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About J.W. Donley

J.W. Donley is an author, editor, book designer, and publisher living in the Pacific Northwest where the Cascade Mountains meet the Salish Sea. JW is the owner of Dark Forest Press LLC through which he helps to share others’ weird and wonderful works with the world. He is the editor of Scattered: A Dark Forest Press Zine as well as a co-editor for the regional journal HamLit. JW is the author of Cats of the Pacific Northwest and 100 Unusual Prompts for Writers of Horror, Weird, and Bizarro Fiction. His short stories have appeared in anthologies from Dim Shores, HOWL Society Press, PIT, Chuckanut Editions, and on Creepy: a Horror Podcast.

On Bookish Badger since November 2026.

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