James D. McCallister

author of the Edgewater County series

Cover Reveal: The Night I Prayed to Elvis

Author Thrilled to Present Long-Gestating Story Collection Much more to say on these stories later, but for now, here’s the cover (and here, posts from the past regarding this material. These characters and situations are “near and dear” to the heart around the bustling world HQ of venerable Mind Harvest Press, so knowing the work […]

Quote of the Day

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they* don’t have to worry about the answers.” —Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow *THEY = The Hierarchy Enslaving You

If You See Her, Say Hello

Another Lament for a Lost Loved One Those of you who have frequented this blog long enough to have read this harrowing post, or my novel Mansion of High Ghosts, may recall of the terrible tragedy which befell the occupants of my automobile way back in 1987. This remains the singular life-changing event of my […]

Ironically Unreal Once Forever: Poetry

Local Author Rolls Out His First Poetry Collection Back in 2019, I reached a personal creative crossroads. (In some ways I’m still not far beyond that point.) The third in the Dixiana series had been finished, edited and final-proofed; I dropped all three big novels on the world that year, a seasonal effort, one which […]

Peace, Rhododendron

Indie Publisher and Local Author Celebrates Release of New Poetry Collection Mind Harvest Press is thrilled to present Peace, Rhododendron, the first collection of poetry by Elizabeth Leverton. A Columba, SC, all-around artist, Leverton paints (that’s her work on the cover), she writes, she edits, she’s a graphic designer. All of us here at the […]

My Great Year

Local Author Reports on 2021, A Most Prosperous Year Nothing earth-shattering or tl;dr here, merely a note celebrating what turned out as one of the best years I’ve ever lived. I reached a level both of personal best in terms of my health and physical well-being, as well as business success at our little hippie […]

MoHG Day is Here!

Author Celebrates Release of Penultimate Novel Well, it’s decades in the making, it almost made me (more) famous, it nearly killed me to get right, but now Mansion of High Ghosts is in the world. I’ve never been more glad to be done with one of these projects, but at least I can say that […]

Happy Anniversary to Us

Today is the 31st anniversary of the day my wife Jenn and I were married! I shudder to think where and what I would have become without her. Blessings and gratitude to her for putting up with my whole ‘driven and troubled artist’ schtick for all these decades.

New DOGS Cover

Yep. An indie author with a title he hopes may exhibit evergreen tendencies will occasionally slap on a fresh cover and call it springtime again. My own catalog, as King’s Highway and Fellow Traveler will both attest, is no exception to this phenomenon.

Revisiting the Cripe Guitar Project

The Tale of Expanding an Old Magazine Piece Almost a dozen years ago, one of my many writing-journey thrills and accomplishments came in the form of a co-written international magazine cover story.