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Jez Conolly
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I’ve got away with words
Books: The Thing | Dead of Night | Seconds
Essays: Routledge Companion to Folk Horror | Scarred for Life volume 3
Horror fiction writer
NEW BOOK COMING SOON: CAPTURE SPIRAL
Aberdeen dweller
He/Him
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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 10d
My new book ‘Capture Spiral: An Escape From Memory’, is now available for preorder.

“Capture Spiral is a user's guide for a night gallery of childhood-origin neuroses, and a celebration of the "great escape" we call imagination.” (Stephen Volk)

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In Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, Jez Conolly revisits the haunted textures of a 1970s childhood on the Lincolnshire coast, where faded...
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‘BBC’ is written through me. I was raised on its content. I’ve defended it endlessly. What is indefensible though is its sclerotic approach to changing funding models. Politics aside, sociological shifts mean many already only think in terms of subscription when it comes to TV content.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Fans of Tori Amos might like this. youtu.be/fL5i39qj7ZA?...
Allie X: "It's Just Light" (live) at Rough Trade Liverpool, 2 November 2025 (4K)
YouTube video by Rob Hackney
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The anatomy exhibits at Louis Tussaud’s Blackpool wax museum get a mention in Capture Spiral. You’ll learn in the book that I did not in fact get to see the exhibits, and why this is somehow worse.
Anatomy exhibits catalogue from Louis Tussaud’s Blackpool wax museum
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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A few days away from the big six-zero. It’s my party so I’ll listen to 80s-influenced minor key female vocal electronica if I want to. open.spotify.com/playlist/7Jf...
Spotify – Web Player
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November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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New title from Temporal Boundary Press! Capture Spiral: An Escape From Memory by Jez Conolly now available for preorder. temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly PREORDER
In Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, Jez Conolly revisits the haunted textures of a 1970s childhood on the Lincolnshire coast, where faded...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Fans of @scarredforlife.bsky.social will find plenty of 70s/80s childhood neuroses in my upcoming book Capture Spiral. Preorder your copy now! temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly PREORDER
In Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, Jez Conolly revisits the haunted textures of a 1970s childhood on the Lincolnshire coast, where faded...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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The Monkey. Great first half. Meh second half.
a stuffed monkey is playing a drum in front of a tv screen
Alt: a stuffed monkey is playing a drum in front of a tv screen
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November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Contributor copy received. Get yours at: temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/unde...
Undefined Boundary: The Journal of Psychick Albion Volume 4/Issue 1
Volume four of Undefined Boundary kicks off with a bumper issue covering a typically diverse and unusual melange of subjects. As ever, the golden...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Tom Baker’s visit to Cleethorpes Zoo and my numerous visits to the Doctor Who Exhibition in Blackpool feature in Capture Spiral.
Tom Baker’s visit to Cleethorpes Zoo and my numerous visits to the Doctor Who Exhibition in Blackpool feature in Capture Spiral. Tom Baker’s visit to Cleethorpes Zoo and my numerous visits to the Doctor Who Exhibition in Blackpool feature in Capture Spiral.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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#HorrorWritersChat

Sooooo… My new book is available for preorder!

“Capture Spiral is a user's guide for a night gallery of childhood-origin neuroses, and a celebration of the "great escape" we call imagination.” (Stephen Volk, author of Ghostwatch)

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November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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My chisel cracks the seal open. Only then, did I understand the folly of my curiosity. His scrotum spread slowly across the vinyl-covered seat pad like pancake batter poured into a hot pan. It formed a low-viscosity magma of flesh possessing the characteristics of recent roadkill.
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greethewriter.bsky.social Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 5d
I knew you all were fine additions to our Collegiate. Here – an ancient scroll, on which a sentence has been carved, and you must finish it: “My chisel cracks the seal open. Only then, did I understand the folly of my curiosity.” Continue it as you see fit, my friends.

#HorrorWritersChat
Concept art for the video-game Thief, titled ‘Dr. Troy’s Main Floor’. It’s an alchemical and medical shop of a Victorian and Gothic fashion, darkened by shadow, but the silvery glow of the moon cuts through the curtains. The floor is full to bursting with shelves of vials, containers, and phylacteries of cold, eerie colours and disturbing sizes. A Human-sized skeleton is at the back end of the room. At the foreground, we see a very disturbing, glass container of two, miniature skeletons embracing and kissing. A heavy, metallic cash machine sits at the wooden counter. No-one is in this room. No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! Question 4: I’ve been impressed by your answers tonight. Look at this scroll and utterance: “My chisel cracks the seal open. Only then did I understand the folly of my curiosity.” Finish it as you see fit. Create a new seal for us. No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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#HorrorWritersChat

There is something, a terrible thing, that should be forever banished, lest it destroy all in its wake. And that thing is: ‘cliché’.
greethewriter.bsky.social Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 5d
A moment; let me note this. The Primrose Collegiate appreciates your honesty and insight. Hm, an explosion? Yes, a seal is being pried open tonight. Now, listen carefully; what IS a Terrible Truth to you? What must be hidden from Humanity, lest it destroys us?

