James Maxwell 🔪 Witching Metal Productions
@witchingmetal66.bsky.social
Writer of scumbags, con artists, and all manner of morons |
Creator of A WAR OF A MADMAN'S MAKING |
Editor of Pistol Jim Press: https://pistoljimpress.substack.com/ |
The Splattershot Killer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM7BP2K8 |
He/Him
Creator of A WAR OF A MADMAN'S MAKING |
Editor of Pistol Jim Press: https://pistoljimpress.substack.com/ |
The Splattershot Killer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM7BP2K8 |
He/Him
New horror short story on my personal stack.
COLD is about a hunter and his son discovering a strange cave in the frozen wastes.
badmen.substack.com/p/cold
COLD is about a hunter and his son discovering a strange cave in the frozen wastes.
badmen.substack.com/p/cold
August 31, 2025 at 4:21 AM
New horror short story on my personal stack.
COLD is about a hunter and his son discovering a strange cave in the frozen wastes.
badmen.substack.com/p/cold
COLD is about a hunter and his son discovering a strange cave in the frozen wastes.
badmen.substack.com/p/cold
Quick new historical noir piece is up on my personal stack.
THE BOATSWAIN'S HONOR is a 1200-word short story about a pair of prisoners awaiting justice in the brig of a steam ship.
badmen.substack.com/p/the-boatsw...
THE BOATSWAIN'S HONOR is a 1200-word short story about a pair of prisoners awaiting justice in the brig of a steam ship.
badmen.substack.com/p/the-boatsw...
August 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Quick new historical noir piece is up on my personal stack.
THE BOATSWAIN'S HONOR is a 1200-word short story about a pair of prisoners awaiting justice in the brig of a steam ship.
badmen.substack.com/p/the-boatsw...
THE BOATSWAIN'S HONOR is a 1200-word short story about a pair of prisoners awaiting justice in the brig of a steam ship.
badmen.substack.com/p/the-boatsw...
New blurb for THE SPLATTERSHOT KILLER
August 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
New blurb for THE SPLATTERSHOT KILLER
COVER REVEAL! 🎉🎉
THE SPLATTERSHOT KILLER is my upcoming slasher horror novel about a shotgun-wielding maniac, a teenage acid dealer, and a police chief with a sketchy past.
Amazon page is up and preorders are available. Tentative release date is March 2026.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM7BP2K8
THE SPLATTERSHOT KILLER is my upcoming slasher horror novel about a shotgun-wielding maniac, a teenage acid dealer, and a police chief with a sketchy past.
Amazon page is up and preorders are available. Tentative release date is March 2026.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM7BP2K8
August 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
COVER REVEAL! 🎉🎉
THE SPLATTERSHOT KILLER is my upcoming slasher horror novel about a shotgun-wielding maniac, a teenage acid dealer, and a police chief with a sketchy past.
Amazon page is up and preorders are available. Tentative release date is March 2026.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM7BP2K8
THE SPLATTERSHOT KILLER is my upcoming slasher horror novel about a shotgun-wielding maniac, a teenage acid dealer, and a police chief with a sketchy past.
Amazon page is up and preorders are available. Tentative release date is March 2026.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM7BP2K8
A little tease of what's coming...
August 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A little tease of what's coming...
From my upcoming slasher...
The man in the ghoul mask raised the shotgun barrel at Scottie’s knee, and pulled the trigger. The blast was so loud that it deafened Scottie for the rest of his life. He tumbled to the ground screaming while his leg came apart, severed in half.
The man in the ghoul mask raised the shotgun barrel at Scottie’s knee, and pulled the trigger. The blast was so loud that it deafened Scottie for the rest of his life. He tumbled to the ground screaming while his leg came apart, severed in half.
August 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
From my upcoming slasher...
The man in the ghoul mask raised the shotgun barrel at Scottie’s knee, and pulled the trigger. The blast was so loud that it deafened Scottie for the rest of his life. He tumbled to the ground screaming while his leg came apart, severed in half.
The man in the ghoul mask raised the shotgun barrel at Scottie’s knee, and pulled the trigger. The blast was so loud that it deafened Scottie for the rest of his life. He tumbled to the ground screaming while his leg came apart, severed in half.
A little tease of what's coming!
August 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A little tease of what's coming!
After watching The Passenger & Smile 2, I can safely say my dream casting for a film adaptation of PUT YOUR LIFE IN THE POT is as follows:
Johnny Berchtold as Tristian
Kyle Gallner as Joey
if I ever win the lottery, I'll make it happen!
Johnny Berchtold as Tristian
Kyle Gallner as Joey
if I ever win the lottery, I'll make it happen!
