JG Faherty
JG Faherty is an American author who writes in the horror, science fiction, and dark fantasy genres.
Faherty was born in Olean, New York. He moved to Stony Point, New York at the age of four, and resided there on and off until moving to Garnerville in 2011. He obtained B.S. in Biology at Saint Bonaventure University and has additional graduate credits in Biology. From the years 1987 to 1999, Faherty held jobs in Medical Technology, Laboratory Equipment Repair, Biomedical R&D, Photography, Sales, and Quality Control. In 1999, he started his own resume preparation company, , and continues to operate it, along with its sister company, .
In 2002, Faherty began writing short horror and science fiction. His first novel, Carnival of Fear, was published in 2010 by . In 2011, his second novel, Ghosts of Coronado Bay, was published by and later nominated for a Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in YA Horror.
In 2012, as the Horror Writers Association's Library Liaison and founder of their YA Literacy and Library programs, Faherty initiated literacy initiatives with several library organizations and established a partnership with Ray Billingsley, creator of the Curtis comic strip seen in more than 250 newspapers, to promote literacy to young adult readers. In 2013, he established partnerships with actress/author Amber Benson and musician/actor/writer Richard Christy to promote literacy through horror and dark fiction, science fiction, and other genre fiction.
In 2014, his fourth novel, The Burning Time, was nominated for an International Thriller Writers' Thriller Award.
In 2015, his fifth novel, The Cure, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Novel.
He has served as a Trustee on the Horror Writers Association's Board since 2011, and directs their Library & Literacy Program.
Awards & Recognition
Finalist, Bram Stoker Award® - Superior Achievement in a NovelFinalist, Thriller Award, International Thriller Writers
Finalist, Bram Stoker Award® - Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
Winner, Tales from the Moonlit Path Halloween Contest
Winner, Hot Summer Something Contest, fromtheasylum.com
Runner Up, Desdomona Hard Boiled Sex Contest
Flash Fiction Contest Winner, sciencefictionfantasyhorror.com
Poetry Contest Winner, sciencefictionfantasyhorror.com
Novels
Sins of the Father, ,Hellrider, ,
The Cure, ,
The Burning Time, ,
Cemetery Club, ,
Ghosts of Coronado Bay, ,
Carnival of Fear, ,
Novellas & Collections
Novellas:Winter Soul, in Houses of the Unholy,
Death Do Us Part, Amazon Web Services
Winterwood, Amazon Web Services
Cult of the Black Jaguar, Amazon Web Services
Legacy, Amazon Web Services
Castle by the Sea, Amazon Web Services
Thief of Souls, Amazon Web Services
Fatal Consequences, Amazon Web Services
The Cold Spot, Amazon Web Services
He Waits, Amazon Web Services
Collections:
Houses of the Unholy,
The Monster Inside, Amazon Web Services
Short stories
"Feral", Cemetery Dance"Feed the Plow", Nameless Magazine
"Who Says You Can't Go Home", Welcome Home, anthology from Lycan Press
"The Cemetery Man", The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias, anthology from Lycan Press
"How Does Your Garden Grow", Death's Garden, anthology from Lycan Press
"Zero Hour", C.H.U.D. Lives!, anthology from Crystal Lake Publishing
"Armageddon 2020", Christmas Lites VIII, charity anthology
"Eldritch Moon", Ares Magazine
"Destination Unknown", CEA Greatest Anthology Ever Written, anthology from Celenic Earth Publications
"Devils in the Dark", Hidden Animals: A Collection of Cryptid Fiction, anthology from Dragon's Roost Press
