Jack Campbell Jr.

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  • “Assholes with Guns” in The Literary Hatchet #13

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    My short story “Assholes with Guns” is out in The Literary Hatchet #13. It’s a story about dangerous men, both young and old. I wrote it in a Noir class taught by Benjamin Whitmer (Cry, Father) that was hosted by LitReactor.com. The magazine is available now in both a free online PDF and in print.…

  • “A Gift of Flesh” at The Confabulator Cafe

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    My Christmas horror story “The Gift of Flesh” is now available at The Confabulator Cafe. It’s the story of a man who receives a strange cardboard box on his doorstep, and the madness that ensues. I hope you enjoy it. Have a great holiday season! http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2015/12/the-gift-of-flesh/

  • NaNoWriMo Week 2 at The Confabulator Cafe

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    I’ve been sick for a week, and it has significantly impacted my NaNoWriMo progress. You can read all about it in this weeks NaNoWriMo update at The Confabulator Cafe.  

  • NaNoWriMo Week 1 and Illumen Magazine

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    National Novel Writing Month is in full swing, and I am working on a new horror novel titled The Dream Catcher. How am I doing? Well, if you head over to The Confabulator Cafe, you can find out for yourself. A few days ago, I received a copy of the Autumn issue of Illumen, a speculative…

  • Longview Literary Festival

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    This Friday, I will be attending the Longview Literary Festival at Metropolitan Community College in Lee’s Summit, MO. It’s a one-day event, and I’ll be speaking on a couple of panels for “Combining History and Fiction” and “Writing in Multiple Genres.” There will also be panels and workshops on self-publishing, character creation, working with small…

  • A Return from Vacation and October’s Publishing Schedule

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    Almost two years ago, Sara and I decided to go on to a writer’s retreat in a haunted mansion in California. Sounds cool, right? We thought so, too. Then the location shut it down out of fear of being known as a haunted house. We were pretty devastated. We’d already sank quite a bit of…

  • All Manner of Dark Things, 99 Cents on Kindle, This Week

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    Ray Bradbury’s birthday is today. My writing process is essentially borrowed whole from Bradbury. His book Zen in the Art of Writing inspires me every time that I read it. My son’s birthday is tomorrow. Eight years ago, his birth changed my life, and he continues to inspire me every day. In honor of them, my book All…

  • Stay Classy, plus Sanitarium Magazine

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    No, this isn’t a post full of advice for navigating the stormy waters of social media, although my personal motto has always been “Try not to say stupid shit.” This isn’t a post on the author-reader relationship. See my previous motto for advice on that one. Today, I am going to talk about taking classes.…

  • A Confabulator Sneak Peek at The Rest of Us

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    A couple of months ago, I woke up from a dream. All the rich people in the world had hopped on rocket ships, destined for some Martian colony. I’m not a psychologist, so I can’t speculate on the mental mechanisms that caused such a thing. Was it all the talk of the one percent? NPR…

  • “The Red House” at The Confabulator Cafe

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    Some of you might not know that The Confabulator Cafe has a meeting once a month. In that meeting, we decide what prompt we are going to use for the stories the next month. Around the same time, Clarkesworld editor Neil Clarke shared a wordle of the story titles submitted to his magazine. It’s pretty…