramas a go? It all helps, thanks.
September 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I'm so proud of the little @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social world of retro weirdness we're building that I've laid everything out on my bed, like I used to with my teenage records. Maybe check out our website or socials, give us a like or a share, even give one of our dramas a go? It all helps, thanks.
I am bringing my Haunted Generation one-man show to Goole Library on Wed 1st October, and I will be telling a strange story about THIS fence. Come and join me next Wednesday...
September 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I am bringing my Haunted Generation one-man show to Goole Library on Wed 1st October, and I will be telling a strange story about THIS fence. Come and join me next Wednesday...
Goole Library! Wed 1st October! Come and join me for The Haunted Generation night...
September 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Goole Library! Wed 1st October! Come and join me for The Haunted Generation night...
By contrast, here's my 1988 Dungeons and Dragons alter ego. Every Sunday, at Neil Braithwaite's kitchen table, I became Glorfindel Silverbrow.
September 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
By contrast, here's my 1988 Dungeons and Dragons alter ego. Every Sunday, at Neil Braithwaite's kitchen table, I became Glorfindel Silverbrow.
Recently-unearthed self-portrait from 1988. I was 15. I think it looks oddly like Graham Coxon from Blur.
September 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Recently-unearthed self-portrait from 1988. I was 15. I think it looks oddly like Graham Coxon from Blur.
It only counts if you've actually read it at Mow Cop.
September 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It only counts if you've actually read it at Mow Cop.
Peak District weirdies! My one-man Haunted Generation roadshow is coming to Glossop Labour Club, thanks @lowwintersun.bsky.social for the invite. Sat 25 Oct for a night of urban folklore, Fighting Fantasy, Zippy & Bungle and Fred Harris-related nightmares. Here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bob-fische...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bob-fische...
August 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Peak District weirdies! My one-man Haunted Generation roadshow is coming to Glossop Labour Club, thanks @lowwintersun.bsky.social for the invite. Sat 25 Oct for a night of urban folklore, Fighting Fantasy, Zippy & Bungle and Fred Harris-related nightmares. Here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bob-fische...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bob-fische...