Jonny's Writing Corner of Chaos

Writing Update Hello Everyone! I'm long overdue for a writing update, and with Crypticon KC coming up this weekend I wanted to be sure you all knew the trajectory of the sequel to…... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/08/12/writing-update-8/

New Book Release: Them by W.H. Chizmar Blurb: A top-secret government project hits upon a revolutionary idea for transporting matter across the vast reaches of the universe, and they succeed in bringing something back.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/08/11/new-book-release-them-by-w-h-chizmar/

New Book Release: Godfestation by Jendia Gammon Blurb: Ivy “Fern” Fernberg encounters monstrous beings and strange people following the death of her father. Fern initially brushes them off as hallucinations from complicated grief.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/08/11/new-book-release-godfestation-by-jendia-gammon/

What Are You Reading? Greetings Book Peeps! What's happening in your reading world? I'm almost done with Fever 1793 by…... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/08/11/what-are-you-reading-21/

Book Review: You’re Not My Sensei (Terror Valley #2) Welcome to my reading dojo, booksters! Have any of you ever done karate before? I enrolled when I was in middle school but I had like zero discipline and didn't last very long.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/08/10/book-review-youre-not-my-sensei-terror-valley-2/

Horror Book Haul with a Goofball Happy Friday, Readers! Did you know I'm a complete goofball? Yeah, it's ironic given I write seriously spooky tales.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/08/07/horror-book-haul-with-a-goofball/

What Are You Reading? Hey Book Lovers! What adventure are you diving into this week with books? I haven't started…... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/08/04/what-are-you-reading-20/

New Book Release: Meat Bees by Dane Erbach Blurb: Jaws with wasps. By the time Scarlett Sutton arrives at her dad’s cabin in the Smoky Mountains, two locals have already been eaten alive by wasps.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/08/04/new-book-release-meat-bees-by-dane-erbach/

Book Review: Great Divide Hello Angels, Demons, and Everything Between, How's your summer going? My boyfriend and I have been doing some small events, but we are definitely not summer people and Missouri is notoriously humid.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/08/03/book-review-great-divide/

Reading Wrap Up: July 2026 Hi Booksters! July was another great month of reading for me, how about you? I read four books, and three of those were five stars, so I'm really happy with how it all played out.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/07/31/reading-wrap-up-july-2026/

Come See Me at Crypticon Kansas City! 8/14/26 – 8/16/26 Hello Fellow Bibliophiles, Guess what? Another book event is coming your way in Kansas City!... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/07/29/come-see-me-at-crypticon-kansas-city-8-14-26-8-16-26/

New Book Release: Ripped Up the Middle in Two by Viggy Parr Hampton Blurb: A mother is the ultimate feral creature... New mom Sadie is struggling with the reality of caring for her three-month-old daughter-the loss of identity, autonomy, and selfhood are grinding her down.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/07/29/new-book-release-ripped-up-the-middle-in-two-by-viggy-parr-hampton/

What Are You Reading? Happy Tuesday Bookworms! What book has caught your fancy this week? I'm reading an ARC copy of Tammie Painter's…... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/07/28/what-are-you-reading-19/

Book Review: Dead End Tunnel Welcome back, bookworms! Not too much to report here, just more hiding from the sun for this ginger.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/07/27/book-review-dead-end-tunnel/

Summer TBR From My Shelves I've been wanting to figure out what I should read next from my shelves at home, so I finally made myself sit down and go through some of them.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/07/23/summer-tbr-from-my-shelves/

New Book Release: The Winter Folk by Jen Julian Blurb: A woman returns to the mysterious lodge in the woods where she once worked, and to the inscrutable creature that bound her there, in this haunting Appalachian gothic horror from singular voice Jen Julian.... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/07/21/new-book-release-the-winter-folk-by-jen-julian/

What Are You Reading? Hey book pals, What books are you getting into this week? Tell me all about it!... https://jonathanpongratz.com/2026/07/21/what-are-you-reading-18/