Jonathan Janz
@jonathanjanz.bsky.social
Author of VEIL, MARLA, and CHILDREN OF THE DARK. Repped for Film & TV by Adam Kolbrenner. Lit Agent Lane Heymont.
VEIL on another Best of 2025 list!
Hey, @jonathanjanz.bsky.social , did you see both Cracking Spines and Veil made @jonezyboy.bsky.social best of 2025 list @horrordna.bsky.social ?
Great start to the year. Tony Jones is one of the best horror fiction critics out there
Great start to the year. Tony Jones is one of the best horror fiction critics out there
January 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
VEIL on another Best of 2025 list!
Though I've got three rough drafts of novels going and two completed novels to edit, I started a new one this morning.
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Though I've got three rough drafts of novels going and two completed novels to edit, I started a new one this morning.
Vampire western.
Book #50 for the year!
Finishing off the year in style with my second favorite author! (A very close second to Stephen King!)
Current reading:
DUST DEVILS by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social
Finishing off the year in style with my second favorite author! (A very close second to Stephen King!)
Current reading:
DUST DEVILS by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Vampire western.
Rewatching this for a podcast interview tomorrow. If you’ve not seen RAVENOUS, you’ve missed a gem. This embedded narrative performed by the amazing Robert Carlyle and the cave scene that follows it contain some of the best horror of the past thirty years.
December 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Rewatching this for a podcast interview tomorrow. If you’ve not seen RAVENOUS, you’ve missed a gem. This embedded narrative performed by the amazing Robert Carlyle and the cave scene that follows it contain some of the best horror of the past thirty years.
Horror DNA Best of 2025 list includes VEIL! www.horrordna.com/features/ton...
Tony's Top Reads of 2025
It was impossible to limit the list to ten, so I have sneaked in a few extra I did not want to cut.
www.horrordna.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Horror DNA Best of 2025 list includes VEIL! www.horrordna.com/features/ton...
Can't share the title because that would give away the surprise, but I just finished an EPIC 203,000-word rough draft that's a combination of the following genres:
--Sci-fi
--Dystopian
--Horror
--Action/Adventure
--Romance
--Western
--Noir
I can't wait for you to experience this tale!
--Sci-fi
--Dystopian
--Horror
--Action/Adventure
--Romance
--Western
--Noir
I can't wait for you to experience this tale!
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Can't share the title because that would give away the surprise, but I just finished an EPIC 203,000-word rough draft that's a combination of the following genres:
--Sci-fi
--Dystopian
--Horror
--Action/Adventure
--Romance
--Western
--Noir
I can't wait for you to experience this tale!
--Sci-fi
--Dystopian
--Horror
--Action/Adventure
--Romance
--Western
--Noir
I can't wait for you to experience this tale!
Regarding VEIL.
Some solid truth here in #sundaysentence for this week, from the fun and creepy new one by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social: "No virtue breeds as much trouble as honesty." (& HNY to all my fellow compulsive readers & sentence obsessives, & thanks for all the amazing writing and recommendations you shared!)
December 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Regarding VEIL.
Artist Taylor Gibbs painted my character Dreamy the Droll (featured in the FEAR OF CLOWNS anthology), and I'm dying. Isn't this glorious?!
December 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Artist Taylor Gibbs painted my character Dreamy the Droll (featured in the FEAR OF CLOWNS anthology), and I'm dying. Isn't this glorious?!
Speaking of “Lenora.”
Next, Lenora by Jonathan Janz (@jonathanjanz.bsky.social). This one’s about a man who had experienced unimaginable tragedy before the end of the world having some experiences that allow him to move through it. Sad and scary and sweet.
December 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Speaking of “Lenora.”
In my story “Lenora” (in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING’S THE STAND), Baker Ludlow has one picture of his late wife, which is based on a real picture of my wife and me back when we were dating. Here are the passage and the picture:
December 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In my story “Lenora” (in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING’S THE STAND), Baker Ludlow has one picture of his late wife, which is based on a real picture of my wife and me back when we were dating. Here are the passage and the picture:
This stellar Top Ten of the Year list includes my sci-fi horror novel VEIL.
Newsletter is going out to subscribers now! But due to some technical issues, image limitations, blah blah blah, my Top 10 Books of 2025 is only viewable at my website in one of two flavors. For the full newsletter, hit up www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/blog/so-long...
