Jason Roach is an American Writing Awards award-winning finalist in LGBT+ Fiction & Thriller Fiction for his book The House on Dead Man’s Curve – inspired by his personal paranormal experiences in life - and the author of M/M paranormal romance/adventure series The Vampire Crusades. He is the owner and editor-in-chief of Gold Dust Publishing, a new indie publishing company for LGBTQIA+ and Ally authors. A paranormal enthusiast, he spent three years as a core member of the Association of Paranormal Study. Jason has been a paranormal/Sci-fi/writing guest panelist or presenter at GalaxyCon, Jordancon, ConCarolinas, and Congregate. Originally from Statesville, NC, he now resides in Winston-Salem, NC.
When he is not working on the next big project or investigating the paranormal, he enjoys spending time with his family, their four cats – Lyma, Gandalf, Crooky, and Batman – and doggy Laylah. Concert-going, traveling, and a good paranormal investigation are the places he finds inspiration.
Gold Dust Publishing is a new indie publishing company for LGBTQIA+ authors & allied stories. Its mission is to provide an avenue and safe place for LGBTQIA+ authors to share their artistic talents through fiction or non-fiction writings with the world. Our non-fiction side works to help preserve our LGBTQIA+ history in a world where books are constantly being banned. Our fiction side of the company provides entertaining tales for all ages featuring LGBTQIA+ characters or written by LGBTQIA+ authors.
When he is not working on the next big project or investigating the paranormal, he enjoys spending time with his family, their four cats – Lyma, Gandalf, Crooky, and Batman – and doggy Laylah. Concert-going, traveling, and a good paranormal investigation are the places he finds inspiration.
Gold Dust Publishing is a new indie publishing company for LGBTQIA+ authors & allied stories. Its mission is to provide an avenue and safe place for LGBTQIA+ authors to share their artistic talents through fiction or non-fiction writings with the world. Our non-fiction side works to help preserve our LGBTQIA+ history in a world where books are constantly being banned. Our fiction side of the company provides entertaining tales for all ages featuring LGBTQIA+ characters or written by LGBTQIA+ authors.
Since opening in January of 2023, Gold Dust has brought you the audiobook for The House on Dead Man’s Curve by owner and paranormal investigator Jason Roach, Until Death: An Eric Kent Investigation by Rey Nichols, The Purple Menace and the Tobacco Prince by Wade Beauchamp, The Sword’s Secret – Ancient Wonders – Book 1, and a charity book titled Reflections featuring over forty different authors from around the world writing letters to their past selves. To learn about upcoming projects or submit a manuscript, please visit www.golddustpublishing.com.
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Violet's Pretty Purple Playground
Gold Dust Publishing is raising funds for a local professional artist to do the artwork for Violet's Pretty Purple Playground - a story about a little girl who learns a valuable lesson about diversity. The artwork will consist of 25 to 30 various pieces.