#HorrorWritersChat
Concept art for the video-game Thief, titled ‘Dr. Troy’s Main Floor’. It’s an alchemical and medical shop of a Victorian and Gothic fashion, darkened by shadow, but the silvery glow of the moon cuts through the curtains. The floor is full to bursting with shelves of vials, containers, and phylacteries of cold, eerie colours and disturbing sizes. A Human-sized skeleton is at the back end of the room. At the foreground, we see a very disturbing, glass container of two, miniature skeletons embracing and kissing. A heavy, metallic cash machine sits at the wooden counter. No-one is in this room. A moment, please, while I note this. Calm down; the explosions you hear are normal. We are prying seals open tonight. But back to you; what is, to you, a Terrible Truth? And why must it be hidden from Humanity? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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#HorrorWritersChat

See you at the end, guys, for the link share…
greethewriter.bsky.social Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 5d
Tonight’s attendance is most fortuitous, wouldn’t you agree? Mind the arcane energies coruscating in the laboratory; our work is, as always, dangerous. Now then, tell me; how would you describe an ideal seal containing a Terrible Truth? Where is it located?
#HorrorWritersChat
Concept art for the video-game Thief, titled ‘Dr. Troy’s Main Floor’. It’s an alchemical and medical shop of a Victorian and Gothic fashion, darkened by shadow, but the silvery glow of the moon cuts through the curtains. The floor is full to bursting with shelves of vials, containers, and phylacteries of cold, eerie colours and disturbing sizes. A Human-sized skeleton is at the back end of the room. At the foreground, we see a very disturbing, glass container of two, miniature skeletons embracing and kissing. A heavy, metallic cash machine sits at the wooden counter. No-one is in this room. Careful! The arcane energies whipping about our artifacts are most deadly. Now then, tell me; how, to you, does an ideal seal of Terrible Truths look like? And where is it located? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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#HorrorWritersChat

Jez, very nearly 60, based in Aberdeen, Scotland, I write ‘kitchen sink horror’. I’m afraid I don’t understand the rest of the question.
greethewriter.bsky.social Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 5d
Ah, good evening, friend. Dr. Bedlam, at your service. Our esoteric laboratory has just opened. Come in, we are doing vital work on studying the cosmic unknown. Tell us, what do you write, and what seal do you own that contains a Terrible Truth hidden from Humanity?

#HorrorWritersChat
Concept art for the video-game Thief, titled ‘Dr. Troy’s Main Floor’. It’s an alchemical and medical shop of a Victorian and Gothic fashion, darkened by shadow, but the silvery glow of the moon cuts through the curtains. The floor is full to bursting with shelves of vials, containers, and phylacteries of cold, eerie colours and disturbing sizes. A Human-sized skeleton is at the back end of the room. At the foreground, we see a very disturbing, glass container of two, miniature skeletons embracing and kissing. A heavy, metallic cash machine sits at the wooden counter. No-one is in this room. Question 1: Good evening, friend – Dr. Bedlam, at your service. Our esoteric laboratory has just opened. Tell us, what do you write, and what seal containing a Terrible Truth do you possess? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWriterschat
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Do we know if it’s registered with Reform supporters that Paddington is a feel-good story about an immigrant? Furthermore, is it registering with them yet that ‘stage Paddington’ is being portrayed by Arti Shah (in the costume) and James Hameed (providing the voice)? Would anyone like to tell them?
James Hameed and Arti Shah
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Hawkeye Caroline strikes again! A 1st edition 1974 hardback novel by Kit Pedler and Gerry David, creators of the Cybermen and Doomwatch, in near mint condition, spotted in a charity bookshop. Hands off!
Brainrack by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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This fat furry catpuss gets star billing in Capture Spiral. Baggy, and a bit loose at the seams, but Jeremy loved him.
Bagpuss
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Lo! The Holy Book of Horror! This gets its own chapter in Capture Spiral. I think I was nine when I got mine. It altered me.
A Pictorial History of Horror Movies by Denis Gifford
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I have a chapter in this.
robertedgar.bsky.social Robert Edgar @robertedgar.bsky.social · 7d
Now available in paperback, just in time for Christmas.
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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There’s a chapter in Capture Spiral centred around the internal component of a Laugh Bag, specifically the tiny record that could be found within it. In the 1970s it was amazing what boredom-fuelled curiosity led one to discover…
Laugh bag internal component showing the tiny record inside.
November 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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#horrorsky #horrorwriterschat #doctorwho

Plenty of 70s/80s horror and Doctor Who related content in my new book!

Also right up the street of anyone who loves @scarredforlife.bsky.social

Preorder a copy now!
jezconolly.bsky.social Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 10d
My new book ‘Capture Spiral: An Escape From Memory’, is now available for preorder.

“Capture Spiral is a user's guide for a night gallery of childhood-origin neuroses, and a celebration of the "great escape" we call imagination.” (Stephen Volk)

temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly PREORDER
In Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, Jez Conolly revisits the haunted textures of a 1970s childhood on the Lincolnshire coast, where faded...
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
jezconolly.bsky.social
My new book ‘Capture Spiral: An Escape From Memory’, is now available for preorder.

“Capture Spiral is a user's guide for a night gallery of childhood-origin neuroses, and a celebration of the "great escape" we call imagination.” (Stephen Volk)

temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly PREORDER
In Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, Jez Conolly revisits the haunted textures of a 1970s childhood on the Lincolnshire coast, where faded...
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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#Spooktober

Every day this month I will post an excerpt from one of my scary stories, just to get you in the mood for Spooky Season.
#Spooktober Every day this month I will post an excerpt from one of my scary stories, just to get you in the mood for Spooky Season.
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Ooo, hello…
Clown’s head
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I applied for my over 60s bus pass today! I believe it comes a bag of Werther’s Original and some carpet slippers 😉
an elderly woman is standing in a hallway wearing a green scarf .
Alt: an elderly woman is standing in a hallway wearing a green scarf .
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October 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM