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The Martian Princess, chs 21 & 22

The Martian Princess, chs 21 & 22

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 22, 2021 in Sci Fi Noir, The Martian Princess | 0 comments

Admiral Cane searched the minibar for something to drink. â€œYou drank all the champagne?â€ she asked, her...

the dream

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 11, 2021 in Fiction | 0 comments

The Dreamasleep in the rainby her sideon the ruined deskwords defythe day dies straightinto shuttersthe...

North Star Redux

North Star Redux

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 24, 2020 in Blogh, Poetry | 0 comments

I’m very excited to have published a poem, North Star in the Whiskey Tit Journal. The other work is...

chapter 11: The Elevator

chapter 11: The Elevator

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 18, 2020 in Sci Fi Noir, The Martian Princess | 0 comments

excerpt from The Martian Princess, Volume Three of Drift The line to the elevator was as disorderly as it...

go while you can

go while you can

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 16, 2020 in Blogh, The Vietnam Project, Writing | 0 comments

This is a video of an Ithaca Spring Writes virtual event I did in late November, Mary Lorson’s Of...

Isle of Dogs Part 2

Isle of Dogs Part 2

Posted by jonfrankel on Nov 19, 2020 in Fiction, ISLE OF DOGS, Sci Fi Noir | 0 comments

this is from Part 2 of Isle of Dogs. forthcoming And then there was the library and Baby Sipsâ€™ languid...

interview with david Rovics

interview with david Rovics

Posted by jonfrankel on Nov 18, 2020 in Fiction, GAHA: Babes of the Abyss, ISLE OF DOGS, Sci Fi Noir, The Last Bender, The Man Who Can't Die | 0 comments

David Rovics, a musician, writer, and independent producer of conversations with artists, interviewed me...

ISLE OF DOGS

Posted by jonfrankel on Nov 14, 2020 in Fiction, GAHA: Babes of the Abyss, ISLE OF DOGS, Sci Fi Noir, The Last Bender, The Man Who Can't Die | 0 comments

A NOTE TO THE READER: Isle of Dogs is Volume Two of Drift, a multivolume saga set in a world that was...

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About Jon Frankel

This website is dedicated to my poetry and fiction. The novels, The Man Who Can't Die, GAHA: Babes of the Abyss and The Isle of Dogs are published by Whiskey Tit Press. Writing as Buzz Callaway, I'm the author of Specimen Tank and The Last Bender. Specimen Tank is published by Manic D Press. The Last Bender is published on this website. Currently I'm working on The Vietnam Project, a travel memoir about Vietnam and its long history. I also write book reviews and personal essays about food, art and culture. I live in upstate New York with my family and am a retired stacks manager.