J. L. Bryan
Author of Jenny Pox
About the Author
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Works by J. L. Bryan
Mid-Afternoon: The Overhyped, Ultra-Sexy, Chilling, Frightening, Blood-Curling Tale Regarding the Latter Day Vampires (2010) 8 copies, 3 reviews
Dark Tomorrows — Editor — 2 copies
Associated Works
Lessons IV: The Dead Carnival and Other Morbid Drabbles — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Bryan, J. L.
- Gender
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- Education
- University of Georgia
- Short biography
J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on English Renaissance and Romantic literature. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. Most of his writing wanders into the horror or science fiction genres, reaching into the darker depths of human nature, where things are often scary or funny.
He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina and assorted pets. They have an organic and natural pet supply store (www.momandpups.com, which is where his cats and dogs often blog). He's really getting into ebooks by indie authors lately. His website is www.jlbryanbooks.com- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Georgia, USA
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What a phenomenal read!!!!! I have read ghost hunting books that try to sensationalized everything they are doing. J.L. Bryan didn't do that, and this great author didn't NEED to! The story was told in a very visual way to allow us to imagine being there at every moment. It was incredible (and also very spooky in parts).
It is about Ellie Jordan, veteran ghost trapper, and her boss's new hire, a young woman who has mixed feelings when the work becomes a bit too much to handle. The main show more setting is in a decapitated mansion in the wrong part of Savannah, Georgia. A family of three lives in one wing while renovation takes place in the rest of the home that the family is going to turn into a bed and breakfast.
A ghost keeps bothering Lexie, the 10 year old daughter. The ghost fights the ghost trappers, but is caught in a capsule such as a bank drive-up uses. While dropping the capsule off, three hours away, Ellie gets a call from her boss that all Hades has broken out at the mansion and to get there as soon as she can. Now the spooky, as in scary, fun begins.
This is one of the best books I ever read! show less
It is about Ellie Jordan, veteran ghost trapper, and her boss's new hire, a young woman who has mixed feelings when the work becomes a bit too much to handle. The main show more setting is in a decapitated mansion in the wrong part of Savannah, Georgia. A family of three lives in one wing while renovation takes place in the rest of the home that the family is going to turn into a bed and breakfast.
A ghost keeps bothering Lexie, the 10 year old daughter. The ghost fights the ghost trappers, but is caught in a capsule such as a bank drive-up uses. While dropping the capsule off, three hours away, Ellie gets a call from her boss that all Hades has broken out at the mansion and to get there as soon as she can. Now the spooky, as in scary, fun begins.
This is one of the best books I ever read! show less
Nomad by J. L. Bryan
Nomad is as a time travel story with a kick-ass, thinks on her feet protagonist following the theme of going back in history to remove the key individual who made it all go wrong. This is dream fulfilment really. If you said to a friend “What would you do if you could travel back in time”, the usual answers would be about lottery numbers or stopping Hitler. However, the things that don’t seem threatening to us now, like the insidious Pringles Corporation, might grow into mind-death show more behemoth sicko megalomaniac control-o-freak-o-monsters a decade or two from now (you heard it here first) and only people from the future would know it was going to happen (and me). They even admit it in their tag line: “When you pop, you can’t stop.” See? Why can’t either of us stop? Where’s it all leading? Am I the only one who’s even a little bit concerned at the suggestion there are other things you can use the tube for? I don’t think Haribo are totally trustworthy either because gelatine comes from boiling bones and where do they get that many bones? Well? I’m waiting for an answer to my NUMEROUS letters. Anyway…
…and I’m back in the room. Okay, if anyone’s still reading this (I’ve been awake for over 30 hours, by the way. You can probably tell from the sound of my eye-lids dipping against the keys), I don’t think I’ve mentioned yet that this is a really thumpingly exciting book and you should read it – an action flick blast of entertainment from beginning to end which I’m happy to recommend. I noted consistently readable writing, a strong plot, flowing momentum and it has some useful concept solving behind it (like how the Universe copes with a time travel paradox). Although it starts with guns as the solution, the heroine soon realises that option won’t work (she’s in a repetition loop) and tries to solve it in a more considered, feminine way, stalking a guy on a college campus. It’s interesting to see a soldier figure try to influence an outcome by talking to people and using charm instead of reaching for the usual blast grenade (I have a small, hard and knobbly, probably also clothy and tasteless pineapple in my room at the moment, which could be the most offensive piece of fruit in Hampshire today and it made me think of that).
I’m still thinking. Why are several people only giving this three stars when it’s a great example of its kind? Hint: It might be the suggestive cover.
I normally review the story, not the cover art, but I mean, did the publisher really ask someone to dress up like that? Where did they find her? The platform shoes look dangerously unstable, especially if she’s going to spend a lot of time in that position, and she also looks so lithe and thin, which is amazing really when you think of all the calories in cum. Seriously though, there’s a saying that you shouldn’t pass opinions until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. If I tried to walk a mile in her shoes, I’d fall on my bum quite smartly. She’s described in the book as being covered in scars and bruises (it’s the shoes, I’m telling you. Really, the whole thing could be avoided). Enough then, sarcastic honour has been satisfied.