July 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
After watching The Passenger & Smile 2, I can safely say my dream casting for a film adaptation of PUT YOUR LIFE IN THE POT is as follows:
Johnny Berchtold as Tristian
Kyle Gallner as Joey
if I ever win the lottery, I'll make it happen!
Johnny Berchtold as Tristian
Kyle Gallner as Joey
if I ever win the lottery, I'll make it happen!
logging into X, formerly known as Twitter,
July 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
logging into X, formerly known as Twitter,
Not sure how many people still follow this account for War of a Madman's Making, but I'm cooking up something new and sketched up a shitty map as a visual aid...
Working title for this Age of Sail fantasy novel is SAILS AND SEA MONSTERS, set in the world of AWOAMM
Working title for this Age of Sail fantasy novel is SAILS AND SEA MONSTERS, set in the world of AWOAMM
July 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Not sure how many people still follow this account for War of a Madman's Making, but I'm cooking up something new and sketched up a shitty map as a visual aid...
Working title for this Age of Sail fantasy novel is SAILS AND SEA MONSTERS, set in the world of AWOAMM
Working title for this Age of Sail fantasy novel is SAILS AND SEA MONSTERS, set in the world of AWOAMM
This story was a weird one. A surreal and graphically violent experiment in telling a story forward and in reverse at the same time.
I still really like this one, and it took a positive comment to remember how much work and craft I'd put into it. 😌
I still really like this one, and it took a positive comment to remember how much work and craft I'd put into it. 😌
July 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This story was a weird one. A surreal and graphically violent experiment in telling a story forward and in reverse at the same time.
I still really like this one, and it took a positive comment to remember how much work and craft I'd put into it. 😌
I still really like this one, and it took a positive comment to remember how much work and craft I'd put into it. 😌
EPISODE SEVEN is out now!
Four murders in the nursery. One accomplice still at large. Rowan Thompson has the last lead in her hands.
THEY WERE INNOCENT CREATURES is a horror-detective novella about a journalist investigating the most heinous of crimes.
badmen.substack.com/p/they-were-...
Four murders in the nursery. One accomplice still at large. Rowan Thompson has the last lead in her hands.
THEY WERE INNOCENT CREATURES is a horror-detective novella about a journalist investigating the most heinous of crimes.
badmen.substack.com/p/they-were-...
July 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
EPISODE SEVEN is out now!
Four murders in the nursery. One accomplice still at large. Rowan Thompson has the last lead in her hands.
THEY WERE INNOCENT CREATURES is a horror-detective novella about a journalist investigating the most heinous of crimes.
badmen.substack.com/p/they-were-...
Four murders in the nursery. One accomplice still at large. Rowan Thompson has the last lead in her hands.
THEY WERE INNOCENT CREATURES is a horror-detective novella about a journalist investigating the most heinous of crimes.
badmen.substack.com/p/they-were-...
Pistol Jim Press is an online literary zine that focuses on grimy flash fiction: Crime, noir, westerns, horror, speculative fiction, and sometimes even the non-gritty.
Opening for submissions very soon!
Opening for submissions very soon!
June 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Pistol Jim Press is an online literary zine that focuses on grimy flash fiction: Crime, noir, westerns, horror, speculative fiction, and sometimes even the non-gritty.
Opening for submissions very soon!
Opening for submissions very soon!
my latest CK3 AGOT character! It occurred to me I'd never created a wandering badass warrior queen, so here we go.
June 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
my latest CK3 AGOT character! It occurred to me I'd never created a wandering badass warrior queen, so here we go.
Hey everyone, on a whim I just created an online press on Substack!
Check back in the next couple weeks for an open flash fiction call. Focused is on gritty crime stuff, but no hard genre rules.
pistoljimpress.substack.com
Check back in the next couple weeks for an open flash fiction call. Focused is on gritty crime stuff, but no hard genre rules.
pistoljimpress.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hey everyone, on a whim I just created an online press on Substack!
Check back in the next couple weeks for an open flash fiction call. Focused is on gritty crime stuff, but no hard genre rules.
pistoljimpress.substack.com
Check back in the next couple weeks for an open flash fiction call. Focused is on gritty crime stuff, but no hard genre rules.
pistoljimpress.substack.com
I've officially finished the first 25% of my next neo-noir novel, IT'S ONLY DESPAIR!
The prologue + Part One clocks in at roughly 20k words.
The prologue + Part One clocks in at roughly 20k words.
June 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I've officially finished the first 25% of my next neo-noir novel, IT'S ONLY DESPAIR!
The prologue + Part One clocks in at roughly 20k words.
The prologue + Part One clocks in at roughly 20k words.
Latest chapter of MONEY, MAN! is available on my stacking place!
What started as a simple revenge mission became a bloodbath when a made man from New York got held up by a crew of LA tweakers.
badmen.substack.com/p/money-man-...
