Jayme K.

Jayme K. (born 1990), is an American author, comic book writer, filmmaker, actor, podcaster, and Internet personality. He is the founder of ThatLitSite and the co-founder of UnHollywood. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Jayme K.'s fiction, poetry, and essays have been published in Thought Catalog, Before Sunrise Press, Your Daily Subvert, Be AbOUT It, The Horror Zine, Nostrovia Poetry, Underground Books, and countless others.

In May 2013 Jayme K. started the podcast Shootin' It with Jayme & Kenney with fellow podcaster and author Ken Dereste Dorcely. In early 2014 the show changed its format and was retitled Shootin' It with Jayme K. following Dorcely's departure. Stand up comedian and actor Michael Malkiewicz has taken over the duties of co-host since then.

Jayme K.'s first novel Disorderly was published in June 2013 and then republished in August 2013 by Before Sunrise Press. His second novel Clever Animals is expected to be released in late 2014 or early 2015.

In March 2014 Jayme K. launched a Kickstarter to fund his comic book mini-series The Extractor, a collaborative effort with artist Joel Amat Güell. In April the Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded, surpassing its goal by 50%.

His first feature film Practice Makes Perfect began production in 2014 and stars Michael Malkiewicz, Jayme Karales, Levar Burton, Ken Dereste Dorcely, Alex Hand, Alexander Lynch, and Jack Viera.

Authors Stephen King, Bret Easton Ellis, George V. Higgins, Irvine Welsh, Tao Lin, Heiko Julien, and Frank Miller have been cited as his central influences.

Publication

• Disorderly. 2013, Before Sunrise Press.
• The Extractor. 2014. UnHollywood Comics.
• Practice Makes Perfect: A Novella. 2014, That Lit Press.
• That Lit Zine, editor.

See also

• Alternative literature
• New Sincerity
• Transgressive literature
• Comic Books
• Podcasting