John Everson


Biography

John Everson is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the novels COVENANT, SACRIFICE, THE 13TH and SIREN, and the short story collections DEADLY NIGHTLUSTS, CREEPTYCH, NEEDLES & SINS, VIGILANTES OF LOVE and CAGE OF BONES & OTHER DEADLY OBSESSIONS.

John shares a deep purple den in Naperville, Illinois with a cockatoo and cockatiel, a disparate collection of fake skulls, twisted skeletal fairies, Alan Clark illustrations and a large stuffed Eeyore. There's also a mounted Chinese fowling spider named Stoker courtesy of Charlee Jacob, an ever-growing shelf of custom mix CDs and an acoustic guitar that he can't really play but that his son Shaun likes to hear him beat on anyway. Sometimes his wife Geri is surprised to find him shuffling through more public areas of the house, but it's usually only to brew another cup of coffee. In order to avoid the onerous task of writing, he holds down a regular job at a medical association, records pop-rock songs in a hidden home studio, experiments with the insatiable culinary joys of the jalapeno, designs photo collage art book covers for a variety of small presses, loses hours in expanding an array of gardens and chases frequent excursions into the bizarre visual headspace of '70s euro-horror DVDs with a shot of Makers Mark and a tall glass of Newcastle.

For information on his fiction, art and music, visit http://www.johneverson.com.

Where to find John Everson online


Where to buy in print


Books

Christmas Tales    by John Everson
Price: $0.99 USD. 15960 words. Published on January 10, 2011. Fiction.

CHRISTMAS TALES includes three short stories celebrating the magic of Christmas. Heartwarming contemporary fantasies all, this collection - which also includes a handful of original holiday song lyrics - will bring the spirit of Christmas to your heart.
Vigilantes of Love    by John Everson
Price: $3.99 USD. 49820 words. Published on December 27, 2010. Fiction.

John Everson's 2nd collection of magic, horror, dark fantasy and the macabre includes 15 tales, including the voodoo-zombie oriented title story, the Twilight Zone-esque "Preserve" and "The Right Instrument," the light magic fantasies "Hard Heart" and "A Time For Music" and the opening tale "Calling of the Moon," which received an Honorable Mention from the Year's Best Fantasy & Horror anthology.

John Everson’s tag cloud

christmas    dark fantasy    family    fantasy    frost    ghost    ghosts    holiday    horror    magic    speculative fiction    sprite    urban fantasy