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Jack Chandler writes G2e Realism™—Gay, Gritty, explicitly Real fiction about staking our claim to the love we deserve.

He was born gay and left-handed to a right-minded preacher man and his wife, in Oklahoma—where being different had a price.

His work blends dark humor with bruised truth.

The Higher Education of Matt Griffith is a college coming-of-age story about identity, belonging, and what it costs to live honestly in a place that demands silence. There’s a love story—but it isn’t a romance.

He is currently at work on the sequel, Matt Griffith and the School of Hard Knocks.

Find him online as Jack Chandler Writes.

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The Safekeep is a lesbian love story wrapped in historical fiction, tied with a shiny ribbon of mystery. I thoroughly enjoyed unwrapping it. We’re plopped into the Netherlands in 1961, watching life through the eyes of thirty-two year-old Isabel. She’ ...more
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Jack Chandler liked Cane23's review of The Higher Education of Matt Griffith: "Seeing how popular Matt's story has become makes me happy and proud to have been one of its first readers, religiously (hmm, what a word 😁) waiting for each new chapter until the very end. Bravo, Jack! Higher Education is a fun, occasionally dark, witt" Read more of this review »
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The kids at Morestown High are dirtbags. They scheme for love—and revenge. Around here, the line between the two gets blurry. Everyone’s in a tribe—rich kid, poor kid, drama geek, jock—but the fiercest feud is between the gays. In one corner is “The ...more
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