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Jack was born in Portsmouth, U.K. in 1989. One June day in 2021, the impulse to write a short story came to him suddenly after a particularly vivid nightmare. That first short story, The Cat’s Meat Man, was published in a horror anthology several months later. More stories followed, and by the end of the summer, he had a total of ten short stories, one novelette, and three poems to his name which were subsequently published as a collection by Blood Rites Publishing in January 2022. That collection was Ripper Country.

In the autumn of 2021, Jack self-published the short stories React and Driving in the Dark, both of which were met with largely positive reviews. His second collection of short stories, Dark Lines, was published in the spring of ...more

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	Driving in the Dark 3.32 avg rating — 1,831 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	React 4.22 avg rating — 232 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Lines 4.06 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slice of Paradise: A Beach Vacation Horror Anthology by Ben Long (Editor), Andrew Robert (Editor), Craig Wallwork (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ripper Country 4.46 avg rating — 162 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil's Mountain 3.67 avg rating — 167 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terror in the Trench: An Anthology of Aquatic Horror (Dead Seas, #1) by Jay Alexander (Editor), Laurel Hightower (Goodreads Author), Kay Hanifen 3.86 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pulp Harvest by Nick Harper (Editor), Aiden Merchant (Goodreads Author), Carla Eliot (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 60 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Funny Little Games 4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warning Signs 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Hoping that wherever he was, he would find his way back to her. That, one day, he would finally make it home.”
― Jack Harding, Driving in the Dark

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“A kaleidoscope of butterflies suddenly hatched into life and fluttered around and against the walls of his stomach.”
― Jack Harding, Driving in the Dark

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“A survivor from the terrible crash that all but took Riley Coupland from this world on a cold winter’s evening four years ago this very night.”
― Jack Harding, Driving in the Dark

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