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Pre-Birthday Musings

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I turn 28 later this month. I'm not quite sure how to feel about that--it seems like such a short time ago that I walked up the aisle at my high school graduation clutching a stick of Halls cough drops in one fist since my gown didn't have pockets. (I was trying very hard not to die of walking pneumonia, with which I had recently been diagnosed. I spent the commencement ceremony sitting in the front row with the other 19 top-of-the-class students, discreetly popping said cough drops...

This is No Ordinary Ebook Sale

THIS IS NO ORDINARY EBOOK SALE.For the entire month of March, my horror/scifi anthology Ordinary Souls will be on sale for $0.99/£0.99 in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia from all ebook retailers including Amazon, Kobo, and Nook.What will the mirror show you?AMAZON US: http://amzn.to/29BSB3OAMAZON UK: http://amzn.to/29YsbLmAMAZON CAN: http://amzn.to/2cgkG4LAMAZON AUS: http://amzn.to/2mFqh7hKOBO US: http://bit.ly/2jdtbBqKOBO UK: http://bit.ly/2mtPDIvKOBO CAN:&nbs...

The Reality of Being an Indie Author

It's 2017.
By this point in time, I have published four novels (one currently out of print) and sixteen short stories. It has been a wonderful journey, and I wouldn't change it for anything.
But here's the reality of being an indie author:
In 2016, I drove 4,927.2 miles to and from events promoting my books.
I had $4,560.41 in sales from my books.
I spent $5,317.47 on inventory purchases, editing, formatting, advertising, Square fees, shipping, and other book-related expenses. Yay inventory purchas...

Get Ordinary Souls for Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and iBooks

"[Ordinary Souls is] Imaginative, expert and deeply chilling."-Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Progeny

Do you love ebooks? I thought so! Well, today is your lucky day: not only is my supernatural/scifi/horror anthology Ordinary Souls available for Kindle; it is also available from other ebook outlets as well. Here's a list. Happy reading!

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What readers are saying about Ordinary Souls:
"This is an intriguing colle...

Listen to Servant--Now on Audio

Merry Christmas, readers! Many of you have asked when my stories will be available as audiobooks. I happen to have great news: the audiobook for my third novel, Servant: The Chronicles of Servitude Book 1, is now available for listening.
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Bobby Roland knows things he shouldn't.
Plagued with premonitions of disaster, he fights to save others' lives. What Bobby doesn't foresee is that rescuing a stranger from death will place him in the line of fire.
He discovers a w...

J. S. Bailey Books: A Special Offer

The holidays will soon be upon us! Perhaps you're starting to look for a special gift for a special someone (or for yourself--we don't judge here). If that person is a bookworm, you've come to the right place.

Right now I'm offering free shipping to anyone in the continental US who would like to order signed, personalized copies of Rage's Echo, Servant, Sacrifice, and/or Ordinary Souls directly from Yours Truly.

Pricing is as follows:

Rage's Echo (trade softcover): $17
Servant (trade softcover):...

Ordinary Souls: Available Now

The Kindle version of Ordinary Souls has arrived. Get it for only $3.49/2.99 through October 31, 2016, or read it for free from Kindle Unlimited.
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Sixteen ordinary souls. Sixteen not-so-ordinary tales.

Ordinary Souls is an anthology about ordinary people. This new collection from J. S. Bailey features an archaeologist in the future who meets a resurrected woman from long ago, a spaceship crew stranded on a distant world, a wealthy divorcee whose love of antiques turns her life int...

Ordinary Souls Cover Reveal

16 souls. 16 stories. Anything but ordinary.Preorder Ordinary Souls by J. S. Bailey for Kindle for only $3.49/2.99. Anthology releases 13 October, 2016.US: http://amzn.to/29BSB3OUK: http://amzn.to/29YsbLm
Sixteen ordinary souls. Sixteen not-so-ordinary tales.Ordinary Souls is an anthology about ordinary people. This new collection from J. S. Bailey features an archaeologist in the future who meets a resurrected woman from long ago, a spaceship crew stranded on a distant world, a weal...

Anthology Submissions

The Whispered Tales of Graves Grove
Read Write Muse is currently accepting submissions for its upcoming comedy/horror anthology.A different kind of anthology has captured our imaginations at Read, Write, Muse. We want to center our stories around one town and have an arc through the collection. In order to do this, we ask that all submissions be set in Graves Grove in any time period from 1880 to present. Preference will be given to the stories that fully utilize as many of the suggestions, p...

An Interview with G. S. Jennsen

Visiting today is G. S. Jennsen, bestselling author of the Aurora Rhapsody series. G. S. is a science fiction author, as well as a futurist, geek and gamer. She lives in Colorado with her husband and their two furry, four-legged children. She has been a corporate attorney, software developer, editor, and is now a full-time author. Welcome. G. S.!


1.     Tell us about yourself. What got you into writing?
Looking back, I got into writing when I finally realized I’d been i...