Some fantastic news! Tonight at 7PM PDT or 10PM EST me and fellow Underland Press Author Elad Haber will be reading from our collection short story collections, as a part of Story Hour. It will be streamed on Facebook. Come on in, check it out, and hear as we both read some of our best… Read More


For Independent Bookstore Day, me and a bunch of other local authors are going to be at Werner Books signing books and hanging out and talking with people. Stop on by! Support your local bookstore! Hang out, have some coffee, chat for a bit, grab your new favorite book.… Read More


Check it out! I have a crazy sword and planet short story at StarShipSofa. It’s called the Glorious Tunnels of Our Gravity Dragons. It’s got wyrmholes made by gravity dragons, twin sisters who are hunting and closing illegal portals, and a psychotic princess of mars (with her pet bear, Mister Buttons). Enjoy!http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/04/10/starshipsofa-730-paul-jessup/… Read More


Ah, what a fine day for a horror book birthday! Cloudy grey and overcast, fog lapping through the streets in waves. Do you hear that? That screaming in the dark? Why it’s here, it’s alive! My horror short story collection The Skinless Man Counts to Five and other tales of the macabre look at how… Read More


That’s right, this Thursday is the launch party for Skinless Man Counts to Five and other tales of the macabre! My horror short story collection, filled to the brim and overflowing with such wonderful, terrifying stuff. Werner Books is located in Erie PA, so if you’re in the area on Thursday March 28th, at 6pm… Read More


Check it out! The conversation is fantastic, and we talked about all sorts of really cool stuff. From horror fiction, to how I come up with titles for stories, to how I wrote Glass House. I also take about my inspirations, prose, and we discuss other writers. I also talk about Werner Books, my local… Read More


Check it out! Tomorrow Paul Jessup will be live and talking about Skinless Man Counts to Five (and other tales of the macabre) with Gryftkin on YT tomorrow, 8pm EST! Show on up, listen to us talk about the spooky, the scary, the surreal and joy of short stories. Here you go! https://www.youtube.com/@gryftkin And when… Read More


Hey boils, ghouls, and non-binary vampires! It’s that time once again where I host everyone’s favorite round table horror podcast: Fear is the Fire that Lights the Heart. This time we’re talking about Folk Horror. Yes, you heard me right! Cults, and weird magic, and witchcraft, and the haunting countryside that contains a memory of… Read More


One of the things I love about getting old anthologies and collections is reading over the introductions and prefaces. Not just for Year’s Best anthologies, but for ones that are like a survey and overview of specific subgenres, too (Space Opera Renaissance, Modern Classics of Fantasy, The Big Book series, The Weird, etc, etc). These… Read More