Jessica Gleason

Poet, Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

 

Jessica Gleason finds writing horror therapeutic. So, she puts her nightmares to paper for your enjoyment. As a Hawaiian-Italian, she often draws from her cultural background and lived experience to bring occult-flavored and slasheriffic horror to life. If you look hard enough, you can catch her singing hair metal karaoke somewhere between Chicago and Milwaukee. Her daytime persona is a college professor in the American Midwest. Jessica's recent releases include “Playing Hooky” (Unnerving Books), and “The Dangerous Miss Ventriloquist” (Evil Cookie Publishing). Follow her on Instagram or Threads (@j.g.writes), where she hosts the #WeWriteHorror challenge.

https://jgwrites.carrd.co

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
Damned Before Dawn (Champagne Books, 2015)
,
Madison Murphy, Wisconsin Weirdo Re-Print (Champagne Books, 2014)
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Madison Murphy, Wisconsin Weirdo (Champagne Books, 2010)
Journals:
Aphelion Webzine
,
Dracula Beyond Stoker Magazine
,
Fickle Muses
,
Hallowzine
,
The Muse
,
Punk Monk Magazine
,
Short, Fast, and Deadly
,
Tales From the Moonlit Path
,
Thirteen Poetry Magazine
,
Trembling With Fear

Poetry

Anthologies:
Under Her Eye (Black Spot Books, 2022)
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Life is a Roller Coaster (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2015)
,
Petals in The Pan (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2015)
,
Storm Cycle (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2015)
,
A Touch of Saccharine (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014)
,
Something's Brewing (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014)
,
Storm Cycle (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014)
,
Tic Toc (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014)
,
Insert Coin Here (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2013)
,
The Idiom Volumes 2 & 3 (Idiom, 2011)
Chapbook:
Sundown on this Town (Popcorn Press, 2014)
Journals:
Aberration Labyrinth
,
Carcinogenic Poetry
,
Horror Sleaze Trash
,
Misfits' Miscellany
,
Nefarious Ballerina
,
Now Playing @ Citizens for Decent Literature
,
Origami Condom
,
Postcard Shorts
,
Punk Monk Magazine
,
Rusty Truck
,
Sage Cigarettes Magazine
,
Short, Fast, and Deadly
,
The Idiom
,
The Writer's Eye
,
Three Line Poetry
,
Verse Wisconsin
,
Visceral Uterus
Prizes won: 

Havik 1st place poetry, 2018

Angela Peckinpaugh Award For Superior Student Writing, Creative Writing, 2nd Place, UWW 2004 Angela Peckinpaugh Award For Superior Student Writing, Literary Criticism, Honorable Mention, UWW, 2005

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman, The Lake House Children by Gregg Dunnett

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
Italian American, Pacific Islander
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Oak Park
Raised in: 
Lake Geneva, WI, WI
Wisconsin
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Last update: Sep 17, 2024