Josh Wagner

Biography

Josh Wagner was born with a hole in his heart, a Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD). He’s fine now. He studied Creative Writing and Lit at the University of Montana, and received his MSc from Edinburgh University in 2019. Though he has worked extensively in comics, film and theatre, prose remains his true and abiding love.

The author of four novels and dozens of short stories, Wagner’s work has been described as surreal and fantastic, metafictional and paradoxical, poetic and whimsical. His stories have been published by Cafe Irreal, Not One of Us, Cleaver Magazine, Medulla Review, Lovecraft eZine, and Image Comics. He is facinated by rhizomes, paradoxes, things left unsaid and the ambiguities tucked inside longing and motivation.

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Books

Shapes the Sunlight Takes
You set the price! Words: 86,020. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Young adult or teen » LGBTQ+
Lexie, a 15 year old loner who believes she can see the future. After an intense visionary experience, Lexie realizes it’s her mission in life to make sure her high school crush gets knocked up. Fortunately, she knows just the man for the job. If her vision is correct, their child will grow up to save the world.
Smashing Laptops
You set the price! Words: 38,680. Language: English. Published: October 23, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
The world’s first pregnant virgin in over 2000 years lives in Missoula, Montana. Her nomadic best friend is wallowing in the fallout of a disastrous Las Vegas love affair when she asks him to come back home for the miraculous birth.
Deadwind Sea
You set the price! Words: 61,640. Language: English. Published: October 18, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Historical
When the unluckiest shepherd in the village marries the most beautiful woman in the country, tragedy sparks a fantastic voyage to the Land of the Dead. As a ship of stories carries Sergio toward the setting sun he encounters the world’s laziest pirates, a monster hunter displaced in time, a mediaeval version of the Marx Brothers, a psychotic Kris Kringle, and much more.
The Adventures of the Imagination of Periphery Stowe
You set the price! Words: 68,660. Language: English. Published: January 5, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Science fiction » General
Back when eternal youth was just something folks were learning to live without, all Riggs Bombay wanted was to find a cure for his hallucinations. Instead he found an ancient storybook, coveted by the secret powers of the world. Now Riggs must dodge the grasp of codgers, villains, and philosophers long enough to deliver the book to the one man in the world who wants nothing to do with it.

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