"Sacrifice", Christmas Lites VII, charity anthology
"Heroes Are Made", Halfway to Anywhere, anthology from Mirror Matter Press
"Where Have You Gone, David Mullins", Great Jones Street
"The H-Train", Horror Library 6; anthology from Cutting Block Books
"Peeping Tom", Worlds of Science Fiction/Horror/Fantasy Vol. 2
"Holly Jolly Christmas", Christmas Lites VI, charity anthology
"No Place Like Home", The Beauty of Death; anthology from Independent Legions Publishing
"Grave Secrets", Tales from the Lake vol. 4; anthology from Crystal Lake Publishing
"The Lazarus Effect", Cemetery Dance Magazine
"Things Forgotten" Real Dark, anthology from Blackwyrm Publishing
"A Christmas Tail", Christmas Lites V, charity anthology
"Foxhole" Death's Realm, anthology from Grey Matter Press
"Martial Law" Equilibrium Overturned, anthology from Grey Matter Press
"Homo Suicidus", A Darke Phantastique; anthology from Cycatrix Press
"The Wee Folk", Midnight Echo 9
"He Knows if You've Been Bad", Christmas Lites III, charity anthology
"Lonely is the Mothman", Dark Moon Digest YA Issue 1
"Them Ol' Negro Blues", Shadow Masters: An Anthology from the Horror Zine
"Anything for Love", The Uninvited Magazine
"Countdown", High Stakes
"Wishmaster 2000", Christmas Lites II, charity anthology
"The Great Zombie Invasion of 1979", Blood Lite III
"Sumpahump", Slices of Flesh
"Wishmaster 2000", Christmas Lites II
"Anything for Love", The Uninvited Magazine
"Jennifer's Body", Horror on the Installment Plan
"Lights of Las Vegas", My First Threesome
"True Love Never Die"s, Horror on the Installment Plan
"Uninvited", 90 Minutes to Live
"Blood Will Tell", The Beast Within 2
"Ladies of the Lake", Legends of the Mountain State IV
"Tunnel of Love", Carnival of Fear – special limited edition
"Bitter Apples", White Cat Magazine
"Show & Tell", Fender Stitch Magazine
"Trick or Treat", Fender Stitch Magazine
"When Agatha Met Frank: Or, Meet the Parents", Butcher Knives & Body Parts
"All Dead", Horror Library Vol. IV
"High Mileage", DailyScienceFiction.com
"Girls Night Out", Fang Bangers
"The Funhouse", Harvest Hill Anthology
"The Yule Cat", Appalachian Winter Hauntings
"Trapped", Legends of the Mountain State 3
"The Jesus Orchid", Shroud Magazine
"Experimental Subject", Bits of the Dead
"The Lesson", Wrong World
"Hybrids", Wrong World
"The Toll", Wrong World
"Bones", Cemetery Dance
"Windows to the Soul", Bound for Evil
"Family First", Dark Territories
"Guests in the Attic", MagusZine
"Rough Justice", Raw Meat
"Home on the Range", Loving the Undead
"Graduation", All Possible Worlds
"Interruptions", Withersin Magazine
"R-Factor, From the Asylum
"The Key to Her Heart", Hellnotes.com
"Slutty Dead Girl", Desdmona.com
"Out of the Garden", LateLateShow.com
"The Midway", Tales From the Moonlit Path
"Bones", Doses of Death: A Macabre Collection of Small-Town Horror
"A Dog's Life", Animal Magnetism
"The Funhouse", Wicked Karnival
"Dreams of Darkness", Silent Whispers Monthly
"The Phantom Milkman", Haunted Encounters: Departed Family & Friends
"The Only Good Spider", ScienceFictionFantasyHorror.com
"Jacob", Whispering Spirits
"Crisis of Faith", LostInTheDark.com
Poetry
"The Parasite", Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase vol. IV"When The Carnival Comes to Town", The Horror Zine
"Against My Will", The Horror Zine
"The Doctor", The Horror Zine
"The Mushroom Garden", Death in Common: Poems From Unlikely Victims
"Blood Red, Corpse White", Death in Common: Poems From Unlikely Victims
"The Dentist", Wicked Karnival
"Natural Selection", ScienceFictionFantasyHorror.com