Vondolyn Wright, also published as V. Wright, is a Jacksonville author whose work includes fiction, short stories, and poetry.
Her latest release, Polite Horrors, marks her foray into psychological horror, exploring the unsettling side of ordinary people, situations, and everyday life. There are no ghosts here. No gore. No jump scares. The horror comes from familiar people, trusted institutions, and the frightening things people can justify while still believing they are good.
After publishing two novels in a planned three-book fiction series, two poetry collections, and a healing journal, Vondolyn Wright turned to a different kind of storytelling with Polite Horrors—her first short story collection and first full step into psychological horror.
Rather than relying on monsters or the supernatural, Polite Horrors explores the everyday situations, relationships, systems, and choices that can become frightening precisely because they are familiar. The collection blends suspense, social observation, dark humor, and emotional realism, with stories rooted in ordinary lives and the quiet ways people justify harm.
Polite Horrors marks a new chapter in Wright’s work while staying true to the themes that run through her writing: survival, family, power, community, consequence, and the human condition.
I believe life is something we are always becoming into.
My journey has taken me through many seasons—building businesses, writing and publishing books, traveling, gardening, creating, retiring, starting over, and eventually giving myself permission to pursue the life I wanted instead of the one I was simply expected to live.
My spirituality has taught me to pay attention to what life is trying to teach me, to trust growth even when it is uncomfortable, and to live with intention. That intention shows up in the choices I make, the words I write, the food I grow, and the life I continue to create for myself. I’ve learned that success is about more than what I accomplish. It is also about who I become along the way.
That spirit lives in books like Prayers Between Skin and Moonlight, Empress: Book of Pearlz, and in my journals, where I encourage others to look inward, honor their own journeys, and recognize the power they already carry.
I am still writing. Still growing. Still traveling. Still planting things—in the ground, on the page, and in my own life—and watching to see what they become.
