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Explore JG Faherty books in order, with quick summaries, series background, and simple where-to-start tips for his horror and paranormal fiction.

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Carnival of Fear

by JG Faherty

2010

A Friday night at a Halloween carnival turns deadly when a group of teens is trapped inside a haunted mansion run by demons. To survive until dawn, they must face monsters, betrayal, and their own fear.

The Monster Inside

by JG Faherty

2010

Seventeen pieces of fiction explore psychological unease, science-fiction fears, and supernatural horror. Bringing together previously published material and new work, this collection moves across the different forms of darkness that recur throughout Faherty’s shorter writing.

Ghosts of Coronado Bay

by JG Faherty

2011

Sixteen-year-old Maya Blair can see ghosts and make them solid with a touch. When two new spirits enter her life, one charming and one deadly, teen romance and the supernatural collide.

Cemetery Club

by JG Faherty

2012

Twenty years after four friends awakened an ancient evil, the horror returns to their town with fresh bloodshed. Reunited as the Cemetery Club, they get one last chance to stop what they unleashed.

He Waits

by JG Faherty

2012

Ron Francis has concealed the truth about the creature that took his brother into a well decades earlier. When his own children disappear there, he descends into its depths to confront the evil he once fled.

The Cold Spot

by JG Faherty

2012

Bullied and orphaned Clay Daniels finds acceptance among dead children in the woods behind his relatives’ home. Their friendship offers relief from cruelty, but the ghosts’ hidden secrets threaten the safety he believes he has found.

The Burning Time

by JG Faherty

2013

The Stranger arrives in Hastings Mills and the town starts to crack, with violence, disappearances, and something monstrous in the water. A country mage must stop an ancient plan before the whole place is sacrificed to chaos.

Castle by the Sea

by JG Faherty

2014

A carnival boat accident leaves Jason and Erika beside a stormy sea, far from Ohio. Seeking refuge in a strange castle, they encounter an enigmatic host and threatening figures that make escape seem increasingly uncertain.

Cult of the Black Jaguar

by JG Faherty

2014

Guide Ethan Foster accompanies an archaeologist into Central America, where an immortal goddess plans to revive her army using the archaeologist’s daughter. Saving Jenny requires confronting a murderous cult while drawing on Ethan’s own concealed secrets.

Fatal Consequences

by JG Faherty

2014

Alec Winter is celebrated for rescuing his wife after a bear kills their children, though he initially hid during the attack. On the tragedy’s anniversary, vengeful spirits begin targeting him and those who called him heroic.

Legacy

by JG Faherty

2014

After a violent storm, teenage science enthusiast Sean Black experiences nightmares, visions, and unsettling physical changes. Cryptic warnings and a secret library room draw him toward a decision whose consequences could extend far beyond his town.

Thief of Souls

by JG Faherty

2014

Perry Spellman turns to burglary after losing money in a failed investment. He suspects his former partner is trying to frighten him into surrender, but the force pursuing him demands something more threatening than repayment.

12 Scares for Christmas

by JG Faherty

2015

This collection brings together Christmas-themed horror stories intended for children and adults. Its seasonal tales combine holiday settings with frightening encounters, offering a darker approach to celebrations usually associated with comfort, family, and festive cheer.

The Cure

by JG Faherty

2015

Leah DeGarmo can heal with a touch, but every cure comes with a cost. When a brutal criminal turns her gift into a weapon and kills the man she loves, Leah unleashes a far deadlier power.

Winterwood

by JG Faherty

2015

When the Yule Lads kidnap his grandsons, Anders Bach must enter the frozen realm his family dismissed as folklore. He and his daughter face Krampus and other dangers while trying to bring the children home.

Death Do Us Part

by JG Faherty

2016

Art Stanhope believes his wife Catherine’s suicide will end their troubled marriage, until her fury reaches beyond the grave. Protecting his son and new fiancée means confronting a haunting complicated by secrets surrounding Catherine’s death.

Hellrider

by JG Faherty

2019

Burned alive by his own biker gang, Eddie Ryder comes back as a ghost riding his custom bike, Diablo. As his revenge tears through Hell Creek, his brother Carson and Ellie must stop him before the whole town pays.

Houses of the Unholy

by JG Faherty

2019

Disappearing loved ones, monstrous encounters, returning dead, and disastrous experiments unsettle ordinary lives in this collection. Alongside the apocalyptic story The Lazarus Effect, it includes December Soul, a new novella extending that world of undead danger.

Sins of the Father

by JG Faherty

2020

In Victorian Innsmouth, Henry Gilman hopes solving a string of murders will free him from his father's shadow and win Flora Marsh. Instead he finds undead threats, a lurking monster, and a prophecy dragging him toward madness.

The Changeling

by JG Faherty

2020

High-school senior Chloe Olivetti develops extraordinary abilities after an accidental weapons test. A secret military group wants to reproduce her powers, but escaping their control and protecting her loved ones becomes harder as those abilities drain her life.

The Wakening

by JG Faherty

2022

Fifty years after Father Leo Bonaventura cast out a demon, Asmodeus returns through a young girl. Paranormal investigators, twin psychics, and a disgraced priest must join forces to save a small New York town from spreading evil.

Ragman

by JG Faherty

2023

An old Egyptian curse wakes in the present when a murdered high priest comes back for revenge. Two former partner detectives must work together again before the rising body count reaches everyone tied to the original crime.

Songs in the Key of Death

by JG Faherty

2023

Faherty turns to poetry in a collection spanning horror and science fiction. Its dark verses explore fear and unease through shifts in language, form, and mood, ranging from melancholy passages to disturbing and macabre humor.

