The Author
K.J. Bradley
Veteran. Author. Storyteller. Writing psychological thrillers and speculative fiction that don't just entertain — they unsettle, challenge, and linger.
Genre
Psychological Thriller & Speculative Fiction
Debut Novel
Altered Ego
Universe
The Obsidian Chronicles
Representation
James Moorer, One Moorer Media & Management
The Story Behind the Stories
Shaped by Service.
Driven by Story.
K.J. Bradley came to writing the way most veterans come to anything meaningful — through discipline, observation, and a refusal to accept easy answers. His background in the military didn't just shape his character; it shaped the way he sees narrative. The structure of a mission. The weight of a decision. The gap between who you are and who you're required to be.
That gap became the engine of his fiction.
Bradley writes psychological thrillers and speculative fiction that explore the fault lines of identity — the moments when a person's sense of self becomes the most dangerous thing in the room. His stories draw from academic psychology, neuroscience, and consciousness studies, translating research into narratives that feel intellectually grounded and emotionally visceral.
His debut novel, Altered Ego, is the first entry in a larger narrative universe — the Obsidian Chronicles — designed to expand across books, film, and digital media. It is a story about identity, consciousness, and what happens when the self becomes unreliable.
Bradley is represented by James Moorer of One Moorer Media & Management for publishing and film/TV placement.
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The Veteran
Military service instilled the discipline, perspective, and sense of purpose that defines every project. The ability to operate under pressure — and find clarity within it — is the foundation of Bradley's creative process.
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The Researcher
Bradley's fiction is grounded in real psychology and neuroscience. Identity fragmentation, cognitive dissonance, memory reliability, and trauma are not just themes — they are research areas that inform every character and plot decision.
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The Builder
Beyond individual books, Bradley is building a universe. The Obsidian Chronicles is designed as a long-form, cross-platform narrative world — stories that reward the curious and expand with every new entry.
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The Voice
Culturally relevant, psychologically sharp, and cinematically paced. Bradley's work speaks to readers who want stories that reflect the complexity of identity and the instability of what we call reality.
Tracking
Project Progress
Project
Altered Ego
Phase: Complete — With Editor
Timeline: Aug 2024 – May 2026
Project
Debt Come Due: The Collector's Toll
Phase: 6-Month Development
Timeline: May 2026 – Nov 2026
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Project
Debt Come Due (Screenplay)
Phase: 45-Day Sprint
Timeline: May 2026 – Jun 2026
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Project
Unmirrored
Phase: Complete — Draft in Review
Timeline: Mar 2026 – May 2026
Writing Philosophy
The Questions That Drive the Work
What is the self?
Not a fixed thing. A story we tell ourselves — and stories can be rewritten, corrupted, or stolen.
What is memory?
The most unreliable narrator in any room. And the one we trust most completely.
What is power?
The ability to define reality for someone else. The most dangerous force in any story.
What is truth?
The thing that survives after every comfortable assumption has been stripped away.
In the Tradition Of
Writing for Readers Who Think Deeper
If you've finished a Blake Crouch novel and needed a moment to process — or watched Severance and found yourself thinking about it for weeks — you already understand what Bradley is building. Stories that sit in the space between entertainment and philosophy.
Also Writing As
Damien William Daniels
The commercial pen name for bold, mainstream storytelling — action, crime, urban fantasy, and military fiction. Same discipline. Different battlefield.
Meet Damien William Daniels“The most dangerous stories are the ones that make you question everything you thought you knew — including yourself.”
— K.J. Bradley