novel

the lethe killer by j.j. carswell | hyperion avenue | june 8, 2027 | excerpt

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short stories

walt by walt | santa monica review | spring 2025 | pdf

unknown causes | every day fiction | january 2024 | link

parking lots | hobart | july 2023 | link

the typewriter | wrongdoing | fall 2022 | pdf

something far larger by j.j. carswell | bewildering stories | may 2021 | link

technique | 34th parallel | august 2020 | pdf

the photographer | meridian | may 2016 | pdf

detective chin’s story | prism review | may 2016

essays

the borges memorial library of imaginary books | the paris review daily | march 2016 | link

how henry cabot lodge, jr., won the 1964 new hampshire primary without lifting a finger | slate | february 2016 | link

the death of kitty genovese, 50 years later | pacific standard | march 2014 | link

tyler brown gave sacrifice an identity | georgia tech alumni magazine | winter 2005 | link