Welcome
This is the personal and professional site of the writer J.L. Forrest.
JLF: See my story The Collared Signal in Crossed Genre’s Fierce Family anthology, along with many other talented writers’ tales, challenging perceptions of family, gender, and sexuality in science fiction. You can purchase Fierce Family today on Amazon!
JLF: Most of my work fits neatly within the science-fiction rubric. Every few stories, I try something different. →
JLF: This is a 550-word ultrashort story I wrote for Neil Gaiman’s challenge in The Guardian.
JLF: This is a short story originally submitted for the APEX Halloween short-story competition in 2002. →
The Boulder Writers’ Workshop gave me a warm welcome to their roster of professional members and we did an excellent interview. Please read it and get to know the Workshop!
In November 2013, Ink Pantry Publishing interviewed me for their online magazine. Read the full interview.
Recently, I revisited an older work of mine, an unpublished novel drafted first in 2001 →
Zoe E. Whitten’s The Life & Death of a Sex Doll delivers some challenges and surprises. →
The stage can give insight into being human. It can entertain, spinning wondrous fairytales. Dancing with Demons: A Comedy of Sorts, by playwright and actress Shana Cordon, accomplishes both feats. →
Chana Keefer’s One Night with a Rock Star is a cautionary coming-of-age tale. →
Writing is dangerous. →
Are you hypergraphic? Can you stop yourself from writing? →