Worlds of Paul Jessup

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I’ve decided to post a short story of mine for free online. This was originally published in PostScripts issue 12, and is called Ghost Technology From the Sun. It was a very well received short story (was an Honorable Mention in the 2008 Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and had positive reviews). It is a [...]

Check it out:
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/toc.php?s=1

So, how many times is my name mentioned in the 2008 Years Best Fantasy and Horror?  Let’s see here-
1- A Mention for the GrendelSong which I used to edit.  The honerable mention was for Steve Goble’s God’s-Forsaken World in Issue 2.  Sadly, issue 2 was the last issue.  Maybe some day in the future I [...]

W00t!  I just got the ISBN and cover art for my surrealist Space Opera, Open Your Eyes.  TBR from Apex Books early 2009.
ISBN 978-0-9821596-0-6
Cover
Addendum: forgot to mention that the cover artist is Daniele Cascone

Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a new online magazine of literary adventure fantasy. We love traditional adventure fantasy, like classics from the pulp era and the new wave of fantasy from the post-Tolkien boom. But we also love how the recent influence of literary writing on fantasy short fiction has advanced the genre. [...]

Finally.  It is official now.

Turn up the volume and click on the link, for I am interviewed by the always awesome Matt Staggs. This is the first of many podcasts from Enter the Octopus. We talk about my novel coming out next year, Star Wars and David Lynch. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

Nothing big.  I just realized that a random stranger visiting this website and knowing nothing about me, might be a bit lost.  So I cleaned some stuff up, moved some things around and changed things a bit.

The Ghosts We Have Become
They made a home out of Mary’s bones, and called it the dancing legs motel…
So starts a fantastic story about a ballerina turned into a broken shell, trying to save those who live inside of her.  A story of war, loss, and realization.  This is the second story in the Silas [...]

[available online]
A Word Without Ghosts
Language is haunted, controlling, transforming. By existing in the realm of language, you exist in the realm of symbols, in the realm of time beyond time. In the realm beyond words. A sister finds the ghost of a brother, a mother, and is almost turned into a bird.
From [...]