James H. Summers - Psychological Horror Fiction Writer
Portfolio

Portfolio

 

Portfolio

These stories explore what happens when ordinary lives fracture under pressure — family, ambition, faith, addiction, obsession — and what steps in when something breaks.
They are psychological horror and dark thrillers grounded in human choices rather than spectacle. Some are intimate. Some are brutal. All of them are about consequence.If you’re looking for neat resolutions or easy heroes, these books may not be for you.
If you’re drawn to stories that linger, you’re in the right place.
New here?
If you’re deciding where to begin:

  • Control & Psychological Horror: Bereft Reality
  • Family & Supernatural Horror: Picking Murphys
  • Psychological Thriller: They Heinous
  • Obsession & Survival: Site 123
  • Long-form Mythology: First Responder (series)

 

Bereft Reality
A psychological horror about control, ambition, and silence.
A program built to empower women becomes something far darker.
Candidates enroll in a one-week crash course promising success — only to discover the curriculum demands obedience, sacrifice, and disappearance.
When Summer’s best friend vanishes, the truth reveals how easily self-improvement can turn predatory.

Picking Murphys
A psychological ghost story about family fracture.
A family on the brink of collapse takes one last trip — straight into the arms of the supernatural.
As a father and son travel to the mountain town of Murphys, California, unseen forces follow. One seeks protection. Another seeks ruin.

First Responder
A psychological-horror thriller about hunger and mercy.
By night, Dr. Stevens walks the line between healer and predator.
Working the night shift, he arrives before the sirens — not to save lives, but to feed on the dying.
His control begins to unravel when he encounters Karen, an EMT with her own dangerous purpose.

The First Responder Series

Site 123
A dark psychological thriller about obsession.
Some camping trips end with a sunrise. This one ends in screams.
When rejection fractures Scott’s grip on reality, obsession follows into the woods, collapsing friendship, desire, and restraint into a single night.

They Heinous
A psychological thriller where empathy turns predatory.
Two broken lives collide on opposite sides of morality.
A physiotherapist crosses ethical lines. A self-destructive reporter chases patterns no one else should see.
As addiction tightens, the truth binding them threatens to destroy them both.

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