Tons of different stuff. Mostly dark n' heavy, guitar-oriented . . . but then, that's not always the case. At any given time, you might find me listening to: Fleetwood Mac, Motorhead, Buddy Guy, As I Lay Dying, Led Zeppelin, Nine Inch Nails, Howlin' Wolf, the Cult, Stevie Wonder, Anthrax, Linkin Park, Black Sabbath, Miles Davis, Judas Priest, old AC/DC, movie soundtracks, or VAST.
Movies
And a few all-time faves:
- Se7en
- John Carpenter's The Thing
- David Cronenberg's The Fly
- The Exorcist
- The Exorcist III: Legion
- Return of the Living Dead
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Psycho (orig.)
- Night of the Living Dead
- Re-Animator
- Requiem For a Dream
- Ringu
- Audition
- Uzumaki
- Shutter (orig.)
- Inside
- Leon: The Professional
- Pulp Fiction
- Kill Bill
- Heat
- the Star Wars series
- The Legend of Billie Jean
- Unbreakable
- The Breakfast Club
Television
- NCAA Basketball
- Dexter
- The Office
- Saturday Night Live
- Family Guy
- Robot Chicken
Books
- Stephen King
- Bentley Little
- Joe R. Lansdale
- Ray Garton
- F. Paul Wilson
- Ed Gorman
I'm a writer of horror and suspense fiction. My published books include Midnight Rain, The Wicked, and the short-story collection People Are Strange. Other forthcoming books include The Forum and Animosity. I am currently hard at work on my latest novel, Ugly As Sin.
"You might expect the work of a young Southern writer to show some roots, and you'll see that clearly in James Newman's writing. There's a little bit of Davis Grubb and Joe Lansdale twisting into that dark earth, and a strong straight spike of Robert McCammon digging deep. But the story tree that grows above ground belongs to a tale-spinner who can raise one mean hunk of nightmare all on his own."
- Norman Partridge
(The Crow: Wicked Prayer; Mr. Fox & Other Feral Tales; Dark Harvest)
"James Newman looks like he's far too young to be the bastard lovechild of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor . . . but still, I wonder. In years to come, when we talk about great writers of the Southern gothic, we'll be mentioning Newman alongside Massie, McCammon, Crews, Farris and the aforementioned. You can smell the magnolias, the kudzu and the blood . . . . "
- John Pelan
(The Colour Out of Darkness; Dark Arts; The Century's Best Horror Fiction)