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So Long, 2025! — Michael Patrick Hicks
Michael Patrick Hicks names his Top 10 reads of 2025, the enshittification of social media and everything else, and rounds up his latest book and comic reviews published in December.
www.michaelpatrickhicks.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This stellar Top Ten of the Year list includes my sci-fi horror novel VEIL.
Both VEIL and THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND make this Top Ten of the Year list! roland19.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/t...
Top Ten Books of 2025
I reviewed a lot of books this year. As I was putting this list together, I had to make a lot of tough choices. There were books that I really wanted to put in the top 10 but others beat them out. …
roland19.wordpress.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Both VEIL and THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND make this Top Ten of the Year list! roland19.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/t...
Massive thanks to the fantastic George Dunn, writing for FanFiAddict, for naming VEIL one of the Top Ten Books of the Year! fanfiaddict.com/george-dunns...
George Dunn's Top Reads of 2025 | FanFiAddict
Agh, here we are again, hey? It’s that time of year where I am allowed, without judgment (thems the rules) to self-indulgently tell you all about my year, a ...
fanfiaddict.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Massive thanks to the fantastic George Dunn, writing for FanFiAddict, for naming VEIL one of the Top Ten Books of the Year! fanfiaddict.com/george-dunns...
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The friend who introduced me to Jonathan with CHILDREN OF THE DARK gifted that copy of MARLA to me, and it meant so much as I remember how excited he was when he successfully secured it!
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The friend who introduced me to Jonathan with CHILDREN OF THE DARK gifted that copy of MARLA to me, and it meant so much as I remember how excited he was when he successfully secured it!
Look at these gorgeous shelves.
I added another author to my collection, and I figured @jonathanjanz.bsky.social wouldn't mind "sharing" a shelf with @gabino.bsky.social!
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Look at these gorgeous shelves.
Today only! Grab my story “Lenora” and so many others for only 4.99.
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Today only! Grab my story “Lenora” and so many others for only 4.99.
Reposted by Jonathan Janz
Guest appearance of VEIL by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social lower left...
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Guest appearance of VEIL by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social lower left...
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Veil by Jonathan Janz @jonathanjanz.bsky.social is terrific!
Gunslingers, other worlds, lobstrosities, doors.
Hile tale spinner!
Gunslingers, other worlds, lobstrosities, doors.
Hile tale spinner!
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Finally showed this heartfelt film to my son tonight, and it hit harder than ever.
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Finally showed this heartfelt film to my son tonight, and it hit harder than ever.
Regarding the incredible VEIL audiobook (John Pirhalla absolutely *owns* this narration!).
Started listening to Veil by Jonathan Janz @jonathanjanz.bsky.social today.
I've wanted to read this before there was an official cover. Does not disappoint.
Some authors for me automatically get pre-ordered. Sight unseen, if it do ya.
Janz is one of those authors.
I've wanted to read this before there was an official cover. Does not disappoint.
Some authors for me automatically get pre-ordered. Sight unseen, if it do ya.
Janz is one of those authors.
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Regarding the incredible VEIL audiobook (John Pirhalla absolutely *owns* this narration!).
CHILDREN OF THE DARK 1 & 2 only 99 cents each for a limited time. They will scratch that STRANGER THINGS itch!
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December 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
CHILDREN OF THE DARK 1 & 2 only 99 cents each for a limited time. They will scratch that STRANGER THINGS itch!
What a magical night! Walked with my amazing daughter Juliet to the Purdue-Minnesota game, and we had a blast. Cheated slightly on the VEIL location, as they don’t actually enter Mackey Arena in the novel, but they DO drive by it a couple of times, and Mackey is mentioned.
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
What a magical night! Walked with my amazing daughter Juliet to the Purdue-Minnesota game, and we had a blast. Cheated slightly on the VEIL location, as they don’t actually enter Mackey Arena in the novel, but they DO drive by it a couple of times, and Mackey is mentioned.
Just three more days of this 1.99 ebook sale! Grab my sci-fi horror novel here: www.amazon.com/Veil-Jonatha...
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Just three more days of this 1.99 ebook sale! Grab my sci-fi horror novel here: www.amazon.com/Veil-Jonatha...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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