Author Archives: Jay Gould

Here’s a sample from my second novel, which continues the action from the first… McAllister and Douglas stood for several heartbeats in the near-darkness. They were in another corridor, but this one was illuminated only by a few tiny lights mounted every few meters in a straight line down the middle of the ceiling. ThereContinue reading “Excerpt from The Emerald Emperor”

Here’s a sample from an early chapter of The Golden Dragon. Just a small Christmas present… Douglas dashed onto the ferry apron just before it took off. Only a couple people made it on after him. The boat creaked away from the dock and started across the bay. Again, the smells and sights captivated himContinue reading “An Excerpt from The Golden Dragon”

My next, next, next book, already completed, and awaiting my decision on its release. What do you do as the lead detectives on a serial killer case, when your prime suspect becomes your partner? Not only that…how do you get your heads around the fact that your new partner is also an immortal, shapeshifting beingContinue reading “Crime/Horror”

Another completed action/horror novel waiting to be released while I decide how best to do that. This is an initial idea for a cover. It’s basically an adventure story with horror and science-fiction elements. Lee Mitchell is a chief drilling engineer reluctantly committed to what he considers a boondoggle of a job – spending yearsContinue reading “And the next…”

This is a tentative cover for my newest suspense/horror novel, COLOR THEM GONE. Andy Coffrey is excited. He has freed himself of the stressful, often depressing constraints of ambulance work in the city, and accepted a job as a medic in the oil fields of Northern Canada. What he doesn’t know is that this firstContinue reading “Upcoming Book”

NOODLES was my fourth published book, picked up by HellBound Books of Texas in 2020 and released in 2021. A departure from The Silk Road Series, it’s referred to as “a graphic, humorous, steampunk horror”. It took years to write and its genesis was in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan,Continue reading “Fourth Book”

The Blade Of Shiva – the third in my Silk Road Series, written after my mom insisted the series needed a third installment in 2018. I told her I had no ideas at that time and had finished my characters’ adventure with the second book, but she challenged me. So I sat down and startedContinue reading “Book #3”

The Emerald Emperor (2017) was my second published novel, a continuation of the adventure started in The Golden Dragon. While pursuing the mysteries established in the first book, one of our heroes is captured by their enemies and spirited away to the hinterlands of China. His friends must overcome their own mutual mistrust and avoidContinue reading “2nd Book”

This was my first book completed and published (albeit self-published) through Amazon in 2017. It was a long haul getting it done – 10 years or more – and ended up being a massive 220,000 words! Waaay too long for a standard novel, so I split it in half and called the first part TheContinue reading “First Book – 2017”