Novelist, Screenwriter, Special Effects Artist, Editor, T-Shirt Printer, Reviewer
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jason grew up in Texas. He has been a lifelong fan of the Horror genre (and nightmares) for thirty three years and counting. He likes to keep his writing on a level of realism with everyday people that are placed in horrific situations. He graduated The Tom Savini's Special Effects Make- Up Program in 2004 and still does Special Effects today. Jason is the Editor at Black Freighter Productions and has an anthology entitled Moral Horror, available now in stores everywhere. He is a contributing Writer for The Houston Examiner and Reviewer for Horrornews.net. His writings can be found in such anthologies as Nocturnal Illumination, Ladies and Gents of Horror 2010, Dreams and Screams and Twisted Dreams Magazine among others. He is also a multi-published (and transferred to audio) Poet. His first novel, H(D)eadlines will be available soon in stores everywhere. Jason was chosen as one of the top ten best Horror Authors of 2009. His screenplay for 112 Ocean Avenue (a prequel to The Amityville Horror) was optioned to Riwayat Films in 2010. He is also a Drummer, t-shirt Printer, Skydiver and avid Supporter of The West Memphis Three (www.wm3.org).
What some are saying about Jason Hughes' writing...
"Truely frightening... and vulgar."
- Solomohn Ennis, Author/ Editor/ Publisher (Blood Soaked)
"Brutal... I am scarred."
- Ben Eades, Horror Author (Blood Soaked)
"... One such story is Brimstone Broadcasting. If you want sick and twisted, just read that story and find out what mankind is really capable of."
- John Rizo, Horror Author (Brimstone Broadcasting)
"Incredibly strange... I liked it."
- Kerry Morgan, Horror Author (Eclipse of Sanity)
"I found the story to be very unsettling, with an extremely intense concept. I think you could actually expand on this story and make it into a full novel, but it also works in this format."
- J. Travis Grundon, Horror Author (Vengeful Games of Forced Consumption)
"Riveting... Stephen King is my favorite author and Jason gives him a run for his money. Plot twists and turns that stay intact throughout. Most writers cannot pull that off. I am a fan."
- Charlie Grecco, Contributing Editor, H(D)eadlines
"...Appealing to a variety of audiences; Drama, Paranormal, True Crime, and domestic situations..."
- Ann Beck, The Novel Agency (The 13th Toll of Twelve Dark Chimes)
4 "****" out of 5 "*****" Stars in a judged reader's poll... "WOW! A good story and very vivid."
- Kevin Mitchell, Screenwriter (Christine II: Immortal Fury)
4 "****" out of 5 "*****" Stars in a judged reader's poll (112 Ocean Avenue)
"One of the top ten best Horror Authors of 2009."
- Horror fans/ Publications/ Authors/ Reviewers
Visit Jason on the web at:
www.myspace.com/headlinesnovel
www.myspace.com/gorefetishfx
http://www.examiner.com/x-27015-Houston-Horror-Examiner
www.horrornews.net
www.welovereading.com
What some are saying about Moral Horror
“Some of the material is depraved as hell...”
- Horrornews.net
“Moral Horror is a teeth-gnashing spectacle of horror and gore that would make any gore hound squirm.”
- Shriekfreak Quarterly
“Each of the eight stories presented in Moral Horror bring us into the darkest depths of human thought and bring out the basest emotions that lie dormant inside each of us... The stories within are gruesome and terrifying.”
- Ben Eads, Horror Author
"Not sure what’s ‘moral’ or ‘virtuous’ about these stories, but if literary depravity’s your cup of tea, this is a steaming potful."
- Mara Leveritt, #1 Best Selling Author of Devil's Knot and The Boys on the Tracks/ Editor, The Arkansas Times
“This anthology is essentially a testament; chronicling the beast within all humans.”
- The Dark Fiction Spotlight
"I'm reading Moral Horror with every light on in the house."
- The Witchnfamous Show
Amazon.com
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Bestseller Books
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Betterworld Books
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Books-A-Million
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Borders
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Powells
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(BANNED from Target Shopping Center)
Tower Books
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Virgin Media
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Get Nocturnal Illumination here:
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OPTIONS:
NOVEL available for film option:
Coming soon to bookstores everywhere
"Riveting... Stephen King is my favorite author and Jason gives him a run for his money..."
- Charlie Grecco, contributing Editor
The title of this work is H(D)eadlines. The word count is126,590. The page count is 217.
