James Arthur Moore is an American
horror
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novelist
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and
short story
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writer.
In 2003, he was nominated for a
Bram Stoker Award for
"Best Novel" for his book ''Serenity Falls''. In 2006, the novella ''
Bloodstained Oz
''Bloodstained Oz'' is a '' Wizard of Oz'' related novella by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore, and it was illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne. It was published as a limited edition hardcover by Earthling Publications in 2006. It comes with an ...
'' (co-authored by
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
) was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for
"Best Long Fiction". He wrote the
novelization
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of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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's ''
Chaos Bleeds'' (based on the video game written by Christopher Golden). Many of his books have been released by small press publishers like
Earthling
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,
Cemetery Dance as signed hardcover limited editions.
He also has done a lot of
Collectible card game
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and
Role-playing game
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related work for
White Wolf, Inc including writing manuals, storyteller's guides, short stories, modules, and novels.
Selected bibliography
Novels and novellas
*''
Subject Seven'' (Razorbill, 2011)
*''Vendetta'' (Morning Star Press, 2009)
*''Deeper'' (Hardcover: Necessary Evil Press, 2008; Paperback: Berkley, 2009)
:"Dear Diary" - a short story available as a PDF download from Necessary Evil Press that involves a character from the novel ''Deeper''
*''Little Boy Blue'' - a limited edition chapbook (2008, Bloodletting Press)
*''The Haunted Forest Tour'' - Co-authored by
Jeff Strand
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(
Earthling Publications
Earthling Publications is an American small press run by Paul Miller and specialising in limited edition books in the horror and dark fantasy genres.
In 2003, Earthling won the Horror Writers Association Specialty Press Award.
Books published b ...
, late 2007)
*''Blood Red'' (Earthling Publications, 2005 and
Berkley Books
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History
Berkley Books began as an independent company in 1955. It was founded as "Chic News Company" by Charles Byrne and Frederick Klein, who had worked for Avon; they quickly renamed it Berk ...
, 2007)
:"Blood Tide" (Earthling Publications, 2005) - A
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(250 copies) short story that was given away for free at the
World Horror Convention in 2005. It also serves as a prologue to ''Blood Red''.
*''Newbies'' (Smooch, 2004)
*''
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds'' (
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2003)
*''Fireworks'' (
Meisha Merlin Publishing
Meisha Merlin Publishing was an independent publishing company founded in 1996 by former New York book editor Stephen Pagel and Kevin and Brian Murphy. The Decatur, Georgia–based company specialized in publishing fantasy and science fiction t ...
, 2001 and
Leisure Books
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, 2003)
*''Under the Overtree'' (Meisha Merlin Publishing, 2000 and Leisure Books, 2002)
Bloodstained series
*''
Bloodstained Oz
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'' - Co-authored by
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
(Earthling Publications, 2006)
*''Bloodstained Wonderland'' - contracted and slated (not yet published)
*''Bloodstained Neverland'' - contracted and slated (not yet published)
Chris Corin series
#''Possessions'' (Leisure Books, 2004)
#''Rabid Growth'' (Leisure Books, 2005)
''Harvest'' series
#"Harvest Moon/Harvest Gods" -
short story
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published in ''Slices''
#"Bone Harvest" - Chapbook limited to 500 copies published by
Cemetery Dance Publications, 2008
#"Patchwork" - 300 copy Limited edition
novelette
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(Bloodletting Press, 2008)
#''Harvest Moon'' (
Cemetery Dance Publications, 2006)
#"Shades of Gray" - short story published in ''Slices'' (involves a character from the novel ''Harvest Moon'')
''Serenity Falls'' "trilogy"
This series was originally released as one book published by
Meisha Merlin Publishing
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in 2003. Jove publishing got the rights to it and reprinted them in an expanded and extended form as three separate books in 2005. There is more story in the new Jove printings.
*''Serenity Falls'' (Meisha Merlin Publishing, 2003)
#''Writ in Blood'' (Jove, May 2005)
#''The Pack'' (Jove, June 2005)
#''Dark Carnival'' (Jove, July 2006)
''Seven Forges'' series
#''Seven Forges'' (Angry Robot, September 2013)
#''The Blasted Lands'', Seven Forges Book II (Angry Robot, June 2014)
#''City of Wonders'', Seven Forges Book III (Angry Robot, November 2015)
#''The Silent Army'', Seven Forges Book IV (Angry Robot, May 2016)
#''The Godless'', Seven Forges Book V (Angry Robot, September 2021)
#''The War Born'', Seven Forges Book VI (Angry Robot, August 2023)
Tides of War series
# The Last Sacrifice (Jan 2017)
# Fallen Gods (July 2018)
# Gates of the Dead (Jan 2019)
Short stories, anthologies, and collections
*''Slices'' - a short story collection (Earthling Publications, 2009). Contains the following:
:"Greasepainted Smile"
:"Shades of Gray" (Original to this collection)
:"War Stories"
:"Skinwalker"
:"Simon's Muse"
:"A Place where there is Peace"
:"In the Oubliette" (original to this collection)
:"Hathburn Avenue"
:"My Brother's Keeper" (original to this collection)
:"The Dark Place"
:"Harvest Gods"
:Story Notes
*''
Short Trips: Destination Prague'' - A
Doctor Who
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anthology featuring the short story "Room for Improvement" (
Big Finish Productions
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, 2007)
*''Halloween: New Poems'' - a poetry anthology edited by
Al Sarrantonio
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that contains the poems "They Grow Pumpkins Down There," "Jack's Lantern," and "Autumn" (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2009)
*''The Big Book of NECON", a collection editied by Bob Booth that features the piece "Virtually Perfect" (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2009)
*''British Invasion'' - anthology co-edited by James A. Moore,
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
, and
Tim Lebbon featuring
Kealan Patrick Burke,
Ramsey Campbell
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and many others (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2009)
*''Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror'' - an anthology edited by Ryan C. Thomas that contains the story "Whatever Became of Randy" (Permuted Press, 2009)
=Digital chapbooks
=
*''Discarded Blessings'' - a digital-only
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collection (Darkside Digital, 2009). Contains the following short stories:
**"Discards"
**"Mary's Blessing"
*"The Walker Place" - digital only chapbook (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2009)
*"Home for the Holidays" - digital only chapbook (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2008)
Gaming related works
Most, if not all, of these are set in White Wolf's
World of Darkness
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'' Vampire: The Eternal Struggle''
*''House of Secrets'' (a novel co-authored by
Kevin Andrew Murphy
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Education
He is a graduate of University of California at Santa Cruz and has a Master of Arts from University of Southern California.
