Crystal Lake welcomes author Jeffrey J. Mariotte. Flesh of All Sorrows will be published in 2026.
Jeffrey J. Mariotte has written more than seventy books, including the police-procedural mystery series Major Crimes Squad: Phoenix, historical Western epic Blood and Gold: The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta (with Peter Murrieta), the Cody Cavanaugh traditional Western series, supernatural thrillers River Runs Red, Missing White Girl, and Cold Black Hearts, horror epic The Slab, and the teen-horror quartet Year of the Wicked. Other works include the acclaimed thrillers Empty Rooms and The Devil’s Bait, and—with his wife and writing partner Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell—the science fiction/horror thriller 7 SYKOS and Mafia III: Plain of Jars, the authorized prequel to the hit video game. He has also written novels set in the worlds of Tarzan, Deadlands, Star Trek, CSI, NCIS, Narcos, 30 Days of Night, Spider-Man, Conan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and more. He is the author of dozens of published short stories and almost two hundred comic books and graphic novels, including the original Western series Desperadoes, the horror series Fade to Black, action-adventure series Garrison, and the original graphic novel Zombie Cop.
Four of his novels have won Scribe Awards for Best Original Novel, presented by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. He’s also won the Inkpot Award from the San Diego Comic-Con, is a co-winner of the Raven Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and has been a finalist for the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, the Peacemaker Award from the Western Fictioneers, the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, the International Horror Guild Award, and for his comics writing, the Harvey Award and the Glyph Award.
He has worked in virtually every aspect of the book business, as a bookstore manager and owner, VP of Marketing for Image Comics/WildStorm, Senior Editor for DC Comics/WildStorm, and Editor-in-Chief for IDW Publishing, and a publishing consultant for various companies. He’s a co-founder and publisher at Silverado Press, a western fiction micro-press. When he’s not writing, reading, or editing something, he’s probably out enjoying the desert landscape around the Arizona home he shares with his family and dog and cats. Find him online at https://jeffmariotte.com, www.facebook.com/JeffreyJMariotte, https://www.facebook.com/jeff.mariotte, and @JeffMariotte.
Flesh of All Sorrows began with a question: What would happen to a child who was raised by a man who was himself raised by a psychopath? I’ve written true crime, and studied, written about, and spoken on psychopathy, sociopathy, serial killers and mass murderers, but I’d never seen that question answered. So I decided to explore it myself. I combined that deep study with extensive review of police and policing, through citizen’s police academies in two different cities, ride-alongs in three cities and the US Border Patrol, and acquaintanceships with law-enforcement officers in various places. Then I took those disparate elements and crafted a character-driven thriller that explores those issues in a riveting, twisty tale.
Welcome aboard, Jeffrey!