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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Finished two book projects this month so could finally get out today. Harley Sportster: Ride it like you stole it! #harleydavidson #bikers #motorcycles

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Oh boy, a big box of books! I selected, edited and introduced both these collections for Wordsworth Editions - you can find them in bookshops, on Amazon, or purchase direct from the publisher here: wordsworth-editions.com #writing #poetry #ghoststory

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Many Happy Returns to Dr John Cooper Clarke, the Bard of Salford, born today in 1949. #poetry #Salford

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

'I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.' The toast is: 'Absent Friends.' We lost Mark E. Smith today in 2018. #TheFall

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The Gothic Life of Edgar Allan Poe. 💀 wordsworth-editions.com/the-gothic-l...

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

'Sensations are the great things after all. Should you ever be drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations — they will be worth to you ten guineas a sheet.' Edgar Allan Poe born today in 1809.

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I'll just leave this here then. 😉

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Batman premiered on ABC 60 years ago today.

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

On the whole, I think there are worst ways to spend a wintry weekend than indexing a book about biker movies...

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

‘The Angel of Death was summoned. He cannot return empty handed…’ Dennis Wheatley born today in 1897. #Horror #Occult

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

To hell with 'Happy New Year.' I'm gonna go with: 'We Survived 2025.' Good luck.

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, 28 September 1934 – 28 December 2025.

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Happy Holidays, everyone. Have a good one!

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Protesters in the US outside a showing of the original Silent Night, Deadly Night in 1984.

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

My attempt at a history of the BBC's 'Ghost Story for Christmas' series for Wordsworth last year, built around the then forthcoming 'Woman of Stone'. Not long after this I curated a new collection of E. Nesbit's horror stories. ainsworthandfriends.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/w...

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‘Woman of Stone’: Ghost Stories for Christmas

A new post for the Wordsworth Editions blog ‘The ghost is innately conservative,’ Professor Clive Bloom once wrote, in an uncompromising essay on M.R. James. A bold claim in gothic theory, it makes…

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

#AChristmasCarol was the first in a series of Christmas books by Dickens. Here's something I wrote a few years back for Wordsworth Editions on #Dickens' other #Christmas stories... wordsworth-editions.com/dickens-othe...

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This was another one of my better #Christmas #ghoststories, about a young man in love with a gothic girl in the Eighties. It's therefore dedicated to my lovely wife, Gracie, who appears in the feature image. New one coming soon! 👻 💀🕷️ stephencarverauthor.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/t...

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The Watch House: A Ghost Story for Christmas

It was Angie – or ‘Angelique’ as she now styled herself – who first figured out that the old watch house on the Spit would make a great venue for a Christmas party. An early adapter to acid house, …

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Classic Hollywood actors posing with stuffed reindeer, Part 2: Yvonne de Carlo. #Christmas

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Classic Hollywood actors posing with stuffed reindeer, Part 1: Myrna Loy. #Christmas

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I know I should be listening to Christmas music but TBH I can't be arsed...

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The trouble with being a manic self-employed workaholic is that when you start a holiday you don't know what to bloody do with yourself!

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

'Don't Open Till Christmas' is a 1984 British #Christmas slasher directed by and starring Edmund Purdom, ably supported by Alan Lake and Belinda Mayne with a nice cameo from Caroline Munro. Think: giallo meets Pete Walker. #horror

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This was my first attempt to write a Christmas ghost story... dear lord, that was ten years ago! At this rate, I might have a collection finished by the next ten. #writing #Christmas #Ghosts

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

From the director of Two-Lane Blacktop and the Producer of Reservoir Dogs. You better watch out! #Christmas #Horror #Film

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Why yes, David Hess did direct a #Christmas horror movie... To All A Goodnight (1980). 'You'll scream til dawn...' #Horror #ChristmasHorror #Film

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I think I might have maybe probably finished work for the year! #Christmas

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

It's important at this time of year to remember the true meaning of #Christmas, which is ghosts terrorising the rich in the middle of the night until they agree to pay their employees a decent living wage! 🙂 #Dickens #AChristmasCarol #Film ainsworthandfriends.wordpress.com/2023/12/22/f...

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Filming A Christmas Carol

A new post for the Wordsworth Editions blog Like James Bond and Doctor Who, everyone has their favourite version of Ebenezer Scrooge, the actor that defines the role for them, probably from whateve…

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Today I am struggling to maintain my famously sunny disposition...

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

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Filming A Christmas Carol

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

As this year's BBC Ghost Story for Christmas is going to be The Room in the Tower, here's something I wrote a while back for Wordsworth Editions on E.F. Benson. 👻💀🕷️ #Christmas #GhostStories ainsworthandfriends.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/t...

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The Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson

Extract from new post for the Wordsworth Editions Blog… What would Christmas be without a good ghost story? Tales of haunted houses, vengeful revenants, and, for the more delicate constit…

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

17 years since our first date tonight! We've been married 15 and our son is 14. So that's one thing I got right in my life anyway.

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Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The Anti-Nowhere League and Sham 69 at The Waterfront #Norwich last night. #Punk #Antinowhereleague #Sham69

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