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
That’s right boils and ghouls and nonbinary vampires! We’ve set aside the date to celebrate the amazing launch of my short story collection, The Skinless Man Counts to Five and other tales of the Macabre, being released March 28th from Underland Press. The location? Werner Books in Erie, PA! The time? 6pm-7pm. The date? March… Read More
That’s right boils, ghouls, and nonbinary vampires! I woke up early Saturday morning this last weekend to a nice surprise. StarShipSofa decided to buy my sword and planet bonkers weird scifi story, The Glorious Tunnels of Our Gravity Dragons. This one is a lot of fun. It has psychic trees, a giant bear named Mister… Read More
That’s right, on April 7th, I’ll be teaching a webinar at Reach Your Apex, all about how to push your imagination to the limits. Imagination is a muscle, and I can help you train it to perfection. I’ll run you through my brianstorming methods, how I feed my mind and gather ideas, and the different… Read More