01 Horror · Thrillers · Dark fiction
Jon Hargreaves writes about ordinary people, impossible situations, and the terrible decisions that make a story worth telling.
Currently writing
Based in the UK
Usually somewhere dark
02 On the desk
A Collection of Horror Stories
A collection of horror stories about the moment something strange first appears and the terrible decisions people make when they choose to ignore it. Featuring online obsession, corrupted technology, body horror, brutal encounters and eyes that no longer see the world properly, these stories begin with ordinary lives and follow them somewhere much worse.
View project →Draft complete
On the eve of his sixteenth birthday, Elijah inherits a mantle he never knew existed—and responsibilities that reach far beyond the living world. A dark fantasy about death, family, destiny, and what happens when Heaven and Hell are not quite what they claim to be.
View project →In progress
A young woman survives a brutal massacre only to find herself accused of committing it. As her public defender prepares to fight for her life, he begins to suspect that the truth is stranger—and far more dangerous—than the evidence suggests.
View project →Treatment in progress
Eighteen-year-old Maria disappears without explanation. Sixteen days later, she returns changed. As those closest to her search for answers, they uncover a pattern of disappearances stretching back decades and something far older hiding behind it.
View project →03 From the desk
A brief introduction, some current projects and an attempt to pretend this was all planned.
Read on Substack →04 About
Jon Hargreaves is a UK-based writer of horror, thrillers and YA fantasy, usually interested in ordinary people facing impossible situations and making exactly the wrong decisions.
His work includes the horror collection That's Probably Nothing, an untitled psychological courtroom novel and the folk horror film treatment Sixteen Days. He is also the author of Shadowbound: The Grim Heir, the first instalment in a YA fantasy series about death, family, destiny and a teenager inheriting responsibilities far beyond the living world. Think sprawling magical adventure, morally questionable forces of Heaven and Hell, and considerably fewer boarding-school scarves.
05 Contact
Questions, writing-related enquiries, or something strange you think I should know about.
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