J.R. White

My Top 5 Horror-Comedies (with Honorable Mentions)

Storytelling, much like good cooking or well-made cocktails, is all about balance. No other genre requires quite the level of balance as Horror-Comedy. Once the limbs start flying, there’s nothing like a few good laughs to level out the experience. A good dose of humor alongside the carnage also goes a long way toward reminding …

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My 5 Favorite Zombie Movies (That don’t involve George Romero)

Few monsters are as iconic in the pop-culture of Halloween as the zombie. Whether we see them as a metaphor for the collapse of civilization, consumerism, the threat of mob violence, or just the inevitable specter of death slowly shuffling toward us all, the Living Dead have occupied an impressive swath of the horror movie …

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10 Classic Short Stories to Read this Halloween

As we get deeper into October, the night’s get cooler and the dark of evening comes fast. If you’re lucky enough to have a fireplace, maybe you’ve got some logs burning when those long shadows close in. In short, it’s fantastic reading conditions. And when it’s dark outside and the flames are flickering, nothing’s better …

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After Action Report – Creatures, Crimes & Creativity 2021

This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending the Creatures, Crimes & Creativity Conference in Baltimore. This was my first writer’s conference (and, as it turned out, my first time moderating and participating in writer’s panels) and it was an overwhelmingly positive experience. I got to meet a wide array of fellow authors all …

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Updates! August 23, 2021

Some quick updates 1) We’re racing toward publication on “Hail of Brimstone.” (Hence the prolonged radio silence.) About half the Advance Readers have finished their copies and provided feedback. Final manuscript polish is more-or-less finished. Once I publish early next month, I’ll be putting the spurs to the audiobook. 2) A “Shadow of Wolves” Spanish translation …

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