Location: United States
Member Since:
Feb. 14, 2011
Jason Thacker
Biography
Jason Thacker is a new author in the horror genre. He was born in Pikeville, Ky and still resides in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky with his wife, Tiffany, and their two dogs, Rusty the Cairn, and Bella the Scottie. His first published work is "The Hungriest Zombie" in the anthology "First Time Dead 2" from May December Publications. Jason's first novel, "Dead Are Alive", a zombie western, is now avaliable.
He credits his interest in writing to a lifelong love for comics and movies. "I've always wanted to create stories and characters like the ones from them. I've always been drawn to stories with action and suspense. My wife was the one that really got me hooked on old horror movies and that lead me to my interest in horror books." Combining his desire to write and his love for a good story, no matter what media form it was from, he decided to begin writing stories that he enjoyed.
Currently he has many writing projects in process and is looking forward to sharing them with everyone.
He credits his interest in writing to a lifelong love for comics and movies. "I've always wanted to create stories and characters like the ones from them. I've always been drawn to stories with action and suspense. My wife was the one that really got me hooked on old horror movies and that lead me to my interest in horror books." Combining his desire to write and his love for a good story, no matter what media form it was from, he decided to begin writing stories that he enjoyed.
Currently he has many writing projects in process and is looking forward to sharing them with everyone.
Where to find Jason Thacker online
Website: http://jasonthacker.wordpress.com
Twitter: @jason_thacker
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://jasonthacker.wordpress.com
Twitter: @jason_thacker
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://jasonthacker.wordpress.com
Where to buy in print
Books
Dead Are Alive
by Jason Thacker
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 49,100.
Language:
English.
Published: July 22, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Undead
Following a church robbery and the murder of reverend Hopkins' wife, Gwen, bounty hunter Fred Douglas tries to bring justice to the corrupt town of Hazel by assassinating Gwen's murderer, Sheriff Wellman. As Fred awaits his execution after a failed attempt on the sheriff, chaos erupts an experimental antivenom reanimates two children into the unmercifully ravenous walking dead.
King and Other Chilling Tales
by Jason Thacker
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 26,860.
Language:
English.
Published: June 25, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
King and Other Chilling Tales is a collection of six adrenaline pumping horror short stories. In this collection you’ll walk alongside the legions of the walking dead, and the fierce monsters of myth that roam the mysterious forests of Appalachia. Also in the western tale, “The Heist” Thacker unleashes an original creature of his own creation called, “The Deadin" upon his readers.