14 September, 2009

Greetings! from Gumdrop Mountain

Category: published work — SJ Jordan @ 7:39 pm

Hey dudes and ladies,

Here’s my new book!


(Art by Luke Ramsey)

It’s short stories this time. Published by Loose Teeth Press who I completely have a crush on. It’ll be available on or around Oct. 10th.

“This is a place where the big heist takes place at Petcetera instead of the bank.
A place where romantic comedy stars have secret horror chambers and where it rains bicycles on occasion.
This is a place where anything could, and usually does, happen. This is Gumdrop Mountain.

Greetings! from Gumdrop Mountain is the debut collection of short stories from Jordan Stewart.
This slim volume contains 22 stories culled from Jordan’s website, The Broken Chair Essays, as well as new, unpublished work.
The often bizarre stories also manage to feel melancholic, offering a tug at the heart strings while never straying too far from the funny bone.

Gumdrop Mountain is available from Loose Teeth, a Vancouver, BC publishing house that focuses on first novels and prides itself on its ability to drink large quantities of whiskey.
Release date is October 10th, or you know, thereabouts. “

You can pre-order/get more info/see more art/and keep a tab on things here:
http://greetingsfromgumdropmountain.com

It’s got most of the stories from The broken Chair Essays and a bunch of brand new stuff.

I’ll have some around town when they come out for sure, but if you’re in the first 100 that pre-order from that site you get a fancy poster.
Your call I suppose.

Thanks a lot!
If yer not in the spendy mood at least check out some of the free stories! Maybe you will like them?

xo!
Jordan

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5 September, 2009

Leiningen Versus the Ants

Howdy,

Just in case you’re interested, I finally found the short story (published in 1938 in Esquire) that has haunted me (and quite likely helped inform my voice) since I read it in English class in Junior high. It is called Leiningen Versus the Ants and it is a pretty intense man v. nature story:

http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lvta.html

Enjoy,

Cannonball Captain

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