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The Spider Scriptures
“I count newcomer M.J Hewitt among the strangest writers I've ever read. And that is a compliment, because I read a lot of strange stuff. His prose poetry is remarkably original--and a guttural snapshot of depraved madness. His writing is raw and vividly disturbing as fresh meat--and just as muscular. His work pulsates with the throbbing gristle of a fresh wound; when you read it, you feel the narrator's pain and morbid loathing. This is goth to the 25th power. And it always, always descends so deep into the darkness that there is never any hope.
His collection, Bloodland Tales, is some sick stuff. I recommend it only to those with wide open minds and hard-shelled hearts. Because Hewitt wants to pull you down into madness with the immediacy of his dark imagination. And he will. He certainly will.”
~ Michael Arnzen, x4 Bram Stoker winner
“Piquant morsels of disturbing prose that are by turns startlingly gruesome and surreal. A real banquet of horror.”
~ Simon Clark
“M J Hewitt’ writing reminds me of Lord Dunsany. Could even be the new Dante”
~ Redsine
Legend states that the ‘Spider God’, Atlach-Nacha resembled a giant spider bearing a human face. Nacha is said to have dwelt thousands of years ago within a vast cave system beneath the Mountain of Sinae, located in the Arctic region originally known as ‘Bloodland’.
Around the time of 1963 Edward Fisher a professor of literature at Liverpool University is said to have become fascinated in Nacha, firmly believing that the Spider God was not a figment of imagination but that he actually existed. As a result of his fascination a small team of eager British explorers were financed by Fisher to set forth in 1974 in an attempt to demystify the legend of the Spider God.
The horrors that befell the group and what they discovered is shocking to this day and shrouded in mystery.
The most shocking of these revelations was the alleged altered state of consciousness of the leader of the group Newton Jones.
In a semi-comatose state Jones is said to have recited several stories, poems and ramblings which were recorded on audio cassettes and in shorthand by my grandfather Justin Beck who then passed all these recording onto Professor Fisher.
It was Fisher who titled these ramblings as ‘The Spider Scriptures’ due to many of the texts being of a distinct religious flavour. According to Fishers diaries having shared these early texts with close friends, feedback was varying, some stating that they felt that the texts were prophetic, or even blasphemous and evil in nature. Some saw the texts as rambling nonsense, produced by nothing more than a very sick mind. Some tried to make sense of the tales as did Professor Fisher, searching for hidden messages within the texts. But ultimately Fisher’s belief was that every text originated from the very mind itself of the spider God ‘Atlach-Nacha’
And so laid out for your pleasure and intrigue in the following chapters are ‘ The Spider Scriptures’ I have not altered any of these texts or the notes that follow them, these are taken either from the original cassette recordings of Jones or from the notes compiled at the time by my Grandfather Justin Beck, Dan Solomon or by Professor Fisher. Please bear in mind that Professor Fisher tidied up the texts to make them more readable.
The notes recorded below the scripts are penned by Fisher highlighting any hidden messages, meanings or prophecies he perceived.
His collection, Bloodland Tales, is some sick stuff. I recommend it only to those with wide open minds and hard-shelled hearts. Because Hewitt wants to pull you down into madness with the immediacy of his dark imagination. And he will. He certainly will.”
~ Michael Arnzen, x4 Bram Stoker winner
“Piquant morsels of disturbing prose that are by turns startlingly gruesome and surreal. A real banquet of horror.”
~ Simon Clark
“M J Hewitt’ writing reminds me of Lord Dunsany. Could even be the new Dante”
~ Redsine
Legend states that the ‘Spider God’, Atlach-Nacha resembled a giant spider bearing a human face. Nacha is said to have dwelt thousands of years ago within a vast cave system beneath the Mountain of Sinae, located in the Arctic region originally known as ‘Bloodland’.
Around the time of 1963 Edward Fisher a professor of literature at Liverpool University is said to have become fascinated in Nacha, firmly believing that the Spider God was not a figment of imagination but that he actually existed. As a result of his fascination a small team of eager British explorers were financed by Fisher to set forth in 1974 in an attempt to demystify the legend of the Spider God.
The horrors that befell the group and what they discovered is shocking to this day and shrouded in mystery.
The most shocking of these revelations was the alleged altered state of consciousness of the leader of the group Newton Jones.
In a semi-comatose state Jones is said to have recited several stories, poems and ramblings which were recorded on audio cassettes and in shorthand by my grandfather Justin Beck who then passed all these recording onto Professor Fisher.
It was Fisher who titled these ramblings as ‘The Spider Scriptures’ due to many of the texts being of a distinct religious flavour. According to Fishers diaries having shared these early texts with close friends, feedback was varying, some stating that they felt that the texts were prophetic, or even blasphemous and evil in nature. Some saw the texts as rambling nonsense, produced by nothing more than a very sick mind. Some tried to make sense of the tales as did Professor Fisher, searching for hidden messages within the texts. But ultimately Fisher’s belief was that every text originated from the very mind itself of the spider God ‘Atlach-Nacha’
And so laid out for your pleasure and intrigue in the following chapters are ‘ The Spider Scriptures’ I have not altered any of these texts or the notes that follow them, these are taken either from the original cassette recordings of Jones or from the notes compiled at the time by my Grandfather Justin Beck, Dan Solomon or by Professor Fisher. Please bear in mind that Professor Fisher tidied up the texts to make them more readable.
The notes recorded below the scripts are penned by Fisher highlighting any hidden messages, meanings or prophecies he perceived.
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Published December 27, 2025
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December 30, 2025
Really enjoyed this book from start to finish it had me hooked
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Beautiful writing, cover not too shabby also ;)
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