Jez Conolly
@jezconolly.bsky.social
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
https://linktr.ee/jezconolly
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
https://linktr.ee/jezconolly
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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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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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“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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Thank you Mary, and thank you all for the kind birthday wishes!
I’ll plug one of my other horror film monographs, the book I wrote about Ealing Studios’ ‘Dead of Night’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, please correct that deficiency at the earliest opportunity.
Thank you Mary, and thank you all for the kind birthday wishes!
I’ll plug one of my other horror film monographs, the book I wrote about Ealing Studios’ ‘Dead of Night’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, please correct that deficiency at the earliest opportunity.
Leaving the cinema, our eyes acclimatise to the change in light.
Before we part ways, please share your latest horror writer wins, news, sales, promos or fellow #HorrorWritersChat books you love.
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Thank you, Horror pals!
Before we part ways, please share your latest horror writer wins, news, sales, promos or fellow #HorrorWritersChat books you love.
REMEMBER: You can self-promote ONLY if you’ve participated in the questions.
Thank you, Horror pals!
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Thank you Mary, and thank you all for the kind birthday wishes!
I’ll plug one of my other horror film monographs, the book I wrote about Ealing Studios’ ‘Dead of Night’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, please correct that deficiency at the earliest opportunity.
Thank you Mary, and thank you all for the kind birthday wishes!
I’ll plug one of my other horror film monographs, the book I wrote about Ealing Studios’ ‘Dead of Night’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, please correct that deficiency at the earliest opportunity.
#HorrorWritersChat
Film-wise: David Lynch - responsible for some of the most frightening scenes ever filmed, and yet according to some he never made a horror film.
Film-wise: David Lynch - responsible for some of the most frightening scenes ever filmed, and yet according to some he never made a horror film.
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Film-wise: David Lynch - responsible for some of the most frightening scenes ever filmed, and yet according to some he never made a horror film.
Film-wise: David Lynch - responsible for some of the most frightening scenes ever filmed, and yet according to some he never made a horror film.
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Oh, I think it’s builder’s tea. Failing that, room temperature tap water, or possibly rain water.
Oh, I think it’s builder’s tea. Failing that, room temperature tap water, or possibly rain water.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Oh, I think it’s builder’s tea. Failing that, room temperature tap water, or possibly rain water.
Oh, I think it’s builder’s tea. Failing that, room temperature tap water, or possibly rain water.
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So, my story would be ‘Nuggets’. My dream casting would be (the very much deceased) Wilfred Brambell. It’d receive an NC-17 rating in the States, and would not be passed by the BBFC in the UK on account of the prolonged and graphic content.
So, my story would be ‘Nuggets’. My dream casting would be (the very much deceased) Wilfred Brambell. It’d receive an NC-17 rating in the States, and would not be passed by the BBFC in the UK on account of the prolonged and graphic content.
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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So, my story would be ‘Nuggets’. My dream casting would be (the very much deceased) Wilfred Brambell. It’d receive an NC-17 rating in the States, and would not be passed by the BBFC in the UK on account of the prolonged and graphic content.
So, my story would be ‘Nuggets’. My dream casting would be (the very much deceased) Wilfred Brambell. It’d receive an NC-17 rating in the States, and would not be passed by the BBFC in the UK on account of the prolonged and graphic content.
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Jez, 60 (today!), I write ‘kitchen sink horror’ Cinema is my ‘meat and drink’. I’ve written plenty of nonfiction books and articles about it. The two films I’ll pick are 10 Rillington Place and Skinamarink.
Jez, 60 (today!), I write ‘kitchen sink horror’ Cinema is my ‘meat and drink’. I’ve written plenty of nonfiction books and articles about it. The two films I’ll pick are 10 Rillington Place and Skinamarink.
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Jez, 60 (today!), I write ‘kitchen sink horror’ Cinema is my ‘meat and drink’. I’ve written plenty of nonfiction books and articles about it. The two films I’ll pick are 10 Rillington Place and Skinamarink.
Jez, 60 (today!), I write ‘kitchen sink horror’ Cinema is my ‘meat and drink’. I’ve written plenty of nonfiction books and articles about it. The two films I’ll pick are 10 Rillington Place and Skinamarink.
A-hahahahahahahaha I’ve never owned a car hahahahahahahaha
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A-hahahahahahahaha I’ve never owned a car hahahahahahahaha
How can you not love Cornelia Parker?
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How can you not love Cornelia Parker?
I’ve been up for about an hour and I only just realised I’m wearing my jumper back to front. On the day I turn 60. And so begins the mazey descent into senescence.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I’ve been up for about an hour and I only just realised I’m wearing my jumper back to front. On the day I turn 60. And so begins the mazey descent into senescence.
I *never* body-shame, ever - unless somebody truly deserves it. Which is why I think Katie Hopkins looks like a hate pretzel.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I *never* body-shame, ever - unless somebody truly deserves it. Which is why I think Katie Hopkins looks like a hate pretzel.
Purely in the interests of ‘balance’, are there any reported instances of elected Reform councils where things are going well? I mean objectively (obviously *they’ll* say it’s going well). All I read is one catastrophe after another. I’m not holding my breath.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Purely in the interests of ‘balance’, are there any reported instances of elected Reform councils where things are going well? I mean objectively (obviously *they’ll* say it’s going well). All I read is one catastrophe after another. I’m not holding my breath.
‘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
‘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.
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)
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Fans of Tori Amos might like this. youtu.be/fL5i39qj7ZA?...
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.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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.
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...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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...
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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
New title from Temporal Boundary Press! Capture Spiral: An Escape From Memory by Jez Conolly now available for preorder. temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
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...
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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...
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
The Monkey. Great first half. Meh second half.
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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.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Tom Baker’s visit to Cleethorpes Zoo and my numerous visits to the Doctor Who Exhibition in Blackpool feature in Capture Spiral.
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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)
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
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)
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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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)
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
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)
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
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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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.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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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There is something, a terrible thing, that should be forever banished, lest it destroy all in its wake. And that thing is: ‘cliché’.
There is something, a terrible thing, that should be forever banished, lest it destroy all in its wake. And that thing is: ‘cliché’.
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?
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November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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There is something, a terrible thing, that should be forever banished, lest it destroy all in its wake. And that thing is: ‘cliché’.
There is something, a terrible thing, that should be forever banished, lest it destroy all in its wake. And that thing is: ‘cliché’.