Jackson Arthur
Horror Writer
About Jackson Arthur
After being brutally mauled by a dog as a toddler, Jackson Arthur grew up with a stutter, which caused him to be socially awkward. Instead of interacting with people, he chose to hide his nose in books, causing him to fall in love with fiction. At an early age, he began to read Goosebumps and Fear Street, before graduating to more adult novels like The Stand and The Green Mile. His love of scary stories blossomed into the desire to scare people himself.
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Jackson Arthur currently lives in Ohio with his wife, Daughter, mean cat, and old chinchilla.
A Splash of Crimson: Strange and Scary Stories
2020
When June King attempts suicide, a strange and impossible door is revealed to her. What horror lies beyond it? Is she ready to go? Will she have a choice?
A single father watches as his only child lies dying in a hospital bed. Desperate to save his daughter, he makes a deal with a strange young man. How far will he go to save his child?
As a young couple struggles with their collapsing relationship, an empty church at the edge of town invites them to venture within its walls, where horrible things await.
Explore these seven tales of the strange and macabre. Are you prepared to look death in the face? What awaits beyond the unfinished door? These stories not only take you into the heart of fear, but into what it means to forgive. Life and death are black and white, but what exists between is a splash of crimson.
Cellar Door: Short Horror Stories
2021
The voice of a strange man forces two young women into a fight for their very survival. Who is Dr. Brant? And what is the silent invasion?
Darryl Rashad can't sleep. Terrorized by dreams of a flesh-eating creature, he returns to his childhood home in search of answers and peace. During his search, he must face not only his past but the monsters that hide there.
Joseph Keppt has a good life. He has a successful career, a beautiful daughter, and a loving wife. But when he wakes up in a strange room, in a strange bed, he is not sure if he has awoken into a nightmare or if reality is not how he remembers it.
What terrifying tales lie beyond the cellar door? What creatures await to devour you? Will you open it? Are you brave enough?
They Come When They Are Called: Supernatural Stories
October 31, 2021
After a raging storm knocks out the power in the backwater town of Witch Elm, phantoms of the past return to once again carry out primitive vendettas. When a lonely boy's new best friend is struck by a careless driver, his fear and anguish breeches the veil between life and death. Strange and unnerving events unfold through a series of messages from a local school. And as a sorrow stricken father goes for a run following the untimely death of his son, he soon discovers that fate is guiding him toward something bigger than his own grief. These are just some of the haunting tales found in this thrilling collection of supernatural stories.
Giving Up Your Ghosts
August 25, 2022
Giving Up Your Ghosts is about Parker Hale, a young boy who is still recovering from a traumatic loss nearly two years before. The death of his father not only changed Parker’s life, but began a series of events that is shrouded in mystery and amnesia. Since the passing of his father, Parker’s mother has moved on, found a new boyfriend and birthed a new son, but Parker feels stuck in the past. Not only is he haunted by missing memory, but Parker is also taunted by strange nightmares, vivid illusions that might hold the key to his missing time. After befriending the new girl in town, Sarah Ann, Parker begins to unravel the truth. What happened the night his father died? And what secrets hide in Deep Shadow Forest?
The Temple of Battered Bones
October 20, 2023
Join the cult of Jackson Arthur fans with his bone-chilling new collection.
An alien intelligence controls the minds of a doomsday cult. Dark gods manipulate a serial killer. A jungle cult sacrifices tourists to a giant snake god. A shadow creature feeds on a hapless woman.
Be forewarned: as you step into The Temple of Battered Bones, these and other unique and spine-chilling tales will pull you deeper into its cryptic halls. Be prepared, for some who enter never truly leave…
"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves"