James Callan

James Callan is author of Old Sorcery and has contributed several short stories to The Literary Fantasy Magazine and the Arcanist Blog. He authored three other books: ANTHOPHILE (Alien Buddha), A Transcendal Habit (Queer Space), and Neon Dreams (Atmosphere Press).

Who is James?

James Callan is a writer and artist based on the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand.

Writing is a ghost that enters a room we sit idle within. It haunts us, not by showing itself in the mirror over our shoulder. It haunts us, not by hovering or dropping china teacups, but by making us tell its story. Through us, the ghost expresses. Writing… call it a possession. To exorcise the ghost, we must tell the tale.

My favorite times in life are when I am possessed. The exorcism… that final moment… It is bittersweet.

I’m a little afraid of ghosts. But I am far more afraid of no ghosts.

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