Jack Campbell Jr.

Category: Writing

  • Quote Me on That

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    Quote Me on That It wasn’t that long ago that I was sort of the quote guy. I used quotes at the beginning of every post, both here and on The Confabulator Cafe. This week, the Cafe asked me to write about quotes and whether or not I keep a log of interesting ones for…

  • “TAG” is up at The Confabulator Cafe

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    “TAG” is up at The Confabulator Cafe My latest Confabulator Cafe story is available at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/07/tag-flash-fiction/ “TAG” is based on the prompt of creating a story around a series of letters. My story involves a series of Post-It notes and police reports, which are essentially letters themselves. Honestly, writing this story wasn’t much fun for me.…

  • Strange New Directions: The Importance of Research

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    In my blog this week at The Confabulator Cafe, I wrote about research for writers and share my experience with researching the ancient pueblo people known as the Anasazi for a short story that will be appearing in Bete Noire Magazine this October. You can check it out here: http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/06/strange-new-directions-the-importance-of-research/

  • “Bloodline” is now available in Hungur Magazine

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    My short story “Bloodline” is now available in Hungur Magazine, a horror magazine devoted to variations on vampires put out by White Cat Publications. Be sure to pick up the latest issue (number 16) and check it out. http://www.whitecatpublications.com/products-page/horror/hungur/ I don’t write many stories with the traditional monster tropes. I am pretty proud of this one,…

  • Book Review: House of Leaves

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    House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski My rating: 5 of 5 stars House of Leaves isn’t so much a book as a literary amusement park. Most books, I could explain the plot, and while you may not experience the writing style, you will get the idea. House of Leaves is barely explainable in text.…

  • “Last Dance” – Free Confabulator Cafe Fiction

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    I have a new story available at The Confabulator Cafe. I wrote the original version of “Last Dance” for the Story-In-A-Bag contest at ConQuest 44. The idea of Story-In-A-Bag is that you have one hour to write a story based on five cards you pull out of bags for your plot, a character, a prop,…

  • Book Review: Southern Gods

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    Southern Gods I met John Hornor Jacobs at ConQuest 44 in Kansas City. He was on a panel I attended and had some things to say about writing that I strongly supported. He spoke a little bit about his debut novel, Southern Gods. I bought it from a bookstore in the dealer room, and made it…

  • Review: Benjamin Percy’s Red Moon

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    Red Moon: A Novel by Benjamin Percy My rating: 4 of 5 stars Benjamin Percy is a fantastic, talented writer. His prose is tight and descriptive. He’s got great imagery and you never question his characters’ motivations. I enjoyed this novel. It has a weight to it that we are sometimes missing in the horror…

  • “Hatched” is now available in Dark Eclipse #21

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    My flash fiction story “Hatched” appears in issue twenty-one of the horror e-magazine Dark Eclipse from Dark Moon Books. You can get your own copy on Kindle at Amazon for only $1.99. It’s a short, simple story, but I am proud of it. Be sure to check it out. Dark Eclipse #21 – The Dark…

  • There Ain’t No Road Too Long

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    There Ain’t No Road Too Long Everyone has their way to tackle initial revisions. Those early modifications don’t get that baby walking. It’s more like cleaning the thing up moments after birth. Still, rewriting is the most important part of writing, and my philosophy on rewriting is simple. If it’s none done, keep working. Read…