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John Ashley is a freelance writer and indie author who lives in Springfield, Missouri. What started as a love for ghost stories and Goosebumps books turned into a lifelong passion for all things horror, and writing horror books is the bloody, beating heart of that passion. When he’s not writing, John enjoys watching sports, spending time outdoors, and hanging out with his wife and their three pets.

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When Angels Bleed

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I’ll say upfront that slashers are not typically my favorite horror subgenre, but this novel was so well-done I loved it anyway. It features exquisite prose, characters that come alive on the page, and, of course, a whole lot of brutal kills.

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This was an excellent horror short story! I love it when a story combines real-life horrors with supernatural horror, and The Broken Cord does this beautifully. It weaves together the horrors faced by immigrants to the United States in the early 1900 ...more
When Angels Bleed by John  Ashley
"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴

Jason Baker is a murderer on the run. After days of travel he stumbles upon the farm of Benjamin Parker, who has been trapped for decades. But soon, Jason learns that this is no ordinary farm. It is a beacon f" Read more of this review »
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"As a mom, this story hit me HARD. After losing her husband, a young widow has devoted her entire life, no, her essence of being, straight to her daughter Emma. Plagued by anxiety and paranoia, the mom does her best to fend off the demon in her attic," Read more of this review »
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Human-on-human horror (I'm sure there's a name for the subgenre that I'm unaware of) isn't typically my thing, but I do pick them up sometimes. And I'm really glad I read this one!

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I love the Saw movies, so I knew after learning the premise that I was going to enjoy this one. And it didn't disappoint!

There's a lot of fun, creative kills, and I enjoyed all the art references too. It kind of reminded me of another horror novel I
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" Hi Hannah! First of all, thank you so much for your rating and review. I don't normally respond to reviews (in fact, this is the first time I ever hav ...more "
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Each of the poems in this collection was a thought-provoking insight into the minds of people who suffer from phobias. Beautifully written and dread-inducing!
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“there was still some magic buried deep in this old world, and if you did things just right, in just the precise order, you could touch it sometimes.”
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“If she was withdrawn, it was only because whatever world she had fashioned within her imagination was where she preferred to be.”
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“That’s another lie, though. Another one of those cases where the truth is too terrible to tell. ”
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