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James Brogden

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James Brogden is a writer of horror and dark fantasy. A part-time Australian who grew up in Tasmania and the Cumbrian Borders, he has since escaped to Birmingham UK and now lives in the Jewellery Quarter. When not writing he can usually be found up a hill, poking around stone circles and burial mounds. A recovering ex-teacher and lego addict, he is owned by two cats who do not approve of this nonsense.

His short stories have appeared in various anthologies and periodicals ranging from The Big Issue to the BFS Award-Winning Alchemy Press. His novel 'The Plague Stones' was shortlisted for the August Derleth Award in 2021 and his most recent novella, ‘The Dwimfolk’ was published by PS Publishing in October 2025. He is currently writing for Warh
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James Brogden I lived in Sheffield for a big chunk of my childhood, then the wilds of the Borders. Whereabouts are you?
James Brogden Hi Doug - wow, that is quite a flattering list to be on. Thanks! Glad you're liking the stories. I think the historical details behind them are really…moreHi Doug - wow, that is quite a flattering list to be on. Thanks! Glad you're liking the stories. I think the historical details behind them are really important because we're all the products of our own personal pasts, and the same goes for places. I'm a very VERY amateur history buff and I probably make loads of mistakes but people have been too polite to tell me about them. (less)
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Today I made jam - a dozen jars from blackberries I foraged in the country lanes around Bromsgrove. That's nearly 6 kilos, which might sound like a lot but I'm kidding myself that it'll last until Christmas.

It's also the first of September, 2024. Yesterday, after 30 years in the classroom, my teaching contract expired and now I can finally embark on my dream career as a penniless writer be

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We've just finished the second season of The Vinland Saga, so the Norse mythology at the heart of this book felt like home. James Brogden is a fantastic horror writer, and it's a crying shame that this has had to be self-published."
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"This is the first time I've read anything from James Brogden and this eerie, sea-soaked folk horror was a brilliant place to start!
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I really enjoyed this, what a fantastic read well written and a great story about ordinary people fighting for their loved ones."
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“Fane would kill him itself and solve everybody’s problems.”
James Brogden, The Narrows

“You can’t go waking up the past and expect it to lie down again when it comes after you.”
James Brogden, Hekla's Children

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