Jack Rollins's Blog

Hi, it's been a couple of years since I last had a website that included a blog, so if you only follow me on Goodreads, I'm afraid you've missed a lot of updates.

I've love you to come and join me in the Jack Rollins Readers' Club. I write out my club members once or twice a month with updates, book, movie, and TV recommendations, special offers including discounted and free books. I also give you a notification of special pricing for new work on the day of release - 99p/99c for about 24 hours. That's not all - how about strictly limited, signed 1st edition paperbacks? Readers' Club members get first dibs on those! What's more, you can email me back and spark up a conversation.

But my favourite bit? You can read 'Tender Morsels', a story set in my Victorian Vampire Chronicles series - FREE and exclusive when you join the club. We're all waiting for you, so you can always tap/click here to join today!

Alice J. Black Returns!

Alice J. Black returns to talk about the collected edition of her Soulseekers series. Along the way we talk about her influences for some aspects of the characters, supernatural experiences and saying goodbye to characters we've come to love.

Alice J. Black Author Bio

Alice lives and works in the North East of England with her partner and slightly ferocious cats! Alice has always enjoyed writing from being a child when she used to carry notebooks and write stories no matter ...

J. R. Park

In this episode I chat with horror writer J. R. Park about his inspirations and ideas, taking a route through Top Trumps, video nasties and poetry. He talks about collaborating with Matt Shaw on films, his upcoming writing projects, and how he has developed his work through experimenting within the genre.

J. R. Park Biography

J. R. Park is an author of horror fiction and runs the independent horror press, Sinister Horror Company. Described as ‘the mad professor screaming in his laborato...

Dion Winton-Polak

This episode features Dion Winton-Polak, freelance editor at The Fine-Toothed Comb. We discuss the various types of edits involved in polishing up a manuscript, and why each level is important. On top of being a lovely chat with a thoroughly pleasant bloke, this episode is great for writers who want to know more about the editing process, or who are considering hiring an editor, but want to know what to look for. It’s also an interesting look behind the curtain for those curiou...

Kevin J. Kennedy

This episode features Kevin J. Kennedy, a writer whose career trajectory is soaring. He started out writing short horror stories a few years ago and quickly found his work alongside some huge names in dark fiction (including Ramsey Campbell and Neil Gaiman), He invited authors to submit work for some anthologies he wanted to publish and began a journey that would see him release a string of Amazon best-sellers. This episode is full of writing and publishing tips for those trying ...

Michael Bray

This episode features a long-overdue catch-up with dark fiction author Michael Bray. Predominantly a horror writer, Michael’s early work was snapped up by publishers and his career is poised to take further leaps in the next year or so. We chat about the new edition of his first novel Whisper, publishers, agents and ghosts! This is a great episode if you want to know more about a great horror writer, or if you’re a writer who wants to know a little more about what agents look for.

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Matt Shaw

I met Matt through his horror fiction, where he’s carved out a reputation as one of the most brutal writers of extreme horror in the business. His drive and entrepreneurial spirit are second-to-none. When he started building momentum with his film making career, I wondered how he would manage to juggle everything he has going on without burning out or losing momentum with his writing. Here we chat about his experiences as an actor, writer, director and producer, the importance of learni...

Kristina Gallo

Kristina Gallo is the first international guest on the podcast. A blogger in her home country Croatia, she has written a series of self-help books, as well as horror, thriller and romance fiction. She talks about the learning curve of working with international editors on her English-language books, her preference for darker characters, and the real-life inspirations for some of her stories.

Kristina Gallo Author Bio

I was born in Karlovac, Croatia. I published my first story 3 years...

Lex H. Jones

Lex is a writer with a diverse body of work. With supernatural horror stories, a noir novel, a literary fantasy novel and a children’s book under his belt, you could almost say he has something for everyone. We chat about the importance of childhood imagination and play in the formation of storytelling skills, his current projects, we look back at his first adult novel (Nick and Abe) and children’s book (The Old One and the Sea) and much, much more.

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Kyle M. Scott

Kyle is one of the first horror writers I met in the online horror community. After appearing in horror anthology Carnage: Extreme Horror together, we have remained firm friends and supporters of each other’s work. The author of one of my favorite horror books: Devil’s Day, Kyle’s work is often undeniably violent, but the violence portrayed on the page is only part of the cocktail that elicits raw emotional reactions from his readers.

We talk about the limits of the extremes of horro...