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Phil Jourdan is the author of Praise of Motherhood (Zero Books), What Precision, Such Restraint (Perfect Edge) and John Gardner: A Tiny Eulogy (Punctum Books).

He is editor of scifi and fantasy at Angry Robot, and managing editor at Repeater Books.

He is one of the co-founders of the online writing workshop and lit magazine, LitReactor.
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For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.

I’m pretty happy to have a story published over at Eunoia Review. I think the editor, Ian Chung, is set to make a nice difference if he stays on his literary path, so it’s nice to have him recognize my writing in return.

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This story fairly represents the obsessive, inward, dialogue-heavy style I’ve been developing in my fiction. It’s about a dead baby, to an e Read more of this blog post »

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	Praise of Motherhood 4.21 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Precision, Such Restraint really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chewing the Page: The Mourning Goats Interviews by Phil Jourdan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jason Donnelly (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Gardner: A Tiny Eulogy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncle Manny 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Thinking Is the Screaming of the Soul: A Non-Story 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Klondike: A Game of Ears 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verbrannte Zungen by Phil Jourdan (Goodreads Author), Richardt Lemmer, Neil Krolicki it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Burnt Tongues by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dennis Widmyer (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 2,176 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Phil Jourdan

“Maybe people are strangers because time makes them strangers, not because you don't know them, and people you've never met are strangers because you've spent so long not knowing them.”
― Phil Jourdan, Uncle Manny

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“And she wouldn't be there. She'd be off somewhere he'd never find her. That was the nature of the woman he loved, to be elsewhere.”
― Phil Jourdan

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“Because I am thought to be important I am left alone. They call me doctor but I am not the kind of doctor they believe I am. I cannot mend a broken leg and am useless to everyone onboard. By virtue of my professorship I am granted peace.”
― Phil Jourdan

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“And she wouldn't be there. She'd be off somewhere he'd never find her. That was the nature of the woman he loved, to be elsewhere.”
― Phil Jourdan

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“The mountain in the distance grows darker as we approach it, but it isn't black, and the thought slips into my mind: perfect blackness is impossible now. And because I don't know what that means, and because this is all a dream, I accept the thought unconditionally.”
― Phil Jourdan

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