Short of it
I have always felt drawn to darker things and I seem to have a dark sense of humor. I don’t like to talk about my self in third person because I am me, and consider anyone reading about me a friend. I write to uncork all the real horrors that I have experienced or dreamed of and have bottled up inside of me. I have always been that guy who kept to himself and never talked to anyone because I never knew what to say. Now I enjoy meeting new people. I’m new to sharing my stories and I’m still learning my way around the world of writing. My stories have different perspectives so some are darker than others and some contain my twisted sense of humor hidden in the lines.
Long of it
I have always been a fan of horror from the time I was 3 years old, despite my mother telling my oldest sister not to show me those movies, and wanted to find my way to contribute. I started writing stories from my dreams when I was 10 years old but put them all on hold to live out my teenage years as a punk rocker, though I would still note good ideas. Then I started getting into special effects make up and did pretty well for having no training at all. I would practice every day and look back to some of my stories that I never finished for ideas. That got put aside when my daughter was born. To take care of her I had to find a real job and with that, my passion got pulled right out of me. I would still pull out the old papers with notes that I wrote from the time I was 10 and think of how great it would be to finish one of them. Still trying to take care of my daughter, I joined the U.S. Army and stayed on the reserve side hoping to gain a skill I could use to land a good job. After four years in, I broke my spine on May 31st, 2012. I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t take care of my wife, my daughter or my unborn son. To fight off the depression of no one wanting to help me or hire me in my condition, I brought out my old stories and figured it was finally time to finish them. I have been writing every day since and have added countless short story ideas to my notes. Even though I can now walk, companies consider me a liability so writing is my only option to try and take care of my family and I learned that I love writing. Sometimes I wonder if all the bad things that happened in my life, happened because they were pushing towards writing and finishing my stories. I have lived through many real nightmares and mix them with my dreams to create the stories I write. I hope you enjoy them and thank you for reading.
j.r.fate 