OUT! 5-22-26 Like Wild Crazy Thunder, the new novella by Jeff Johnson, is officially out on the town and making the rounds. Rex, the frontman for the Ohio punk sensation Runny Empire, stumbles across a book that could change the political landscape of the entire world.
DELIVERED! 5-20-26 Plausible Deniability by Adam Bercovici and Jeff Johnson, delivered. This is the first book in the Don’t Get Burned series. Big J and Adam (coolest dude ever) had a huge amount of fun writing this, and it shows. More on this soon.
DEAL! 5-18-26 After seven months of negotiations, we have a deal. Jeff Johnson to write the television pilot adaptation and eight episode arc for one of his original feature film scripts. More about the excellent producers and this incredible project later, but for now, great thanks to the revered film, television, and literary agent Stuart M. Miller for taking the time to get it right. Stu is a legend in the industry- his first deal was The Sting with Paul Newman, and since then, he’s represented astronauts, royalty, bestsellers, famed directors, and of course, Jeff. We’ll be naming some new trees in the orchard after all these guys. An olive tree, grown from a sprig of The Olive Tree of Vouves in Crete, is officially to be called Stu. You know why more and more novelists are working in film and television these days? Because we rock, that’s fuckin’ why. If you’re an author and your number is called, rise to the occasion, you wily mofo. Rise like a five-headed thunder falcon!
Just Sold! The Birdcan of Santa Gertrudis de Fruitera to a great magazine, Bourbon Penn, out in Summer, 2026. A note to authors- these excellent people pay the same day they get your contract, wirelessly. Simply the best! Pick up a copy today just to check it out. You’ll love it. This really is a great, great magazine.
Just In! The incredible new presentation for Lucky Supreme television AND the completed new pilot script by Jeff Johnson! Contact Justin Ross at Bohemia Group justin(AT)bohemiaent.com for more information (this project is unrelated to the 5-18-26 deal).
The Lucky Supreme Trilogy omnibus edition in Italian! Fanucci Editore produces beautiful books, delighted to be in business with them. Available now!
The 5th Edition of the newish I Shop At Laney’s is available now!
I Shop At Laney’s, a novella, is available now!
Ralston Orley and Laney Bozeman didn’t like each other but it never really mattered. They made sure their two-week shifts at the lonely curio shop never overlapped, always leaving minutes before the other arrived. When Orley discovers an ancient, giant belt buckle buried in the desert, they’re forced to work together for the first time. In a desolate patch of New Mexico, an alcoholic ex-carnie and a breezy ditch digger discover the past and the future are both far bigger than they ever imagined, and even the present is out of proportion.
“I haven’t had this much fun reading anything since I read True Grit years back. I Shop At Laney’s is an utterly original book with a wild, strange plot made plausible by voice and setting details and exceptional writing. Overnight I find that I’m a Jeff Johnson fan.”
—James P. Blaylock, Two Time World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Rainy Season and The Last Coin
“Jeff Johnson is a master of characterization and suspense. I Shop At Laney’s will keep you riveted and enchanted from the first page to the last.”
—Robert J. Sawyer, Nebula and Hugo Award winner, author of The Oppenheimer Alternative
"…what seems like fantasy for most of the story becomes advanced science fiction at the end, and makes it into unified fiction that works wonderfully.”
—Norman Spinrad, Prix Apollo winner, author of BUG JACK BARON!!!
The I Shop At Laney’s audiobook is coming. Big J and his beautiful wife traveled through Southeast Asia for the Crossing The Line television project and then moved to southern France, bla bla bla, he has wonderful excuses for being behind schedule. He also wrote the screen adaptation of Laney’s, and it’s been making the rounds so he can hide behind that, too. Busy is what we’re saying.
