Journalist | Author | MA English by Research | Dad | Yorkshireman | Award-winning writer (as T. N. Shaw) of short horror fiction | Nine-time Rondo nominee | Now a Rondo winner |https://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lqldeiolek2aThe Wild Geese manuscript is finished. Just needs a check and polish and it'll be off. Word count: just over 111,000. #TheWildGeese #mercenaries #RichardBurton #RogerMoore #RichardHarris #HardyKruger #JohnKani #EuanLloyd #AndrewVMcLaglen #DanielCarney #ChrisChrisafis #PaulSpurrier #GlynBaker01 Jun 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqldeiolek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lpnvo7vbck2xNeil Maskell and me channeling the Krays… Thanks to Horrorconuk for the interview opportunity, and for the pic. Fine actor, great bloke.21 May 2025 05:47 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpnvo7vbck2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lohfdt4grk25I’m filling in the final gaps on my Wild Geese project, which is edging towards 108,000 words. The agreement for the book has now been signed. Completion set for end of May.05 May 2025 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lohfdt4grk25https://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lmr2ravbjs25“Monumental” is how Ben Ottaviano describes the second massive edition of Salem’s Lot - Studies in the Horror Film from Centipede Press. This 736-page updated hardback includes much new material by Justin Humphreys. Copies selling fast… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x6HggdKxSqs&pp=ygUaU2FsZW0ncyBMb3QgYm9vZ2V5bWFuIGJlbiDSBwkJfgkBhyohjO8%3D14 Apr 2025 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmr2ravbjs25https://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lmczevlub22vIt’s here!! The long-awaited second edition of Studies in the Horror Film: Tobe Hooper’s Salem’s Lot. A MASSIVE book packed with mouth-watering new material, much of it courtesy of Justin Humphreys. Limited to 750 copies. From Centipede Press. https://www.centipedepress.com/studieshorror/salemslot2e.html08 Apr 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmczevlub22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lkbpyslvi222I’m nominated for Best Interview in the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards: BRUCE CAMPBELL. If you liked it, please vote for me. Voting by email only. Copy/paste the ballot at https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/ into an email, mark choices & send to David Colton at taraco@aol.com Pls include your name.13 Mar 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbpyslvi222https://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lkbpyslvi222I’m nominated for Best Interview in the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards: BRUCE CAMPBELL. If you liked it, please vote for me. Voting by email only. Copy/paste the ballot at https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/ into an email, mark choices & send to David Colton at taraco@aol.com Pls include your name.13 Mar 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbpyslvi222https://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lhcak45rek2eMy Wild Geese project has topped 84,000 words.03 Feb 2025 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhcak45rek2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lgfov4c6ek2pHappy heavenly 85th birthday to the magnificent Sir John Hurt, pictured with me in Derby in 2014. Photo by Chris Smith. #JohnHurt23 Jan 2025 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfov4c6ek2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lfg6jxwg2c23Watching…10 Jan 2025 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfg6jxwg2c23https://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lfd77gsanc2iWhy is there no way to remove unwanted followers other than the block function…?09 Jan 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfd77gsanc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3ldjxtbwtw22uFifteen years ago, filming The King’s Speech. I was so taken with that cape that I bought one - and was roundly ridiculed for it. I *may* still have it…17 Dec 2024 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjxtbwtw22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3ld7aq2lrf22dThis time last year I was finishing my stint with the online team at @itvnews.bsky.social in Yorkshire. It was great to go back; I started my TV career there in 1998! 📺13 Dec 2024 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7aq2lrf22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3ld4a5yvwmc2rI was followed by the author William Boyd, but of course it wasn’t him. Beware, people…12 Dec 2024 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4a5yvwmc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lcsevhh6qk2aI can confirm that Centipede Press will release the expanded and updated second edition of Studies in the Horror Film: Salem’s Lot in February 2025. I’m not in a position to unveil the new cover art yet, so here’s the original from 2013.08 Dec 2024 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcsevhh6qk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lclmxtfl6s24Best. Movie. Scream. Ever. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4pO2IXliEno05 Dec 2024 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclmxtfl6s24https://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lckpz56ffs2sThe replies are superb… [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2024 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckpz56ffs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lcgrrqo7ls26Topped 74,000 words on the Wild Geese project tonight. Solid progress.03 Dec 2024 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgrrqo7ls26https://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lcfpmeske22aLife is hard, and then you die. But I saw a bobbin’ robin this morning and it made me SO happy… [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Dec 2024 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfpmeske22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lcfgkdl5v22fBreak out the Christmas reading…03 Dec 2024 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfgkdl5v22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lce6whzo7k2jThe word count on the Wild Geese project is almost at 73,000 words.02 Dec 2024 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lce6whzo7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lcaaja6mhk2fI’d go for The Wild Geese meself… [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2024 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcaaja6mhk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonyearnshaw.bsky.social/post/3lcaaa2l6622fA Warning to the Curious is on at 7.55pm. A tremendous vignette. I wrote a book about it and the other films directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2024 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:v2xjuqlx4bz4ffq5xtacxdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcaaa2l6622f