Writer, podcaster, YouTuber (Jason’s Weird Reads), reader, and baseball fan from Ontario, Canada. I mostly write and read horror, fantasy, and sci fi. ⚾️🧘🪷
Cover reveal!! I’m rereleasing my novel The Haunted Country. It’s been polished and the prose tightened to make the voice of it more pronounced thanks to Dane Cobain’s editing work. You can preorder it on Amazon and Kobo. Links in comments. Cover art by Savannah R. Fischer
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Cover reveal!! I’m rereleasing my novel The Haunted Country. It’s been polished and the prose tightened to make the voice of it more pronounced thanks to Dane Cobain’s editing work. You can preorder it on Amazon and Kobo. Links in comments. Cover art by Savannah R. Fischer
On Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast, I welcome Erik McHatton (Straw World and other Echoes From The Void) to discuss The Lawnmower Man & trainwreck that was the adaptation. We talk about Erik's history with Stephen King's work, cosmic horror, and Erik's short stories. Links in the comments.
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
On Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast, I welcome Erik McHatton (Straw World and other Echoes From The Void) to discuss The Lawnmower Man & trainwreck that was the adaptation. We talk about Erik's history with Stephen King's work, cosmic horror, and Erik's short stories. Links in the comments.
Catch me and @thesimplysyn.bsky.social on the Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast as we discuss all that’s right and all that’s wrong with Stephen King’s short story, Trucks! Get it wherever you download your podcasts or on the YouTube channel.
September 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Catch me and @thesimplysyn.bsky.social on the Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast as we discuss all that’s right and all that’s wrong with Stephen King’s short story, Trucks! Get it wherever you download your podcasts or on the YouTube channel.
Weird Reads podcast: I talked with Chris Panatier and we had a wonderful time discussing music, astrophysics, Interstellar, influences, confronting fears via writing fiction, finding awe, and his latest book SHITSHOW! Listen wherever you download your podcasts. Links in Comments
September 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Weird Reads podcast: I talked with Chris Panatier and we had a wonderful time discussing music, astrophysics, Interstellar, influences, confronting fears via writing fiction, finding awe, and his latest book SHITSHOW! Listen wherever you download your podcasts. Links in Comments
My conversation with author Katherine Silva is now live on both podcast and YouTube formats. We talk a lot about other authors, how she got into horror, grief horror, and her Deadland trilogy. Download anywhere you get your podcasts!
August 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My conversation with author Katherine Silva is now live on both podcast and YouTube formats. We talk a lot about other authors, how she got into horror, grief horror, and her Deadland trilogy. Download anywhere you get your podcasts!
My favourite type of villain is one who’s opinions are sound but their methods in how they’re trying to solve the issue is completely wrong. What’s yours?
July 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My favourite type of villain is one who’s opinions are sound but their methods in how they’re trying to solve the issue is completely wrong. What’s yours?
On Short Bites, @jonathanjanz.bsky.social and I discussed Stephen King's story Night Surf in celebration of the forthcoming It's The End Of The World As We Know It antho. We also discuss his forthcoming book, Veil, + much more! Download where you get your podcasts www.spreaker.com/episode/004-...
May 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
On Short Bites, @jonathanjanz.bsky.social and I discussed Stephen King's story Night Surf in celebration of the forthcoming It's The End Of The World As We Know It antho. We also discuss his forthcoming book, Veil, + much more! Download where you get your podcasts www.spreaker.com/episode/004-...
Eric S. Brown and I wrote a book together. It’s called Killer Bears! It’s very gory and a lot of fun! Published by @theevilcookiepub.bsky.social - link in comments.
May 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Eric S. Brown and I wrote a book together. It’s called Killer Bears! It’s very gory and a lot of fun! Published by @theevilcookiepub.bsky.social - link in comments.
Check out my conversation with Nicholas Kaufmann, in which we discuss his origins with reading Stephen King and the short story Graveyard Shift. You can download the podcast wherever you get your podcasts or watch it on the Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast YouTube channel.
May 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Check out my conversation with Nicholas Kaufmann, in which we discuss his origins with reading Stephen King and the short story Graveyard Shift. You can download the podcast wherever you get your podcasts or watch it on the Short Bites: A Stephen King Podcast YouTube channel.
Aside from feeling grumpy, I announce a new project I’m working on in the latest Weird Reads episode. Catch it wherever you download your podcasts or watch the video on Jason’s Weird Reads YouTube channel!
February 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Aside from feeling grumpy, I announce a new project I’m working on in the latest Weird Reads episode. Catch it wherever you download your podcasts or watch the video on Jason’s Weird Reads YouTube channel!
This Saturday, August 19th, at 6:00pm EST, I’ll be talking to Luisa Colón, author of Bad Moon Rising, recently released by Cemetery Dance Publications! Link to get your copy in the comments:
August 18, 2023 at 2:11 AM
This Saturday, August 19th, at 6:00pm EST, I’ll be talking to Luisa Colón, author of Bad Moon Rising, recently released by Cemetery Dance Publications! Link to get your copy in the comments: