Location: United States
Member Since:
Aug. 30, 2013
Jeff Tompkins
Biography
Jeff Tompkins is a writer and zine artist living in New York City. His articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, and Words Without Borders, among other outlets.
Where to find Jeff Tompkins online
Website: https://www.jefftompkins.net/
Books
Traveling Light
by Jeff Tompkins
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 88,530.
Language:
English.
Published: January 20, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Coming of age
"Traveling Light" tells the dramatic story of a young woman whose carefully planned future is up-ended by her impulse-buy of a used car. Literary fiction with the pacing and suspense of a thriller, "Traveling Light" features two highly original women protagonists and a setting that readers don’t often encounter in contemporary fiction — the unique American subculture that is I-95.
The Night Friends
by Jeff Tompkins
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 89,120.
Language:
English.
Published: September 10, 2013
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Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Inspired by a real-life crime that shocked New York City in the late 1990s, "The Night Friends" unfolds in the shadowy netherworld of Central Park after dark. After a chance encounter, a lonely, troubled man becomes friendly with three misfit teenagers who see the park as their refuge—until a series of fraught misunderstandings leads to a nightmarish final scene of hallucinatory intensity.