J.S. Anderson Member Member since 2024

New England realism/humor and dark family drama.

Fiction Nonfiction

I am a fiction writer based in coastal Connecticut, specializing in voice-driven literary fiction, regional decay, and domestic warfare. My work explores the friction within insular East coast communities and the shifting forces of class, inheritance, and grief. My short story "Wildflower" was previously published in Halfway Down the Stairs. I am currently at work on a linked short story collection set on Wellspring Island, a fictional island off the Rhode Island coast, which examines the fierce preservation of identity, ancestral property disputes, and the dark humor required to survive both. Grounded in physical sensory detail, my prose draws from the region's sleepy winters, summer tourist economies, and local mythologies. I am also drafting two young adult novels set in fictional New England towns on the mainland.

Location:

Groton, CT

Birthdate:

22 February (37 years old)