JC Andrijeski
Biography
JC Andrijeski has published novels, short stories, essays and articles. Her short fiction has appeared in several anthologies and webzines, and a children's story of hers was published in an illustrated anthology by Wonderella. She also published a graphic novel set in the world created in her Allie’s War series, and has penned the occasional screenplay. Her nonfiction articles cover subjects from graffiti art, meditation, psychology, journalism and history, and have been published in venues ranging from online arts and literary magazines to print venues such as the NY Press.
She moved from NYC to San Francisco in 1997, and since then has lived or spent considerable time in India, Vancouver BC, San Francisco, Albuquerque, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, San Diego, Prague, London, Berlin, Sydney, Australia and Swinoujscie, Poland. She currently lives in McLeod Ganj, India, a location she drew on a fair bit in writing the Allie's War books.
Please visit JC Andrijeski's website at: http://www.jcandrijeski.com
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Books
New York: Allie's War, Early Years
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $2.99 USD. 47230 words.
Published by White Sun Press on November 5, 2011. Fiction.
Allie calls it her New York jinx. Already she’s had to deal with her boyfriend’s obnoxious band groupies, a stalker leaving cryptic notes, having to watch a seer get tasered. She also keeps running into this weird cop who’s got some kind of issue with her. But when she’s targeted by a religious cult for an end of the world ritual, her visit goes from annoying to quite probably fatal.
The Alien Club
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $2.99 USD. 29080 words.
Published by White Sun Press on October 12, 2011. Fiction.
Suki thought she knew what she’d signed up for when her pal, Rishi, invited her to a corporate party at one of the new alien fetish clubs. The new “must have” experience for the uber-rich and uber-bored supposedly involved sex-starved aliens who could give orgasms just by looking at a person. But when Suki arrives, she soon finds out that the clubs are really about something else entirely.
The Box: An Indian Tale
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 16400 words.
Published by White Sun Press on August 24, 2011. Fiction.
Priscilla putters along in her usual life of bridge and gossip and coffee shops and shopping at the local markets in the small Indian town where she lives, until one morning, the mysterious man known only as the Pharsee gives her a box. The thing is filthy, twitchy and just plain wrong…but no matter what Priscilla tries, or how many cleaning boys she fires, she simply cannot get rid of it.
Elephant
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 19070 words.
Published by White Sun Press on August 3, 2011. Fiction.
Didier is an elephant, but he isn’t sure if he likes being an elephant all that much. He lives in Mumbai with his mother, who tells fantastic tales of the wild, before humans captured her and turned her into a domestic animal. Neither she nor the rest of Mr. Rahol’s herd, however, understand Didier's quest to determine whether it might be better to be some other animal instead.
Marla the Lemur
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 19330 words.
Published by White Sun Press on July 31, 2011. Fiction.
Marla’s boyfriend, Billy, might live a little too much in a fantasy world. Then again, Marla sees lemurs in the apple tree outside and wonders if the little man she sees screaming at her from Billy’s shoulder is actually there. Insanity might be one way to get out of a bad relationship. Following your boyfriend into his imaginary world might be another.
The Black Men and Steven Spielberg
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 16260 words.
Published by White Sun Press on July 30, 2011. Nonfiction.
Semi-autobiographical but mostly fantastical essay on growing up in the outdoors of California, and the importance of having family just as quirky and not-quirky as you are.
The Vampire Market
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $2.99 USD. 17460 words.
Published by White Sun Press on July 29, 2011. Fiction.
Vlad is a bored, irritated vampire living in San Jose, California. Tired of the neverending parade of life, cable television and boring food, he lets his friend, a flatulent demon named Roz, talk him into a night on the town at the monthly Vampire Markets at the Winchester Mystery House. Little does he know, Vlad’s life will never be the same again.
Daydreams of the Apocalypse: A Collection of Shorts
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $2.99 USD. 37420 words.
Published by White Sun Press on July 12, 2011. Fiction.
Six stories of the apocalypse, from the point of view of an ex-stock broker, a crow, a young girl, a soldier turned holy warrior, a sentient automobile and a being who incarnates every few centuries as a human only to be killed and have to do the whole thing all over again. The world is ending, about to end or long gone in these tales by JC Andrijeski.
