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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: 4.65 · 51 ratings · 45 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
	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
	The Day the Sky Died 4.38 avg rating — 13 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 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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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
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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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Jason Garman liked Christine Bode's review of The Day the Sky Died: " “Some doors should remain closed. Some discoveries should never survive the moment of their discovery. And some things… Some things should not be.” Jason Garman, author of Reflections in the Dark, which I reviewed earlier this year, provided me wi" Read more of this review »
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Jason Garman liked Rhys Evans's review of The Day the Sky Died: "The Day the Sky Died is an intriguing sci-fi/mystery thriller that does a great job building an unsettling atmosphere. The story gradually mixes strange discoveries, unexplained phenomena, and personal drama, keeping the mystery engaging. I especiall" Read more of this review »
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Jason Garman liked Rachel's review of The Day the Sky Died: "This is the third book by Jason that I have read and all of them have captivated me… This one however, really had me wondering what was going to happen next and I absolutely loved where the story took me and how it came full circle at the end!! Again," Read more of this review »
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