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
These three article icons appeared on somebody’s LinkedIn profile that I was just looking at. Some of those poor people don’t have a leg to stand on.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
These three article icons appeared on somebody’s LinkedIn profile that I was just looking at. Some of those poor people don’t have a leg to stand on.
#HorrorWritersChat
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
#HorrorWritersChat
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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?
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!
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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!
This fat furry catpuss gets star billing in Capture Spiral. Baggy, and a bit loose at the seams, but Jeremy loved him.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This fat furry catpuss gets star billing in Capture Spiral. Baggy, and a bit loose at the seams, but Jeremy loved him.
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.
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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.
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…
November 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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…
#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.
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
#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.
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.
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 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#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.
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.
#HorrorWritersChat
This week I’m going to big up the film I mentioned earlier - Skinamarink. I saw it on my own, at 2am, in bed on my iPad while wearing headphones. It was like living inside an actual nightmare. Time passes strangely, things repeat. It’s odd. This is the final moment. See the film.
This week I’m going to big up the film I mentioned earlier - Skinamarink. I saw it on my own, at 2am, in bed on my iPad while wearing headphones. It was like living inside an actual nightmare. Time passes strangely, things repeat. It’s odd. This is the final moment. See the film.
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
This week I’m going to big up the film I mentioned earlier - Skinamarink. I saw it on my own, at 2am, in bed on my iPad while wearing headphones. It was like living inside an actual nightmare. Time passes strangely, things repeat. It’s odd. This is the final moment. See the film.
This week I’m going to big up the film I mentioned earlier - Skinamarink. I saw it on my own, at 2am, in bed on my iPad while wearing headphones. It was like living inside an actual nightmare. Time passes strangely, things repeat. It’s odd. This is the final moment. See the film.
I saw Spearhead from Space when I was about 5. That set me off.
October 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I saw Spearhead from Space when I was about 5. That set me off.
“Time to go home, time to go home, Andy is waving goodbye, goodbye, good-bye”
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“Time to go home, time to go home, Andy is waving goodbye, goodbye, good-bye”
“Even Bagpuss himself, once he is asleep, is just an old, saggy cloth cat - baggy and a bit loose at the seams. But Emily loved him."
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“Even Bagpuss himself, once he is asleep, is just an old, saggy cloth cat - baggy and a bit loose at the seams. But Emily loved him."
We had to come up with our top 3 C21 horror films for this month’s film club meet. One of my choices was the (very) much maligned Skinamarink. It’s the horror hill I’ll die on. It’s a film that plugs into my ‘fear’ of the half-waking/half-sleeping state. Much like the paintings of Eugène Carrière.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We had to come up with our top 3 C21 horror films for this month’s film club meet. One of my choices was the (very) much maligned Skinamarink. It’s the horror hill I’ll die on. It’s a film that plugs into my ‘fear’ of the half-waking/half-sleeping state. Much like the paintings of Eugène Carrière.
#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.
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 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#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.
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.