J.R. Handfield lives in Central Massachusetts with his wife, son, and cat (not necessarily in that order)
Selected work
- Fiction
12
- Hybrid
2

For Emma, Forever Ago; or Emma Goldman, Shortly Upon Opening Her Ice Cream Parlour on an Afternoon in May of 1892, Converses With a Gentleman Reading the Day’s Newspaper.
Worcester Writers' Collective, 2025

Dead Ringers / Red Scare (part of Hundred Word Horror: Rock Band; inspired by Tenacious D's "Tribute" and R.E.M.'s "Exhuming McCarthy"))
Ghost Orchard Press, 2022

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY
The Broken Teacup, 2024

Wednesday Nights at the Cemetary (part of Hundred Word Horror: Beneath)
Ghost Orchard Press, 2021

PRICED TO SELL (part of Hundred Word Horror: Home)
Ghost Orchard Press, 2021

Imitation of Life (part of the Chlorophobia anthology)
Ghost Orchid Press, 2021

ProleSCARYet: Tales of Horror and Class Warfare (co-editor)
cursed morsels, 2021

I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats (adapted by Manawaker Studios)
Manawaker Studio Flash Fiction Podcast, 2021

A Seance at the Slayer's on Samhain's Eve (as part of Revamped: A Buffy Zine)
The Daily Drunk, 2023

When Harry Met Sally
The Daily Drunk, 2021

There is Nothing to the North of Ny-Ålesund
Dark Fire Fiction, 2022

EPISODE SIX: DISPOSITION
Five on the Fifth, 2022

Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You
Punk Noir Magazine, 2021

Pining Hideaway Summer Drink Menu (collab. w/the wonderful Melissa Flores Anderson)
Icebreakers Lit, 2024