James Hoch

For 38 years, James enjoyed a productive career as a music educator. He taught at the university level as well as high school. The longest stretch was 16 years at Winona State University in Minnesota. He is also a composer with works published by Zames Music Co. Two CDs of his chamber works are available from iTunes and CDbaby.com.

His new writing career includes articles with the magazine Marathon and Beyond. His articles were about running the Norwegian Wilderness Marathon and the Wyoming Double Marathon.. His foray into the area of writing novels begins with his first full–length book–– Milford Spitz and the Very Fast Machine. "I've discovered that letting my imagination run amok and getting it down on paper is addictive. Now if I can get the voices to stop, I'll be fine."

In January 2010, SynergEbooks released James' second novel, Reveka's Return. This paranormal romantic vampire thriller is the first in the series, The Crimson Pursuit. Book 2, Reveka's Revenge was released October 2010. In August 2011, SynergEbooks released a print version of "Reveka's Return." In 2012, Imajin books published his post–apocalyptic thriller titled, "Heckel Casey." Additional writing includes several horror short stories which are intended for an upcoming collection. A sequel to Milford Spitz and the Very Fast Machine is nearly complete and James is half way through writing a sci–fi thriller called "Tatts." His short story "The Frame" was published in the October 2011 issue of the award winning on–line magazine, The Horror Zine. James' flash fiction piece titled "Fade to..." is published by Pill Hill Press in an anthology titled Daily Flash Fiction of 2012, and "Qwerty" was just accepted for Pill Hill Press' Daily Flash Fiction of 2012. His short story "Where there's smoke, there's..." was published in the Feb/March 2012 issue of SNM Horror and will appear in the Bonded by Blood V Anthology.