Goodreads asked Jonathan Janz:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Jonathan Janz You know a mystery that haunts me? Why certain authors aren't still household names.

Take Michael McDowell. His novel THE ELEMENTALS is scary enough to void even the stoutest bladder.

Or John Farris. He was famous once, but unlike Richard Matheson, who is still famous and deserves to still be famous, most modern readers are unacquainted with him. This is a shame. Novels like SACRIFICE, ALL HEADS TURN WHEN THE HUNT GOES BY, and SON OF THE ENDLESS NIGHT are towering novels in the horror genre. They'll also wreak havoc on your bladder.

Or what about Joan Samson. Nobody really remembers her. But they should. Her book THE AUCTIONEER is a slow-dawning nightmare that's plausible enough to make a guy paranoid. Or to make you refuse to answer the door when someone new comes to town.

How about David Case, whose story "The War Is Over" is still giving me nightmares? Or Joseph Payne Brennan, whose "Canavan's Backyard" is as creepy as that Beethoven book cover with the kid on the musician's lap. Look it up. You'll be scarred for life.

Anyway, Goodreads Auto-Question-Generator, this is a mystery from my life that could be a plot for a book. Then again, people would forget about the book twenty years after I wrote it because that's what people do.

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