The Book of John | Substack

short stories

Every Night I Go To Bed to the Sound of Screaming

Guest column by Tabitha Swanson, age 5

Jun 22 • John Patrick Nelson

"Four Walls" returns!

Help yourself to a story about prisons

May 4 • John Patrick Nelson

The freshest of me fiction

Jan 27 • John Patrick Nelson

If ye like yer horror a lil bit silly...

Oct 31, 2025

"Creepy Paperback" [Craig's Version]

An old favorite, with a new voice!

Oct 29, 2025 • John Patrick Nelson

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