Josh Jackson Author

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April 17, 2026

Read the first chapter of a Pacific Northwest author’s upcoming first novel!

Enjoy an excerpt from the debut novel by Pacific Northwest author Josh Jackson, Run, Interrupted Coming soon as an eBook! Be the first to read Chapter 1 of an ever-tightening tale following a fiftysomething’s later-in-life journey of athletics, awakenings, and psychosis. Tom, a once exercise-averse local insurance agent, finds his doctor-ordered fitness goals constantly thwarted… Continue reading

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March 20, 2026

1, 3, 5 Minute Stories — New short-form fiction!

You may be familiar with the writing format of short stories which take one, three, or five minutes to read, at the average reading speed of 180 words per minute. It’s a fun writing exercise and a challenging one at that. My local library even has one of those machines which prints a long thermal… Continue reading

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March 4, 2025

Trash Stories: my new short fiction inspired by a found object

Last week I issued a challenge: write a “trash story.” It’s a writing exercise where you spot a piece of garbage and come up with a story surrounding it. I found my trash! It was an old sock, somehow ending up on a roadside. And so I opened up Word to a blank document, and… Continue reading

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Read the first chapter of a Pacific Northwest author’s upcoming first novel!

1, 3, 5 Minute Stories — New short-form fiction!

Trash Stories: my new short fiction inspired by a found object