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In his writing, James Scully endeavors to build compelling characters and follows them through epic, existential struggles. He enjoys taking risks in his approach to story, prose, and style.
Scully grew up in Lincolnshire IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. He graduated from the University of Southern California and worked in film before shifting to fiction. He completed his first novel, The Music of Erica Zann, in February 2024. It's a modern reimagining of the 1921 H.P. Lovecraft short story, The Music of Erich Zann. It blends intense, dark, psychological terror with humorous and heartfelt characterization. He completed Murder Incorporated & Other Stories, a satirical short story collection, in October 2024.
Scully's favorite novel is A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin. The prose is poetic and tight, and the story has an eternal, mythic quality. Le Guin's The dispossessed, The Lathe of Heaven, and her book on writing, Steering the Craft, are other favorites. Scully also loves the writing of Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Dan Simmons, Mark Twain, Octavia E. Butler, and John Steinbeck.
Scully lives in Chicago, IL. His Bluesky account is his only social media.
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