The author

James E.
Hamelton Jr.

Also known as James Hamelton Jr. My surname is spelled Hamelton.

James E. Hamelton Jr. writes fantasy, horror, and psychological fiction from Keokuk, Iowa, a river town on the Mississippi.

His writing began on online message boards, sharing short science fiction, horror, and psychological horror stories. That fascination with the strange and unsettling continues alongside a love of imagined worlds.

His debut novel, An Enchanted Heart, opens The Heartbound Saga. Lysoria—a realm of ancient magic and hidden histories—grew from a world he carried in his imagination long before it became a book.

Beyond the page, James works as a software engineer, web developer, and graphic designer. His personal site, hamelton.dev, brings together his work, experiments, photography, and writing.