The
Richard Jones Write Site
Welcome to the online home of Richard Jones, writer of science fiction, fantasy, genre-blending stories and all-around strangeness. I try to write straight stories, but, well, things get weird. Wackiness ensues.
I'm an award-winning former newspaper reporter. I served my time at the FLORIDA TODAY newspaper in Melbourne, FL, and the Ocala Star-Banner in, where else, Ocala, FL. Following that, I spent four years as the chief public relations flack for the University of Florida's College of Engineering, before retiring to raise my three sons while my wife works.
I began writing fiction because I wanted to get paid for writing things I made up and not get fired for it. Newspapers are funny that way.
Oh, yeah. I'm bald. And I had a heart attack in November, 2004. Read all about it.
But the good news is that my story, "The Mismatched Monster," won fifth place in the annual Preditors and Editors Readers' Poll 2004 for Best Horror Short. You can find links to the story on my published works page just below.
Although I've not yet placed a story in a professional publication, I have sold numerous short stories to semi-pro markets, both pixel and print. As to the pros, I'm working on it. I'm working on it.
Click on the stories link below to see some examples of my work. All stories copyrighted by Richard Jones and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the consent of the author. For more information, or just to say howdy, e-mail to rjones2@carolina.rr.com You'll have to replace the at with the @ symbol. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I really don't need more spamtrawlers picking up my eddress.
Published stories
Works in Progress
Hey, I've got a blog.
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