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
Book review: Hookland Fragments Volume One by David Southwell
The Hookland project has existed primarily on social media for more than a decade but now, finally, has manifested in physical form. In Hookland Fragments Volume One, David Southwell, the creator of Hookland, an imaginary and particularly haunted English county, tells the story of its genesis. In 2012 he explained the concept to a friend,…
Reading, thinking, doing June 2026: Liminal horror, folk horror, zines
Instead of setting up yet another newsletter every now and then I do this instead: a blog post about what I’ve been reading, thinking and doing. In the past couple of months, that’s included thinking about liminal horror and folk horror, and making various things including some little zines. More on all of that after…
FICTION: We Have Always Battled Monsters in This Castle
Lightning drew a blue outline around the spires and towers of the castle on the mountaintop. Captain Rauch, high on his charger, pointed with his cavalry sword. ‘There, Doctor Kleist,’ he rumbled. ‘Do you see?’ Kleist lifted his skeletal features and peered from beneath his brimmed hat. His blue eyes gleamed. He waited a split…
Precast Reinforced Concrete Heart 