Jack Campbell Jr.

Author: jack

  • Whoops: A Cornell Woolrich Project

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    As many of you know, new speculative fiction has taken a backseat over the last year in favor of more writing training. I’ve been taking online classes through the University of California at Berkeley toward a certificate in writing. As a few of you know, I just accidentally posted part of a project for my…

  • Post-WorldCon Hangover

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    Wow…five days is a long time in con years. By the end of the week, it seemed like I had been there for most of my life, and I had trouble imagining a world that didn’t involve name tags with decorative ribbons, beer at lunch, and conversing with elaborately costumed individuals. This was my first…

  • World Science Fiction Convention Schedule

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    MidAmeriCon II is coming up sooner than you would think. The full programming schedule has been released on the MidAmeriCon website. You can find it HERE. I’ll have a reading on Thursday morning at 10:30. My plan is to read “Bottoms Up” which recently appeared in 9 Tales at the World’s End and will be part of…

  • A Love Letter (sort of) to Hastings

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    I bought my first screenwriting books (written by the legendary Syd Field) at Hastings. This began my foray in to creative writing. Prior to that, I was a visual and performance artist. The drum set and guitar sit dusty in the basement, and I haven’t picked up a paintbrush in years. My keyboard, on the…

  • Why Write Short Stories?

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    “So, why write short stories?” It was an innocent question and an understandable one, at that. I’d just completed a panel on navigating the world of short story submission. I’d told the crowd that short story writing is a tough gig. Acceptances are the exception. Rejection is a constant reality. The money is pretty much non-existent.…

  • ConQuest Wrap-up and $0.99 Sale

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    My collection, All Manner of Dark Things is still on sale for 99 cents on Kindle through Monday. You can check it out here. ConQuest is over. I’m tired, but I had a good time. There are a lot of people that I only see at ConQuest, although with WorldCon in Kansas City, 2016 might be…

  • ConQuest Kansas City Schedule

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    Memorial Day weekend is approaching, and that means two things: my birthday and ConQuest. I always have a lot of fun at the convention. I’ve met some good people there over the years, first as a fan and then as a writer. Last year, I took part in a bunch of panels. It was so…

  • Now Playing in Theater B and Enpower Comic Con

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    My latest short story publication “Blood and Dust” is available in Now Playing in Theater B from A Murder of Storytellers. The anthology is full of gritty horror from a bunch of great authors. It’s my second anthology with A Murder of Storytellers (Faed was the other). I am happy to be a part of the…

  • “Patchwork” in Typhon: A Monster Anthology

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      A while back, I took part in a story contest at LitReactor, a literary website that I frequent. The contest required us to produce an original monster and use our hometown as a setting. While my hometown area has always been a source of inspiration for me, “Patchwork” is the first story that I…

  • 2015 Writing Wrap-Up

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    The writing life is about putting one foot in front of the other. I took a lot of steps in 2015. Publishing-wise, this was my most successful year, yet. I’ve always built off previous years, but 2015 had a lot of great moments. “The Polka Man” came out in Faed from A Murder of Storytellers.…