# James Arthur Anderson

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**James Arthur Anderson'**s first published short story appeared in [Andrew J. Offutt](/source/Andrew_J._Offutt)'s *[Swords Against Darkness V](/source/Swords_Against_Darkness_V)* anthology in 1979. He has since published stories in [Lin Carter](/source/Lin_Carter)'s *[Weird Tales 4](/source/Weird_Tales_4)*, *Elditch Tales*, *Fantasy Tales*, and *Haunts*. His nonfiction has appeared in *[Fangoria](/source/Fangoria)*. In 1997 he began using his complete name, James Arthur Anderson, in his by-line. He has won several poetry awards, including first place in the rhymed poetry category in the 79th annual [Writer's Digest](/source/Writer's_Digest) Writing Competition.

Anderson was born in [Providence](/source/Providence,_Rhode_Island), [Rhode Island](/source/Rhode_Island), in 1955 and currently lives in [Garfield](/source/Garfield,_Georgia), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)). He received a B.A. from [Rhode Island College](/source/Rhode_Island_College) in 1977, and an M.A. in 1987. He earned his Ph.D. in literature from the [University of Rhode Island](/source/University_of_Rhode_Island) in 1992. In 2023 he was named professor *[emeritus](/source/Emeritus)* at [Johnson & Wales University](/source/Johnson_%26_Wales_University),[1] where he had taught since 1984 until his retirement. His book-length study of [H.P. Lovecraft](/source/H.P._Lovecraft), *Out of the Shadows: A Structuralist Approach to Understanding the Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft* was published in 2011 by [Wildside Press](/source/Wildside_Press).[2] In June, 2017, he published a book-length critical study of [Stephen King](/source/Stephen_King), *The Linguistics of Stephen King: Layered Language and Meaning in the fiction* with McFarland Press.[3] In 2020 he published "Excavating Stephen King: a Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction" with Rowman & Littlefield.[4]

## References

1. ["Faculty Emeritus"](https://catalog.jwu.edu/aboutjwu/academicdirectories/faculty-emeritus/). *[Johnson & Wales University](/source/Johnson_%26_Wales_University)*. Retrieved 17 February 2026.

1. Anderson, James (2011). [*Out of the Shadows*](https://web.archive.org/web/20120324210435/http://www.wildsidebooks.com/ANDERSON-James_c_3717.html). Wildside Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-8095-3002-1. Archived from [the original](http://www.wildsidebooks.com/ANDERSON-James_c_3717.html) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-09-06.

1. "The linguistics of Stephen King: Layered language and meaning in the fiction". *ProtoView*. Vol. 2017, no. 2. Beaverton: [Copyright Clearance Center](/source/Copyright_Clearance_Center). 2017.

1. ["The Literary Studies Shelf"](https://www.midwestbookreview.com/ibw/jan_21.htm). *Internet Bookwatch*. **31** (1). [Midwest Book Review](/source/Midwest_Book_Review). January 2021.

## Further reading

- Anderson, James. "The Asian Market." 76th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition Collection Cincinnati: Outskirts Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4327-1016-3
- Anderson, James. The Linguistics of Stephen King: Layered Language and Meaning in the Fiction. [McFarland Press](http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/book-2.php?id=978-1-4766-6834-5)[dead link], 2017. ISBN 978-1-4766-6834-5
- ["Finding Lovecraft: Life is a hideous Thing"](http://www.findinglovecraft.com/credits/interviews/james-arthur-anderson-phd)

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