Where to start with JG Faherty

If you want a fast, monster-packed start: Carnival of Fear → Hellrider
If you like small-town supernatural horror: Cemetery Club → The Burning Time → The Wakening
If you want dark powers and moral fallout: The Cure
If you want a ghost story with a YA feel: Ghosts of Coronado Bay
If you want ancient curses and cosmic dread: Ragman → Sins of the Father

JG Faherty sub-series and character series

Maya Blair Mysteries books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Ghosts of Coronado Bay"

    Ghosts of Coronado Bay

    by JG Faherty

    2011Maya Blair Mysteries, Book 1

Maya Blair Mysteries books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Ghosts of Coronado Bay"

    Ghosts of Coronado Bay

    by JG Faherty

    2011Maya Blair Mysteries, Book 1

Standalone JG Faherty books

  1. Book cover for "Carnival of Fear"

    Carnival of Fear

    by JG Faherty

    2010
  2. Book cover for "The Monster Inside"

    The Monster Inside

    by JG Faherty

    2010
  3. Book cover for "Cemetery Club"

    Cemetery Club

    by JG Faherty

    2012
  4. Book cover for "He Waits"

    He Waits

    by JG Faherty

    2012
  5. Book cover for "The Cold Spot"

    The Cold Spot

    by JG Faherty

    2012
  6. Book cover for "The Burning Time"

    The Burning Time

    by JG Faherty

    2013
  7. Book cover for "Castle by the Sea"

    Castle by the Sea

    by JG Faherty

    2014
  8. Book cover for "Cult of the Black Jaguar"

    Cult of the Black Jaguar

    by JG Faherty

    2014
  9. Book cover for "Fatal Consequences"

    Fatal Consequences

    by JG Faherty

    2014
  10. Book cover for "Legacy"

    Legacy

    by JG Faherty

    2014
  11. Book cover for "Thief of Souls"

    Thief of Souls

    by JG Faherty

    2014
  12. Book cover for "12 Scares for Christmas"

    12 Scares for Christmas

    by JG Faherty

    2015
  13. Book cover for "The Cure"

    The Cure

    by JG Faherty

    2015
  14. Book cover for "Winterwood"

    Winterwood

    by JG Faherty

    2015
  15. Book cover for "Death Do Us Part"

    Death Do Us Part

    by JG Faherty

    2016
  16. Book cover for "Hellrider"

    Hellrider

    by JG Faherty

    2019
  17. Book cover for "Houses of the Unholy"

    Houses of the Unholy

    by JG Faherty

    2019
  18. Book cover for "Sins of the Father"

    Sins of the Father

    by JG Faherty

    2020
  19. Book cover for "The Changeling"

    The Changeling

    by JG Faherty

    2020
  20. Book cover for "The Wakening"

    The Wakening

    by JG Faherty

    2022
  21. Book cover for "Ragman"

    Ragman

    by JG Faherty

    2023
  22. Book cover for "Songs in the Key of Death"

    Songs in the Key of Death

    by JG Faherty

    2023

Author bio

JG Faherty was born in Olean, New York, and grew up mostly in Stony Point in the Hudson Valley. That part of New York, full of old ghost stories, strange local legends, and a lot of damp woods, left a mark on him early. Many of his books still carry that small-town unease, where ordinary streets sit right next to something older and much less friendly.

That landscape clearly stuck.

He has said that one of his earliest movie memories was seeing Planet of the Apes and Night of the Living Dead at a drive-in with his parents. He was already into Godzilla, Star Trek, and classic science fiction, but horror hit harder. He also read widely when he was young, moving from Poe, Shelley, and Stoker to later writers like Stephen King, Peter Straub, and F. Paul Wilson. It probably did not hurt that, as a kid, he liked spending time in a nineteenth-century graveyard.

Faherty studied biology at St. Bonaventure University and first tried writing horror in college. It did not go well, at least by his own telling, and he stepped away from fiction for about sixteen years. During that stretch he worked a long list of jobs, including lab tech, R&D scientist, photographer, zookeeper, teacher, marketing specialist, and resume writer. That mix of science, working life, and offbeat experience helps explain why his books can jump from grounded detail to full-on supernatural chaos so easily.

He came back to fiction around 2000, joined the Horror Writers Association, and kept building from there. Since 2003 he has published more than two dozen books, more than 100 short stories, and several collections. He has also spent years mentoring other writers and working on literacy programs, which tells you something useful about him: he is not only interested in horror as a genre, he cares about the reading life around it.

A good place to see his range is in a handful of titles. Carnival of Fear is exactly what the name promises, teens trapped in a demonic Halloween attraction, fast and nasty in a fun way. Ghosts of Coronado Bay shifts into YA paranormal territory, following Maya Blair, a teenager who can see and touch ghosts. The Burning Time brings ancient evil into a small New York town, while The Cure starts with a veterinarian who can heal by touch and then pushes that gift into much darker territory. Hellrider goes loud and wild with a murdered biker coming back for revenge, and Ragman folds an Egyptian curse into a modern horror thriller.

He does not stay in one horror lane for long.

What connects the books is the way Faherty likes to take a strong central hook and run it hard. Ghosts become solid. An exorcism echoes across decades. A curse wakes up in the present. A grieving woman discovers that healing and killing may be two sides of the same power. Readers who like his work often respond to that mix of familiar horror pleasures, monsters, haunted places, demonic forces, ancient grudges, with characters who still feel like people trying to get through a very bad week.

He is married, and in 2024 he moved to North Carolina's Cape Fear region after many years in New York. The setting suits him. He has written about loving guitar, photography, hiking, volunteering at wild animal preserves, bad sci-fi movies, and warm beaches. Even in the quieter details, you can see the same split that shows up in his fiction: part horror fan, part curious observer, part guy who seems perfectly happy if the day includes both a ghost story and a walk outside.

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