James H LongmoreJames hails originally from Yorkshire, England having relocated with his family to Houston, Texas in 2010. He has an honors degree in Zoology and a background in sales, marketing and business. Relatively new to the writing arena, his writing style an story telling have already been compared to James Herbert, Richard Laymon, Stephen King, Dan Brown and Robert Ludlum. An Affiliate Member of the Horror Writer's Association, and founder of HellBound Books Publishing LLC, James has to date five novels published - 'Pede, Tenebrion, Flanagan, And Then You Die and The Erotic Odyssey of Colton Forshay - plus Blood and Kisses, his definitive short story collection, all in addition to three novellas (Buds, Feeder and I Am Joe's Unwanted Penis) and a whole bunch of short stories dotted about in myriad anthologies. James also writes screenplays and currently has three under option (a spine-chilling horror, a Tarantino-esque crime caper and an animated family movie). In 2014 he was commissioned by Spectra Records to write a biopic feature on the early life of Bob Marley, and in 2015 was writer for hire on the Kenyan sitcom 'The Samaritans'. As if that weren't enough, James has written and directed a bunch of short movies, winning Best Director in the 2013 Splatterfest film competition and Remi awards at Houston's Worldfest Film Festival in 2012, 2014 and 2015 - all are viewable on his official website! Once upon a time, James penned and performed stand-up comedy on the Houston comedy circuit. James' writing style has been described as uncompromising, unique and entertaining; he combines highly original ideas with brilliant vocabulary and highly effective yarn spinning in which the story always comes first! Be warned, his work does have a tendency towards the dark side - usually with a rich vein of humor - and there is always that delicious twist at the end! Read More Read Less