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Jonathan Cook

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Born

Bloomington, The United States

Genre

Mystery, Paranormal

Influences

Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami ...more

Member Since

October 2008

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I write about quiet places where the mundane and the mythic share the same street, where old things carry old power, and ordinary people discover the seams in the world they thought they knew.

I wrote fiction for years, then stopped for about a decade when I realized I had more to learn about what makes a story work. That time wasn't wasted, it was an education in structure, in craft, in paying attention to the mechanics underneath the surface. The kind of education that only matters if you eventually sit back down and do the work.

I'm also a photographer, specializing in landscape, townscape, and astrophotography. The same impulse that draws me to fiction draws me to light on a grain elevator at dusk, or a county road under the Milky Way, th ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 44 ratings · 15 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Underwater Panther 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	American Solace: An Awakening, a Far Future Coming of Age Mythic Fantasy 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 3 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
	Among the Sterling Youth by Jonathan Cook (Goodreads Author), Russell Cook (Contributor) 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Days of the Dead Presents Georgia Screeches: A Horror Fanthology, Atlanta Georgia 2020 (Days of the Dead Fanthology Series) by Joe Moe (Editor), Jack Bannister, Jezibell Anat really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	Serpent Ascending: Book One 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 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