Snowfall
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 16410 words.
Published by White Sun Press on April 21, 2011. Fiction.
Sent on a recon mission to a planet long abandoned to the devastation her species wreaked on it, the girl is shocked to find survivors after so many years. But a long time has passed and the world these strangers have built is based on rules she can't comprehend...even before they force her into a test that might get her killed.
He Lacks Utility
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 15640 words.
Published by White Sun Press on February 27, 2011. Fiction.
Reggie Brinks just wanted to ride out the deadly virus that threatened to kill the world. A few months in cryogenic freeze while they came up with a cure, and he’d be right as rain. But the civilization that greets him on the other side is a pretty far cry from the one he left behind, and infuriatingly, he finds his opinions and money just don’t have quite the pull they had when he left.
Dirt
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 12730 words.
Published by White Sun Press on January 13, 2011. Fiction.
Due to an untimely mishap with a runaway piano, a thief and a homeless lady with a very pointy umbrella, Harold gets to know some of his neighbors living in a single tree planter box on a New York City Street.
Rook: Allie's War, Book One
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $4.99 USD. 153890 words.
Published by White Sun Press on January 9, 2011. Fiction.
(4.21 from 19 reviews)
28-year-old San Francisco native, Allie Taylor, at least thought she was human. But when she meets her first real seer, a race of human-like beings discovered in the 1900s, he tells her that not only is she a seer, like him, but that all the other seers believe she's going to end the world. Unfortunately, no matter what she does, everything that happens after that only seems to prove him right.
New Girl
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 14650 words.
Published by White Sun Press on October 13, 2010. Fiction.
Calling the new girl at the office, Lucy, odd is more than a tad bit of understatement. In a short period of time, she frees Amber of her inhibitions, her prestigious corporate project, her teeth, her sense of style...and her sanity. A bizarre tale of corporate cannibalism, or a generous sacrifice for a fellow human being? It all depends on your perspective.
Organic
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 12910 words.
Published by White Sun Press on October 1, 2010. Fiction.
What if in the future your car were made of as many animal parts as machine? What if it became self-aware and less and less enamored of toting you and your family around, getting its seats covered in ice cream and being left in parking lots for hours on end? What if it and some of its friends decided to do something about it? In Organic, meet your car. And be nervous. Very, very nervous.
A Letter to the Establishment: The Cautionary Tale of Hunter S. Thompson
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $1.99 USD. 14470 words.
Published by White Sun Press on July 18, 2010. Nonfiction.
Drug-crazed, iconic, outrageous--Hunter S. Thompson’s own reputation as the rock star writer of the 1970s obscured the meaning behind much of his work, even for many of his fans. An essay on Hunter S. Thompson as a journalist, and the implications and intention behind his style of “gonzo journalism” on current day media…as well as what set him apart.
Journey Into Jung's Red Book: Liber Primus
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $2.99 USD. 17060 words.
Published by White Sun Press on July 17, 2010. Nonfiction.
A personal and theoretical look at “Liber Primus,” the first of the collection of books written by psychologist Carl Jung that were collectively entitled “The Red Book.” Unpublished until October of 2009, “The Red Book” is considered by many, including Jung himself, to be the foundation of all of Jung’s groundbreaking theories and writings to follow.
The Program
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 13350 words.
Published by White Sun Press on July 12, 2010. Fiction.
A successful, beige-wearing business woman is minding her own business, blending in, not making waves. But after hundreds of identical business motivation conventions, each with their own system for getting ahead, maximizing your potential, executing success, demonstrating excellence…she meets someone who offers to show her the evil pattern behind it all. Sort of.
Karma
by JC Andrijeski
Price: $0.99 USD. 16260 words.
Published by White Sun Press on July 12, 2010. Fiction.
What if Hitler and Churchill were actually playing out an age-old battle between two rivals that had been incarnating together over and over across time? Exploring roles from evil to good to lazy and decadent in an attempt to understand the human experience, one of these beings seems destined to destroy the other, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how much the world changes over time.
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