About James Paxton Priestley
My primary genre interests include Weird and New Weird fiction, haunting texts, folklore, and horror (especially folk horror).
I have a particular interest in the works of the Welsh author and mystic Arthur Machen (1863-1947), best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction; Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873), a creator of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction; and English writer Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869-1951), a broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, considered by many to have been among the most prolific ghost story writers in the genre’s history. I am also a fan of the works of Angela Carter, Shirley Jackson, and Sir Terry Pratchett. All have influenced my writing.
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