Laying aside my odd mood today, it’s only fair to say that I didn’t just like the book, I really enjoyed it. The chase scenes, cool technology, funny friendships, rock climbing, anti-social social cliques, dictatorial stuff, hiding in cupboards, cutting lasers, exploding cupboards, evil uncles, super-heated hydrogen pellets and all the rest really punched the adrenal gland and got my attention. If I’d written this I’d be proud of myself for a month. Usually I don’t review books billed as YA because they’re too simplistic but I think this has been mistakenly described as YA because it entertains beyond that limited age range; higher as well I mean, not younger. If you are a prude who has somehow purchased this without seeing the cover, it does have a few sexy moments described within but the author knows when to stop. As do I. show less
…and I’m back in the room. Okay, if anyone’s still reading this (I’ve been awake for over 30 hours, by the way. You can probably tell from the sound of my eye-lids dipping against the keys), I don’t think I’ve mentioned yet that this is a really thumpingly exciting book and you should read it – an action flick blast of entertainment from beginning to end which I’m happy to recommend. I noted consistently readable writing, a strong plot, flowing momentum and it has some useful concept solving behind it (like how the Universe copes with a time travel paradox). Although it starts with guns as the solution, the heroine soon realises that option won’t work (she’s in a repetition loop) and tries to solve it in a more considered, feminine way, stalking a guy on a college campus. It’s interesting to see a soldier figure try to influence an outcome by talking to people and using charm instead of reaching for the usual blast grenade (I have a small, hard and knobbly, probably also clothy and tasteless pineapple in my room at the moment, which could be the most offensive piece of fruit in Hampshire today and it made me think of that).
I’m still thinking. Why are several people only giving this three stars when it’s a great example of its kind? Hint: It might be the suggestive cover.
I normally review the story, not the cover art, but I mean, did the publisher really ask someone to dress up like that? Where did they find her? The platform shoes look dangerously unstable, especially if she’s going to spend a lot of time in that position, and she also looks so lithe and thin, which is amazing really when you think of all the calories in cum. Seriously though, there’s a saying that you shouldn’t pass opinions until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. If I tried to walk a mile in her shoes, I’d fall on my bum quite smartly. She’s described in the book as being covered in scars and bruises (it’s the shoes, I’m telling you. Really, the whole thing could be avoided). Enough then, sarcastic honour has been satisfied.
Laying aside my odd mood today, it’s only fair to say that I didn’t just like the book, I really enjoyed it. The chase scenes, cool technology, funny friendships, rock climbing, anti-social social cliques, dictatorial stuff, hiding in cupboards, cutting lasers, exploding cupboards, evil uncles, super-heated hydrogen pellets and all the rest really punched the adrenal gland and got my attention. If I’d written this I’d be proud of myself for a month. Usually I don’t review books billed as YA because they’re too simplistic but I think this has been mistakenly described as YA because it entertains beyond that limited age range; higher as well I mean, not younger. If you are a prude who has somehow purchased this without seeing the cover, it does have a few sexy moments described within but the author knows when to stop. As do I. show less
Helix by J. L. Bryan
From the somewhat-generic cover art, at first glance Helix seems to fit nicely into the pulp sci-fi genre. Not a problem - sci-fi thrillers being an entirely pleasant way to pass some time - but JL Bryan's Helix was a complete surprise.
JL Bryan shows, not tells, as his plot unfolds in a world entirely unlike our own. In the far future, where humanity has expanded to
man-made planetoids, the last remnants of old Earth and the organizations of the planetoids are -secretly - struggling for show more power.
This is the background over which Helix's story of a man seeking revenge for his fallen wife begins. To tell more here would be to rob you of the absolute pleasure of reading Helix.
This is possibly one of the best science fiction novels I've read in a long time. show less
JL Bryan shows, not tells, as his plot unfolds in a world entirely unlike our own. In the far future, where humanity has expanded to
man-made planetoids, the last remnants of old Earth and the organizations of the planetoids are -secretly - struggling for show more power.
This is the background over which Helix's story of a man seeking revenge for his fallen wife begins. To tell more here would be to rob you of the absolute pleasure of reading Helix.
This is possibly one of the best science fiction novels I've read in a long time. show less
Set in the Savannah, GA area where ghosts abound, there aren’t that many people willing to go into a haunted house and remove a ghost. And when Eckhart Investigations is asked to remove a ghost that is terrorizing the Treadwell’s new home, the job is quite a bit larger and more terrifying than expected.
When it comes to what I know of ghosts, how they handled much of it made sense and the investigation not only gets into eliminating other possible explanations for what is going on, but show more research to discover who the ghost is and why they might be hanging around. Actually trapping a ghost to forcibly removing them from the premises, though, is a stretch.
Told from Ellie’s point of view, what I really loved is that yes, ghosts scare her too, yet she takes precautions and dives right in because it needs to be done and there are so few people willing to do it. The reader is taken along for the emotional ride. The characters are strong and very realistic.
And the actual terror? Good one. This story could have you being startled by the normal sounds a house makes, at least for a while.
I’m on a quest to read 250 books this year, so to keep the costs down I’ve read quite a few self-published books that I’ve found for free. I don’t give out 5 stars easily, but this is one of the best books I’ve read in the past few months. The characters, storyline, terror and writing style are excellent. I’ll definitely be purchasing the next book in the series. show less
When it comes to what I know of ghosts, how they handled much of it made sense and the investigation not only gets into eliminating other possible explanations for what is going on, but show more research to discover who the ghost is and why they might be hanging around. Actually trapping a ghost to forcibly removing them from the premises, though, is a stretch.
Told from Ellie’s point of view, what I really loved is that yes, ghosts scare her too, yet she takes precautions and dives right in because it needs to be done and there are so few people willing to do it. The reader is taken along for the emotional ride. The characters are strong and very realistic.
And the actual terror? Good one. This story could have you being startled by the normal sounds a house makes, at least for a while.
I’m on a quest to read 250 books this year, so to keep the costs down I’ve read quite a few self-published books that I’ve found for free. I don’t give out 5 stars easily, but this is one of the best books I’ve read in the past few months. The characters, storyline, terror and writing style are excellent. I’ll definitely be purchasing the next book in the series. show less
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