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James Watts

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Born

in Birmingham, The United States

Website

https://authorjameswatts.home.blog/

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Horror, Horror, Horror

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King, Koontz, Saul, Poe, Mattheson.

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May 2017

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James Watts was born in Birmingham, Alabama in March of 1976. Growing up in the small town of West Jefferson, Alabama, Watts spent his days lost in his vivid imagination.

At age 10, he discovered the Hardy Boys mystery series and fell in love with reading. By Age 12 the discovery of Stephen King's The Stand gave life to his need to write, to tell stories that he hoped the world would love.

It would take twenty years of rejections and working low paying jobs, and go through two divorces before he would see the publication of his horror novel Them.

James Watts currently resides in West Jefferson, Alabama and has one 19-year-old son, Bailey Watts.

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Average rating: 4.01 · 106 ratings · 30 reviews · 6 distinct works

	THEM 4.25 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	19 Gates of Hell by R.L. Burwick (Goodreads Author), Rich Restucci, Sean Deville (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 50 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Book of Bootleg Horror: Volume 4 by Erin Lee (Goodreads Author), Thomas Gunther, Sheah Herlihy-Abba 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psycho Holiday by Tony Evans (Editor), James Watts (Goodreads Author), Amy Grech (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beast of sorrows it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows of the Damned 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Author Interview – James Watts
I am delighted to welcome author James Watts, whose debut horror novel Them was released by Fear Front publishing on 15 May 2017.

Tell me a little about yourself James. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?

I grew up in the small town of West Jefferson, Alabama. Born in Birmingham, Alabama on March 17, 1976. A few years after high school I moved to Panama City, Read more of this blog post »

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James Watts and 43 other people liked Marie's review of THEM: "Tension Terror! A backstory: Ray Sanders rushes home to the place where he grew up when he finds out that his mother has passed away and he needs to take care of funeral arrangements. When he rolls through the small town memories flood back of his chil" Read more of this review »
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My review of Led By Beasts by Clark Roberts. For the most part, I prefer my horror prose as long, drawn-out epics, such as King's IT or The Stand, even Robert McCammon's Swan Song. But every so often, a collection of short stories comes along that gra ...more
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James’s Quotes

“I adore the absurd and the abnormal; therefore, that's what I write about. That's what I need to write about. The mainstream has never turned me on.”
― Gerri R. Gray, Gray Skies of Dismal Dreams

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