{"id":16,"date":"2011-09-18T21:25:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T21:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2022-05-07T03:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T03:04:17","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Chambers_001-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Chambers_001-215x300.jpg 215w, http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Chambers_001-768x1071.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Chambers_001-734x1024.jpg 734w, http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Chambers_001.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>James Chambers is a Bram Stoker award-winning author of horror, crime, fantasy, and science fiction stories. He wrote the Bram Stoker Award-winning graphic novel, <em>Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe. <\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>He is the author of\u00a0 seven short story collections, including <em>The\u00a0Engines of Sacrifice<\/em>, a collection of four Lovecraftian-inspired novellas published by Dark Regions Press which <em>Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<\/em> described as &#8220;&#8230;chillingly evocative&#8230;&#8221; in a starred review. Booklist called his collection <em>On the Night Border<\/em> &#8220;a thoroughly satisfying collection, for a wide audience of horror fans,&#8221; and gave another of his collections, On the Hierophant Road, a starred review, describing it as &#8220;satisfyingly unsettling, with tones ranging from existential terror to an uneasy sense of awe.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>His other collections include <em>Resurrection House, Vox Astra: The Black Box<\/em>, and <em>Vox Astra: When Clouds Die.<\/em> He has published several novellas, including the dark, urban fantasy,\u00a0<em>Three Chords of Chaos<\/em>, as well as <em>The Dead Bear Witness, <\/em><em>Tears of Blood<\/em>, and <em>The Dead in Their Masses,<\/em> in his Corpse Fauna novella series, and <em>Kolchak and the Night Stalkers: The Faceless God<\/em>. He also wrote the illustrated story collection, <em>The Midnight Hour: Saint Lawn Hill and Other Tales<\/em>, created in collaboration with artist Jason Whitley.\u00a0 His short stories have been published in dozens of anthologies and magazines.<\/p>\r\n<p>He has also written numerous comic books including <em>Leonard Nimoy\u2019s Primortals<\/em>, the critically acclaimed \u201cThe Revenant\u201d in <em>Shadow House<\/em>, <em>The Midnight Hour<\/em> with Jason Whitley, and the award-winning original graphic novel, <em>Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p>He\u00a0lives in New York.<\/p>\r\n<h3>MY AUTHOR PAGES<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rawdogscreaming.com\/authors\/james-chambers\/\">Raw Dog Screaming Press<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"Dark Regions Author Page\" href=\"https:\/\/darkregions.com\/search?q=james+chambers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dark Regions Press<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"Amazon Author Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/author\/jameschambers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a title=\"Goodreads Author Page: James Chambers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/JamesChambers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INTERVIEWS and READINGS<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ijItX32Q9E&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Author Reading: &quot;The Last Great Monologue of Evil Intent,&quot; read by James Chambers for the eSpec Books Authors Reading Series.  (opens in a new tab)\"><em>Author Reading:<\/em> &#8220;The Last Great Monologue of Evil Intent,&#8221; read by James Chambers for the eSpec Books Authors Reading Series. <\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/especbooks.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/30\/author-spotlight-james-chambers-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">eSpec Books Author Spotlight: James Chambers<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/paulsemel.com\/exclusive-interview-corpse-fauna-the-dead-bear-witness-author-james-chambers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Exclusive Interview: Corpse Fauna: <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/paulsemel.com\/exclusive-interview-corpse-fauna-the-dead-bear-witness-author-james-chambers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The Dead Bear Witness<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/paulsemel.com\/exclusive-interview-corpse-fauna-the-dead-bear-witness-author-james-chambers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\"> Author James Chambers\u00a0by\u00a0Paul\u00a0Semel<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highfeverbooks.com\/reviews\/on-the-night-border-by-james-chambers\">High Fever Books 5-Star Review of <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highfeverbooks.com\/reviews\/on-the-night-border-by-james-chambers\">On the Night Border<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highfeverbooks.com\/reviews\/on-the-night-border-by-james-chambers\">.