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
The most magical two seconds in pop music
It’s amazing to think that we can pinpoint the most magical two seconds in pop music, which occur exactly one minute into ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ by The Beatles, as Take 7 melts into Take 26. Listening casually, all you’ll hear at this point is the song ‘kicking in’ – the gentle, dreamy introduction giving way…
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…
Precast Reinforced Concrete Heart 