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John G. Hartness

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John Hartness is a recovering theatre geek and award-winning poet from Charlotte, NC. He is the author of The Black Knight Chronicles urban fantasy series, featuring snarky, non-sparkly vampires with bad attitudes and comic book collections to rival Stan Lee's!

A graduate of Winthrop University, John has spent twenty years in some form of theatre, from performing and directing to designing and producing. He's played roles such as Petruchio in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and directed classical (Hamlet) and contemporary (Corpus Christi) classics alike.

John lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife, Suzy, their two cats and a sweet but rather dim-witted dog named Leko.


I just wanted to toot my own horn here for a minute and thank Deirdra over at A Storybook World for giving this little corner of the interwebs a Brilliant Writer Award. It even comes with a cool badge thingy, see?


I really appreciate the kudos from Deirdra. It’s nice to get these little attaboys from out of the blue, it helps remind me that I’m not completely screaming into the void when I post...

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Average rating: 3.83 · 546 ratings · 131 reviews · 20 distinct works
Hard Day's Knight (Black Kn...
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Snarky Vampire Detective Book (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters   —   updated Aug 27, 2010 05:38am
Description: This is the first bit of a vampire novel that I'm working on. They don't sparkle, they're not beautiful, they're not dark and mysterious. Frankly, they're kinda goofy. But they try to do good things.
The Chosen (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters   —   updated Aug 25, 2010 07:07pm
Description: This is Chapter 1 of my first novel, The Chosen. You can get the whole thing from Amazon or Lulu. Go to www.johnhartness.com for more details.

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“Because we don't really sparkle.”
John G. Hartness, Hard Day's Knight

“GREG ANNOUNCES HIS RESEARCH AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON:
'Alright I have a theory " he announced rejoining us and taking a healthy slug of scotch himself. "And if I'm right we're going to need more booze. And more ammo. And maybe an extra priest.”
John G. Hartness, Hard Day's Knight

“He still wasn't looking at me, which meant I was still in trouble. I swear, sometimes this partnership is like being married. We fight all the time and neither one of us is getting married.”
John G. Hartness, Hard Day's Knight

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“GREG ANNOUNCES HIS RESEARCH AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON:
'Alright I have a theory " he announced rejoining us and taking a healthy slug of scotch himself. "And if I'm right we're going to need more booze. And more ammo. And maybe an extra priest.”
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