<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/horror.org\/interview-horror-university-instructor-james-chambers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Horror Writers Association: Interview with Horror University Instructor James Chambers<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbai.org\/archive\/program\/episode\/?id=4541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Hour of the Wolf, August 29, 2019&#8211;Interviewed by Jim Freund with a Full Reading of &#8220;Odd Quahogs&#8221;&#8211;Audio.<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Episode25TheEnginesOfSacrificeWAVVersion\/Episode+25+-+The+Engines+of+Sacrifice+(WAV+version).wav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">HP Lovecast Podcast&#8211;Episode 25: <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Episode25TheEnginesOfSacrificeWAVVersion\/Episode+25+-+The+Engines+of+Sacrifice+(WAV+version).wav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The Engines of Sacrifice<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Episode25TheEnginesOfSacrificeWAVVersion\/Episode+25+-+The+Engines+of+Sacrifice+(WAV+version).wav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\"> by James Chambers<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kendallreviews.com\/interview-bram-stoker-award-winning-author-james-chambers-talks-to-kendall-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Interview: Bram Stoker Award Winning Author James Chambers Talks to Kendall Reviews<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topbuzz.com\/a\/6555537497097503242?user_id=6539282428460285961&amp;language=en&amp;region=us&amp;app_id=1106&amp;impr_id=6555672808939079945&amp;gid=6555537497097503242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Leonard Nimoy&#8217;s James Chambers at LI Comic Book Expo by Cadma and Written Writ Ralph&#8211;Video.<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lycanvalley.com\/2019\/05\/pulp-horror-author-interview-g-james.html\">Lycan Valley Press Pulp Horror Author Interview Series: James\u00a0Chambers<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uG2ZIaOwkTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">StokerCon 2017 Horror U Interview: James Chambers<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/darksunradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shadows\/2017\/ShadowsRadio11-13-2017.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The Shadows Radio, November 13, 2017<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/cd-ebook-spotlight-dead-bear-witness-james-chambers\/?#more-13756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Spotlight on Cemetery Dance eBooks: <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/cd-ebook-spotlight-dead-bear-witness-james-chambers\/?#more-13756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The Dead Bear Witness<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/cd-ebook-spotlight-dead-bear-witness-james-chambers\/?#more-13756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\"> by James Chambers by Norman Prentiss<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatareyouafraidofpodcast.com\/2017\/09\/59-horror-at-fort-mifflin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">What Are You Afraid of Podcast? Episode 59: Horror at Fort Mifflin&#8211;Author Reading<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatareyouafraidofpodcast.com\/2017\/10\/60-gettysburg-ghosts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">What Are You Afraid of Podcast? Episode 60: Gettysburg Ghosts&#8211;Featuring an Interview with James Chambers.&#8221; <\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatareyouafraidofpodcast.com\/tag\/james-chambers-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">What Are You Afraid of Podcast? Episode 85: Reaper&#8211;Featuring an Exclusive Dramatic Reading of My Story &#8220;Out of Devil&#8217;s Den.&#8221; <\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witchhaunt.com\/post\/an-interview-with-james-chambers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The Witch Haunt: An Interview with James Chambers by Gaby Triana<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moniquesnyman.com\/wrong-answers-only-interview-james-chambers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wrong Answers Only Interview: James Chambers by Monique Snyman<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/podcasts\/wyrd-transmissions\/ep-7-musical-horror-with-N6vhZL1P5Cf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wyrd Transmissions: Ep. 7 - Musical Horror with Douglass Wynne, James Chambers, and Todd Keisling (opens in a new tab)\">Wyrd Transmissions: Ep. 7 &#8211; Musical Horror with Douglass Wynne, James Chambers, and Todd Keisling<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Chambers is a Bram Stoker award-winning author of horror, crime, fantasy, and science fiction stories. He wrote the Bram Stoker Award-winning graphic novel, Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe. He is the author of\u00a0 seven short story collections, including The\u00a0Engines of Sacrifice, a collection of four Lovecraftian-inspired novellas published &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/bio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2148,"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/2148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}