William Jones

William Jones is an American horror fiction writer and editor, and a game designer, primarily of role-playing games.

Career William Jones is a writer and editor of horror fiction. As a game designer, he has written articles, role-playing game supplements, and role-playing game design for Chaosium and other game publishers. Although primarily known for horror fiction, he has also written in the genres of mystery, science fiction, dark fiction, historical, and young adult. and was the editor of Dark Wisdom magazine In 2008, his curated anthology of short stories, Frontier Cthulhu: Ancient Horrors in the New World, was nominated for an Origins Award in the category of Publication, Fiction.

Jones also teaches English at a university in Michigan.

Pamela Kinney said of Jones's novel Pallid Light: The Walking Dead that she needed more background on the protagonist to better understand his motivations, and she also wanted Jones to "Flesh out the story, making it more than the world coming to an end." Despite these points, she rated the book 4 stars out of five, saying, "If you’re looking for a good zombie story to read this winter, this would be the one to get. Just beware: if it’s raining, check for odd lights in the sky. And lock your doors and windows."