Top news columnist for The Daily Hope, Howard Humble, has a good life. A wife, two kids, a dog and a nice home. He has it all. Until one day, his top reporting hits rock bottom. He goes from having everything... to absolutely nothing. He tries and tries to resurface to the front page, but has no luck. His newly found alcoholism eventually shatters his family life. He is hopeless. Until one stormy night. He decides to make his own headlines... MURDER. Now, his fame is gradually coming back, but to keep it this way, he must keep killing, covering his tracks... and reporting his own macabre work. The one thing Howard must hold on to... to make his future boom... and at the same time, blow his mind to pieces... is his explosive past. At the same time, some of his fellow co-workers are plotting against him. He also has a shed filled with corpses and full of victims, trying to escape and keep their sanity and good health as well. Eventually, Howard is stalked by someone motivated by revenge on his son from almost ten years ago. He becomes a victim as well and attends rehabilitation meetings... as he is still killing... now, Including members of his already victimized group. This novel is a mixture of Suspense, Romance, Mystery, tear jerking Drama, a touch of black humor... and gut wrenching Horror.
(Publication rights/ Advance paying houses only)
The title of this book is The 13th Toll of Twelve Dark Chimes. The word count is 229,202.The page count is three hundred and thirty. **Represented by The Novel Agency in two parts-The 13th Toll of Twelve Dark Chimes book II: Terminal Intrusion**
The Norwell family moved to New Orleans after a tragic history in New York. Lacy Norwell was assaulted outside of her work and her daughter, Sarah, was stalked by most men who laid eyes on her. After the move, they experience some of the same activity that they were trying to escape. They move into a new home to seek refuge from their troublesome past.
Lacy is haunted with constant nightmares and memories of her past. After her husband, Kenneth died, the nightmares became much worse. Sometimes, she can not determine if they are dreams, hallucinations or something else... Something real. Lacy eventually asks her loving daughter to do her a favor, out of love... A shocking favor, to prevent her from closing her eyes... Ever again.
They find a house that was owned by a diabolical priest in the early nineteen hundreds who had cursed the home and the property. The family starts to receive phone calls from mysterious callers every night at midnight, after the grandfather clock in the home strikes twelve.. This leads them to believe someone is still stalking them, yet again It could be the man that sold them the home. The pervert that keeps showing up on surprise visits... Danny Ludwig. He also has their home wired with video and audio recording equipment for his own viewing pleasures... It could have been one of the many men that Sarah had met, or it could be someone else... from the other side. Little does the family know, the calls are coming from inside of the home... by the many spirits that haunt it. The house was built on pure evil and a property with a dark history. After calling the local police force for their help and safety, Sarah and Lacy are stalked by the two officers that show up as well. They continue showing up uninvited.
This is only the beginning... The home becomes alive and very angry. The son of the family, Nathan, becomes a possessed serial killer and has no recollections of his gruesome murders... Until it is too late. He keeps his mutilated victims in the basement of the home... as his permanent house guests. The rest of his family is clueless to his actions.
Sarah starts to become obsessed with the sight of blood. She begins to cut herself and this drives her boyfriend, Lucas mad. This begins to eat at him and he starts to change his personality. After Sarah cheats on him with an ex- best friend of his, Marty, Lucas starts to become vengeful... and violent as well. He brutally bludgeons his backstabbing friend to death, but he comes back to Lucas' home (with the Norwells), for a second surprise visit.
Sarah is impregnated by several spirits of the home, to have her child on Halloween as a sacrificial offering. Her dead father is now a part of this paranormal cult. This night is when all Hell breaks loose. The home goes ballistic and runs a muck on all that live there... No one survives, but one person... Who holds something sacred to the home... within his soul. Revenge.
The hauntings of this novel are all based on actual events, which are mentioned in the book (before the story) and explained after the story. There is also contact information to get the actual audio recordings of the voices picked up in the home... actually located in Texas.
The manuscript is Complete
(Agent or Publication House)
The title of this book is Welcome to Endsville: Population- Zero. The word count is 135, 458. The page count is two hundred.
The small town of Lendsville, South Dakota is a peaceful community, barely known to the map. The town consisted of five hundred and fifty residents during the census count of 2007. Everyone knows everyone and the town is well kept. Poker games are held during weekend to unwind from a busy workweek and the children of the area are closely bonded, just as well as their parents. Everything on the surface is what anyone would want in a small hometown such as this.
The main attraction of Lendsville is the Lend-Lab Refinery & Toxic Facility, and its towering flame that can be seen for miles, throughout the vicinity of the perimeter. In the mid eighties, there was a chemical leek into the town's water supply, which killed a handful of residents of the peaceful community. This incident is now far behind them as they approach twenty years later.
