Welcome to the world of J.P. Edwards, a place where you can find darkness and light, shadows and storm, where death isn't always final and the imagination is a gateway to a place beyond your wildest dreams.
I’ve wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember. But life has a way of taking you places you don’t want to go, and I visited some of those places before I found my way back to the simple joy of putting words on paper. Even better if someone wants to read it. Oh, and if someone pays me for it, well, I’m in heaven. The journey here took longer than I care to admit, but it was worth the trip. And I hope it’s worth your visit here. Come on in, look around, read some writing, if that’s what you like. I’m glad you’re here.
NEWS
January 23 – I'm considering making an appearance at Vision Con, held in Springfield Missouri. Guests of Honor will be Cullen Bunn and Brian Keene. If I go, I'll be there Saturday.
June 12 – I'm organizing the pitch sessions for the 2009 Stoker Awards Banquet to be held this year at the Marriott Burbank Hotel and Convention Center in Los Angeles. I'll be there. Look for me in the pitch room!
July 16 – It's possible this year I may end up at the Northeastern Writers' Conference, also known as Camp NeCon. This one is in Bristol Rhode Island, and is a small con where writers can get together and enjoy each other's company and do business.
October 29 – World Fantasy Con in San José is also a possibility. Looks like fun!
Released
in March 2008
Well, it was three years in the making and it's finally here. From the authors of Thicker Than Water comes Thinner Than Mist, a collection of eleven tales of ghostly encounters from Bones and Caskets Press.
Just
Released
This is another project I just finished with Mark W. Worthen. It's a second compilation of stories and poems by the Midwest Writers of Horror, a companion volume to Open Graves, which is currently out of print. You might be able to find a copy on the secondary market, however. Beneath the Stones contains one of my solo tales and a story cowritten with S. Elias Marx.
Released
in April, 2005
They come from the strangest – and sometimes the most normal – settings imaginable. Sink your teeth into imaginative vampire tales that are set in Missouri’s southern border counties to a harem in Istanbul ... if you like vampire stories, you’ll love the variety of this anthology.
Read one of J.P.'s stories here.
Also
on March 27 – In conjunction with the World
Horror Convention this year is being held in Salt Lake City, Utah,
and not only am I going, I got suckered – I mean invited – to
be on staff.. In conjunction with that Mark
W. Worthen and I have been hard at work editing the convention souvenir
anthology. The cover was painted by John
Jude Palencar, an awesome piece called The Prophet. Signed
copies will be available on Ebay after the conference.
All material on these pages copyright © J.P. Edwards, 2005 - 2009
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update: 24 April 2012