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.
Pinned
Johnny Mains
@johnnymains.co.uk
· Oct 15
Dec 18th at 7pm I'll be reading from ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE, chatting about editing anthologies and ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS (within reason and taste 😉) - tickets are £8.83 (cushion admin and fees).
I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
That Trump is now Mamdani’s bitch is something everyone should have seen come off a mile away. He rolls over onto his back and begs for his belly to be scratched when he's confronted by natural power.
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
That Trump is now Mamdani’s bitch is something everyone should have seen come off a mile away. He rolls over onto his back and begs for his belly to be scratched when he's confronted by natural power.
Authors who have made the most impact on my brain as a humble reader in the last 20 years
Nathan Ballingrud
Stephen Volk
Laura Mauro
Eric LaRocca
Gretchen Felker Martin
Priya Sharma
Stephen Graham Jones
Sofia Ajram (is seriously going to be one of *the* massive names in horror)
Robert Shearman
Nathan Ballingrud
Stephen Volk
Laura Mauro
Eric LaRocca
Gretchen Felker Martin
Priya Sharma
Stephen Graham Jones
Sofia Ajram (is seriously going to be one of *the* massive names in horror)
Robert Shearman
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Authors who have made the most impact on my brain as a humble reader in the last 20 years
Nathan Ballingrud
Stephen Volk
Laura Mauro
Eric LaRocca
Gretchen Felker Martin
Priya Sharma
Stephen Graham Jones
Sofia Ajram (is seriously going to be one of *the* massive names in horror)
Robert Shearman
Nathan Ballingrud
Stephen Volk
Laura Mauro
Eric LaRocca
Gretchen Felker Martin
Priya Sharma
Stephen Graham Jones
Sofia Ajram (is seriously going to be one of *the* massive names in horror)
Robert Shearman
'Resting Acrobats' - Glyn Warren Philpot (c. 1924)
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
'Resting Acrobats' - Glyn Warren Philpot (c. 1924)
It was very, very poor
How come I've *never* heard of this film till a minute ago. Is it because it's woefully shite?
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It was very, very poor
It's a high we chase for the rest of our lives.
need to recreate the thrilling high of seeing stop making sense for the first time
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's a high we chase for the rest of our lives.
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...*Two* Krampusnacht Defaced copies of my book remaining 👁️👹👁️...
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
...*Two* Krampusnacht Defaced copies of my book remaining 👁️👹👁️...
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If you'll allow me a Friday Shop Plug, I've got a new lino print in my Summerisle Procession series, and copies of my spooky book defaced with Krampus heads and the like. Reposts extremely welcome (Christmas is coming, lads)...
👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com
👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you'll allow me a Friday Shop Plug, I've got a new lino print in my Summerisle Procession series, and copies of my spooky book defaced with Krampus heads and the like. Reposts extremely welcome (Christmas is coming, lads)...
👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com
👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com
How come I've *never* heard of this film till a minute ago. Is it because it's woefully shite?
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
How come I've *never* heard of this film till a minute ago. Is it because it's woefully shite?
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The Christmas ghost story is a long and beloved tradition, so I'm delighted to be presenting the launch for ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE with editor @johnnymains.co.uk, who'll be reading from the collection ahead of our live interview! www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-... #ghoststory #ghoststories #xmas
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Christmas ghost story is a long and beloved tradition, so I'm delighted to be presenting the launch for ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE with editor @johnnymains.co.uk, who'll be reading from the collection ahead of our live interview! www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-... #ghoststory #ghoststories #xmas
If anyone's going to Liverpool Comic Con next May, would you mind getting my William Shatner poster signed? Ta muchly.
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If anyone's going to Liverpool Comic Con next May, would you mind getting my William Shatner poster signed? Ta muchly.
Vinted special. Only £20. Am very, very happy this 1994 UK tour jacket (not the US Varsity tour jacket) - especially when there's another going for sale for £350!
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Vinted special. Only £20. Am very, very happy this 1994 UK tour jacket (not the US Varsity tour jacket) - especially when there's another going for sale for £350!
