Fiction

I have published ten short stories, in Confrontation (twice), Northwest Review, Pank (twice) the Laurel Review (twice), Concho River Review, RE:AL and Pacific Review.

I have completed a novel, “Ghost Road,” a multigenerational story of three families and their adjacent properties on a hill in a small fictional town in the Canadian Maritimes. Spanning the 20th century, the story follows the reverberations of a single conversation and kiss that occur in the early part of the century to a daughter’s discovery of her father’s betrayal at the century’s close. There are many characters in the novel, but its main focus is the place itself, a rustic, cold, indescribably gorgeous town that continues to draw on the characters’ affections long after they’ve exhausted their patience for their familial connections to it.

I am working on a variety of projects including new short stories and new longer pieces; an expansion of a short story about a wayward doctor in the 1830s and a children’s story with very human-seeming birds.

Novel: Ghost Road

Jon Sapers posted this in Fiction on July 1st, 2010

Here is a summary of my novel, “Ghost Road.”

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Summer houses are palimpsests. Meaning is layered over their surfaces and quirks by succeeding generations of visitors for whom the arrangement of furniture in a bedroom, a path through the woods or even particular wine glasses can signify an entire childhood. “Ghost Road” follows . . . → Read More: Novel: Ghost Road

Short Story: No More White Boys

Jon Sapers posted this in Fiction on July 1st, 2010

This is a short story I wrote about a group of teenage girls. It appeared in Pank Magazine, in April 2009.

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Sempe has a small blue star on her right cheek that everyone thinks is a tattoo. It’s not, it’s what, when she looks in the mirror, makes her think most of her . . . → Read More: Short Story: No More White Boys

Short Story: To Jennifer Lee, I owe you $10

Jon Sapers posted this in Fiction on July 1st, 2010

This is a short story I wrote about a lost cell phone. It was published in Pank Magazine in October 2008.

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She got into the cab on her way to the airport. She sat down and gave her instructions. “To the airport please.” The cab driver mumbled something. From what sounded like far . . . → Read More: Short Story: To Jennifer Lee, I owe you $10

Short Story: Good Samaritans

Jon Sapers posted this in Fiction on June 22nd, 2010

This short story was written in the wake of 9/11. It appeared in Confrontation, Issue 96/97 Fall 2006/2007.

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Good Samaritans

On the day of the tragedy, I went into a church and tried to pray. Having been raised without religion, I found myself unable to summon the necessary feeling, or at the . . . → Read More: Short Story: Good Samaritans