I’m Ray Newman, a writer, editor and content designer based in Bristol.
My crime novel The Grave Digger’s Boy was published in 2019 and my short ghost stories are collected in Municipal Gothic and Intervals of Darkness.
I post on my blog my fairly regularly. Recent posts are below or you can check out the whole back catalogue.
Recent posts
Please use other path – a pilgrimage
When Henry VII visited Bristol in 1486 was he obliged to DISMOUNT or USE OTHER PATH on his pilgrimage to the holy well of St Anne? He rode into town from Gloucester and was greeted by crowds at the High Cross. He then went onto the Abbey of St Augustine, now the cathedral, where he…
FICTION: The Stray Dog
The members of the Society of Particular Peculiarities meet every month, but the December meeting is the most important and best attended of the year, because that is when I tell my ghost story. There was a good mist up as we gathered last week in the venerable old county town. The clubhouse is off…
Favourite new-to-me books and films in 2025
Novels about juvenile delinquents, short films about consumerism, and a weird classic I got round to far too late are among my cultural highlights from the past year. I like these little bits of end-of-year housekeeping – looking back, sorting and filing, debating with past Ray the stupid ratings he gave months ago. I often…
Precast Reinforced Concrete Heart 