Bio, In Brief

Oklahoman by birth, Californian by upbringing, and New Yorker by choice and longevity, Jim Story is a novelist, short-story writer and poet. He has published short stories, creative nonfiction, reviews and poetry in a variety of literary publications, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, won a Best New Writers Award from Poets & Writers, and held a residency at the Edward Albee Center in Montauk, Long Island.

An ex-college history professor (Russian History), Jim holds a PhD from Columbia University and a certificate from the Russian (now Harriman) Institute. He lives in New York City with his life partner, Jill.

Recent Publications/Current Projects

Jim’s novel, Wounded By History, previously scheduled for publication in 2008, is now looking for a publisher, as is his collection of short stories, Love and Other Terminal Diseases. Stories from that collection which have already appeared in literary journals include “The Spaniard,” published in Karamu; “Cats,” appearing in Folio in the winter of 2003; “Looking for Nemerov” and “The Deep Woods,” both published in Pindeldyboz in 2004 and 2005 and available in their archives at www.pindeldyboz.com; “Lydia,” published in The Same, Volume 7, No. 1-2 (2008); “Love and Other Terminal Diseases,” available in the current (2009) issue of Confrontation (#104); “Shampoo,” published in the fall 2009 issue of BigCityLit.com, and “Chasing the Condor,” due out in the upcoming issue of The Same.

Another story, "Mojave Blues," not from that collection, appeared in And Then in 2008, and two more, “Shaver Lake” and “Shooting Rabbits,” appeared in Home Planet News in Spring, 2004 and Winter, 2007, respectively. An additional piece has been solicited for an anthology focusing on stories in which the geographical setting is of compelling importance. That story, yet to be named, is also from Love and Other Terminal Diseases. The anthology is edited by Paul McComas and should appear in 2010.

Jim is presently at work on a contemporary picaresque novel called Problems of Translation, as well as a novella called The Shotgun and several short stories.

For further biographical information, see Jim’s blog, Today’s Story. Other biographical tidbits are shared in an interview with the Women's National Book Association.