jon-richter.com: writer of dark fiction

Complete Darkness tells the story of Cleric20, a hedonistic tough guy who might be the only person able to save a post-apocalyptic London...

When a work colleague suggested signing up for a match, it felt like a great opportunity to do something outside of my comfort zone...

This week I'm debuting... a Q&A with a fellow writer, in this case the infuriatingly talented Michelle Morgan...

My focus in this week’s post is Perdition’s Child, the fourth book in the Hannah Weybridge thriller series, written by Anne Coates...

For today’s blog post, I thought I’d talk about what Cyberpunk 2077 needs to do if it is to qualify as a true great...

... unique setting: an alternate history, steampunk imagining of a Roman empire that never fell, complete with robotic mecha-gladiators!

...a debate that has been raging longer than the Battle of Winterfell: what exactly is the difference between fantasy and sci-fi??

Within a couple of hours, I realised that the game is incredible, and is also the best-written, most truly literary game I have ever played.

I went into The Legacy Of Old Gran Parks completely blind, but after the blistering opening I knew I was in for a ghoulish thrill-ride!

Cyberpunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that features advanced science and technology in an urban, dystopian future...

I keep my hand clamped tightly over my nose, but the stink still finds its way into my nostrils like an exploring tentacle.

The Soulsborne games are certain to go down as revered cornerstones of the video gaming medium in years to come.

I’m going to launch into five dark works (encompassing books, movies and video games) that have made a huge impact on me…

Hi everybody! I’m really pleased to start the week with a couple of announcements.

I remember being unsettled by the description of my gruesome demise in the dead of night, at the hands (and claws, and tentacles) of...

When I saw the bloody footprints on the front cover of Killing Floor, the very first Jack Reacher novel, I immediately grabbed it.

Given that a lot of people do much of their reading on the commute to and from work, the short story format is absolutely perfect...

I'm very proud, excited and nervous to announce the release of my latest book: Jon Richter's Disturbing Works (Volume Two)!

If fantasy stories don't all have to contain armour-plated knights and fire-breathing dragons, then what does 'fantasy' even mean?

In today's post, I'm thrilled to reveal the front cover of my latest project: Disturbing Works (Volume Two)!