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Jason Jordan

www.poweringthedevilscircus.com

About Me

Jason Jordan is a writer from New Albany, Indiana, who always says he's from Louisville, Kentucky, because people actually know where that is. Jordan is Editor-in-Chief of the literary magazine decomP , and his first book, consisting of short stories and a novella, is Powering the Devil's Circus . He is currently in the MFA program at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, where he is working on his first novel. For links to his stories, check out his blog here .
Jordan's publication credits thus far include: The2ndHand , Automiguel , The Big Stupid Review , Bloviate This, The Cerebral Catalyst , Dog Versus Sandwich , The Edward Society , The Giles Corey Press, The IUS Review, Pequin , Pindeldyboz , RAGAD , Six Sentences , Sub-Lit , VerbSap , Word Riot , and Zygote in My Coffee . He is also Editor-in-Chief of the online literary magazine decomP and an editor of Fourth River , and was formerly an editor of the Chatham Broadside and Executive Assistant Editor of The IUS Review. His work is forthcoming in &c magazine , American Trees, Beeswax Magazine , and Hobart .
In addition, Jordan is a music journalist for UltimateMetal.com and Zero Tolerance Magazine . He was formerly with MetalReview.com and The Metal Observer .
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My Interests

Reading, writing, metal, writing about metal, etc.

I'd like to meet:

Good writers, good bands, or anybody really.

Music:

I listen to metal primarily.

Movies:

Batman Begins

Television:

Just about anything on Comedy Central is great.

Books:

Atwood, D. Barthelme, Bender, Bojanowski, Brautigan, Bukowski, Burian, Burroughs, Carswell, Carver, Cometbus, Crane, De Grazia, Di Blasi, Diaz, Dills, Dobyns, Eggers, Elliott, Fiorentino, Fitzgerald, Frank, Fright, Goebel, Haddon, Hemingway, Hess, Joyce, Kerouac, Kesey, Longhi, Maclean, Mason, McCourt, Meno, Messinger, Minot, Monson, Murakami, Orange, Orwell, Ostdick, Poe, Russo, Salinger, Saunders, Sedaris, Smith, Somerville, Tanzer, Tea, Thomson, Thompson, Tinti, Voith, Vonnegut, Wolfe, and Yoshimoto.

Heroes:

Batman.

My Blog

I am now writing for...

Zero Tolerance Magazine. ZT is a bi-monthly magazine based in the UK. The easiest way to order or subscribe is online here. While ZT is available at Barnes & Noble in the US, it takes about a mont...
Posted by Jason Jordan on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:33:00 PST

May 2008 issue of decomP!

decomP: a literary magazinewww.decompmagazine.comFrom the Editor-in-ChiefBy Jason JordanWelcome back to decomP for the May 2008 issue. We hope April treated you well. This month we're pleased to featu...
Posted by Jason Jordan on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:45:00 PST

New story in Six Sentences

So there's this cool publication called Six Sentences.  I have a new story in it called "Scrabble in the Psych Ward"--another nonfiction effort.  Thanks for checking it out.    ...
Posted by Jason Jordan on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:49:00 PST

April readings

I have a couple readings in April.  Details are below.  Please attend if you’re able. event: The New Yinzer presents... date: April 16, 2008 08:00PM location: Modern Formation...
Posted by Jason Jordan on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:07:00 PST

New story in Sub-Lit

Got a new nonfiction story in Sub-Lit entitled "Teacher as __."More info is in my blog.  Thanks for checking it out!  ...
Posted by Jason Jordan on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:17:00 PST

April 2008 issue of decomP!

decomP: a literary magazine www.decompmagazine.com From the Editor-in-Chief By Jason Jordan Welcome back to decomP for the April 2008 issue. We hope March treated you well. This month we’re plea...
Posted by Jason Jordan on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:43:00 PST

New story in Zygote in My Coffee

Got a new story entitled "Duel" in the new issue of Zygote in My Coffee.  More information about it on my blog.  Thanks for reading....
Posted by Jason Jordan on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:10:00 PST

New story in Dog Versus Sandwich

You will find Cloud on the webbed zine Dog Versus Sandwich.  I hope you like it, and thanks for reading....
Posted by Jason Jordan on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:40:00 PST

March 2008 issue of decomP!

decomP: a literary magazinewww.decompmagazine.comFrom the Editor-in-ChiefBy Jason JordanWelcome back to decomP for the March 2008 issue. We hope February treated you well. This month we're pleased to ...
Posted by Jason Jordan on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:39:00 PST

New story in Pequin

When it rains, it pours, as they say.  I've got a story entitled "Black Squirrel" in the latest installment of Pequin.  More information is in my blog.  Thanks for reading....
Posted by Jason Jordan on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:15:00 PST