I write dark speculative fiction and horror, often with a dash of romance. I also write about the inspiration behind the stories. I believe in an unseen realm that impacts us and our world in ways most people can’t begin to comprehend, and that the ancient supernatural book called the Bible provides the framework for understanding. I’m exploring these themes through fiction and articles.
My name is Jean Marie Bauhaus. I’m both a traditionally published and self-published author who champions indie publishing in all its forms. But no matter which path one takes to publishing these days, it’s tough out there, and being an author is not what it was when I was a starry-eyed youth scribbling stories in a notebook and dreaming (Stephen) King-sized dreams.
For now, I’m ready to set aside all the trappings of being an author and get back to just being a writer. I’m ready to hop off the insane, never-ending hamster wheel of book marketing and chasing book sales and try something different. Hence, why I’m bringing my fiction to Substack, where I hope I can find my readers and connect in ways that book publishing doesn’t accommodate.
I’ll be publishing both old work and new here, both short stories and serialized novels and novellas. Here’s a short sample that will help you know if my writing is for you or not.
What’s more, things are happening in and to our world that a lot of us are struggling to make sense of. Conspiracy theories are rampant, and while I certainly don my own tin foil tiara from time to time, I believe the ultimate conspiracy is taking place among those “powers, principalities, rulers and spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies” that Paul warns us about in Ephesians 6. I have a lot of thoughts and ideas about all of that, and this will be a space for me to work that all out through both articles and fiction.
Whether you believe as I do or not, I’d love to have you come along on this journey and explore these ideas with me. And hopefully, you’ll have a good time along the way.
About Me
Jean Marie Bauhaus is both a traditionally-published and indie author of seven novels and counting, as well as a number of novellas and short stories. She also writes freelance articles about dogs and cats for a living.
Born and raised in Oklahoma, she currently makes her home in the middle of the woods deep in the Ozark mountains with her husband and best friend of 17 years, a velociraptor in the guise of a German shepherd named Dixie, and a little black meowing fluffball named Olive, along with two box turtles and a flock of chickens. Soon they’re hoping to add goats to the mix.
When she’s not writing about ghosts, zombies, vampires and other things that go bump in the night, she can usually be found hiking the side of the mountain or trading her keyboard for knitting needles and curling up with a mug of tea and a podcast.
Or at the microwave, re-heating her tea because she forgot to drink it before it got cold. #writerproblems
Jean has a Bachelor of Science in Social Science, Psych/Soc emphasis, which means she’s smart enough to finish college but not smart enough to choose a major that’s actually useful. But it comes in handy for building psychological character profiles and developing post-apocalyptic societies.
Easily spooked by ghost stories as a child, teen Jean faced her fears by forcing herself to watch horror movies and read Stephen King until she fell in love with the genre. As a grown-up (more or less, depending on who you ask), her tastes expanded to include a broader range of speculative fiction and romance, but she keeps coming back to the supernatural and paranormal. She has a strong affection for all things zombie-related, which is a good thing considering she wrote an entire trilogy in that genre.
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