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James Newman

Everybody's entitled to one good scare.

About Me


I'm a writer of horror and suspense fiction. My first novel, the coming-of-age thriller Midnight Rain, was published in mass-market paperback in 2004 by Leisure Books, and in limited-edition hardcover by Earthling Publications. The limited edition of my latest novel, The Wicked (Necessary Evil Press), recently sold out pre-publication. Other forthcoming books include a novella, The Forum (Cemetery Dance Publications), a short-story collection, People Are Strange (Croatoan Publishing), and my latest novel: Animosity.

"You might expect the work of a young Southern writer to show some roots, and you'll see that clearly in James Newman's writing. There's a little bit of Davis Grubb and Joe Lansdale twisting into that dark earth, and a strong straight spike of Robert McCammon digging deep. But the story tree that grows above ground belongs to a tale-spinner who can raise one mean hunk of nightmare all on his own."
- Norman Partridge
(The Crow: Wicked Prayer; Mr. Fox & Other Feral Tales; Dark Harvest)
"James Newman looks like he's far too young to be the bastard lovechild of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor . . . but still, I wonder. In years to come, when we talk about great writers of the Southern gothic, we'll be mentioning Newman alongside Massie, McCammon, Crews, Farris and the aforementioned. You can smell the magnolias, the kudzu and the blood . . . . "
- John Pelan
(The Colour Out of Darkness; Dark Arts; The Century's Best Horror Fiction)

My Interests


www.james-newman.com

I'd like to meet:

YOU.

Music:


- AC/DC
- Black Sabbath
- The Cult
- Judas Priest
- Concrete Blonde
- Nine Inch Nails
- Led Zeppelin
- Buddy Guy
- Howlin' Wolf
- Eminem



Movies:


- Se7en
- John Carpenter's The Thing
- David Cronenberg's The Fly
- The Exorcist
- The Exorcist III: Legion
- Return of the Living Dead
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Requiem For a Dream
- Audition
- Uzumaki
- Leon: The Professional
- Pulp Fiction
- Kill Bill
- Heat
- the Star Wars series
- The Legend of Billie Jean

Television:


- NCAA Basketball
- Dexter
- The Office (U.S.)
- Robot Chicken


Books:


- Stephen King
- Bentley Little
- Joe R. Lansdale
- Ray Garton
- F. Paul Wilson
- Ed Gorman

Heroes:


YOU.

My Blog

PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Now Shipping!

    The title says it all:  My first-ever short-story collection, PEOPLE ARE STRANGE, is shipping now from the publisher.       PEOPLE ARE STRANGE is a sig...
Posted by James Newman on Sat, 31 May 2008 08:35:00 PST

PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Now Available For Pre-Order

Great news, folks!  My short story collection, PEOPLE ARE STRANGE, is at the printer as we speak . . . . This one’s gonna be a lot of fun. Here’s the Table of Contents (and each story...
Posted by James Newman on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:36:00 PST

Pre-Order THE FORUM Now!

Online message boards.You've seen them around the Internet. Perhaps you've been a member of several. You've cursed the spammers and trolls, witnessed the flounces and the flame wars waged by faceless ...
Posted by James Newman on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:29:00 PST

Several Excerpts Available Online

Check it out . . . I just posted a few excerpts from various works of mine over at GoodReads.com. I have no idea if membership is required to view these (I just joined Friday night), so please let me...
Posted by James Newman on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:32:00 PST

New Podcast Interview . . . Im On With Lansdale!

Check it out, guys . . . my pal Dez over at Dread Media interviewed me Saturday night.  I followed none other than my favorite author of all time, Mr. Joe R. Lansdale!I'm not worthy.   ...
Posted by James Newman on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:23:00 PST

Halloween Party Pics Are Up

    Just a quick note to let anyone who cares know that my Halloween Party pics are now up!     When you get a chance, check out my Pics section, where I've got a hu...
Posted by James Newman on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:17:00 PST

Check This Out . . .

Wanna see something cool?          Check out the Profile I created a few days ago for "Andrew Holland," the protagonist from my upcoming third novel, ANIMOSITY ...
Posted by James Newman on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:30:00 PST

ANIMOSITY: The Movie?

It could happen!Consider this the "sorta-official" announcement that the film rights to my next novel, ANIMOSITY (An American Horror Story) have been optioned.  Of course, you never can tell with...
Posted by James Newman on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:52:00 PST

Some Good News, and Some Bad

First the bad . . .     Anyone who follows my writing career probably has heard by now about Nocturne Press.  I am sad to report that they are officially no more.  Those ...
Posted by James Newman on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:44:00 PST

My First Foreign Sale

Thought you guys might get a kick out of this . . . .       Jason Brannon and I recently sold our novelette The Church of Dead Languages (originally published as a ...
Posted by James Newman on Sun, 20 May 2007 02:34:00 PST