These Fantastic Worlds, jakejackson451, Jake Jackson

Art, Music, Myth & Science Fiction

From great music, gothic art and fiction to modern writing, illustrators, artists and movies,  These Fantastic Worlds offers a dark and fascinating journey from William Blake to H.P. Lovecraft, Brockden Brown to Virgil Finlay, Paco de Lucia to Pan’s Labyrinth with new short tales and art by host, Jake Jackson. Articles on Time, mythology, an sf and fantasy podcast (These Fantastic Worlds, reached over 110 episodes, weekly on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Vurbl) and a series of philosophical dialogues between three characters of my fiction, Hunter, Bain and Shi Xin, are also featured here, with some occasional thoughts on writing, editing and publishing.

These Fantastic Worlds Podcast

Jake is a fantastic narrator, with terrific pacing and expertly weaves a sense of wonder into the tales.Kendall Reviews

Big thanks to top fan horror website Kendall Reviews for featuring THESE FANTASTIC WORLDS podcast as Scare of the Week.  Full review is here. Do subscribe to their site, it’s always packed with entertaining and invaluable recommends.

To see the show notes and full transcription of the podcasts on this website use the top menu to navigate to the Podcast menu and sift through episodes of flash fiction and mythology. The podcast is available on all podcast services including Apple, Google Play, and Spotify

Coming in 2024 are new episodes featuring top 10 Indian Myths, and top 10 African Myths. Further news coming soon.

There’s plenty more to explore

Check out the articles in the top menu and the three panel menus to pick out music, dialogues and sf concepts.

And there’s so much more to come, with the new posts in the What is Time? thread (marching through the history of clocks and timepieces at the moment, the latest is here), future release of my first fiction titles, Fibonacci Rising and Graveyard Planet, more paintings, a new album (8 songs recorded and moving into a studio to record the vocals soon) and posts on mythology, folklore and science fiction.

One Tree Many Roots

One Tree Man Roots logo for music articles by jake Jackson.I had a column, One Tree Many Roots in the now retired music mag called Inside:Cool Music Magazine focusing on the many strands in modern music, the origins and influences, artists, styles and countries. Together these threads express the emotion and connections between people of different traditions, almost always returning to the continent of Africa. The playlists and articles on The Black Soul of Jazz, The Birth of the Blues and The Rise of Afrobeat are now released. #onetreemanyroots.

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Photos of Jake Jackson by Therese Randall Photography