James is fortunate to make a living out of writing, albeit mostly from the boring kind that sells stuff. He’s also worked as a senior writer on a Canadian TV show called Out There, which showed on City TV. He’s had two non-fiction books published, but his first love is fiction, in the form of novels and screenplays. 

He’s written and produced a couple of short films (Green Eyes, a twisted update of Othello, and Influenced, a psychological horror about the dangers of paying heed to idiots), as well as a sit-com pilot (a Fawlty Towers-esque comedy called The Decline of Lord Conway) and a comedy feature film, Dreamtime, about the perils of falling in love with someone who only exists in your dreams. 

He’s recently focused more on horror films and is currently polishing two new scripts: Carrion Screaming, a comedy horror about a group of hapless young people who stumble upon an ingenious hillbilly with a twisted moral compass (think: The Hills Have Rambo’s Eyes), and You Can’t Hide, a morality tale about toxic masculinity, deadly complicity and a ghost who seeks revenge in the most relentless and excruciating ways. James’ involvement in Twisted50 has reignited his love for prose, and he’s been developing more horror short stories, trying to make each one just a little more twisted than the last. When he’s not writing, he likes to work on his stand-up comedy routines (god knows they need work) and devise increasingly inventive ways to kill his characters.