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Jason Garman

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Born

in Peoria, IL, The United States

Website

https://jasongarman.carrd.co/

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Genre

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Influences

David Lynch, Mark Z. Danielewski, John Langan, Stephen King, Clive Bar ...more

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October 2025

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Jason Garman is the author of Reflections in the Dark: A Horror-Noir, a psychological thriller set in Chicago where reality begins to fracture at the edges. His work blends crime fiction with surreal, unsettling horror—drawing inspiration from the atmospheric dread of Twin Peaks, the procedural grit of The X-Files, and the psychological weight of modern noir.

He is the creator of the “Elsewhere Fold,” an ongoing story universe exploring fractured identity, mirrored realities, and the thin line between perception and truth. His fiction is known for its cinematic tone, slow-building tension, and moments of stark, haunting imagery.

Garman lives in Illinois with his family, where he continues to develop new entries in the Reflections in the Dark ...more

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Average rating: 4.64 · 59 ratings · 51 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Reflections in the Dark by Jason Garman (Goodreads Author), Mario Nevado (Illustrator) 4.65 avg rating — 23 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
	The Day the Sky Died 4.48 avg rating — 21 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
	Viscera Varnish: A Novella 4.87 avg rating — 15 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

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How a Failed Short Story Became a Novella

On June 30, my new novella, Viscera Varnish, will be released.

Part literary horror, part psychological suspense, and part dark character study, Viscera Varnish explores artistic obsession, identity, ambition, and the dangerous pursuit of authenticity. It’s a story about creation, transformation, and what happens when the desire to make something meaningful begins to consume the person doing the cr Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 16, 2026 08:49 • Tags: horror, indie-author, mystery, psychological-horror, thriller

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Jason Garman rated a book it was amazing Libby Lives by Ali Toothman	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
Libby Lives is a fast read in the best possible way, not simply because of its length or pacing, but because of how quickly it makes you invested in Libby, her relationships, and what happens to her. It's brutal, emotional, surprisingly intimate, and ...more
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Jason Garman is now following Ali Toothman Author of Libby Lives
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Jason Garman rated a book it was amazing We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (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
We Used to Live Here is exactly my kind of horror: surreal, bizarre, deeply unsettling, and completely uninterested in explaining itself to death. What begins with an incredibly simple and uncomfortable premise, a family showing up at a couple's house ...more
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Jason Garman liked A.C. Hessenauer's review of The Day the Sky Died: "I had the pleasure of Beta reading and providing feedback for The Day the Sky Died. I've read all of Garman's works, which will appeal to fans of cosmic horror and mind-bending surrealism. I love Jason's ability to add a layer of Lovecraftian inspire" Read more of this review »
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Jason Garman liked Sheena Garrett's review of The Day the Sky Died: "Review of eARC provided by author. The sense of dread throughout this story is persistent and keeps the reader in a chokehold. It kept me going, chapter after chapter, wanting more, wanting to read the 1968 journal for myself. While I was left wantin" Read more of this review »
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Jason Garman rated a book it was amazing Much Too Vulgar by Viggy Parr Hampton (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
Much Too Vulgar is dark, grotesque, transgressive, psychologically messy and one of the funniest books I’ve read in a while. At its center is Keely Rexroth, a brilliant pre-med student whose intelligence is matched only by her narcissism, resentment, ...more
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Jason Garman rated a book it was amazing Experimental Film by Gemma Files (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
Experimental Film became more fascinating to me the deeper I went into it. On the surface, Gemma Files gives us an incredibly compelling mystery: film critic and historian Lois Cairns discovers what appears to be footage connected to Iris Whitcomb, an ...more
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Jason Garman rated a book it was amazing The Troop by Nick Cutter (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
The Troop has a reputation for being brutal, disgusting, and relentlessly graphic—and it absolutely earns it. But reducing Nick Cutter’s novel to “the gross killer-worm book” sells it incredibly short. Beneath all that body horror is a surprisingly t ...more
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Jason Garman rated a book it was amazing Vespera: A Novel by Rhys Evans	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
Vespera starts with a premise that will feel familiar to science-fiction readers: Earth is in trouble, humanity is running out of resources, and an expedition is sent to a distant planet in search of something that might save us. What impressed me wa ...more
Aug 21, 2026 11:04AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Jason Garman made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — The Day the Sky Died assigned to wrong author profile topic " Hi! I’m the author of The Day the Sky Died. The book was automatically added to Goodreads, but it has been associated with a separate Jason Garman aut ...more "
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