Chris Jags: Fantasy and horror in a blender

[Chris]

Hey all; my name is Chris Jags, I'm an avid mythology buff, enormous fantasy, horror, and sci-fi fan, and cranky curmudgeon (get off my lawn). Oh, and I collect octopus stuffies.

I write fantasy with strong horror elements, a bit of snark, drama, and a touch of gallows humor.

Parasite Soul, for instance, begins as the (fairy) tale of a peasant lad promised the hand of a princess if he manages to slay a dragon with a mystical sword - but really the sword is cursed with a soul-destroying parasite and the princess is psychotic and homicidal.

If you think things should always work out for your fantasy heroes, I'm probably not your guy. Hell, if you prefer your heroes to actually BE heroes I may not be your guy (in my serial Tales of Tourniquet, the protagonists include a sleazy, amoral voyeur and a creature whose detachable head has a penchant for human flesh).

If, however, you are intrigued by the notion of mythological oddities behaving badly, I might just be up your dark alley!

I'll follow any authors back on Twitter or here on Goodreads!

[Jane]

A blender eh? Welcome to the house of dubious pleasures

[Annie]

@Miss Jane: I thought everything was dubious BUT the pleasure. No...?

@Mr Chris: Hiya and welcome!!

Hugs,
Ann

[Christina]

Hi Chris, welcome! I'm also cranky and I collect jellyfish. Personally, a psychotic and homicidal princess sounds far more realistic given that they tend to spend a lot of years in isolated towers, thinking they can talk to birds and things.

[Wendy]

Why hello there. I like what you have in your blender! It's right up my dark alley. I'll go find you on Twitter.

[T.R.]

Your stuff definitely sounds intriguing; I'm a big fan of mythology and darker, weirder fantasy stories.

[Chris]

Christina wrote: "Hi Chris, welcome! I'm also cranky and I collect jellyfish."

Hmm... maybe cranky people are drawn to tentacled sea life?

[Chris]

Wendy wrote: "Why hello there. I like what you have in your blender!"

It's so hard to get it clean again, though.

T.R. wrote: "Your stuff definitely sounds intriguing; I'm a big fan of mythology and darker, weirder fantasy stories."

I'm always on the lookout for some myself!

Thanks to everyone for the welcome!

[Allan]

Welcome Chris, Fantasy and Horror, eh... I can see Miss Annie inviting you to her dungeon of pain.

[Chris]

Parasite Soul is free on kindle for the next two days, for anyone who might want to check it out.

[Christina]

Grabbed it! Homicidal princesses sounds too good to pass up.

[Jane]

Also snaffled a copy.... X

[Chris]

Christina wrote: "Grabbed it! Homicidal princesses sounds too good to pass up."

She was my favorite character to write, which no doubt says worlds about my mental state.

[Chris]

Jane wrote: "Also snaffled a copy.... X"

Great, thanks to everyone who takes a look!

[G.G., Genre Buster Extraordinaire]

Got mine too. :)

[Lori]

Welcome Chris and I will grabbing a copy today as well!

[Chris]

If anyone's interested, my new dark fantasy Tree Mouth came out recently on kindle (Amazon US, Can, UK).

Tree Mouth tells the tale of brash young ne'er-do-well Jorn and Kiri the harpy, two of six sacrifices forced to descend into a ruined land of fallen divinity and madness - where the insane survivors of a war between demons and gods await them.

It's a little nuts, but so am I, so I guess that's par for the course.

[Chris]

My newest book Tree Mouth (Amazon US, UK, Can is free until June 28th, if anyone wants to check it out.

Six young sacrifices are forced to descend into a desolate underworld where the unhinged survivors of a war between gods and demons still rule the ruins. Expecting to die, the intended victims discover that there might still be the slightest chance of escape...