John Elizabeth Stintzi
@jestintzi.bsky.social
Cult-classic queer artist. Grendel’s emergency contact. Call me JES.
[They/She]
📚: GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE (Fall 2026), BAD HOUSES, MY VOLCANO, VANISHING MONUMENTS, JUNEBAT, & more.
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[They/She]
📚: GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE (Fall 2026), BAD HOUSES, MY VOLCANO, VANISHING MONUMENTS, JUNEBAT, & more.
linktr.ee/jestintzi
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This is not a drill: my next novel GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE will be out next fall.
Underrated shirt design from when I designed shirt ("Worm Geometry")
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Underrated shirt design from when I designed shirt ("Worm Geometry")
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This is not a drill: my next novel GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE will be out next fall.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is not a drill: my next novel GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE will be out next fall.
If my name was HG Wells I'd probably go by Mercury Wells.
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If my name was HG Wells I'd probably go by Mercury Wells.
This is not a drill: my next novel GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE will be out next fall.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is not a drill: my next novel GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE will be out next fall.
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I wrote about Public Access from the perspective of a repeat player: www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2025/10...
Did You Reconnect With Deep Lake?: (Re)playing Public Access — Broken Hands Media
Cary is a librarian, with family still living in Deep Lake, when he and his friends return for the summer. “Friends” might be a bit of stretch: they’re almost strangers, who have reconnected in the su...
www.brokenhandsmedia.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I wrote about Public Access from the perspective of a repeat player: www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2025/10...
Currently in the "Crying while watching One Piece" stage of grief.
October 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Currently in the "Crying while watching One Piece" stage of grief.
My publisher put up a preview of BAD HOUSES for free online, so if you want to read an excerpt (the first story in the book!) you can check that out here: arsenalpulp.com/Books/B/Bad-...
Bad Houses
A boisterous collection of surreal, darkly humourous short stories that will delight fans of George Saunders and Kelly Link From John Elizabeth Stintzi, the mind that created the daringly bizarre nove...
arsenalpulp.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
My publisher put up a preview of BAD HOUSES for free online, so if you want to read an excerpt (the first story in the book!) you can check that out here: arsenalpulp.com/Books/B/Bad-...
Great news! Love Jonathan and his work. Keep your eyes peeled for this one next year!
Exciting Friday news: I'm the winner of this year's @sundresspub.bsky.social's open prose reading period!!! My book LOVE LETTERS FROM A FUTURE ICE AGE coming to eyeballs near you in Fall 2026. Dreams really do come true!! www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09...
2025 Prose Open Reading Period Selection Announced - Sundress Publications
Sundress Publications is thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 Prose Open Reading Period. The winning selection is Jonathan Wlodarski’s Love Letters to a Future Ice Age. Wlodarski’s collection ...
www.sundresspublications.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Great news! Love Jonathan and his work. Keep your eyes peeled for this one next year!
The reckless hope of putting new tires on a car with 230k miles 🐺
September 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The reckless hope of putting new tires on a car with 230k miles 🐺
It's kind of depressing how much I'm getting specific and glowing emails that are just trying to get me to pay them to get my books into bookclubs. I'd be less bummed about it if they didn't feel so familiar with the work, but it's almost certainly just a good use of AI mining reviews.
September 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's kind of depressing how much I'm getting specific and glowing emails that are just trying to get me to pay them to get my books into bookclubs. I'd be less bummed about it if they didn't feel so familiar with the work, but it's almost certainly just a good use of AI mining reviews.
check out this new letter, including it's special sneak-peek exclusive preview of something I'm cookin up 👀. SUBSCRIBE to stay in the loop!
open.substack.com/pub/jestintz...
open.substack.com/pub/jestintz...
A Great Paper Plains Zine Fest! (& a preview of things to come)
JES talks about how great Paper Plains Zine Fest #4 was! (& a delicious newsletter exclusive teaser)
open.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
check out this new letter, including it's special sneak-peek exclusive preview of something I'm cookin up 👀. SUBSCRIBE to stay in the loop!
open.substack.com/pub/jestintz...
open.substack.com/pub/jestintz...
If life is a rollercoaster, I am definitely never going to ride a freaking rollercoaster.
September 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If life is a rollercoaster, I am definitely never going to ride a freaking rollercoaster.
Very affirming to be talking to my therapist about young JES's romantic misadventures and be told that it all sounded "very lesbian"
August 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very affirming to be talking to my therapist about young JES's romantic misadventures and be told that it all sounded "very lesbian"
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I just want to read things I've never read before that make me recognize and give shape to things I've felt all along
August 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I just want to read things I've never read before that make me recognize and give shape to things I've felt all along
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Well, at least they are redirecting literary grant money to "foster AI competency" (clearly lacking in this AI generated 2nd paragraph), support for the military (as all true literature should do), and disaster recovery (books as sandbags?)
August 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well, at least they are redirecting literary grant money to "foster AI competency" (clearly lacking in this AI generated 2nd paragraph), support for the military (as all true literature should do), and disaster recovery (books as sandbags?)
Being an adult is spending $30 dollars to buy a big rock on the internet.
August 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Being an adult is spending $30 dollars to buy a big rock on the internet.
Shuttlecock 3
August 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Shuttlecock 3
At least there was light.
August 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
At least there was light.
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I picked up @jestintzi.bsky.social's "Junebat" years ago, and I'm kind of glad I waited to read it until now, when it feels like I *need* these poems. They are aching and tender and gorgeous, and my god, the last lines!! A gift, this whole collection.
July 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I picked up @jestintzi.bsky.social's "Junebat" years ago, and I'm kind of glad I waited to read it until now, when it feels like I *need* these poems. They are aching and tender and gorgeous, and my god, the last lines!! A gift, this whole collection.
A very “night walk in kansas city” kind of selfie
July 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A very “night walk in kansas city” kind of selfie
Traveling for (book) work is cool and all but I think I might need to make the demand that whenever I am invited to a festival/book thing, that Grendel is also invited.
July 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Traveling for (book) work is cool and all but I think I might need to make the demand that whenever I am invited to a festival/book thing, that Grendel is also invited.
Started this book on the plane...pretty good so far...anyone else read this??
July 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Started this book on the plane...pretty good so far...anyone else read this??
When in Rome*
*Canada
(I must get my fill of poutine)
*Canada
(I must get my fill of poutine)
July 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
When in Rome*
*Canada
(I must get my fill of poutine)
*Canada
(I must get my fill of poutine)