jordanwritesaz

Heat shimmered above the pavement, bending light and warping distance as the city thirsted for overdue rain. Inside his studio, Elliot sat, unmoving, staring at the ink bottles along the shelf that quivered faintly — silvery gray, alive in ways he no longer pretended to understand. He hadn’t touched them since inking a dazzling sun tattoo, triggering a deadly burning sky. Now, a storm waited for him to draw its destructive force into existence. Why him? Why was he the unwilling conduit of...

I'm happy to share that I have a story included in this anthology of wonderful Arizona writers. My story is "Arman is Not Well. It's a bit of eco-horror, if that floats your boat, but there are lots of other wonderful pieces in there. It's available on Amazon, of course. https://www.amazon.com/Weight-Almost.../dp/B0G3YWJ5Y5/ But if you want to avoid Amazon, it's also available through Ingram. Ingram is how traditional brick-and-mortar bookstores order books. I highly recommend buying local...

A story I wrote called Arman is Not Well will be included in a 2025 Anthology published by Phoenix Oasis Press (more to come on that), but I thought this would be a good time to post the story they published in their 2023 Anthology, Beyond Boundaries: Tales of Transcendance (available on Amazon Beyond Boundaries: Tales of Transcendence: POP, Phoenix Oasis Press LLC: 9798392916344: Amazon.com : Books ) We have all experienced some kind of trauma in our lives. I hope Olivia's journey of...