Published horror author and sometimes amateur filmmaker. Author of The Resurrection Children. Loves fiction by Ramsey Campbell, Joel Lane, and Shirley Jackson. Loves films by Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson. Massive fan of Joy Division and Actors.https://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3mlbwtv2rok2vHorror legend Ramsey Campbell talks about his childhood, writing, and cinema. I was honoured to interview him last week for The Hungry Celluloid Podcast show, along with fellow authors and friends Ben Unsworth and Trevor Kennedy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HATfEifSpY&t=519s07 May 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbwtv2rok2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3mgfauyv7qs2eThe inaugural episode of my new podcast, The Hungry Celluloid Podcast Show, has finally arrived. I hope you enjoy the podcast as much as I did recording it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgObGQhnuDI&t=7978s06 Mar 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfauyv7qs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3mad5mglqpk2tToday's writing soundtrack is courtesy of four albums that I played incessantly many moons ago.19 Dec 2025 07:19 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mad5mglqpk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m7rsok5sl22mI believe Bowie at this stage of his career was definitely a musical precursor to many a Friday night out. I always imagine excited young people in the early 1970s getting dolled up while listening to Suffragette City, Starman, and Five Years.12 Dec 2025 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rsok5sl22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m7rln3ipzk2cWhenever I listen to the first Placebo album, it automatically takes me back to Pzzaz and the Mannequay night clubs in Sunderland in 1996.12 Dec 2025 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rln3ipzk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m7phpyyggk23Kate Bush, Aerial.11 Dec 2025 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7phpyyggk23https://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m7phklaqbk23It might be a gloomy morning full of rain, but Miles Davis is on the turntable.11 Dec 2025 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7phklaqbk23https://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m763fwvjbs25Dark has twenty-six episodes, three series, and one of the most complex plots conceived for the small screen. I can't think of any other show that the viewer should go into cold. Up there with The Twilight Zone and The Prisoner.04 Dec 2025 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m763fwvjbs25https://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m6yfa56aok2sGreg woke to the rhythmic swaying of the train. Someone had crept into the compartment without him seeing, and for some reason, the lights were off, their face gloved in blackness, as if they had a bag over their head. The Set – an excerpt from an old story that I never subbed.02 Dec 2025 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6yfa56aok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m6ubjpdebc2vI completely understand some people's drop in mood on Sundays, the day before another working week. But for me, it's a chance to recreate my boyhood writing afternoons.30 Nov 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ubjpdebc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m67qbfnf5k2c22 Nov 2025 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m67qbfnf5k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m67q7ozijs2cI bought this earlier in the year, and I'd been saving it for this season in particular. An absolute belter of a book. It reminded me in many ways of It and The Stand because of the sheer size and scope of the story. No wonder it comes with a list of characters. Mesmerizing fiction from both Kings.22 Nov 2025 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m67q7ozijs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3m64qzbcpfc2gNestled within it, among wayward roots, and stiffened by a thin layer of ice, a body of impossible size lay in repose. A Ceremony In A Place Best Forgotten21 Nov 2025 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m64qzbcpfc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lzpxkdlk2k2nAnother favourite English-language horror film is Christopher Smith's Triangle (2009), starring Melissa George. For people who have already seen it, they should resist giving any description of the plot. Going into this one cold rewards the viewer tenfold. At least it did with me.26 Sep 2025 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzpxkdlk2k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lybcg24kpc2dFor one day only! Demain Publishing are offering free ebook copies of my fifth collection, Distant Frequencies. So, if you've ever been curious about my fiction, now is the perfect time to grab yourself a copy. