J.K. Savoy

Stories, books,
and the stranger corners.

JK Savoy writes loud narrators, bad apartments, bars, diners, and people talking themselves into and out of trouble. If you want the strongest way into the work, start with the books and then roam into the stories.

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Stories

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The books.

Longer arguments, louder rooms, same habit of putting people in trouble and then letting them talk.

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Novel

Somewhere in Brooklyn

A boy steps out of the safer version of life and into 1970s Brooklyn, where every lesson comes with a price.

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Novel

Night Bird

A diner cook is staring at the Vietnam draft while every voice around him keeps trying to tell him what kind of man to be.

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Novel

And Then There's Lily

Twins, old family damage, and Lily, who throws the whole arrangement off balance.

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Novel

In the Wind

A man with too much appetite and no brakes keeps pushing long after sense has left the room.

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Story collection

Short Stack

Fourteen stories. Diners, memory, bad timing, and lines that land a beat before the bruise.

5 books19 storiesDialogue-driven fiction across books and storiesBrooklyn, Jersey, and stranger corners

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