Now, in 2007, Lend-Labs has come up with a new chemical known as Inspector Agent Zero, to clean the furnace to the towering flame. The furnace is extinguished at the beginning of every month for maintenance. As this happens, a vile (but harmless) smell is released into the atmosphere until the flame is reignited. A month after the application of Inspector Agent Zero into the furnace pipes, the flame is extinguished once more. The potent chemical is released into the air.
Over a few months time, the residents start to notice their bodily functions going horribly wrong. This is most apparent in the children and senior citizens of town, but eventually effects everyone. The community is faced with a town wide epidemic of bleeding pores and bodily waste. Birds fall from the sky and not a single animal, insect, rodent, cockroach or even maggot survives. After time, this dehumanizing side effect clears up and they go back to leading somewhat normal lives, but the worst has yet to come.
Some time later, a second strand of side effects come along that is much worse than the introduction symptoms. The silently stalking fumes begin to enter the residents' homes. A rancid skin deformation begins to take place, effecting everyone all over again. Starting with the youngest and oldest age groups, working its way to the middle aged parents. Some do not survive.
The town's Sheriff, Cecil Houston, decides to take Lend- Labs to court over the disruption and pain that they have caused his town. Instead of helping the citizens out of this mess, they quarantine them to the poisoned perimeter. Anyone that leaves or enters will be shot on site under Marshal Law for the time being, until a solution can be made. The town keeps getting worse as tensions flare and accusations are made. Cecil decides to go back to court and this time, take action against the town. This does not boil over very well. He begins to run out of solutions and everyone is becoming grotesque human zombies around town.
Washington has just legalized assisted suicide and Cecil thinks the state of South Dakota will follow this method for a town that is dying off as is. The residents sign a petition for fruition of the method. The state refuses under good moral standards. This leaves the town to rot as they stand alone. Afterwards, everything begins to unfold in chaos. Cecil does not give up that easily. He forms another petition, along with a statement to the town, state and country. This particular statement is more of a town signed and approved suicide note to the public.
Finally, on September 19, 2009, the residents follow through with their sworn, written oath, as a community. The event is televised from helicopter on every major broadcasting network for the country to witness.
After time, a new population is moved in to the town that now has a new name of Livingston, South Dakota... The Livingston Refinery & Toxic Facility, and their trademark flame... continue to light the night sky.
The manuscript is complete
SCREENPLAYS for Option:
Christine II: Immortal Fury
The Sequel to John Carpenter's smash hit, based on the number 1 best selling novel by Stephen King.
“The Fury is back...and bad to the bone.”
This story takes place in the present day, Rockbridge, California. Christine has been melted and reformed into an eighties model. Dexter Holland receives her for a Graduation gift. Strange murders start to unfold and no one is sure why. Everyone else is blamed, but Christine, herself. Dexter and Jen, his girlfriend, try to seek help from Dennis Guilder(both for their own different reasons). Based more off of the book than the original movie(but staying true to both), this sequel is filled the with the gore and foul language that is present in King's Novel. It is spiced with a killer soundtrack (from the Seventies until now) and the troubles of today, such as love, drunk driving, infidelity, teen pregnancy, being accepted, broken home lives, wrongful conviction, alcoholism, loss of sanity, suicide, family/ friend relationships, the importance of seat belts and one corrupt Cop. Rolan D. Lebay, Christine's original owner and Arnie Cunningham, her following owner, possess her and "drive" Dexter to the edge of sanity. There are subtle references throughout for hardcore King fans.
SANITARIUM
(Episodic/ made for television/ DVD series)
Make a COMMITMENT to this INSTITUTION...
...and PRAY to get OUT...ALIVE!
“C.S.I. Meets The Twilight Zone”
A made for television series in the vein of The Twilight Zone , Tales From the Darkside and Tales From the Crypt. Instead of a different story line every week.... It sticks with the same characters and introduces new ones throughout, while pushing the limits of commercial television. It is dramatically and horror inspired with bits of black humor. The verbal intro narration explains it all...The “original” plan was to make each episode a hard rated R episodic movie. Once a commercial interrupted network picks it up, they can edit it for television the way they see fit. After the (last) season ends, release an eighteen and up only, Director's cut DVD box set of the episodic 30 minute movies. They will be uncut and in their entirety. Also, a series of hardcore horror books are mentioned in one of the episodes, written by one of the characters(a serial killer, with a split personality, he writes from both views). The book series will be available and coincide with the television/ movie series. It would be a first of it's kind. Both a made for television series/ DVD released, rated R movie... Including a coinciding, extreme, ADULTS ONLY book series.
