J.M. DeSantis is a writer and artist (Write-ist™) and the creator of the dark fantasy comic series, Chadhiyana. He is the author of a number of short stories, books, comics, and artworks, mostly in the fantasy, horror, and humour genres. His work has been both traditionally and self-published in places as diverse as print and digital publications and even film (Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated).

Among his published works are his horror novella, Robert Phillips, The Tainted Ones (comic), his children’s book, Ghosts Are People Too, six issues of Chadhiyana, his memoir/writing and art collection: J. M. DeSantis: The First Ten Years (2019), and his forthcoming novel, The Kirklyn Horror. He is also the writer and artist of the humorous horror web-comic, Gentleman Cthulhu: Emeritus Moribus Monstrum, which has seen three collections published through Dark Fire Press.