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Just got this from @blpublishing.bsky.social by @tanyakirk.bsky.social! 📚👻 shop.bl.uk/products/the...
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just got this from @blpublishing.bsky.social by @tanyakirk.bsky.social! 📚👻 shop.bl.uk/products/the...
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Lovecraftian horror meets the wildly inventive mind of Shirley Jackson award-winning author @nathanballingrud.bsky.social in CATHEDRAL OF THE DROWNED, the cosmic horror sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider. 🕸️ 🕷️
Out now! https://tinyurl.com/mryz58uj
Out now! https://tinyurl.com/mryz58uj
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Lovecraftian horror meets the wildly inventive mind of Shirley Jackson award-winning author @nathanballingrud.bsky.social in CATHEDRAL OF THE DROWNED, the cosmic horror sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider. 🕸️ 🕷️
Out now! https://tinyurl.com/mryz58uj
Out now! https://tinyurl.com/mryz58uj
Dario 🥰🥰
(I should add that Dario Argento apparently said 'Free Palestine' during his meeting with the Pope, if you didn't already love him enough)
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Dario 🥰🥰
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Here is the final Bad Cover Version round of the year from last Tuesday’s Betsey Book Quiz. They all begin with F - how many can you identify? Answers later…
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here is the final Bad Cover Version round of the year from last Tuesday’s Betsey Book Quiz. They all begin with F - how many can you identify? Answers later…
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'Harbour Crowd' - Keith Henderson (1930)
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
'Harbour Crowd' - Keith Henderson (1930)
'Harbour Crowd' - Keith Henderson (1930)
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
'Harbour Crowd' - Keith Henderson (1930)
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"the Baron...looks about as upset as someone who has just received an especially large and unexpected gas bill." Studio Canal follow up their 4K of the SCARS OF DRACULA with its originally double-billed Frankenstein film, out Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/11/horr...
Horror of Frankenstein 4K (1970)
Studio Canal are releasing a 4K transfer of the one Hammer Frankenstein not to feature Peter Cushing as the Baron. It was originally release...
johnlprobert.blogspot.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"the Baron...looks about as upset as someone who has just received an especially large and unexpected gas bill." Studio Canal follow up their 4K of the SCARS OF DRACULA with its originally double-billed Frankenstein film, out Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/11/horr...
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Thrilled that my British Fantasy Award-nominated short story, 'The Girl on the Suicide Bridge' (2014) is being used by Mark Morris in his TotW debut THE NEW FLESH.
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thrilled that my British Fantasy Award-nominated short story, 'The Girl on the Suicide Bridge' (2014) is being used by Mark Morris in his TotW debut THE NEW FLESH.
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
For the evening crowd! If you would like to hear an Xmas ghost story and listen to me be asked loads of questions about my work with the British Library, buy a ticket! The money from it helps to pay for my Xmas!
Illusions of Presence gathers together an exciting range of lost ghost stories for the first time, and this online launch with editor Johnny Mains is the perfect way to learn more about it and get those spooky vibes in time for ghost story season... www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
For the evening crowd! If you would like to hear an Xmas ghost story and listen to me be asked loads of questions about my work with the British Library, buy a ticket! The money from it helps to pay for my Xmas!
I lost *seven* people close to me during Covid. That they were helped on their way by corrupt Tories - will never forgive them and those that enabled them.
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I lost *seven* people close to me during Covid. That they were helped on their way by corrupt Tories - will never forgive them and those that enabled them.
Thrilled that my British Fantasy Award-nominated short story, 'The Girl on the Suicide Bridge' (2014) is being used by Mark Morris in his TotW debut THE NEW FLESH.
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thrilled that my British Fantasy Award-nominated short story, 'The Girl on the Suicide Bridge' (2014) is being used by Mark Morris in his TotW debut THE NEW FLESH.
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
'Night' - Ferdinand Hodler (1890)
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
'Night' - Ferdinand Hodler (1890)