Midnight Macabre Theater
A weekly television series in the vein of Night Gallery, Tales From the Darkside, The Twilight Zone, Amazing Stories, Night Visions and Tales From the Crypt. Every episode written and directed by a different top Horror name in the industry. The next mentioned above of the new century. Aimed for major broadcasting networks or cable channels.
A tale from the hood like never told before. RELENTLESSLY REALISTIC. Displays the content and brutal reality that no Hood/ Gang/ Urban film has dared to capture... hardcore, violently realistic STREET HORROR. Script in Pre-production/ for option.
PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES for film option:
Blood Soaked (Horror) - Sonar4 Four part anthology -Book I
Brimstone Broadcasting (Horror) - Moral Horror (Written as "Nick C. Hooper")
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Moral-Horror/Jason-Hughes/e/9780980111415/?itm=1
Eclipse of Sanity (Horror) - Nocturnal Illumination anthology/ Pagan Imagination
Playing Possum (Mob/ Revenge/ Horror) - Ladies & Gents of Horror/ Sonar4 Publications
Skylight of Lunacy (Horror) - Nocturnal Illumination anthology/ Pagan Imagination
http://www.amazon.com/Nocturnal-Illumination-Anthology-Kerry-Morgan/dp/1449919391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264623890&sr=1-1
Slaytime (Horror) - Sonar4 Four part anthology - Book III
Waiting For Them To Hatch (Sci-Fi/ Horror)- Dreams and Screams anthology/Represented by House of Horror Magazine
NON-FICTION MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Cut- To- "Pieces": The Most Stalked & Censored Slasher Film Ever Made
Southern Injustice: A Modern Day Salem Witch - Hunt- Twisted Dreams Magazine
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/twisted-dreams-magazine---the-magazine-for-those-whose-blood-runs-a-darker-shade-of-red/6263172?productTrackingContext=center_search_results
UNPUBLISHED WORKS for anthology publication/ film adaptation:
Vengeful Games of Forced Consumption (Abusive Revenge short story- Horror pending in anthology)
No Laughing Matter (Karmatic Vengeance short story- Drama/ Suspense/ Horror *seeking anthology)
Tower of Death Beds (Hospital based short story- Horror/ *seeking anthology)
Helter-Skelter of the Living Dead (Human Zombie based short story- Horror/ *seeking anthogy)
Wi(n)dowed Eyes of Home (Paranormal based short story- Horror/ *seeking anthology)
Resurrected Domestic Clandestine (Paranormal short story/ sequel to above- Horror/ * seeking anthology)
Sabbatical Mo(u)rning at Lake Lucidity (Jealousy motivated Revenge short story- Horror/ *seeking/ Pending anthology)
Midnight G.O.D (Hurricane based Flash Fiction- Suspense/ Horror/ *seeking anthology)
Novel under pen name (non-Horror/ preteen-Adult) for publication rights and/ or film option
The title of this book is The Talismanic Land of Nod. The word count is 44, 030. The page count is 87.
Jeffrey Davis is a kid that lives in his own mind. He barely has any friends and his parents are hard on him, with chores and assorted punishments for his devious ways in school. The girl of his dreams will not give him the time of day and everyone else hassles him on a daily basis to no end.
The only place for Jeffrey to escape the turmoils of life is within his head and imagination. He daydreams constantly. At night is when the real magic takes place. He is faced with obstacles and hurtles that he must defeat to get what he wants out of life. He is guided by two images of himself. One is headed towards a path of light. The other, a path of nightmares. It's up to Jeffrey to choose his rightfully earned destiny. He has many guides to show him along the way, and some to prevent his goals from ever happening. His self confidence is the basic formula for achieving his desires.
This book is directed at a younger reading level, but fun for adults to read to their children (and enjoy) as well. There is absolutely no violence, coarse language or sexual content whatsoever (PG). This is the perfect book for a special bonding moment before bedtime to preteens and some teens alike. Child idols such as Tony Hawk and other influential characters are present.
The book has subtly subliminal inside jokes for the reading parent. This includes nothing that their child is forbidden to hear in the least. This is a fun read for the entire family, ages pre-teen to adult. It is somewhat similar to The Never ending Story. Although unlike its predecessor, this includes many lessons to live by and historical informational taught in school, such as U.S. History, Math and English/ Vocabulary. It is the perfect bedtime story with learning tools for knowledge and life... set in a fantasy realm of imagination.
The manuscript is complete
PHOTOGRAPHY
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(NOTICE: In no way is Jason Pagan, he submits any artform to any medium)
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