Jessa Forest

Poet and speculative fiction author. Enthusiastic grimdark and military sci-fi reader. Tea over coffee.

"Fantastical." --Amazon Review

"Dark and beautiful...visceral and real." --Amazon Review

Coming Soon! Havoc's Moon: The Slaughter Chronicles Book One AND Harbinger of Havoc: Regina (2nd Edition Pulling Teeth and Other Stories).

Jessa Forest writes poetry and weird fiction. She is the author of The Slaughter Chronicles, a grimdark, Lovecraftian-Esque contemporary fantasy about werewolves, and Speculative E-Shorts, an ongoing collection of standalone, bite-sized short stories for when you need to escape reality for an hour. Her short fiction and poetry have also appeared in traditional print and online magazines. In 2011, she was nominated for the Pushcart Poetry Prize. Her writing questions the definable borders of reality and indulges the gritty, visceral aspects of dark fantasy and science fiction. She was born in Arkansas, USA.




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