@jonezyboy.bsky.social
Scotsman, school librarian, prolific horror and YA book reviewer. Author of THE YA HORROR 40O non-fiction almanac. When not reading, snooker fanatic, boxing maniac and lifelong fan of very VERY loud music. Veteran of a million moshpits.
With ITCH @manylittlewords.bsky.social blends Folk Horror, body horror, with unsettling serial killer thriller in my recent @horrordna.bsky.social review. The little blighters get everywhere! www.horrordna.com/books/itch-g...
07.02.2026 13:02 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
The king of Oz horror @alanbaxter.bsky.social returns with his third & final part of his outstanding GULP sequence of interconnected novellas in my @horrordna.bsky.social review. Small-town horror is rarely better than this. www.horrordna.com/books/the-ri...
07.02.2026 12:58 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
I always enjoy a new novel by @amshine.bsky.social, here's my @horrordna.bsky.social review of GRACE out next week. Nobody does creepy Irish folk horror spiced with myth better that this guy. www.horrordna.com/books/grace-...
07.02.2026 12:53 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I was there too. Never miss Chimp. Great show. Lovely to hear B2 for the first time in many a year. Enjoyed seeing AAA Gripper for the first time also.
03.02.2026 16:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Reading all the YA horror noms for the Bram Stoker Award for my big annual @gnofhorror.com feature. School librarians, buy THE SILENCED by @dianawallachauthor.bsky.social now, it's near perfect & knocked the stuffing out of me. Totally brilliant. #yakitlit #kidslit
01.02.2026 19:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0PART CHIMP at Corsica Studios last night. The greatest noise rock band of them all. Deafeningly brilliant. The tune is called B2, a treat to hear live as it's rarely played live these days. Encores don't get any better.
28.01.2026 19:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0See you in front of Iain's guitar!
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@jonezyboy.bsky.social says @manylittlewords.bsky.social's ITCH! is "...an engaging mix of a character spiralling down a black hole, balanced with a clever but deeply untrustworthy inner monologue." #booksky #amreading #horror
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Some cool tips here from @thisishorror.bsky.social. I've already read THE GULP 3: THE RISE by @alanbaxter.bsky.social & its terrific. Review dropping on @horrordna.bsky.social soon. If you like horror about weird & dangerous little towns, this Australian trilogy ranks amongst the very VERY best.
22.01.2026 21:51 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
Here's a bunch of YA and Middle Grade horror novels I read in 2025 which I never got around to reviewing for @gnofhorror.com at the time. There are some cool reads here and a couple of underwhelming ones. Plenty to choose from though! #kidslit #ukkidslit
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@jonezyboy.bsky.social 's latest YA & MG horror roundup is live! Reviews of books by Rin Chupeco, Skyla Arndt, Tiffany Jackson & more. #YAHorror #BookReview #HorrorCommunity
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Book cover for Question Everything: An Investigator’s Toolkit by Susan Martineau and Vicky Barker
Book cover for The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
Book cover for Drawn to Change the World by Emma Reynolds et al.
Book cover for Reek by Alastair Chisholm and George Caltsoudas
We’re only just started the year and already things feel even more grim than they already were.
So for #KidsBooksFriday this week, what books can we put in the hands of kids to encourage them question, challenge and think for themselves?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
My favourite horror reads of 2025 can be explored over at @horrordna.bsky.social. I read & reviewed alot of books across the year, so plenty to choose from here. www.horrordna.com/features/ton...
01.01.2026 16:50 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Also the manner in which they kept ticket prices down was so unique - I'm certain when I saw them at the Forum in 2003 it was only £8. Even with inflation etc that's an incredible price for that size of venue.
01.01.2026 00:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Chimp are one of the best live bands ever! Here's a piece I wrote about them from ECHO and Dust -
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Nice article from JR. We'll always have their live shows, which are coming out regularly on Bandcamp. They are an outstanding legacy.
31.12.2025 23:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Never ever thought Jawbreaker would reform, so anything is possible. Doubt it tho. I was at 1 of the final 4 London shows at the Forum. But nobody knew that was the end of the road at the time.
31.12.2025 23:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Such a great book David. The timeline chaptering worked like a dream. Hope it's a huge one for use. I don't give 5/5 for Horror DNA very often, but that's a certainty.
30.12.2025 18:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0SCRATCH MOSS blew me away! Wait for a 5/5* star in 2026, when my review for @horrordna.bsky.social is out.
30.12.2025 16:20 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A bunch of new posts have gone up you may have missed! Let's kick things off with @jonezyboy.bsky.social's Top Reads of 2025! #booksky #amreading #horror
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When you find out THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION, you get a little underwhelmed. Just ask @jonezyboy.bsky.social. #booksky #amreading
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One of Mira's books makes this best of 2025 list from Horror DNA - www.horrordna.com/features/ton...
29.12.2025 18:44 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0There is nothing cooler than spotting yourself in the crowd of one of your favourite bands, one of the very best on the live circuit, who you've watched live loads of times. All hail HEY COLOSSUS!
25.12.2025 10:03 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Very cool film. Totally love this band. Saw myself in the crowd at the Clapham North show. Seen them live many times.
25.12.2025 09:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It's always nice to feature in @thisishorror.bsky.social 5 MUST READ HORROR ARTICLES, lovingly curated weekly by @kevharrison.bsky.social. This time out my @gnofhorror.com 'Best of 2025 YA Horror' is included along with 4 other cool features. www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-...
23.12.2025 10:03 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Combined the six novellas which make up the NORTHERN WEIRD PROJECT were undoubtedly one of the literary highlights of 2025. If you've never visited the North of England, this is the next best thing. This Horror DNA feature breaks the series down.
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Check it out, folks My Best of 2025 Horror Books
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@gnofhorror.com has dropped my top YA picks for 2025, there is some great teen horror to check out here and plenty of cool gifts for any book loving teen in your life. #kidslit gnofhorror.com/the-best-you...
18.12.2025 17:01 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0YA horror in 2025 is a glorious nightmare. Shapeshifting bodies, grieving morticians, & algebra-haunting ghosts. This list will ruin your sleep in the best way. Full recommendations:
#YAHorror #HorrorBooks #ReadingList
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