Jacob Thomas Austin

Jacob Thomas Austin is a writer from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is the author of the short story anthology, "Menagerie," a collection of animal- and creature-themed horror. 

 

His work has appeared in various fiction outlets, including, but not limited to, Ink'd Publishing, Literary Yard, The Fear House, and Bewildering Stories. In 2018, Austin’s short story “Eric Roseman’s Poem” was shortlisted for the Genre Short Story award as part of the 87th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. The story, which depicts a nightmarish evening shared between two collegiate literary magazine co-presidents, took 9th place out of thousands of entries.