J. Newman Pritchard
J. Newman Pritchard is a writer living in Chicago, Illinois. His horror and fantasy stories bring the reader into strange worlds that range from the whimsical to the terrifying. Most of his writing chooses to live somewhere in between.
“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”
Bram Stoker
Jake is originally from Memphis, Tennessee, where he grew up reading the works of fantasy writers like JRR Tolkein and science fiction classics like those from HG Wells and Jules Verne.
“Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.”
Mark Z. Danielewski
Then, one fateful day, he opened the pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the Count with all of the other children of the night have never left Jake’s imaginations. He started writing, as many people did, during the pandemic, and found a peace and excitement in that art like nothing else.
“But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please, and laugh at locksmiths.”
J Sheridan le Fanu
Jake isn’t always living in fictional worlds. In the moments when he isn’t reading or writing, Jake can be found jamming out with his band, laughing over board games with his friends, or trying to find anywhere near Chicago that isn’t too flat for a good hike. He also enjoys a good D&D campaign, and watches too many movies.
“I come with empty hands and the desire to unbuild walls.”
Ursula K Le Guin
Jake’s work has been published in Four Tulips Magazine as well as a piece upcoming in Strange Pilgrims Magazine. You can access some of his written work via the Newsletter or on the Publications page. Future publications will be posted on this site and announced to the Newsletter.
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