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 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, 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.
