Hi! I'm Jason.

I live in Oregon with my wife, Shandy.

I'm a writer. Mostly of horror. I'm currently querying my first novel, The Burning Ones:

The burning girl is always there, a featureless silhouette, wreathed in flames. She follows Matthew wherever he goes, and she is always watching.

No one else can see her, but when anyone comes too near, they are overcome by inexplicable dread. So, Matthew lives an isolated life, which, after his sister's accidental death some seventeen years ago, is all he deserves.

Until Ember finds him. She can see the burning girl and says she can help. There's a sanctuary in the mountains with others who are haunted by the burning ones. Ember was once similarly haunted, but now she's free, and Matthew can be, too, if he comes with her.

Except things feel wrong in Ember's sanctuary town. Matthew struggles with proximity after years of isolation, but it's more than that. People who are "freed" are different than before, and Matthew can't help but wonder if Ember is performing an exorcism or a possession. The burning girl is always watching. And maybe she wants in.

I am a member of the HWA. My short fiction has appeared in PseudoPod, and I won first place in the Zebulon contest at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference.

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