4-20-08 Only updating to stay active.  I hate going to sites that aren't maintained regularly; I never know if the site has been abandoned.  I'm within a couple of pages of finishing a historical Y/A novel "Moses in the Wilderness."  It's about a slave growing up in 1800 near the Great Dismal Swamp.  According to the members of my writing group, it's pretty good.  Now it's time to confront that dreaded beast, "The Re-write."
 
Expressions magazine is going to include my satire about Global Warming, called "Hopscotch to Be Banned."  Go to Sam's Dot Publishing after May 1.
 
3-20-08  Just got my copy of Beneath the Surface.  It's an impressive anthology and I'm looking forward to reading the other stories.
 
3-8-08  I've been told that BENEATH THE SURFACE, the anthology by Shroud publishing will be out within the week.  It contains 13 stories, plus my story as a "bonus story."  (Check out the awesome cover art, on the right.)
 
Another story, "Monkey Bottom," has been requested for EXOTIC GOTHIC 2, which will contain all new stories by authors from around the world.  It will be used for teaching Gothic and Horror Literature, as is Exotic Gothic, I presume.
 
3-3-08   Took the day off today, Dr. Seuss's birthday, to visit the 1st and 2nd graders at W. H. Taylor Elementary School in Norfollk.  Dressed as "MonkeyJohn the Pirate," I read a Seuss book and a couple of my own poems to 7 different classes.  I enjoyed it a lot, despite nearly wearing out my voice saying "Arrgh!"    There's a picture up on the photos page.
 
2-1-08Just finished updating the site today, with covers for all the anthologies, etc., I've been involved in.  Also, I just found out I've been nominated for the James Award again.  (7th nomination)  This is a big surprise - Tyree Campbell always let the cat out of the bag ahead of time in other years.  I'm honored, and grateful to J Alan Erwine, editor of The Fifth Dimension.   The nomination is for my story, PORTRAIT OF A WEEPING SOLDIER.
 
 
John Bushore is the author of the SciFi/Suspense novel, FRIENDS IN DARK PLACES, from Sam's Dot Publishing.  Dozens of his short stories and daffy poems have been published in many on-line and print magazines, as well as anthologies.  He is a 3-time winner of the independently-judged James Award and one of his stories is part of a textbook anthology used in an international studies course in Gothic and Horror Literature.

Glad you came to visit.  Browse around, enjoy the photos, sample a bit of my writing.

There's also a page for MonkeyJohn, the silly simian children's writer who lives with John near the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia.

Welcome.  Make yourself at home. 

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Award-winning writer John Grant, a.k.a Paul Barnett
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Brit writer Edward Cox
The Genre Mall
Writer and Blogger Marva Dasef
Professor Danel Olson - editor of Exotic Gothic
"An anthology of old school tales containing stories which are, by turns,spooky, gripping, insightful, pulpish, and just plain fun.  A first offering from Shroud Publishing that will hopefully be followed by plenty more in the same vein."
Tom Piccirilli, author of THE COLD SPOT and THE MIDNIGHT ROAD."
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(Contains my story,
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE. . .)
NEW WRITERS OF THE FANTASTIC
Edited by John Grant

Introduced at FantasyCon '07 in the U.K.

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(Contains my story, REALITY TV)
.An anthology textbook for an international studies course in Gothic and Horror Literature,
edited by Professor Danel Olson, with stories by writers such as  Neil Gaiman, T.C. Boyle, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Bushore.

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(Contains my story,
GOING NATIVE)
A science fiction/suspense novel by award-winning author, John Bushore,
from Sam's Dot Publishing.

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A book of fantasy poems for pre-teen readers by John's alter-ego,
MonkeyJohn

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Edited by Tyree Campbell Contains my story,
CARNIVORE

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Edited by J Alan Erwine
Contains my poem,
PARADISE

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Edited by J Alan Erwine
Contains my poems,
A SEA OF STARS &
MEMORIES TO GROK &
THE LAST HURRAH
and my story,
ON SCHEDULE

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Edited by J Alan Erwine
Contains my poems,
IN A TAVERN ON MARS &
ON THE BACK OF THE MOON

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TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE HAUNTED MID-ATLANTIC REGION
Edited by Elizabeth Blue
Contains my story,
PATCHWORK

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Edited by J Alan Erwine
Contains my story,
PORTRAIT OF A WEEPING SOLDIER

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