Julian (J. L.) Long lives in New Hampshire with an indeterminate number of adults and cats. He has the hugest possible writer crush on Shirley Jackson, and his fictional boyfriend is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.Julian has published two novels, a collection of short stories, and a poetry chapbook, as well as written pieces for some small local publications and the Poetry Society of New Hampshire's anthology, Touchstone. He also hosts a monthly literary salon for writers, Rochester Writers Night.He happily shares his best macaroni and cheese recipes upon request.
Books & Zines
FIREWORKS ARE JUST PRETTY BOMBS (& OTHER POEMS) is the debut chapbook from established novelist J. L. Long. From the volatile mix of longing and loathing explored in the title poem to the bold defiance in poems such as “Burn Down Everything You Love” and “I’ll Give You Something to Be Afraid Of,” and from the quiet, broken prayer of “Merciful” to the heartfelt ode to community found in “Little Brother,” this poetry collection explores the full gamut of human emotion and experience. Life and death, love and grief, gender and sexuality, faith and despair: You will find all of these, and more, within these pages.
Sex. Sin. Suicide.
Lonely tween Robbie teams up with exuberant newcomer Stacey to explore the truths of their claustrophobically small town and the varied cast of characters who inhabit it. A national essay-writing contest kicks off their investigations, and their efforts hone in on the rumors surrounding fifteen-year-old Nathan Klein, who may or may not have killed himself a few years ago.
As they begin their self-imposed mission, the young pair encounter a number of well-known and well-worn types: The uptight mother. The town drunk. The bombastic
mayor. But the deeper Stacey and Robbie probe into their town and their fellow residents, the deeper these people are revealed to be and the more three-dimensional they appear to the two amateur
journalists. And the deeper they go, the more everyone's lives come slowly but surely unraveled.
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QUEER ENOUGH 2: QUEER IDENTITIES, DIFFERENT-GENDER REALTIONSHIPS is an anthology zine exploring the complexities of bisexual, pansexual, and queer relationships. J.
L. Long has an essay included titled "Building on Quicksand."
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Frank Peterson is dead. Maybe.
His sister Laura certainly thinks so, and she hires over-the-hill former cop Ro Peszke to investigate. Ro is used to cases involving infidelity, not missing persons and potential murder, but can't turn down a damsel in distress.
The closer Ro gets to the truth, however, the more she realizes just how out of her depth she really is. In both the mystery of what happened to Frank Peterson ...
and the mystery of how a middle-aged trans lesbian living in New Hampshire can have a successful love life.
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Tea-obsessed pseudophilosophers. Lesbian teen Audrey Hepburn fanatics. X-rated Santa Clauses. The literal Devil.
All these characters and more you'll meet in The Trees Grow Crooked Here and Other Stories, a collection of thirteen short stories written over the span of nearly two decades. Character-rich stories written in a range of genres create a book that represents classic yet modern American story-telling.
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