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Jessica Gleason

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in Oak Park, IL, The United States

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Poetry, Horror, Fantasy

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Jessica Gleason finds writing horror therapeutic. So, she puts her nightmares to paper for your enjoyment. As a Hawaiian-Italian, she often draws from her cultural background and lived experience to bring occult-flavored and slasheriffic horror to life. If you look hard enough, you can catch her singing hair metal karaoke somewhere between Chicago and Milwaukee. Her daytime persona is a college professor in the American Midwest. Jessica's recent releases include “Playing Hooky” (Unnerving Books), and “The Dangerous Miss Ventriloquist” (Evil Cookie Publishing). Follow her on Instagram or Threads (@j.g.writes), where she hosts the #WeWriteHorror challenge.

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	The Fabulous Miss Fortune (Jessica Gleason Books) 3.50 avg rating — 145 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
	The Dangerous Miss Ventriloquist (Jessica Gleason Books Book 2) 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — 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
	Madison Murphy, Wisconsin Weirdo 3.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Playing Hooky 3.94 avg rating — 16 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
	Easy Bake Covenant by Jessica Gleason (Goodreads Author), Maciej Kamuda (Illustrator) 4.64 avg rating — 11 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
	Sundown on this Town 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Madison Murphy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Damned Before Breakfast it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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
	Wreckollections: Restrained Cries of the Past by Jessica Gleason (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ), Joshua Vise (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.D. Capelli (Contributor ) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Damned Before Daylight it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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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The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own

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Fun is such a strange word to use when reviewing horror, but this was fun. I was immediately drawn in to Marion's narrative. I am a Psycho fan. I don't know whether or not that played a role in my enjoyment or not, but I wanted to make sure to mentio ...more
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As a professor, I was drawn to this book. Sadly, my professor life is much less adventurous and there are no french fry loving racoons. It's been a minute since I read an urban fantasy but this one was a great way to get back into the sub-genre. It st ...more
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Jessica Gleason rated a book it was amazing Body Count by Codie Crowley (Goodreads Author)	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
Codie Crowley knows how to have fun. Body count is a wild ride, complete with pool-dwelling evil spirits, wishes gone wrong, and a whole heap of chaotic mayhem. The fact that Crowley was able to intertwine a sapphic love story of some kind is really ...more
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This was fun. I didn't know I needed a D&D horror collection until now. I enjoyed seeing how many different takes there were on the subject matter (using the name Kai and some D&D dice) and loved how much variety this short collection was able to pac ...more
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