Jon Colt

Hi, I'm Jon...

I'm a writer of dark thrillers, heavily inspired by the likes of Stephen King and James Herbert.

I live in Edinburgh with my dog, Alf.

Thank you for visiting my site. I hope, if you ever get the chance to read one of my stories, that you enjoy it!

Talking books

The 6 Most Underrated Stephen King Books

Stephen King has written enough era-defining horror and suspense that a handful of true gems inevitably get lost in the shuffle. Everyone knows It, The Shining, and Carrie. Fewer people talk...

Author interviews

Philip Fracassi Interview: Owning A Book Shop, A42 Movie Adaptations, and More

Philip Fracassi is one of modern horror's most compelling voices, earning nominations for the Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Awards and gaining praise for his hauntingly powerful fiction. In this...

Stephen King movie trivia

Arnie in Stephen King's The Running Man (1987)

The Running Man: 9 Surprising Facts About This 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Sci-Fi Classic

1987's The Running Man saw Arnold Schwarzenegger dodging chainsaws and delivering one-liners. Based on a Stephen King novel written under his pen name Richard Bachman, this sci-fi flick imagined a...

Secret Window: 8 Facts About the 2004 Johnny Depp Thriller Movie

Secret Window came out in 2004 and turned Johnny Depp into a twitchy, cigarette chewing, slightly unhinged novelist named Mort Rainey. Based on a Stephen King novella, the film mixes...

Carrie at the prom in the Stephen King horror movie

Carrie: 10 Facts About the 1976 Stephen King Horror Movie

Carrie was the movie that put Stephen King on the map, and it did it in the most unforgettable way possible. A bullied teenage girl, a bucket of pig's blood,...

1408: 10 Surprising Facts About This 2007 John Cusack Hotel Horror

1408 is one of those horror movies that gets under your skin without ever really showing you a monster. Just John Cusack, a hotel room, and a slow unraveling into...

The Shawshank Redemption: 12 Crazy Facts About This 1994 Prison Drama

If you've seen The Shawshank Redemption, you already know it's one of those movies that just sticks with you. It didn't do great in theaters back in 1994, but somehow it...