About

Jacob Moon was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota before moving with his family to St. Petersburg, Florida. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the army, stationed to the 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii for three years. If you’ve seen the movie Platoon, this was the unit he was assigned to.

Jacob now lives in Clearwater, Florida, where he has worked at a large county jail for the past twenty-seven years, specializing with psychiatric inmates. With plans of retiring from his current job in the near future, he hopes to transition to a full-time professional writing career.

Having been drawn to creative writing since his early teens, Jacob has continued to pursue his dream of storytelling ever since. He has written over one hundred short stories of various genres. Notable publication credits are ‘Manny,’ a modern supernatural/horror tale that appeared in the dark fiction mag The Chamber, and his literary short story ‘Seven Generals,’ which appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, and is a fictionalized version of a real-life army experience he had.

Jacob also published a non-fiction article on prison escapes in fiction for Mystery and Suspense Magazine. This, the short stories mentioned above, and others, can be found and read for free on this site. Select poems are also included.

The two published novels to his credit include Furlough, a crime fiction saga about a man who escapes from jail in search of the young child he has never met, and Dead Reckoning, a supernatural suspense story with historical and many societal aspects. Both novels were independently published, in 2020 and 2022, respectively. In October 2022, both will be available in audiobook format, as well their current print and eBook formats.

In May 2022, Jacob attended StokerCon, a horror-based writer’s conference in Denver, CO. There, he spent two nights at the Stanley Hotel in nearby Estes Park. The hotel is famous as being the inspiration for Stephen King’s novel The Shining. In August of that same year, Jacob also attended Killer Nashville, a mystery/thriller writer’s conference in Nashville, TN. Rounding out 2022, he also plans on attending the BoucherCon writer’s conference in his hometown of Minneapolis, MN, from September 8-11. See Jacob’s social media accounts for photos and further details of each of these educational and fun conferences.

When he isn’t writing, Jacob enjoys a wide variety of sports. An avid fan of the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Rays, he currently plays on an adult amateur ice hockey team. He loves traveling to new and favorite places alike, craves excellent food and drink, and plays the acoustic guitar when he finds time. He is divorced with two adult children.