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T.J. Martinson

Biography

T.J. Martinson

T.J. Martinson is the author of THE REIGN OF THE KINGFISHER (Flatiron Books, 2019), HER NEW EYES (Clash Books, May 2025), and BLOOD RIVER WITCH (Counterpoint Press, 2026). His short fiction, poetry and essays have appeared in venues such as Lithub, Oxford American, Bluestem, Passages North, JMWW, [PANK], LIT Magazine, CRAFT, Permafrost Magazine, The Offing, Pithead Chapel and Heavy Feather Review. His scholarship on literature and science studies has been published in Modern Fiction Studies, American Literature, Poetics Today, Configurations and others. He received his PhD in English from Indiana University and is currently Assistant Professor of English at Murray State University, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in creative writing and literature. 

T.J. Martinson

Books by T.J. Martinson

by T.J. Martinson - Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Supernatural

Deputy Sheriff Alicia Moore is thrust into the center of a chilling murder investigation when she discovers a victim identifiable only by his hauntingly familiar tattoo. Years earlier, Alicia’s father, the then-Sheriff, had arrested a teenage occultist for a nearly identical murder. Now, doubts arise about whether the true culprit was ever caught. The mystery deepens with the arrival of Lucas Masterson, a PhD student studying the confluence between religious trauma and occult crime. As Lucas delves into the case, Alicia grapples with her suspicion towards his unsettling familiarity with the crimes. Caught between her strained relationship with her father, the community’s watchful eyes on a female deputy, and her own harrowing ties to the case, Alicia must navigate a maze of potential occultists, convicts, corrupt officials and clergy to prevent a gruesome history from repeating itself once again.