What started as a simple revenge mission became a bloodbath when a made man from New York got held up by a crew of LA tweakers.
badmen.substack.com/p/money-man-...
June 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Latest chapter of MONEY, MAN! is available on my stacking place!
What started as a simple revenge mission became a bloodbath when a made man from New York got held up by a crew of LA tweakers.
badmen.substack.com/p/money-man-...
What started as a simple revenge mission became a bloodbath when a made man from New York got held up by a crew of LA tweakers.
badmen.substack.com/p/money-man-...
Is Microsoft Word on crack?
June 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Is Microsoft Word on crack?
EP 6 OUT NOW!
Four murders in the nursery. One accomplice still at large. Rowan Thompson has the last lead in her hands.
The killer is closing in. Rowan's on her last life line. Will she make it out alive, or become the next entry in a series of gruesome headlines?
Four murders in the nursery. One accomplice still at large. Rowan Thompson has the last lead in her hands.
The killer is closing in. Rowan's on her last life line. Will she make it out alive, or become the next entry in a series of gruesome headlines?
June 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
EP 6 OUT NOW!
Four murders in the nursery. One accomplice still at large. Rowan Thompson has the last lead in her hands.
The killer is closing in. Rowan's on her last life line. Will she make it out alive, or become the next entry in a series of gruesome headlines?
Four murders in the nursery. One accomplice still at large. Rowan Thompson has the last lead in her hands.
The killer is closing in. Rowan's on her last life line. Will she make it out alive, or become the next entry in a series of gruesome headlines?
I just posted a WIP excerpt of my submarine horror novel, SUNKEN TOMB OF THE FALSE KING, on the stacking place!
A quack scientist backed by a billionaire leads a submarine crew deep into the Monterey Submarine Canyon.
badmen.substack.com/p/sunken-tom...
A quack scientist backed by a billionaire leads a submarine crew deep into the Monterey Submarine Canyon.
badmen.substack.com/p/sunken-tom...
June 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I just posted a WIP excerpt of my submarine horror novel, SUNKEN TOMB OF THE FALSE KING, on the stacking place!
A quack scientist backed by a billionaire leads a submarine crew deep into the Monterey Submarine Canyon.
badmen.substack.com/p/sunken-tom...
A quack scientist backed by a billionaire leads a submarine crew deep into the Monterey Submarine Canyon.
badmen.substack.com/p/sunken-tom...
Part seven of MONEY, MAN is available on my Substack!
A casino owner and his muscle man show up in town to investigate the disappearance of a Mafia hitman. Meanwhile, a doomed gang of junkies plan their next move.
badmen.substack.com/p/money-man-...
A casino owner and his muscle man show up in town to investigate the disappearance of a Mafia hitman. Meanwhile, a doomed gang of junkies plan their next move.
badmen.substack.com/p/money-man-...
June 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Part seven of MONEY, MAN is available on my Substack!
A casino owner and his muscle man show up in town to investigate the disappearance of a Mafia hitman. Meanwhile, a doomed gang of junkies plan their next move.
badmen.substack.com/p/money-man-...
A casino owner and his muscle man show up in town to investigate the disappearance of a Mafia hitman. Meanwhile, a doomed gang of junkies plan their next move.
badmen.substack.com/p/money-man-...
Holy shit, this movie's insane. Not at all what I expected, and basically impossible to really describe. Capital-F Filmmaking.
June 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Holy shit, this movie's insane. Not at all what I expected, and basically impossible to really describe. Capital-F Filmmaking.
My nautical horror WIP, SUNKEN TOMB OF THE FALSE KING...
A quack scientist and his submarine crew slowly go insane while exploring an undersea cave system that seems designed by an intelligent force.
A quack scientist and his submarine crew slowly go insane while exploring an undersea cave system that seems designed by an intelligent force.
June 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
My nautical horror WIP, SUNKEN TOMB OF THE FALSE KING...
A quack scientist and his submarine crew slowly go insane while exploring an undersea cave system that seems designed by an intelligent force.
A quack scientist and his submarine crew slowly go insane while exploring an undersea cave system that seems designed by an intelligent force.
Part Six of MONEY, MAN! is out now on my Substack!
What starts as a simple revenge mission turns into a bloodbath when a made man from New York gets held up by a crew of LA tweakers.
What starts as a simple revenge mission turns into a bloodbath when a made man from New York gets held up by a crew of LA tweakers.
June 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Part Six of MONEY, MAN! is out now on my Substack!
What starts as a simple revenge mission turns into a bloodbath when a made man from New York gets held up by a crew of LA tweakers.
What starts as a simple revenge mission turns into a bloodbath when a made man from New York gets held up by a crew of LA tweakers.