Check it out! This is a great review.… 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
Check it out! This conversation has everything. Nontraditional story structure, innovating, book reviews and the importance of paid critics, self publishing vs trad publishing, “romantasy” and other trends, books, and even more about books, and much more.… Read More
That’s right, over at the Reactor blog Skinless Man Counts to Five and other tales macabre was listed as a Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for March and April 2024! Here’s what they had to say about it “There’s a lot that could be said about Paul Jessup—from the breadth of his fiction to… Read More