Jack’s proudest contribution to literature is not publishing his early novels (see “About Jack”). Aside from this:
The Tyranny of Good Intentions, Jack’s debut novel, was released by Chicken House Press in September 2025. Good Intentions is a satirical tale of love, death and plenty of politics on a condominium board of directors that serves as a microcosm of political life. Some of the implications for democratic politics are troubling, some are heartening and more than a few will help us laugh at ourselves, I hope.
“Pursuing Isadora” was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2024 Alice Munro Short Story Contest.
“Muse” was published in the Maple Leaf Literary Supplement (MTLS), January 2025.
“Beach Buddies” was published in Spadina Review, Issue 45, in June 2025.
“My Secret Life as a Car” was published in Blank Spaces, Vol. 9, Issue 4, June 2025. (See My Secret Life page.)
“Sex Education” was published in The Ironist, July 2026.
“Imposters“ was published in September 2026: Blank Spaces, September 2026, Volume 11, Issue 1 (Tenth Anniversary Issue).
“The role of the governor general: time to revisit the visits,” is an op-ed written during Jack’s former life as a policy analyst, about a problem that quietly continues to exist.
FORTHCOMING (but not too soon to check out the terrific magazine where this story will appear):
2026, Allium. In “Sprouts” a successful man discovers that when life is too beautiful, something might have to be broken.
Winter 2026/Spring 2027, The New Quarterly. In “Weeds” an outsider has a fleeting moment of connection with another outsider.
