03/14//2026 Fall & Winter Author Spotlight Series: Jack Finn

Candace Nola
60 minutes ago
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This series will be showcased on my Patreon first, every Friday this fall and winter, through early 2026. If you are not a patron, look for the new author spotlight to appear here on the blog every Saturday! These will be for incredibly talented, but lesser known, authors that truly deserve a spotlight on their work!

As is our mission here at Uncomfortably Dark, we want to be a community support and while how we do that may change over time, we will always find a way to shed light on the many wonderfully talented people in this space. Please check out their interviews, click on their links, and check out their work for yourself. I promise you will not be disappointed.

This is one of our last Author Spotlights for the winter series but there will be more as we go. There is always someone new to discover and to support. Jack is becoming one of my favorite authors and is an amazing indie horror supporter. He shares a great deal of content on his FB and on his IG, includes as many authors as he can in each post and he always includes a diverse selection.

MEET JACK FINN!!

Introduce yourself in 4 sentences or less.

Jack Finn is a horror author and active Horror Writers Association member living in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two fiendishly clever dogs. He is a lifelong believer that the Tooth Fairy proves you can trade body parts for cold, hard cash.

Describe your style of writing in 2 sentences or less.

I get a spark of creativity, followed by feverish research, then complete chaos, and completion.

What is your favorite type of horror to write?

Definitely folk horror. I believe our world is built upon the ruins of things far more ancient than we can comprehend and I am fascinated by thought that, like grass growing through cracks in the pavement, their world claws its way back into ours.

What is your favorite book or character you’ve written so far?

I am really proud of He Who Has Done Evil, coming out from Crystal Lake later this year. A demon follows British soldiers' home from the Anglo Zulu wars of the late 1800s, hunting and killing the survivors of the Battle of Rorke's Drift until the final confrontation amidst the Battle of Antwerp in WWI. It's a tale about the evils of colonialism and what happens when that bill comes due.

Who are your top 5 favorite authors?

I'm a big indie reader and I am a huge fan of K Bengston, Kev Harrison, RP Marks, Felix I D DiMaro, Daniel Lorn, and Micah Castle. I know that's six but growing up I was always the kid that snuck a second cookie when my mom told me only one.

What most inspires you to keep writing when imposter syndrome hits the hardest?

Impostor syndrome comes from a lifetime of people telling us we're not good enough to be or do something. I have had a lot of that in my life, and it motivates me more than slows me down. I'm a scrapper and I am in the fight til the end. When I first started writing, I'd read my drafts and think this does not sound like any of the books I love. Then I had an epiphany, I don't want my books to sound like anything I read, I want my voice to be unique in this space. I tell other writers all the time, when impostor syndrome sets in its because you are writing in your own unique voice, so grab that flag and run it straight up the mountain.

Is there a genre, sub-genre, or trope you’ve not written, that you’d like to try?

I have a Western horror novel fully fleshed out in my head; I have even purchased a cover for it from Ruth Ann Evans. My goal is to get it down into words by the end of this year. I am an avid historical researcher before I write, and the Western genre is not something I am very familiar with at the detail level, so I am making sure I can layer in period-era authenticity.

What is your hope for your writing career for the next five years? As in where do you see yourself?

My folk horror deities are David Barnett, Gerald Brom, Adam Nevill, Nuzo Uno, and James Brogden, so my goal is for readers to be placing my books on their shelves and TBR alongside theirs. I'd love to be agented and see my books transform into other mediums.

Pitch your current WIP in three sentences or less

It Pierces, is folk horror tale of four Marine veterans on a hunting trip in the Adirondacks in the 1930s and they trespass against the forest’s ancient sanctity. It's a tale of guilt, folklore, and the consequences of the violence in men's hearts.

Where can we find you online and where can readers see you next?

I am online at all the socials @therealjackfinn and at my website www.therealjackfinn.com. I'll be at StokerCon this year and I will be wandering awestruck at all the amazing attending authors at Massacre on the Mountain at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon September 25-27

Amazon Store link: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0BWNW34F1

WEBSITE: www.therealjackfinn.com

Book cover credits (It Pierces & Culling of the House of Boars were done by Ruth Anna Evans, Wilson was done by Blaine Daigle)