Three years ago, June Martin jokingly declared herself the world's greatest writer and, since then, no one has challenged her for the title. Her short fiction has appeared in X-R-A-Y, BULL, JAKE, and other lit mags. Her debut novel, LOVE/AGGRESSION, is forthcoming with tRaum Books in spring 2024.

Third-person

June Martin is a writer and comic artist living in Oakland, CA. She is the author of the novel LOVE/AGGRESSION, short stories in X-R-A-Y, BULL, New Session and other publications. She is a 2024 Lambda Literary fellow.

Normal Third Person

An ambitious waitress working in the first Olive Garden branch in Tuscany discovers that she's actually in a 1:1 scale replica of the region that Olive Garden built in the American midwest.

Thin, Verdant Hills

Sami was given credit for A-Plus At-Home Dialysis's new marketing campaign, which included, among other things, car decals with the company's name and URL. Now, a van bearing the company's name has been involved in multiple car chases.

Endless Violence at APlusAtHomeDialysis.com

A guy persistently shows up at the bookstore Sophie works at, claiming that they were once transported to a magical world together (which she doesn't remember due to the manner of their escape), and Sophie doesn't know how to get this creep to leave

Through the Impossible Door

Forget attack helicopters, what if your gender could be an event? What if your gender was the worst day of someone else's life?

June Facts

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