Jon Colt Bibliography: A complete list of novels, novellas and short stories
A new dystopian thriller. - 30
Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Jon Colt writes dark thrillers and suspense stories in the dystopian, supernatural and science fiction genres.
What Happened Next Series
1. What Happened Next
Released: Jun 2024
Thirteen-year-old Milo Winters lives happily in the sleepy New Hampshire town of Masterson. But one hot Sunday morning, adults start dropping dead all across America, and Milo must team up with his teenage neighbor, Becca, to help protect their younger siblings whilst the government scrambles for control.
Becca has a stalker – a troubled young man named Rex, who will stop at nothing to make her his, and as society collapses, he seizes the opportunity to close in on his prey.
Meanwhile, Denzel, a cadet from the city, is sent to Masterson to help police the town. His mother was murdered by a dangerous klan in a hate crime when he was just a kid. As he arrives in the small town, he begins to uncover evidence of the klan, and seeks out revenge on its surviving members.
As these stories collide in explosive fashion, expect thrills, suspense and adventure in this dystopian debut from Jon Colt.
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2. Bad Things Happened Here
Released: Oct 2024
After a treacherous journey, Milo and Becca have arrived at a place where they hope to find sanctuary, and they begin to enjoy the hospitality of their charismatic host.
At first, Rosewood seems to be a friendly little community. They’re given their own chalet and Brody and Sally start to attend the school and day care. Becca and Milo even take up jobs. Becca finds new friends in the laundry, whilst Milo enjoys the mentorship of an old man named Miller, out in the farm.
But once they begin to dig a little deeper, they start to realize that the place – and its people – are harboring some dark secrets, and that their fast-approaching plans for the outside world must be stopped at all costs.
Meanwhile, Rex learns some unexpected news about his heritage and is set down a dangerous new path, whilst Denzel, who is slowly regaining his strength in Rosewood’s hospital, plots his long-awaited revenge on the High Eagle.
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3. Find the Devil
Released: May 2025
As Becca and Milo start to come to terms with the aftermath of the Rosewood incident, the wider group begins to plan a way forward for the remaining community, whilst Tina grows more desperate to find Tom.
Battered and exhausted, Rex embarks on his quest to find John ‘The Devil’ Baites – an old friend of his father’s – but he’s haunted by a surprising figure from his past, and he picks up another unexpected passenger along the way.
Chambers is the prisoner of the Sigmarauders, a seemingly gormless and unorganized college fraternity, but she soon learns that she’s a key component in a daring plan.
Shaw, a senior government trouble-shooter, attempts to reassemble the Council of Eventualities for a top secret mission, but his objective is in tatters when he discovers that one of the Council has been murdered. Perhaps there’s an inventive young Rosewood resident that can take the professor’s place.
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The Girl Who Speaks to the Dead Series
1. The Girl Who Speaks to the Dead
Astrid is a thirteen-year-old girl with a powerful gift. She can talk to the dead. When her and her mom move to a sleepy town to escape their shattered city life, they hope for a clean start – but they’re about to find anything but.
Cole, the local deputy, is out to impress his sheriff, who is out-of-action whilst recovering from cancer. So when a girl goes missing in the county, Cole will go to any length to find her – including employing the help of a teenage medium.
Meanwhile, two dangerous criminals arrive in the area. They’re looking for something. Something only a dead man knows where to find. And in their desperation, they’ll resort to brutal, violent means in order to contact him.
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Novellas
The Ones That Watch
Released: February 2025
Arden is a 38-year-old woman in a dark place in her life, so when she’s given the opportunity to man the Tenneroke fire lookout tower for a season, she jumps at the chance. But she soon realizes that the job is not quite what it seemed, and that her troubled past may have caught up with her.