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Travis D. Johnson

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Born

in Daytona Beach, Florida, The United States

February 09, 1979

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https://travisdjohnson.net/

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Fantasy, Horror, Poetry

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Robert Aickman, Hans Christian Andersen, Algernon Blackwood, Emily Bro ...more

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Travis D. Johnson lives in St. Augustine, Florida—the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the United States—where centuries of accumulated stories seep up through the ground.
He's been writing horror since age four and saw his poetry launched into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery at eleven. His work draws from pre-war country blues, silent cinema, medieval romance, and the darker corners of American folklore.
In 2025, he founded Frolic Press to publish uncanny literature and give new life to overlooked voices in weird fiction.
As a member of Tale Tellers of St. Augustine, a folklore society and storytellers' guild, he performs traditional folktales at events throughout the region. ...more

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	Conjure Wife: The 1943 Text by Fritz Leiber, Travis D. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ramsey Campbell (Introduction) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1943 — 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
	Blood Garlands 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2026 — 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
	Fearful Rock and Other Fantasies by Manly Wade Wellman, Zach George (Contributor), Travis D. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — expected publication 2026	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
	Flowering Evil and Other Stories by Margaret St. Clair, Jolie Toomajan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Travis D. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2026	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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I don't like Amazon. I especially don't like buying books from Amazon.
It's probably not necessary for me to tell you why I don't like Amazon; you've heard it before. In fact, it's not improbable that you feel the same way.
When I started a small press last year, I wondered whether it would be financially feasible to simply not sell through Amazon. I decided I ought to try.
Turns out I can't, really. Read more of this blog post »

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The White Horse

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A Sunny Place for Shady People

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“Raise not the poor frightened dead, lord, and wake not the mad, for life and reason are monsters which live by devouring that which gives them birth.”
― Poul Anderson, The Broken Sword

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“Yea,” she said, “but first must thou smite off his head, and lie it by his buttocks when he is in the earth; or evil things will happen else. This of the burying is no idle matter, I bid thee believe.”
― William Morris, The Wood Beyond the World

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“No point in it for me to try to run away from such a thing, and well I knew it. Turn and run from a hant or a devil, it runs after you. If it catches you, then what?”
― Manly Wade Wellman, John the Balladeer

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“Nay, it's not the Devil been leading her astray. It's books! That girl has been nothing but trouble ever since she learned how to read.”
― Anya Seton, The Winthrop Woman

tags: books-reading

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“If the world had carried on as it was, I might have given Pastor Dan a second chance after he showed me his demon collection.”
― Ivy Grimes, The Cellar Below the Cellar

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