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Distant-Frequencies-Frank-Duffy/dp/B08LG4X1KK/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMqq2pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuZVSp_wzGgCA3xQXTmcvs8okO79uVRq0fTIugByA0TcIEp7P67dRuKbP3mG_aem__JHfdnCobBFw79JsU_aHrw07 Sep 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lybcg24kpc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lxzallflg22eI'm currently looking for more reviewers for my upcoming collection, We Take Them When You're Not Looking, due out from Uncomfortably Dark Horror in March 2026. If anyone is interested, DM me, and I'll send a PDF copy. Many thanks. A bit more info about me in the comments section:04 Sep 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzallflg22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lxzadamrok2fDemain Publishing will be launching a 'Free eBook Day' for my collection, Distant Frequencies. You can get the book on the following date: Distant Frequencies – 7th September 2025.04 Sep 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzadamrok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lwnw4qdzbs2eIn October, Uncomfortably Dark Horror and I'll be kicking off the promotional build-up to my sixth collection, We Take Them When You're Not Looking. I've a request for any reviewers interested in an advance PDF copy. If anyone would like one, just DM me, and I'll send one out. Many thanks.18 Aug 2025 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwnw4qdzbs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lwlqnh3s4k2wLauren Beukes has to be one of the most imaginative genre writers of her generation. Her novel The Shining Girls, like Zoo City and Broken Monsters, is so finely calibrated on every level, it's like peering into the back of a Swiss luxury watch and admiring how it all comes together.17 Aug 2025 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwlqnh3s4k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lwlqmqwtls2wLocked, a remake of the Argentinian film 4 x 4. It looks great, the camera work is fantastic, and the script is tight as a snare drum. Despite a limited amount of space to move around, the story excels because of Bill Skarsgård's stellar performance, and Anthony Hopkins is a pure joy.17 Aug 2025 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwlqmqwtls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lwbareomjk2qThis morning it's an Isaac Hayes and Richard Roundtree kind of day.13 Aug 2025 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwbareomjk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lw74e2ehq227My band are making their tri-monthly pilgrimage to Warsaw next weekend. I've alerted the city to their impending arrival – imagine the stargate scene in 2001, and then multiply that tenfold. Our mission: to undo the space-time continuum and to defy all earthly expectations.12 Aug 2025 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw74e2ehq227https://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3luui4sqbac2pThe Resurrection Children. Set in Liverpool during the coldest winter on record, a young teacher searches for his missing sister. Pitted against a supernatural entity and a serial killer, the question is how far will he go to uncover the truth?26 Jul 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3luui4sqbac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lusaazgyw226 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.25 Jul 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lusaazgyw226https://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lus2udvlos26Warsaw.25 Jul 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lus2udvlos26https://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lus2s3gomc26The face hovered above the pavement with a disorienting horizontal flatness. There was a gradual right-hand rotation of the neck, a clockwork key was turning and lengthening the trapezius muscles. How could they maintain the position without toppling forward? They Cannot Know Until It Is Too Late25 Jul 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lus2s3gomc26https://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lus2p4t7pc26Simon Kurt Unsworth's latest book has arrived. A Gathering of the Morose, published by Black Shuck Books, is part of the micro-collection series Black Shuck Shadows.25 Jul 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lus2p4t7pc26https://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lufyjohqsc2cI stood there, refusing to incriminate myself in whatever lurked behind her words, waiting for her to continue. She turned to somebody I could barely see, a figure in the smoke behind her—someone unanchored, somebody whose mouth opened and closed in soundless agreement. The No Longer Lost20 Jul 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufyjohqsc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3lufybxhs222cThis is an excerpt/sentence from a novel I have yet to submit. Like your teenage nephew, whose anxiety has resurfaced to alarming levels, emanating out of him like a warning to stay away, here lies human radioactivity. Interior Lives20 Jul 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufybxhs222chttps://bsky.app/profile/frankduffy13.bsky.social/post/3ltx7mgste22sThe river was perfect at distracting me from my late-night wanderings, a cliché that I enjoyed and one which I played with consummate ease. Mountains of Smoke14 Jul 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:fmd6hfib4ab4qznt6vrfm6mk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltx7mgste22s