Career
He has written g ...
)
'' Vampire: The Masquerade''
*''Berlin By Night'', a supplement for ''Vampire: The Masquerade''
*''Vampire Players Guide Second Edition'', includes
:"Creative Combat," (an essay)
:"The Samedi"
*''World of Darkness 2''
*''Storyteller's Guide''
*''
Demon Hunter X''
*''Vampire Deluxe Edition''
*"Necromancy" section of the ''Thaumaturgy'' book.
'' Werewolf: The Apocalypse''
*''Werewolf: Hell-Storm'' (novel)
*''When Will You Rage?'' (short story included)
*''
Book of the Wyrm'', sections including:
:''Enticers''
:''Thunderwyrms''
:"The First Ronin"
:"Phantasmi, Bitter Rages"
:"Oases"
:"Dangerous Toys"
*''Book of the Wyrm, Second Edition''
*''The Valkenburg Foundation'' includes his story "Skins," (reprinted in ''Werewolf Chronicles Volume 1'').
*''The Werewolf Players Guide'', sections including:
:"Why the Garou Run in Packs" (short story)
:"The Get of Fenris"
:"The Wendigo"
:"The Nuwisha (Werecoyote)"
:"Ananasi (Werespider)" (with Brett Brooks)
:"Do You Need a Pack?" (essay)
*''The Werewolf Players Guide, Second Edition''
*''Storyteller's Handbook''
*"In Dreams and Nightmares," for the ''Rage Across The Amazon'' supplement
*"The Black Forest Sept" for the ''
Caerns: Places of Power'' supplement (reprinted in ''Werewolf Chronicles Volume 2'').
*''Three Short adventures for the Werewolf Storytellers' Screen''
*''Outcasts''
*''The Get Of Fenris Tribebook''
*''
Freak Legion: A Player's Guide to Fomori''
*''Nuwisha''
*''
Werewolf: The Wild West''
*''Werewolf: The Wild West Companion''
*''Werewolf: The Wild West Tales from the Trails, Mexico''
''
Mage: The Ascension
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''
*"Harvest Time" (an adventure for the ''Chantries'' supplement)
*''
The Book of Shadows: The Mage Players Hand Book'', sections including:
:"The Euthanatos"
:"The Hollow Ones"
:"Orphans"
:"The Nephandi"
*''The Chaos Factor'' (sourcebook and adventure for Mage)
*''Book of Madness''
*''Book of Worlds''
'' Wraith: The Oblivion''
*''
Necropolis: Atlanta''
*''
Haunts'' (about Hermitage Castle)
*''Dark Kingdom of Jade Adventures: "Hiroshima"''
:"Mediums" (short story)
*''Wraith: The Oblivion, Second Edition''
*''Wraith Players Guide''
*''Shadow Players Guide''
*''Legions''
*''
The Great War''
'' Changeling: The Dreaming''
*''Changeling Players Guide''
*''
Dreams and Nightmares
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*''
Land of Eight Million Dreams
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''
White Wolf Magazine
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History
While still in high school, Stewart Wieck and Steve Wieck decided to self-publish their own magazine, and Steve chose the name "White Wolf" a ...
''
*Issue #40 contains the short story "A Psychological Profile on Samuel Haight."
*Issues #42- #44 included a three part ''
Werewolf: The Apocalypse'' adventure.
Comic books
* ''Clive Barker's Hellraiser'' issue #15 featured "Of Love, Cats and Curiosity" (James A. Moore's debut publication)
References and links
James A. Moore's official webpage*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070927224906/http://www.cemeterydance.com/sh/moore01.html James Moore's ''Harvest Moon'' at Cemetery Dance Publishing (includes limited edition information)*
Bram Stoker Award nominees 2006also as a PDFREVIEW : Seven Forges*
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1965 births
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American short story writers
American horror writers
American male novelists
American male short story writers
Chapbook writers
Living people
Role-playing game designers
Role-playing game writers