Jason Nickey
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Jeremy Robert Johnson:
So I've read ADA, WLIY, and SC, and loved them all. I have to say though, the story of your that haunted me the most was 'States Of Glass'. The story was very different from your style, but just as effective. What was your inspiration for that story? What made you go in that direction?
Jeremy Robert Johnson
Hi, Jason,
"States of Glass" had a pretty direct inspiration--I was headed north on I-5 toward a business conference for a bank I was working for at the time. There was a traffic jam and I slammed on my brakes and missed having my own under ride on the back of a semi truck trailer by about two inches.
I'd also recently lost a family member and noticed that the grieving process, while supposedly having stages, kind of just wallops you into a hot mess. Nothing makes a lot of sense for a while.
So you combine those two things with the fact that I was reading a lot of Zoetrope-style literary fiction at the time, and there you go.
And thanks, by the way, for the kind words about my work and the question.
"States of Glass" had a pretty direct inspiration--I was headed north on I-5 toward a business conference for a bank I was working for at the time. There was a traffic jam and I slammed on my brakes and missed having my own under ride on the back of a semi truck trailer by about two inches.
I'd also recently lost a family member and noticed that the grieving process, while supposedly having stages, kind of just wallops you into a hot mess. Nothing makes a lot of sense for a while.
So you combine those two things with the fact that I was reading a lot of Zoetrope-style literary fiction at the time, and there you go.
And thanks, by the way, for the kind words about my work and the question.
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Hi Jeremy! I just finished reading your anthology "Entropy in Bloom", and must say it was seriously messed up! I liked it :) The Sleep of Judges was my favorite story in the whole collection, and I saw your note at the end saying that it may sound familiar. I'm wondering if you could expand on what other books/stories of yours are within that world/story? I would love to read them!
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I've loved everything you've written so far because you know how to absolutely nail any given tone and story. Part of the fun of reading you is that we can never know what to expect next, whether it's funny, gory, or sad, or something in the middle. This means I have no idea what you'll give the world next. Can you give us any hints about what your next major project is and what it will be like?
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