James Arthur Anderson, of Garfield, has just released The Scrolls of Ramose: Scribe of Egypt, a historical fantasy novel published by Nightmare Press. The story, set in Egypt during the time of Ramesses the Great, retells the tale of the Biblical ten plagues of Egypt from the point of view of Ramose, Pharoah’s personal scribe. Extensively researched, the novel accurately depicts the world and culture of Egypt in the 18th Dynasty, circa 1200 B.C.E., and what it might have been like for the average resident of the Two Lands to suffer from the infestation of frogs, insects, and boils; the terror of fiery hail and darkness: and finally the death of the eldest sons.
The book is available both as a Kindle e-Book and as a trade paperback on Amazon.com.
Anderson made his first professional sale to Andrew J. Offutt’s Swords Against Darkness V anthology back in 1979. He is the author of several novels, including The Altar and The Monastery (both from Wildside Press), and book-length critical studies of Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King. His latest critical study, Methods and Meaning in the Novels of Stephen King: A Constant Reader’s Guide, was published by McFarland in 2024. He has also published speculative poetry in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Spectral Realms, The Horror Zine, and Star*Line.
Anderson is Professor Emeritus at Johnson & Wales University, where he taught writing and literature for 37 years before retiring in 2020 and relocating to Georgia. He is currently a part-time instructor at Georgia Southern University’s East Georgia State College campus in Statesboro. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rhode Island, and a B.A. and M.A. from Rhode Island College. He lives in Garfield with his wife Lynn, a gaggle of spoiled barn cats, and a very spoiled dog.
