James Harper

A transplanted native in a city full of them, James Harper is an international bestselling horror writer working in Washington DC. The first two volumes of his horror collection, now on the Amazon best sellers list, Love Craft & Other Weird Tales and Cathy Hulu & Other Weird Tales just launched. “Area Code 666” can be found in What If #4 Halloween Edition, edited by Erika M. Szabo. The time travel/horror story, “Your Fondest Wish,” saw just reprint in Ruth & Ann’s Guide to Time Travel, Volume II, edited by Ann Stolinsky and Ruth Littner. The extreme horror story, "Book of Cambyses, God Killer," appears in Moonday Mag #2, edited by Caridad Cole. His horror/sci fi story, "Second Newton," can be found in LegionPress, edited by Shebat Legion. His novella, "Sultrazusthra," is published in Dark Horses #18, from Hobb's End Press, edited by Wayne Kyle Spitzer. "Frankenstein at the Tomb of the Merlins,"appears in Abominable: Anthology of Monster Stories, from Wicked Shadow Press, edited by Parth Sarathi Chakraborty. "Bells & Whistles," can be found in Demonic Medicine: Take Your Pills!, from 4 Horsemen Publications, edited by S.L. Vargas. His novelette, "DO NOT OPEN," appears in The Trick is to Keep Breathing, edited by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka. "Death Before Birth," another novelette, can be found in Dark Horses Magazine #2, edited by Wayne Kyle Spitzer. "Eighth Deadly Sin," appears in Madame Gray's Vault of Gore, edited by Gerri R. Gray for HellBound Books. October 2020 also saw the publication of "The Underneath" in Books of Horror Community Anthology, Volume 3, Part 1, edited by R.J. Roles and Jason Myers and "Broking Bodies" in Terror Unleashed, edited by Ramsey Scott for Skywatcher Press. "Mortal Limits," can be found in Unbreakable Ink, edited by Shebat Legion. "Krokodil" appears in Little Demons Digest, Volume 3, edited by Martin Fisher. His horror story, "Cathy Hulu," appears in the third volume of the Lovecraftiana Omnibus from Rogue Planet Press. Originally, it can be found in Lovecraftiana, Vol. 3, No.1, edited by Gavin Chappell. "The Ring on the Roof," is published in Kitchen Sink Gothic 2 from Parallel Universe Publications, edited by David A. & Linden Riley. His "Noonday Devil" appears in the award-winning Gargoyle #70, DC's most prestigious literary magazine. "Got One Heart," can be found in Ink Stains, Volume 12 from Dark Alley Press, edited by N. Apythia Morges. "Frankenstein at the Tomb of the Merlins," appears in Anatomy of Hate, edited by Karen Otto. "Your Fondest Wish" can be found in 19 Gates of Hell, edited by Rookie Burwick. "The Thing from Hell World," a hard sci fi/horror story, is published in EconoClash Review #2, edited by J.D. Graves. It saw reprint in Spawn of Nightmares: The Undead and The Restless, edited by Brody Butcher. "The Exquisite Genius of Ichiro," appears in Fierce Tales: Shadow Realms, edited by Jeffrey Blehar. "Madman Across the Water," can be found in Year’s Best Body Horror 2017, an Amazon bestselling anthology from Gehenna & Hinnom, edited by C.P. Dunphey. "For Every Sound That Floats" is published in Deadman's Tome Real American Horror, edited by Jesse Dedman. "Reptoid" appears in Black Candy: A Halloween Anthology of Horror by Jaded Books Publishing, edited by Kasey Hill. It’s reprinted in Spawn of Nightmares: Meet the Monsters, edited by Brody Butcher. The short story, "Death Ray," can be found in Busted Lip, the inaugural anthology from Fat-Lip Press. The short story version of his novel, Love Craft, is collected in Swallowed by the Beast, an anthology edited by Samie Sands. His novelette, "Return of the Caledonians," appears in The Corpse Candle and Other Nightmares, edited by Patrick Dotson. In addition, it appears in the Halloween anthology, Tales of Horror on Halloween Night, edited by Samie Sands. He has a short story, "Just for One Day," in the anthology Stress City: A Big Book of Fiction by 51 DC Guys, edited by Richard Peabody.