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
Reading, thinking, doing August 2026
This summer I’ve been reading yellowing paperbacks, thinking about extreme heat, and promoting a book. A little context: this type of blog post is what I decided to do instead of starting a newsletter. You can subscribe to this blog (enter an email address, get updates when I post) using a widget that, hopefully, you…
FICTION: Passenger X
Do not alight On 4 September this year, as a result of a door malfunction, Passenger X was able to disembark at a disused ThamesLink platform when the 20:51 from St Pancras to Bedford was briefly held at a signal on the approach to Farringdon. They did so despite the presence of a substantial amount…
New Worlds
Don’t let the absence of a flying car in your garage distract you: we are definitely now living in a version of the future out of J.G. Ballard or William Gibson. Every day I notice a news story that startles or alarms me, that feels like pure cyberpunk, nestled between reports about council bin collections…
Precast Reinforced Concrete Heart 